This could be a feeder match with the predicted weather. Then again, the waggler may reign supreme over the long pole. Reeds for the odd bonus methinks.

Well.
Was it the weather?
Was it the earthquake?
Who knows? Whatever the cause, the fishing was dire.

13 optimistic souls turned up on Sunday, a record number for this venue.
Sunday’s weather was an improvement on the previous week, although it could have been much better. Then again it is October and the temperatures do fluctuate quite considerably. The erratic wind was the problem. If it had been consistent, (like wot mine is), at the very least things would have been more comfortable.

We divided the match into 2 sections. One of 6 anglers and one of 7 with prize money for 1st and 2nd in each section.

As it turned out, (with the exception of 1 good bonus fsh on the dam wall and the flyer, peg 7 performing again!), the split was good with each section a close run thing.
Section A, nominally the house bank, produced the better weights but as you’ll see from the results both sections threw up similar weights and anyone could have finished in the money.

For myself, the waggler at approximately 35 metres in 2 metres of water proved most effective. The pole didn’t produce for once.

I drew peg 3, the house bank, again.
At the off I cupped in 4 smallish balls of grounbait which was heavilly laced with maggot and seeds at the 12.5 metre point in 0.75 metre of water.
The first hour or so was biteless for me. I think I had one fish at about the 1.5 hour point. Mark, in peg 2 had 3 fish at this point.
Here’s something of a tutorial for those who haven’t match fished too often. When anglers are fishing a match and they are catching well, they talk. A lot! There’s always banter and questions flying around. Anyone who knows their stuff listens to this chat/noise and can get a good idea of what’s going on.
Not so on Sunday. It was remarkably quiet. To me, that meant not much was happening, anywhere. It gave me hope and the hope proved correct, eventually.

Back to the match.
I picked up 2 small carp in quite quick succession. Between them they weighed about 1/2 lb (250 gram). At least they were fish!
I had a lot of false bites, from crayfish I think.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, I ended up with 11 fish. 2 small carp, 4 crucians and 5 grass carp. All on sweetcorn, again!

Results:

Section A:

1. Vlado          5lb 7oz           (2.47Kg) (peg 7)
2. Me               3lb 3.5oz       (1.46Kg)
3. Momchil    2lb 14oz         (1.3Kg)
4. Mark            2lb 13oz         (1.28Kg)
5. John             5oz                  (0.141Kg)
6. Stuart    – Did not weigh

Section B:

1. Nikolai       5lb 1oz            (2.3Kg)
2. Stanislav   12.5oz             (0.354Kg)
3. Georgi         8.5oz              (0.241Kg)
4. Rado            5.5oz              (0.155Kg)
5. Miroslav     5oz                 (0.141Kg)
6. Yanaki         1oz                  (0.028Kg) – Recipient of the Wooden Spoon
7. Paul     – Did not weigh

Despite the fishing (or lack of!) I think everyone enjoyed their day.
I won’t mention that Rado lost 3 (yes 3!) Tollostolob. Shoddy.
I shouldn’t mention that Vlado had the most comfortable peg and was not affected by the weather. But I will!

I will mention that to receive the covetted Wooden Spoon, you MUST weigh in!

The next 2 matches on the Calendar are 17th and 24th October.
We’d love to see you here.