float only rnd 2 avalon

the day started well with the usual good breakfast in abby,s in bishopsworth, then yhe 35 minute drive to avalon, on the way the conversation with dean gets round as to how fast he can run, he sat there telling me and jason that he did a speed test up at bristol zoo last year and he clocked 38 mph now must of us know that even a top sprinter cant do much more than 20 mph. so we stopped on the moors by the north drain dean got out , fag in mouth and say,s i will hang on the hand grip inside the van through the open window while i accelerate to 20 mph , it started off ok up to about 10 mph but by the time i hit 20 he was taking 30 foot strides and there was look of panic on his face that nearly made me wet myself, when he gt back in the van he did inall fairness admit that he wasnt quite as fast as he used to be, i cant remember the last time i laughed that much, i wished we had video,d it.
back to the draw, dean drew for me and i ended up on 38 which is a good draw as its on the left hand side of the gap on the second island, for company i had leon hubbard on my right who is undoubtedly one of the south wests finest all rounders (and he beat me).
and matt dark on my left who aint as good as leon but he is a damn fine carpet fitter (and i beat him) . the peg has a lot of form as a waggler peg so a 3ssg pellet wag was put together with a 16 b960 for pellet to the island, a impact 10 dibber for shallow but that didnt happen and a 4x14 j3 for on the deck with the usual 16 hook to .18.
at the start i cupped in somme 6,s at 16 mtrs and began firing 8,s to the island, i had a bit of a fizz after a couple of minutes and a 6 pounder in the net after 10, i stuck with the pole for the first 2 hours and had 3 carp and 4 decent skimmers all on 8mm hard pellet. by then the wind had picked up to a near gale making presentation on anything nigh on impossible, i did manage 1 more carp on the wag and lost one but due to the wind coming staight at us on our side of the lake the float wouldnt stay on the island it was blowing staight back as soon as it hit the water , the wind was so strong that even 8mm pellets wouldnt get there sometimes. so at the end it was 4 carp and 4 skimmers, not a good day.
the match was won on the speci by chris fox with 12 carp for 62.4 on peg 19 on the pellet wag
2nd kev molten on 24 with61.1 on pellet down the edge
3rd andy lloyd 59.5 peg 13
4th fred roberts peg 20 with 56.8 and he lost 20 carp and floats as they kept swimming through the gap in the island
5th clint wojtyla 55.8 peg 10 on the speci lake
6th tom magnol on 18 speci lake with 50.13, he should have won as he has had 2 10 pomders jump out of his net and he lost a possible 20 pounderat the net and just when he thought his day couldnt get any worse , as he was putting his pole away he stood on it breaking all the sections between the no4 and the 13 mtr piece and i was having a bad day.
i ended up with 28 lb and leon beat me with a foul hooked 10 pounder(i had to tell them leon) giving him 35 lb, but you still got to land them.
i,m running a match at landsend 3 and 4 lake next sunday anyone wanting to fish ring me at the shop on 01179517250 to book in it will be a 10 am draw so book early to avoid dissapointment
silvers were won today by mike west on peg 7 again with 18.9 of skimmers on corn over pellet at 10 mtrs