viaduct pole only

these pole only events are usually quite popular and today was no different as there was 27 booked in. i drew for myself today and ended up with 126 on cambell, a reasonable peg but not one thats shown any real form off late. for company i had the entire ginger population of somerset all around me, i was in the middle of trev senior,dan squires and andy power, i looked like a safety match in a box of swan vesta.
4 rigs today, one for paste,two for banded pellet both 4x14,s and a 4x12 shallow rig for splashing about if(when)they came up.
at the start i cupped in 1/4 of a pot of 6,s at 5mtr and 1/2 a pot at 14, with both lines fizzing almost immediatley, i didnt know where to start, but 5 mtrs was the plan so that was it.the first hour was reasonable with 2 carp and about 15lb of skimmers all falling to banded 6,s. i had been feeding the 14 mtr line all the while and it was fizzing proper, as were most others peoples pegs, so out with the deep rig and the foulers began, what i find annoying is that the float buries and you hook a fish instantly on the deck and it aint in the mouth, i did get some in the mouth and the best way seemed to be to fish the rig off to the right slightly off the feed area. i did keep trying the shallow rig but i could get 1 fish then nothing, but there was to much fizz for them not to be there. i came back to the 5 mtr line and had 2 more carp and a few more skimmers, but it wasnt good enough as people had begun to catch now, and trev on my right who had concentrated on the shallow rig had begun to catch regularly so with 90 mins to go i put in my 2nd carp net and decided to spend the rest of the match shallow, and they were there and i ended up putting 65 lb in the net in the last 90 mins, i think if i had gone out about 2 1/2 hours before the end i could have had more, but with fishing you never really know. i ended up with 145.2 for absolutley nothing in fact i was 6th in my section and 11 th overall.
the match was won by miles levy with 199.5 on peg 76 using paste
2nd alex murray on 131 with 195.4 again on paste
3rd a wherret on 85 with 172.4
4th josh garrett 171.15 peg 129
5th andy power 170.15 peg123
6th andy neale 170.2 peg 88
silvers were won by dan squires with 73.13 on peg 124 mainly skimmers down the edge on corn also congrats to dan aan his partner on the birth of there daughter.
it was another good match with the fish having to come to the pole line to be fed, and after a rough calculation i reckon the average weight was just over 100lb, even the gimp not weighing in didnt knock the average to much, when he learns to throw some bait in he might start to catch a few(leave the casters at home john)