It was good to see a few people that I hadn't seen for while due to either being on lock down or working and I was pleased to see my old mate Eric back on the bank again along with the normal faces.
A bit of social distancing conversation and banter prior to the match always go down well and today was none the different. Its what makes a Sunday worth while even if you don't catch. Then the guru tart turn up in a red top and what looked like a orange mini skirt if he had green trainers he'd have looked like a set of traffic lights.
George picked up his winnings from the previous week along with Golden Peg money but was still a grumpy old git as he passed my peg calling me a " little illegitimate person" in his weird northern accent as he waddled to his swim, he does deserve all the grief he gets.
The draw was done again on Friday evening with the normal format of Steve drawing the draw order and myself drawing the pegs. I had a look at the previous weeks results from Jamie Rich blog - Against Men and Fish which 135lb won the overall and 20lb won the silvers so in my head I wanted a silvers draw this week and wanted to be road side.
There are some good pegs on the lake for carp with peg 7 by the lillies being favored by many but they do tend to take you staring into the lillies so heavy gear or lots of spare rigs required here.
I manage to get my road side draw and I was also fortunate to be drawn with Eric, however he spent the day catching fish so he didn't have anytime to break into song. It was good to see him catching as the previous day he only had a handful of bites at the Sedges - Canal lake. On my other side I had Graham for the second time in 3 weeks and was also good to see him catching as he unfortunately had the same experience as Eric did a few weeks back.
Mr Warren wasn't looking forward to his peg on 5 as Jamie Rich only had a couple of pound of silvers the previous week and didn't weigh in his carp, although I didn't tell Steve that he was a silvers angler and left him mulling over his poor draw for then next 48 hours.
The draw was as follows with Golden peg nos 9
Peg nos
1 - Roger Coombes
3 - Dave Allen
5 - Steve Warren
7 - Steve King
9 - Tony Fry
11 - Phil Beards
13 - Dave Tunstall
15 - John Wolstencroft
17 - George Fletcher
19 - John Bradford
21- Martin Western
23 - Danny Donnahay
25 - Paul Bowyer
27 - Garham Birbidge
29 - Nigel Coram
31 - Eric Searle
33 - Tony Newell
35 - Paul Lock
37 - Brian Chivers
39 - Shane Western
In difficult conditions with wind , rain and sunshine a good amount of fish was caught around the lake and a new experience of me seeing Paul Bowyer fishing paste and catching a few good bream.
Results
Overall -
1st - Eric Searle - 115lb - 07 oz
2nd - John Woolenscroft - 101lb - 11 oz
3rd - Stev King - 97lb - 00 oz
Silvers
1st - Dave Tungstall - 19lb - 08 oz
2nd - George Fletcher` - 11lb - 10 oz
3rd - Nigel Coram - 11lb - 03 oz
Well done to all those who framed today.
Next up is Trinity - Woodlands
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE NEXT 2 MATCHES ARE FULLY BOOKED BUT MEMBERS CAN STILL RING STEVE AND BE PUT ON THE RESERVE LIST.
It is with great sadness to hear the news that former Chairman Kevin Hayes has passed away,.
Chairman Phil Beards commented "Today I received some sad new that his friend and good fishing buddy had passed away.. Not only was he a great character but a true gentleman and will be missed by not only me but the rest of his fishing mates at HLS Angling Club"
The club send its condolences to the family in these difficult times. RIP Kevin Hayes.
Results
The Guru Tart - Literally being a tart dressed in his Amber Skirt, he left his pink trainers at home this week. Looks like another sweat shirt that hes grown out of!!!
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