Three briefs

Firstly sad news , Bob(motty)Sheppard passed away on sunday, without a doubt one of the best river anglers to come out of bristol, being the same age we fished the same circuit and teams.for quite a few years, he will be missed by many, thoughts and condolences go to his family at this difficult time, rip Bob 😞. Thursday and the costcutter at shiplate, not quite a costcutter any more as john does a superpool which most seem to enter. Peg 6 for me ,

only a pellet and meat attack, so pellet at 5 and 13 mtrs, pellet on the wag at 20mtrs, and meat down the edge, quite a quiet day to be fair, 4 carp, on on pellet at 13mtrs, 2 on the wag and one down the edge, plus 17lb of skimmers on pellet accidentally for 53lb, andy f on 14a won with 144lb of mainly margin caught carp on corn to his left, that man dave wride won the silvers again, with 26lb from peg 11.

sunday and i had thought i had the first of my short pole matches , but due to a clerical error😲😂😂😂😂😂😂 i got that wrong, so i ran a match at whitepost down at todber, 20 fishing so just the right number, peg 1 was my residence for the day, lovely peg but to many options, ended up trying to feed and fish 6 areas but realistically should have stuck a nice to 2 or 3, got a bit lost and didnt do anything properly, ended up with 131lb for no where, Mat Sheppard was top on the day with 168lb, just beating ryan shipp on peg 5 by about 1lb, well done mat.

Monday and.down to the sedges for the float only, 25 fishing, a really good turnout, first into the bucket of doom, and ping pong 18 comes out, a good area, but to be fair i don't mind where i draw , for company i had jess jordan on my left on end peg 19 and his good friend ade bishop on my right, both good venue anglers so today was.going to be interesting, still pinning my faith on caster and groundbait , so i fed.one ball at 5 mtrs 2 at 11 mtrs and three at 13mtrs at the start, ive found recently its been a bit of a waiting game for bites, but when you got one it was a decent skimmer, and today was no different, 13 mtrs was no good , 11 mtrs gave me.a few.fish, but the short line was the most productive, as the match went on carp were a real pain, not just for me, bjt everyone seemed.to be hooking them, at the end i never really had a clue as to what i had, except that i knew i had over 20lb, my fish actually went 33lb which was only good enkugh to win the section on our bank, martin tizzard over on tile lake on peg 37 does what he does well, totally destroying the competition witha brilliant 75lb on punched bread, fair play and well done, kedgy was a bit behind in second place with 56lb from peg 8, weigh sheet below