Peg 5 gave me a
short walk, but an otter fence meant I would have to break down 2 sections at a
time, which would be a pain if I started to catch long.
On the all-in, with loads of fish on the surface I tried mugging a few with an 8mm pellet, however with no takers I soon realised there seemed to be more F1s than carp. So, I switched to fishing short on pellet or corn, whilst I started to feed caster at 13m.
With no proper bites on the short line and it not feeling right, I soon switched to the margin
Going into the last hour I felt I needed to catch some carp and hoped I could find a few down the margin. Whilst I caught a few, they were no bigger than the F1’s and I wasn’t catching as quickly as the shallow line, so I ended up back on the shallow line for most of the remaining hour.
By the end I was enjoying myself and wished it was a 6hr match instead of 5hrs. I felt I was close to 100lb and was pleased to weigh 98-14, which was good enough for 2nd overall. Well done to Matt on winning, who had a better start than me and found a better stamp of carp down his margin, fishing meat over micros.
For a first visit I was really pleased, bar a couple of mistakes and would happily return.
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