Weight - 54lb 11oz
Catch - 16 Carp, 4 F1
Weather - Sunny with cloudy periods, cool northerly
Match - Pole Masters Final (18 fished) - 1st overall
So, to the final and at last I drew an end peg in the shape of p29 and it gave me a chance.
On the all-in I went straight out on paste (50:50 Uzit GLM:
Crushed Expander) feeding a few 2mm p-nut pellet to the corner of the island.
Second drop in I caught a 5lber. After 75mins I probably had 20lb, which settled
the nerves and was a good start.
As usual the 2nd hour was quiet so I fed a small
ball of crushed expander and 2mm p-nut 
pellet at 10m to my right in open water.
Whilst that settled, I caught a couple of carp on meat, either side of the
spillway before the swim went quiet.
When I switched to the 10m line, I was expecting some
skimmers on 4mm expander, but was pleasantly surprised to net a decent carp,
soon followed by another.
Everything was going smoothly until I hooked my 3rd
carp from the 10m line which was larger than the first 2. Unfortunately, the
hooklength caught the lip of the spillway as it dived right losing the fish. I
then lost 2 of the next 3 carp when fishing meat, the hook pulled out of one
and the 3rd I lost the whole rig on a snag.
After regaining my composure, I caught another carp from the
10m line, a couple from the spillway and 2 more from a newly opened short meat
line.
In the last 90mins I had started pinging 4mm bubblegum pellet
to the corner of the island and spent most of the last hour fishing paste to
add a further 18lb or so. On the all-out I hooked a 4lber, which I lost at the
net and thought that would cost me.
I could see all of my section and was fairly confident I had
at least won the section. It wasn’t until I started following the board that I
realised I could win, which I duly did picking up £660 and a trophy.
1.
54-11 – Ken Rayner – p29
2.
49-14 – Nick Franklin – p8
3.
48- 1 –
Simon Duke – p25
4.
47- 5 –
Andy Pollard – p20
5.
47- 1 –
Steve Brown – p15
6.
35-11 – Ronaldo – p14
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