nearly right at viaduct

we were nearly last to draw as i was running a bit late but i wasnt to dissapointed to pull 86 on cary , which has been a proper good lead peg for months , but i didnt want to do that so i decided that it would be a pole and wag job,no lead as i am still waiting for my operation date to put the zip in the back of my head so as i can take my brain out and sit looking at a tip fr 6 hours(but it probably cost me today).
the wag was to fish on the deck as i thought it was to cold to catch shallow ,the end bit was the usual sie 16 b960 to .16 set to fish 5 foot deep as that was the approx depth at 30 mtrs, and with the wind coming off my back it should be a doddle, the intention was to fish and feed 8mm hard pellets but it is the most difficult bank on the complex to see your float due to the backdrop of trees,houses up on the hill and the ripple , i couldnt see black ,orange or yellow, so i only had 2 casts on it the entire match so that was left up the bank for 6 hours.
the pole rig was a 4x12 impact 6 with a b960 to .16 for hair rigged pellet.
at the start i cupped in about 40 4mm pellets and slipped a 6mm in the band and shipped out , and within 2 mins i had a carp on, paul greenwood on 87 hadnt even finished cupping in, a few minutes later and an 8 lb carp was in the net, during the firsthour i had 6 carp and a couple of skimmers , i had been feeding with a catty but after a couple of foulers i tried potting 4mm pellets with a kinder after each fish and that certainly helped . also a switch to 8mm on the hook seemed to give more positive bites. john green on 85 had set his stall out to fish for carp all day and was switching between the wag and lead but it wasnt until the last hour that he began to string a few fish together, i could also see paul blake on 78 getting the odd fish on meat on the lead, the person i couldnt see was tim palant on 80 which is hidden from view by a spit which goes about 25 mtrs out into the lake, but i did hear the odd splash so i new he had caught, also i couldnt see how the rest of the match on cambell was fairing iether .
by the end i had 16 carp and some reasonable skimmers, when steve turned up with the scales my silvers went 15 lb ish my first carp net was shade under 65 lb(6 fish)and my other net went 82 1/2 lb (10 fish) which was over the fishery net limit as it is only 80 lb max in a net i hoped it wouldnt cost me.
tim palant on 80 won in the end with 164.3 on 11mm pellet on the lead(he has had the op and has been making full use of it all winter)
2nd was me with 160.4 so the extra didnt cost me
3rd alan oram 144.2 peg 128 on the lead and pellet
4th mash with 142.5 peg 112
5th paul blake 141.10 peg 78
6th lee wherret 139.4 peg 114
silvers
steve jackson with 92.7 on 123 mostly tench on caster at 13 mtrs
all in all a very good close match with no one running away with , thats just how a match should be