What a day!!! 50mph
winds and rain you do not want to remember. Eleven very brave lads
of Dads Army knowing what to expect, turned out to tackle a very difficult
match. Badger Steve opened the cafe room, and sorted out the peg
numbers for the club. I marked off the names, took the money, then made the
draw, asking forgiveness and a low number draw please.
My prayer was answered,
I drew peg 112, which was a bit exposed but the wind was on my
back. Nothing fancy today; fished short, feed steady, and hope for
skimmers and tench; neither species decided to visit my swim, just a fair
amount of small roach and some large carp, which in the process of landing of
these I managed to loose a No.3 pole section in the lake. Danny,
being an expert retriever, found and recovered it at the end of the match. Thank you very much Danny.
At 3-00 o'clock I
shouted all out, and the weighing began. Roger first at peg 110
with 89lbs of carp, a good start, but not good enough as you will see on
the complete results sheet at the end.
Unfortunately there was
a downside to what I thought was a good day, showing the spirit and strength of
HLS in really adverse conditions. The most important
consideration of all anglers, whether match or pleasure fishing, should be the
fish. Not for the first time we had an overloaded keepnet.
The fishery rules are very clear about this, and when Steve phoned and gave me
very severe earache, I assured him this would not happen
again. His response was, that re-occurrence would
mean our club would not be welcome at Viaducts, a sentiment which in his
position I must endorse. "NO ONE WANTS DEAD
FISH" Let's resolve and put this one behind us at the AGM
on Friday 8th January .
Next its Sedges Brick
where we have a full lake with reserves, then at Emeralds on Wednesday next
week.
Looking forward to the week ahead
Chair Bob
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