landsend weds open, match lake only

started with 16 booked in and ended up with 13 , shouldnt moan really as the weather was supposed to be crap with heavy rain forcast all day, and we werent dissapointed, at least the wind wasnt to bad so the brollie could be used so i stayed mainly dry ,but brollies are a pain as they always seem to be in the way when playing and trying to net fish, but the dryness makes up for it,
i let john(the gimp)draw for me today as he always seems to draw himself carp flyers so what does he give me, peg bloody 3 not really a renowned carp peg so i decided to fish for silvers with half an eye on the far bank for carp, and what peg does john draw for himself only peg 21 which has been the biggest carp flier for weeks now, so no doubt that would change today.
rigs today were a .3grm for caster at 10 mtrs, a 4x12 for soft pellet over micro,s at 4 mtrs and down by the bush to my left as its the same depth and the usual 4x8 rig for hard pellet over. the soft pellet and caster rig were on .12 withy a middy 6313 size 18 and the pellet rig was on .16 with an 18 an 18 b960.
at the start i cupped in some casters at 10 mtrs , some 4mm hard pellet across by the island and began loose feeding some softened micro,s at 4 mtrs and down to the left.
starting on the caster line i was soon catching small perch on single caster, a switch to double caster was better as the perch got better and i had a couple of f1,s and a small carp, i was kindering a few casters over the float but that seemed to result in missed bites so i started putting in a decent ammount with a big pot and fishing it out before i fed again, i had a few good skimmers on caster and i also had some on soft pellet at 4mtrs and by the bush but the 10 mtr caster line was the most productive, due to the bushes it was impssible for me gauge how others were doing as i couldnt see through the tree,s. it also doesnt help when i went totally blind about halfway through but it didnt last for to long as soon as i realised my brolly decided to shut of it own accord,
the only person i could see catching was ryan summerhayes on peg 1 who was catching carp shallow to the island and up his left hand margin, i thought he had battered me but after he told me he had been severly palletised by quite a few, but he,s still young and he will learn lol, i lost a good one under the platform, they are good at it on this venue as the platforms are on stilts, the far bank was not to good today but i did manage 3 carp from there but i didnt spend to much time over there, by the end i had 6 carp and a decent net of silvers, the match was won by craig(trigger)edmunds on peg 15 with 78lb mainly due to 11 carp on meat down the edge late on in the match
2nd clayton hudson 70.8 peg 18
3rd tony rixon 67.10 peg 3 which included 40lb of silvers which was the best silver weight on the day
4th ryan summerhayes 63.13 peg 1
5th steve kedge 47.2 peg 22
6th adrian clark 29.4 peg 13
it fished hard today as some of the colour seems to have gone out of the water probably due to the cold wet and windy weather, hard to believe people were wearing shorts this time last year. next wednesday we are at acorn fishery on paddock lake so if anyone wants to book in ring me at the shop on 0117 9517250