It was another
Wednesday, and we were at Shiplate Hawthorns on a perfect day weatherwise for
fishing. We had ten lads, the perfect number to fish this fifteen
peg lake; BUT there was a humungous amount of cold rain overnight,
and the water level was up!!
We were very spoilt
today, with Carol, Steve, and Reggie looking to our needs, and
so no weighing in to be done. I got the guys to part with their
cash, while Carol wrote out the draw numbers, and selected the Golden Peg which
was number seven.
At the draw Bad Boy got
twelve and was happy!!! while the Sheriff got golden. My
peg, the last in the hat, was three. I had Tivi to my left on one,
and Tonto on peg four. Tonto's first question was "How far
into your swim Bob can I cast" some things never change.
For me, like most times,
it's keep it simple, just caster and red maggot over small amounts of
ground bait laced with caster, fed regularly. Horny tooted
and I realized it was going to be tough, with just three small roach to
show after two hours of effort. Dave was struggling, as was Tonto
who had one carp and lost one, commenting what a silly boy he was, there
was no answer to that.
Steve had said the fish
tended to feed later, so with patience I persevered with my plan, and was
rewarded with a good second half session. I had a dozen or so
roach, some skimmers, and a small tench, which gave me 10lbs 4ozs in silvers,
plus 35lbs 4ozs of those
pesky carp. This was good enough for the match, and some more of those
precious nuggets!! All thanks to the humble red maggot on a twenty
hook.
This Sunday we visit Avalon, so always room with plenty of pegs.
Next Wednesday we return to Emeralds.
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