Weight - 230lb 11oz
Catch - 146 Carp, 34 F1s
Weather - Warm & sunny
Match - Open (5 fished) - 2nd overall
As I had a load of spare (vac packed) caster due to over
ordering I decided to book into the open at Ivy House on Heron Lake hoping for a
day’s shallow caster fishing.
I started on paste (top kit plus 1), whilst I primed my
shallow line and after 30mins had 14 fish, however except for 2 decent size
carp the fish were 12oz or less. In that time everyone else was catching F1s shallow.
A switch to shallow and I caught F1s, but after an hour the
F1s were replaced by small carp despite trying different depths.
To give the line a rest I tried the right margin on a top
kit with Uzit GLM paste and started to catch some better sized carp, but still
had the odd tiny one. I fed caster down my left margin and caught, but the
average stamp was on the smaller side.
I must admit I lost my way a little mid-match trying to keep
the margins and shallow lines going. Every time I returned to the shallow line,
I would get a couple of F1s, before the small carp returned, as it became
obvious the F1s wouldn’t settle in the bright flat conditions.
With 2hrs remaining I binned the shallow line to concentrate
on the 2 margins, converting the left margin from caster to paste. The move
worked as I had a strong end to the match.
Dave won the match, as he managed to catch more F1s shallow
and then had a good run-on pellet down his margin. I had more fish, but just
too many small fish.
1.
254- 0 –
Dave Willmott – p2
2.
230-11 – Ken Rayner – p4
3.
191- 4 –
Tim Hadland – p8
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