landsend reserve date open

this was the reserve date for the teams of 4,s. as it was not needed we ran an open instead, with 31 booked in we used match,johns and half the speci so we all had a bit of room.
fabio drew for me and out come,s 13(flyer)then he draws 31 for himself, same numbers ,other way round(spooky). not only is it a good dtaw but it was out of the way of the gale that was blowing from the north west and it was cold.
4 rigs today, a 2x12 impact dibber for shallow pellet with a b960 18 to .16
a 4x14 impact 6 with the same line and hook for on the deck in the left hand margin
same float with a 6313 16 to .12 for soft pellet at 6 mtrs
and a 4x12 impact 1 with a b960 18 for the right hand margin and up the shelf on the left.
starting at 6 mtrs with soft pellet over softened 3mm and firing 4mm up the left and right margins and over to the island at 16 mtrs. it wasnt long till i had my first bite , which i missed and the second. then a decent roach on the third, i had a tench and some good skimmers in the first hour and a half befor that line died, then i went out to the aerater with a soft pellet over some 3,s i had cupped in earlier, first put in and a fouled carp which i lost under my feet, next drop and a 2 lb skimmer was in the net and that was the end of that line for the day. back for a quick look at 6 mtrs but nothing doing there either, so up the left on the deck and after a couple of funny liners a 3lb carp was in the net ,then no more bites there. out to 16 mtrs shallow and a couple of carp and chub soon found there way into the net , but they werent having it proper i dont think all the cold rain of the previous few days had helped the cause as the water temp had probably dropped again, i had one bite in the right hand margin which reulted in my biggest fish of about 6 lb , i had a couple more off the island and 4 more small ones up the left on top of the shelf, and that was it , the carp i had caught were on the small side as the ones being taken further down the lake were definately of a larger stamp, although i was sheltered from the gale it seems as though the proper fish had followed the wind down the lake even though it was cold. first on the day was nick duckett on peg 19 with 79.02 all taken at 13 mtrs with banded 6mm pellet over 4,s
2nd mitch artus 66.06 on peg 21 again 13mtrs on soft pellet over 4,s
3rd chris davis 65.14 peg 46
4th brian shanks 63.03 peg 60
5th sean townsend 60.05 peg 18
6th lee trivett 57.10 peg 68
7th t rixon 57.6 peg 13
silvers
martin pettiffer 37.10 peg 29 mainly big skimmers on soft pellet
pete (the pistol)notton 35.4 f1 thingy,s on peg 25 on soft pellet
mike duckett 24.14 peg 3 mixed bag on caster at 4 mtrs
all in all it was a good match with a nice close finish, just how matches should be. avalon next sunday if anyone wants to go give me a ring at the shop.