Weight - 78lb 0oz
Catch - 54 Carp, 30 F1s, 4 Skimmers
Weather - Cold start. Bright & sunny, light breeze.
Match - Open (13 fished) - 1st overall
Today’s match was on the canals but following another cold night
the preference was to be
on Moorhen, as there are more smaller fish and
therefore more bites to be had.
cupped a small ball of FA1 and BMG boosted
micros at 6m, plus a bigger ball off to left in
case I needed it to catch
skimmers later.
Due to the cold start, I decided to start at the bottom of
the far shelf, rather than fishing tight
to the far bank, tapping in baninion
boosted 4s with a hair rigged 4mm kriller pellet. After an
initial slow start
the swim just got better and stayed on this line for just over 2hrs.
Dropping back to the 5m line which I kept topped up with nuggets
of FA1 & micros, quickly produced 3 skimmers, but it didn’t feel right.
Switching to fishing tight against the far bank, again tapping
in 4s with a 4mm expander
produced another run of fish for another 2hrs, and
the average size was a little better.
When this swim slowed, I switched back to the margin, but
this only produced 1 fish. I had
also been pinging 4s slightly to my left, again
at the bottom of the shelf, which produced
another run of fish, but it wasn’t quite
as good as I hoped. Fortunately resting the far bank
swim proved beneficial, as
I had a strong last 45mins.
An enjoyable match, with plenty of bites and I felt I made
all the right decisions at the right
time for a comfortable win.
2.
69-10 – Jim Butcher – p41 (kingfisher)
3.
62- 2 – Chris Timms – p49 (kingfisher)
4.
51- 8 – Fluff – p33 (moorhen)
5.
49-10 – Baggy – p34 (moorhen)
Silvers
1.
18-10 – Andy Lord – p47 (kingfisher)
2.
18- 0 – Gary Dennis – p28 (moorhen)
3.
9- 8 –
Baggy – p34 (moorhen)
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