I had joked on Facebook with Chris Martin who has also had a torrid set of draws, that we would be on 49 & 50, and guess who was on 49?
The weather today was horrendous, gale force winds blowing left to right, meant a straightforward approach of fishing the tip. I also set up a couple of pole rigs to fish down the margin and at 2+1 if the wind dropped sufficiently.
On the all-in I cast ¾ of the way across with the straight lead and meat, but the tip didn’t go round. Casting shorter and it was the same result! In the meantime, everyone else seemed to be catching and I thought ‘It’s going to be one those days!’. I eventually caught after 45mins by casting as far left as I dared but I was already 20-30lb behind everyone.
The next hour produced a fish most casts, before they drifted off and it was a case of just being patient. I tried to my right but didn’t have a bite although Steve Martin was catching well on p52.
With 90mins remaining, I had 5 fish in 5 casts towards the far bank and was hoping for a late run. There were signs the wind may be dropping and I was hopeful of catching on the pole late.
Unfortunately, it didn’t work out as I hoped. I had been feeding micros and corn down the margin, but only hooked and lost 2 fish. On the 2+1 line, I fed with meat & hemp and there were obviously a few fish about, as I caught 4 and missed a few bites, but the wind picked up again making presentation difficult.
In hindsight I should have fed meat at 13m and fished the lead over the top. Needless to say I was disappointed to finish 5th in my 6-man section. Chris had 141lb which was only good enough for 3rd in section. Fortunately, the rest of the team did the business as we finished 2nd on the day.
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