Catch - 14 Carp, 22 Skimmers, 5 Tench, 3 Roach, 1 Hybrid
Weather - Very warm and sunny
Match - Cost cutter - 1st out of 35 - silvers, 7th overall
I had intended on fishing a match at Alders Farm Friday for a Marukyu event, however I had to pull out due to a 2nd interview for a promotion at work.
Instead of cancelling my holiday, I shifted it to Thursday so I could fish here and with the first round of the float only series starting Sunday, thought it would be a good excuse to have a days fishing. I also had 10pts of caster left over from the Glebe and didn't want to waste them.
Steve was resting Cary, because it hasn't been fishing well recently, which meant Campbell and Lodge were in today. Obviously everyone wanted Campbell and I was more than happy to pull 115.
With Sunday in mind, the lead rod stayed in the bag, preferring to focus on the pole. Starting short on meat I soon had a decent skimmer, followed by a decent carp and during the first 45mins had another carp and about 8lb of skimmers and tench, so a great start.
In the meantime I feed caster long in preparation for catching shallow. When I switched to the shallow rig I excepted the elastic to be ripped out of the pole. Alas, I gave it 10mins, without a bite and not to be tried again!
I had also started feeding caster and meat down both margins, catching tench, skimmers and the occasional carp down the right hand margin on meat. Strangely the left hand only produced roach.
Since I was building a decent weight of silvers, decided to pot in some caster at 11m, which did produce a few fish, but wasn't as prolific as expected.
The remainder of the match was spent swapping between the margins and short meat line, which started to produce more carp later in the match.
A really enjoyable day, where I managed to qualifier for the silvers all winners final, which to be honest was a relief because in the last 12 months I have finished 2nd, 5 times.
2nd 176-14 - Phil Wilkins - p118
3rd 167-10 - Tony Gilbert (Preston) - p116
4th 157- 2 - Chris Wells - p127
5th 137- 3 - Mark Hollister - p110
Silvers
1st 34-14 - Ken Rayner (Colmic/Marukyu) - p115
2nd 26- 3 - Rob Eagle (Viaduct) - p123
3rd 17-15 - John Bradford - p68
4th 17-10 - Dan Bowen - p126
2nd 176-14 - Phil Wilkins - p118
3rd 167-10 - Tony Gilbert (Preston) - p116
4th 157- 2 - Chris Wells - p127
5th 137- 3 - Mark Hollister - p110
Silvers
1st 34-14 - Ken Rayner (Colmic/Marukyu) - p115
2nd 26- 3 - Rob Eagle (Viaduct) - p123
3rd 17-15 - John Bradford - p68
4th 17-10 - Dan Bowen - p126
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