trying to work out how long it has been since dean and me last fished on the rese , and as far as we can remember it is probably 8 or 9 years since our last visit, and it showed!!!!!!!!!!!
it was good to see a lot of the old stagers were still about and the matches were still being run by the legend that is les braunton. there were to be 7 pegs on the dam wall and 16 around the side in the tree,s (fliers). where did i draw, end peg on the dam and as far as it was possible to be from the tree,s. a quick chat with les who told me there was a 42 lb of roach off the peg earlier in the series, but he didnt tell me that the wind was blowing onto the dam and there was more colour in the water. today the wind was north east and the water was as flat as a witches tit for 60 mtrs, so i decided that bream and skimmers might not go(wrong) so i decided on a roach and pole attack with some chopped worm and caster, the locals told me not to put worm in as the eels like it, i didnt see that as a problem as they average 12 oz to a pound. but plumbing up i thought i could be in trouble as it was only 2 1/2 ft at 7 mtr and only 6 ft at 14. on les,s shout i put 1 ball of g/bait at 7 mtr and 4 balls at 14 mtr. starting at 7 mtr and loose feeding caster , i new i was in trouble when i only had 2 roach in the first 30 mins whilst others down the bank with slightly more water were getting bites and roach steadily and just to upset me even more, steve chant on the next peg had had a bream and 2 skimmers(i didnt think they would feed). out to 14 mtr and to be fair i could get a bite every put in with small roach but i was going nowhere . and with steve nextdoor getting odd bream and skimmers after 2 1/2 hours i decided to set up the feeder, now i had the rod with me but the reel was back in the van so i ha dto go and get it , on the way back i also had to scrounge a feeder off steve cos i never had one with me.
quickly setting it up i put 5 quick feeder fulls out on the same line as steve then tied on a size 14 hook for triple maggot which is what steve was catching on , and guess what i couldnt get a bite , i tried maggot ,caster, worm and corn and varios cocktails. i had 1 eel, 1 roach and 2 skimmers, the odd thing was is that for the last hour my peg was a mass of fizz where my feeder was landing but i couldnt get a sign of a bite, and to make matters worse steve kept getting odd fish right to the end and he had no fizz. the match was won up in the tree,s on peg43 by dave steward with 52.8 on white choccy boilie , his travelling partner chris whitfield was second fishing the same way with a boilie on the feeder with 52.3 they both had 11 bream
mike hosgood was third on peg 36 with 47.8
steve chant 39.13(next to me)
and back up weights of 38, 37 , 36 an so on till you came to me , who was probably last with about 6 lb. i would like to think that i did something wrong but i dont think i did , i,m just shit and that was the first bream/ skimmer fishing i have done with a feeder since the last time i was at chard so i will be going back to have another go in the not to distant future, and to be fair the chard boys werent to harsh on me(much). ithink thats 2 matches on the trot now i have been lastish i cant even liken my self to glen bailey any more cos even he has started to catch again. it was good to see bela in the cafe bright and early this morning , he reckoned he had to get out before claire woke up just in case she found some decorating that needed doing lol.
and even dean had 36 lb and he was beaten and out cast by mike hosgood off the next peg. at least i was only beaten on 1 side !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, 13 September 2009
Thursday, 10 September 2009
news on the one
good news fabio has let the budgie out . it only took the poor little thing an hour and a quarter to pluck up the courage to come out of the cage , and then she could only fly down onto the floor, where fabsy had to unhook it cos her claws got stuck in the carpet. fabio is promising to let her out every day now so she can build her strenth up . so the campaign worked lol
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
trade match at avalon
every year a couple of the reps from the southwest organise a match for tackle dealers agents and anyone else associated with the trade. so today i took along the avon angling night watchman aka fabio(well i got to make sure i win at least one pound). breakfast was booked in the kings arms pub in catcott and it wasnt to bad a meal by pub standards, but i was still glad me and fabs stopped for a bacon buttie on the a38 in the lay bye that tim clark normally frequents. it was good to see people from as far afield as wales, devon , hants and oxford oh and of course bristol,
the draw was kind to me again for the second match running when i pulled peg 11, without a doubt one of the best and most consistent wag pegs on the venue, i had "but"from tredegar on 10 and nick from street on 12 with fabio on 13.
on the whistle i potted a quarter of a pot of 6,s at 14mtr and fired afew 8,s to the island, i got a bit of fizzing on the pole line , but apart feom 2 lost foulers it was a non starter, so after an hour it was onto the wag, but with no fish swirling or climbing the island it looked as if that was going to be bad as well. and i was right it took me an hour and 15 to get a bite , and an 8 pounder was in the net, i would like to say it was a bite a chuck to the end but no i couldnt get another bite, it was that bad i even went for a walk and sat behind chris derrick from fish and field who was getting a bite every put in fishing caster 2 foot deep, getting roach, rudd and skimmers with a bite every put in and he went on to win the silvers with 23.4 it was food for thought with the teams of 4 there sunday week.
the match was won by the joint fishery owner and top lead chucker vic bush with 76.10 on peg 30 fishing a pellet feeder with hair rigged pellet.
second was barry fitchew(black boris) with 56,7 on peg 6 on the conker. is it just me or does barry look like ian parsons long lost brother cos they got the same tan. i did ask them if iether of there dads had a push bike , barry said he wasnt sure but i cant print what ian said!!!!!!!
third was dave baker with 47.6 off the speci lake
and second in the silvers was the master snot basher himself , daniel ratcliffes body double, steve kedge with 21.10
and me oh yes it was the worst day i have ever had at the lake with just the one carp which went 7,14 to fabio,s which went 7.6 lol
and i nearly forgot to mention that as fabsy was sorting his kit out befor the start in the carpark , he was bent over with the usual mans cleavage showing, i just couldnt resist it and emptied the watery contents of my keepnet bag straight into it much to the amusment of ian parson and mat challenger(scotts new owner), and by the time i stopped laughing my pants were nearly as wet as his
the draw was kind to me again for the second match running when i pulled peg 11, without a doubt one of the best and most consistent wag pegs on the venue, i had "but"from tredegar on 10 and nick from street on 12 with fabio on 13.
on the whistle i potted a quarter of a pot of 6,s at 14mtr and fired afew 8,s to the island, i got a bit of fizzing on the pole line , but apart feom 2 lost foulers it was a non starter, so after an hour it was onto the wag, but with no fish swirling or climbing the island it looked as if that was going to be bad as well. and i was right it took me an hour and 15 to get a bite , and an 8 pounder was in the net, i would like to say it was a bite a chuck to the end but no i couldnt get another bite, it was that bad i even went for a walk and sat behind chris derrick from fish and field who was getting a bite every put in fishing caster 2 foot deep, getting roach, rudd and skimmers with a bite every put in and he went on to win the silvers with 23.4 it was food for thought with the teams of 4 there sunday week.
the match was won by the joint fishery owner and top lead chucker vic bush with 76.10 on peg 30 fishing a pellet feeder with hair rigged pellet.
second was barry fitchew(black boris) with 56,7 on peg 6 on the conker. is it just me or does barry look like ian parsons long lost brother cos they got the same tan. i did ask them if iether of there dads had a push bike , barry said he wasnt sure but i cant print what ian said!!!!!!!
third was dave baker with 47.6 off the speci lake
and second in the silvers was the master snot basher himself , daniel ratcliffes body double, steve kedge with 21.10
and me oh yes it was the worst day i have ever had at the lake with just the one carp which went 7,14 to fabio,s which went 7.6 lol
and i nearly forgot to mention that as fabsy was sorting his kit out befor the start in the carpark , he was bent over with the usual mans cleavage showing, i just couldnt resist it and emptied the watery contents of my keepnet bag straight into it much to the amusment of ian parson and mat challenger(scotts new owner), and by the time i stopped laughing my pants were nearly as wet as his
Monday, 7 September 2009
shop bitz part 3
for those of you interested the whitehall one is a little green budgie, which fabio is scared of , he tried to tell me that he dont want it pooping on his carpet. i think it might be psycologiccaly damaged as he has had to watch fabio and fi fi playing strip spoof as its a gamee fi fi has just learnt. unfortunatley her grasp on the game is far more superior than that of fabio,s cos she bust his ass twice , poor bird having to be exposed to the buddha belly lol.
onto the teams of 4 that used to be sponsored by veals and the trade now the sponsorship has gone it appears to have lost its appeal slightly which is a pity , my own thouhgts on it are the payouts are a bit wrong as you could be second on the day and not get a penny also the team payout on the day i can only see a few teams benefitting from these payouts also the large section payouts might be better adjusted to pay out more or differently on the day with more overall payouts. i can understand what dave is saying when he says its a team match match so the emphasis is on doing well in your section ,but there a lot of anglers see it only as a decent size match so more payments down the line might go down well. and the staff more weekend in the present financial climate is going to be hard for some people to justify, so any money that can be won on the day would be greatly appreciated , so by dropping the daily team payout and reducing the ammounts on the sections more would be paid out. my self and many others dont want to see the league fail ,especially as we have got our digs sorted at stafford, but if anyone thinks the same as me perhaps now would be a good time to give dave a ring and discuss things , he is a good listener and will appreciate any input . i now how hard it is to organise thing and keep everyone happy so all constructive comments and help dave would only to glad of also any one wishing to enter a team should give dave a ring at veals monday to friday. its a good league encompassing good and varied venues from stafford moor to bullocks , avalon, landsend and viaduct, so give dodgy a call cos i know its a thankless dirty job but someone has to do it.
onto the teams of 4 that used to be sponsored by veals and the trade now the sponsorship has gone it appears to have lost its appeal slightly which is a pity , my own thouhgts on it are the payouts are a bit wrong as you could be second on the day and not get a penny also the team payout on the day i can only see a few teams benefitting from these payouts also the large section payouts might be better adjusted to pay out more or differently on the day with more overall payouts. i can understand what dave is saying when he says its a team match match so the emphasis is on doing well in your section ,but there a lot of anglers see it only as a decent size match so more payments down the line might go down well. and the staff more weekend in the present financial climate is going to be hard for some people to justify, so any money that can be won on the day would be greatly appreciated , so by dropping the daily team payout and reducing the ammounts on the sections more would be paid out. my self and many others dont want to see the league fail ,especially as we have got our digs sorted at stafford, but if anyone thinks the same as me perhaps now would be a good time to give dave a ring and discuss things , he is a good listener and will appreciate any input . i now how hard it is to organise thing and keep everyone happy so all constructive comments and help dave would only to glad of also any one wishing to enter a team should give dave a ring at veals monday to friday. its a good league encompassing good and varied venues from stafford moor to bullocks , avalon, landsend and viaduct, so give dodgy a call cos i know its a thankless dirty job but someone has to do it.
Sunday, 6 September 2009
bullocks open
i havnt been to bullocks since april so it was quite a surprise to see how much all the greenery had grown . it really could do with a serious bit of pruning. talking to phil the owner he was telling me that he is getting a landscape gardener to work at clearing it up doing it one day a week !!!!!!!!!!!!!
no surprise with the draw, i ende up on 24 which is without doubt one of the best pegs on there, and with dean malin drawing 17 which is the other best peg on the venue.
aquick chat with ray cooper who informed me that he had fished the peg the day before and had caught about 80 lb in 3 hours at 6 mtr and on his top set down to his right, ithought the latter might be a non starter as i had stu foale behind me on peg 1 but time would tell, so i set up a 4x12 rig for the right hand margin a 4x10 rig for tight in down the left , a 4x12 for about 9 mtr and a 4x10 rig for by the island to fish hair rigged 6 and 8 hard pellet.
on the whistle i cupped some caster down to the left , some softened 3mm at 9mtr and 1/4 cup of 4,s on the island. starting at 9 mtr on soft pellet it didnt take long to put a fantail in the net, shortly followed by another but i was missing a few bites, opposite on 17 dean had opted for the usual groundbait approach and was getting more bites than me which left me wishing that i hadnt put pellet in on this line, it did help when i started fishing corn over the pellet , the bites were a lot more possitive, and talking to dean after he found the same. unfortunately i over cooked it on this line, i just cant keep my hand out of the bait tub sometimes even when i know its wrong. i some times wish i could be more like mike nicholls on days like this cos he is good at light feeding(bollocks to that he is just tight). so now i had done that line in a quick look down the edge was in order , down to the right not a twitch and it was the same story down to the left.
all the time i had been firing 4,s over to the island and there were a few bubbles so it was no surprise when a small carp(2lb)took the bait , and to be honest apart from a couple of quick looks down the margins left and right , no bites to the right(no surprise)and 2 badly beaten up rigs to my left, those fish are to quick and its to snaggy where the live, i spent the rest of the match out
by the island fishing 6 and 8 mm hard pellet and feeding 4,s with a catapult. its a shame you fish the islands properly as there is so much foliage hanging over the water, so you end up about 2 foot of and you just know that the fish are creeping round the island . the sooner phil gets the gardener in the better.
on the whistle the only pesron that i thought might beat me that i could see was dean who was admitting to 10lb of silvers and 45 lb of carp, i was admitting to 60 lb total so i was even more convinced that he had done it.
following the scales round the best weight by the time we got to dean was paul faires on peg 6 with38 lb
deans silvers went 17.2 and his carp went46.3 totalling 63.5 giving him the silvers and first on the day
i was 2 nd with 61.13(one fish off the one that bust me between my nets would have done it)
3 rd tom thick 53.14peg 27
4th nick collins 39.2 peg 26
5th paul faires 38 peg 6
6th dave evans 34 peg19
a couple of larry let downs today trigger got drunk and didnt show, i am glad now that i put a handfull of maggots in his football kit bag and mark leader who just didnt show. we were only one short on the day cos martin lenaghan was in the cafe looking for somewhere to go so he took triggers place , it would be nice if people would phone and let you know if they cant make it.
it wouldnt be right if i didnt mention fabio , since being given a budgie 3 weeks ago , he hasnt let it out for a fly so i am starting a campaign to FREE THE WHITEHALL ONE. she needs her excercise fi fi will have to put up with the flapping.
no surprise with the draw, i ende up on 24 which is without doubt one of the best pegs on there, and with dean malin drawing 17 which is the other best peg on the venue.
aquick chat with ray cooper who informed me that he had fished the peg the day before and had caught about 80 lb in 3 hours at 6 mtr and on his top set down to his right, ithought the latter might be a non starter as i had stu foale behind me on peg 1 but time would tell, so i set up a 4x12 rig for the right hand margin a 4x10 rig for tight in down the left , a 4x12 for about 9 mtr and a 4x10 rig for by the island to fish hair rigged 6 and 8 hard pellet.
on the whistle i cupped some caster down to the left , some softened 3mm at 9mtr and 1/4 cup of 4,s on the island. starting at 9 mtr on soft pellet it didnt take long to put a fantail in the net, shortly followed by another but i was missing a few bites, opposite on 17 dean had opted for the usual groundbait approach and was getting more bites than me which left me wishing that i hadnt put pellet in on this line, it did help when i started fishing corn over the pellet , the bites were a lot more possitive, and talking to dean after he found the same. unfortunately i over cooked it on this line, i just cant keep my hand out of the bait tub sometimes even when i know its wrong. i some times wish i could be more like mike nicholls on days like this cos he is good at light feeding(bollocks to that he is just tight). so now i had done that line in a quick look down the edge was in order , down to the right not a twitch and it was the same story down to the left.
all the time i had been firing 4,s over to the island and there were a few bubbles so it was no surprise when a small carp(2lb)took the bait , and to be honest apart from a couple of quick looks down the margins left and right , no bites to the right(no surprise)and 2 badly beaten up rigs to my left, those fish are to quick and its to snaggy where the live, i spent the rest of the match out
by the island fishing 6 and 8 mm hard pellet and feeding 4,s with a catapult. its a shame you fish the islands properly as there is so much foliage hanging over the water, so you end up about 2 foot of and you just know that the fish are creeping round the island . the sooner phil gets the gardener in the better.
on the whistle the only pesron that i thought might beat me that i could see was dean who was admitting to 10lb of silvers and 45 lb of carp, i was admitting to 60 lb total so i was even more convinced that he had done it.
following the scales round the best weight by the time we got to dean was paul faires on peg 6 with38 lb
deans silvers went 17.2 and his carp went46.3 totalling 63.5 giving him the silvers and first on the day
i was 2 nd with 61.13(one fish off the one that bust me between my nets would have done it)
3 rd tom thick 53.14peg 27
4th nick collins 39.2 peg 26
5th paul faires 38 peg 6
6th dave evans 34 peg19
a couple of larry let downs today trigger got drunk and didnt show, i am glad now that i put a handfull of maggots in his football kit bag and mark leader who just didnt show. we were only one short on the day cos martin lenaghan was in the cafe looking for somewhere to go so he took triggers place , it would be nice if people would phone and let you know if they cant make it.
it wouldnt be right if i didnt mention fabio , since being given a budgie 3 weeks ago , he hasnt let it out for a fly so i am starting a campaign to FREE THE WHITEHALL ONE. she needs her excercise fi fi will have to put up with the flapping.
Friday, 4 September 2009
bitz from the shop part 2
a quick plea to fi fi from fabio sorry not a plea but he is to scared to ask why cant he keep his tackle in your cupboard out the back cos he dont seem to be up to carrying his kit up the stairs to the flat his age must be catching up.lol. wait till the gimp see,s it all out the back he will go mad ha ha i love it, nothing to do with the shop but judith was talking to our slightly potty (blonde) daughter the other day and the channel tunnel came up in conversation , lauren said she wouldnt mind going through it judith asked her why and she explained it would be good to see all the fish cos she thought ti was a glass tunnel, i dont know where she came from!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it turns out that tim ford has won the caption competition in the pole fishing mag, seems he has won a years supply of sensas mullet 3000 should go down a bomb this weekend at newbridge. he hasnt told me yet what the caption says yet it better not be to bad as i can remember a lot more about ireland than he probably can.
anyway off to bullocks this weekend for the charlie barnes and tom thick match i cant wait to give tom a good moaning just like he does to everyone else
it turns out that tim ford has won the caption competition in the pole fishing mag, seems he has won a years supply of sensas mullet 3000 should go down a bomb this weekend at newbridge. he hasnt told me yet what the caption says yet it better not be to bad as i can remember a lot more about ireland than he probably can.
anyway off to bullocks this weekend for the charlie barnes and tom thick match i cant wait to give tom a good moaning just like he does to everyone else
Wednesday, 2 September 2009
wet and windy landsend
18 fished today so mr duckett let us use match lake and half of speci. gary wall drew me peg 22 which i wasnt upset with, although its a bit of a snag pit on the end of island as the old netting from the hay bales floats around and grabs your hook as it passes!!!!!!!!!!!!
for company on 24 i had possibly the finest paste angler from bristol, tony wittcomb, so the quid bet was struck. i kept it simple today as it was to wet and windy to set to much up, one rig 4x12 with a 18 hook to .16 line to fish 13 mtr on the deck with a hair rigged 6mm and 1 rig 4x8 for over on the far shelf (wish i hadnt bothered cos it probably cost me come the end).
at the start i cupped in half a pot of 4mm split between 2 and 10 o,clock and started firing a few 6,s across. first put in at 2 o,clock the float hardly had time to settle before it dissapeared and number 1 was on its way to the net. also it wasnt long after that ,that tony on 24 was into his first fish. and thats how it went for the first 3 hour with me and tony virtually fish for fish, during the 4 th hour tony seemed to change tactics , he must have thought i said there was squirrel pool cos he spent the biggest part of the next hour doing his best to snag a few of the tree rats as he was getting quite adept at getting his rig up where they live.
i didnt mind though as it probably gave me a 10 fish lead over him. although i was still getting bites at 13 mtr i had a brain surge and went to the far side to see if i could catch any quicker, but after 1 roach and 3 foulhookers and a wasted 30 minutes so it was back to the 13 mtr line . but it wasnt the same (i should have ignored the far bank slurping)the last hour saw no carp for me and tony on 24 had 10 in that last hour so cancelling out my earlier lead. on the all out it was to close to call between us, it didnt look as though either of us were going to win as anton was admitting to 150 lb on the speci on peg 28. although tony and me had the same number of carp, his were of a slightly bigger stamp but i thought my silvers might just edge it, time would tell.
doing the weigh in it became apparent that it had fished well with nick collier and rod wooten both recording over 100 lb . i put 147 lb on the scales and tony was not to confident he thought he had about 125 lb but getting his nets out , it looked as if it was going to be close , and it was. with him beating me by 1 fish. the match was won by tony page with 166. 4 which included fish up to 17 lb peg 28. unable to catch on the paste as they had at the weekend, all his fish were caught 6 inches deep against the island on 6mm hard pellet(paste will soon be gone mr nicholls)
t wittcomb 151.3 peg 24
t rixon 147 peg 22
rod wootten 139 peg 15
nick collier 126.2 peg 5
m lenaghan 85.3 peg29
silvers nick collier 24.4 peg 5 on caster
so the quid went to mr wittcomb . i think that if i had ignored the far bank i would have probably beaten tony w , even though i had 21 lb of silvers for some reason the carp i had were of a slightly smaller size cos we had about the same number(shit i sound bitter and twisted lol)
for company on 24 i had possibly the finest paste angler from bristol, tony wittcomb, so the quid bet was struck. i kept it simple today as it was to wet and windy to set to much up, one rig 4x12 with a 18 hook to .16 line to fish 13 mtr on the deck with a hair rigged 6mm and 1 rig 4x8 for over on the far shelf (wish i hadnt bothered cos it probably cost me come the end).
at the start i cupped in half a pot of 4mm split between 2 and 10 o,clock and started firing a few 6,s across. first put in at 2 o,clock the float hardly had time to settle before it dissapeared and number 1 was on its way to the net. also it wasnt long after that ,that tony on 24 was into his first fish. and thats how it went for the first 3 hour with me and tony virtually fish for fish, during the 4 th hour tony seemed to change tactics , he must have thought i said there was squirrel pool cos he spent the biggest part of the next hour doing his best to snag a few of the tree rats as he was getting quite adept at getting his rig up where they live.
i didnt mind though as it probably gave me a 10 fish lead over him. although i was still getting bites at 13 mtr i had a brain surge and went to the far side to see if i could catch any quicker, but after 1 roach and 3 foulhookers and a wasted 30 minutes so it was back to the 13 mtr line . but it wasnt the same (i should have ignored the far bank slurping)the last hour saw no carp for me and tony on 24 had 10 in that last hour so cancelling out my earlier lead. on the all out it was to close to call between us, it didnt look as though either of us were going to win as anton was admitting to 150 lb on the speci on peg 28. although tony and me had the same number of carp, his were of a slightly bigger stamp but i thought my silvers might just edge it, time would tell.
doing the weigh in it became apparent that it had fished well with nick collier and rod wooten both recording over 100 lb . i put 147 lb on the scales and tony was not to confident he thought he had about 125 lb but getting his nets out , it looked as if it was going to be close , and it was. with him beating me by 1 fish. the match was won by tony page with 166. 4 which included fish up to 17 lb peg 28. unable to catch on the paste as they had at the weekend, all his fish were caught 6 inches deep against the island on 6mm hard pellet(paste will soon be gone mr nicholls)
t wittcomb 151.3 peg 24
t rixon 147 peg 22
rod wootten 139 peg 15
nick collier 126.2 peg 5
m lenaghan 85.3 peg29
silvers nick collier 24.4 peg 5 on caster
so the quid went to mr wittcomb . i think that if i had ignored the far bank i would have probably beaten tony w , even though i had 21 lb of silvers for some reason the carp i had were of a slightly smaller size cos we had about the same number(shit i sound bitter and twisted lol)
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