Catch - 14 F1, 2 Carp, 2 Skimmers
Weather - Warm & sunny
Match - Tackle Den (18 fished), 9th overall, 5th in section
On the all-in I started on pellet at 3+2, but never had a
bite. A switch to fishing maggot tapping in maggot and micros at 3+2 to my left
produced 2 F1s, but it was slow going.
By the end of the first hour, I was up to 4 F1s, including a
decent F1 from my right margin on a top kit.
After 90mins I tried my shallow maggot line that I had fed
from the start, more in hope than expectation as the weather was very bright
and with the wind blowing down the other end meant it was mostly flat in front
of me. Within 5mins I had an F1 on the jigger and another on a light rig
through the water, but I just felt I was wasting time and decided to stopping
feeding to concentrate on my short line and margin. As an aside I noticed John
on p13 (who is a good shallow angler try later in the match without much
reward, so I felt happy with my decision).
Initially, I caught a couple of F1s on maggot down each
margin, but the action didn’t last. As the match progressed, I tried feeding
more heavily to make something happen which it didn’t.
My most productive line was at 3+2 to my left that
periodically produced a few F1s and a carp. In the last hour I tried upping the
feed, cupping a ¼ cup of maggot and micros, which produced some better stamp
fish including a carp of 8½lb, unfortunately losing a 2nd.
At the weigh-in the majority of weights came from the other
end of the lake and I at least managed to beat everyone (except for p21) from
p11 to p28, and I’m sure I could have caught a few more fish if it wasn’t for
the tight pegging.
1.
66- 3 –
Matt Greaves – p29
2.
52- 4 –
Darren Lawrence – p33
3.
51-11 – Kev Parry – p7
4.
51- 0 –
Simon Collins – p21
5.
48- 7 –
Terry Arnold – p1
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