Weight - 82lb 9oz (7lb - silvers)
Catch - 34 Carp, 13 Skimmers, 4 Roach
Weather - Mostly sunny, breezy at times
Match - Open (23 fished) - 10th overall, 3rd in section
I started on paste tight to the far bank and caught 4 carp
after an hour, which was slow going, but better than those around me.
A switch to fishing down the track with 6mm pellet over 6s
resulted in a couple of fish, but again it was slow going and I was 
starting to
struggle. I had considered trying shallow, however Joff to my left and Stu to my
right both tried it with limited success. I think caster shallow would have
worked if I had any.
In the meantime, I had also been feeding the deep water just
off my right margin regularly with 6s, which quickly produced a carp and then
nothing. Next, I tried fishing at the bottom of the far shelf, tapping in 4
& 6s fishing a hair rigged 6, and I started to catch. Only small carp, plus
a couple of skimmers, but at least I was catching to keep myself ahead of those
I could see.
When this line died, I moved back to the right-hand deep
margin, fishing paste and it was much better catching some slightly better
stamp fish. I was alternating with the left margin which proved tricky, but
once I sorted out how best to feed (feeding small balls of micros was best) it
improved.
Moving into the last hour, the right-hand swim was fading,
so micros were fed tight into the margins, which resulted in a reasonable
finish to the match.
2. 129- 3 – Simon Stacey – p2 (OML)
3. 120- 4 – Mark Poppleton – p49 (K)
4. 100-13
– Chris Timms – p1 (OML)
5. 100- 7 – Andy Dixey – p43 (K)
6. 92- 8
– Sean Rhodes – p2 (OML)
Silvers
1. 60- 6
– Mike Etheridge – p5 (OML)
2.
14-13 –
Alfie – p42 (K)
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