Covid Tier 4, Match Up Date for 2021
Good Afternoon guys, I received a call from Phil this morning asking me to put a message up on the blog. Unfortunately whilst we are in Tier 4 all Matches are cancelled.
Hopefully we will all be back on the bank again as a club competing 🎣
Have a great New Years Eve & New Year, Tight Lines 🎣
HLS Sedges 27.12.20
Here we go then guys, first match back after the Christmas Celebrations & we got thirteen anglers in the zone & booked in ready.
Unfortunately I’m not in on this one as yep I’ve been a bit gluten with the seasons cheer 😁😉 so the write up is how I’ve read the weight sheet sent to me by Guru. Hay this guy is keen, as my watch hit 16.00hrs so did his P.M with the attachment of the weight sheet, I thought ,wow, then I’ve seen he’s framed, second overall 💪💪🎣🎣😉.
To be fair to the Guru I’d expect nothing less !! this is his venue, what he doesn’t know about these lakes really ain’t worth knowing, he’s always up there, he’s got all the inside info from the Pro’s that go there.
So on to the next, Tony Knewll well what can I say apart from he’s done it again two on the trot I really do need to have a chat with this guy & find out his edge. Again always up there Paul Bowyer he’s also done two on the trot these guys are on fire 🔥 & the list goes on Martin Western wow taking 1st overall on the silvers 🔥 there leaving us behind. Also Bagger Dave Allen back on top form 2nd on the silvers he certainly is top draw that guy 💪🎣Nick Selway another Sedges local enters the framing blog with 3rd overall this week, super well done to you all from us all. So that just leaves me to say, me & Kingy not doing so well the wheels have fallen off temporarily. We will have our regular chat during the week to discuss tac-tics & he’ll blow me out of the water 💦 🤣 ha. Next week I’m back in, so the blog will be a little longer with a bit more detail ,ummm, maybe not it’s way in the depths of winter & were all be fighting for a bite on the Mighty Trinity Waters - Woodlands I love that lake I got to say, think I’ll do a practice there this week to see what’s happening, until then if your back to work don’t work to hard if your not !! I may see you on the bank 🎣💦👍.
As always book in with Guru & Tight Lines guys see you next week 😁👍
HLS Christmas Match at Trinity Lakes 2020
Trinity Lakes
Today we had our annual Xmas Match with 27 Club Anglers attending. We had two lakes in , Woodlands Match lake & Ash which is a favoured Snake lake. Ash is an excellent lake rammed with a good head of Silvers & Carp a like. Woodlands was split into two sections - far bank & near bank the sides were left out. So on with the match I drew Peg 9 yep chuffed with that, for company I had Dave Allen on 8 Tony Fry on 10 then down through my section were 6 very good anglers that all would have no problem winning. Straight across was Phill Guru, to the left was Brian Chivers the Gringe 😉 on 29.. the all in was called I had quite a straight forward outlook the Method towards the middle & a bomb line at 25m on the same line looking for signs from the method 😉 two edges one with Maggots over Maggots & the other Worm over GB, I thought I’d get a few carp & maybe a couple of accidental Perch well long story short nothing on all lines except a Roach aaarrrggghhh I could have screamed. Bagger Dave Allen didn’t have a bite until 2pm but then snared two good Skimmers & a Carp well done Mucca. Not such a good ending for Tony Fry just a few roach. So Guru was straight in within the first hour having a good Perch then straight after an F1 I think that was it ? Nick Selway was straight into the skimmers on peg 11 fishing the long pole & kept catching silvers very steadily all day. Tbf that’s all I really could see, oh Gringe wasn’t catching haha 😂 never mind Bri maybe next time ?? Ah my mate Paul Lock aka Locky, he won the Silvers for his section well I’ll have the nugget off you next time 💪 Martin Western drew peg 26 great area for his favoured fish silvers I couldn’t really see him but he managed first Overall for his section 💪👌 Tony Newll done the job with an overall with Paul Bowyer winning the silvers on our section. Ash George was by the bridge & admitted to 4lb saying that’ll win the lake for Silvers & shore enough it did 💪 Wow.. Kingy wanted a dobbing peg on Ash he got that but not such a great area by far he done some dobbing at 16m knowing him he did that most of the day, that guy would do 20m if he could he lives for the long pole 💪 John Wulverscroft took Overall for Ash. So that’s about it. I didn’t really know I’d be doing this blog so this is my first attempt of a few to come, so my intro is aka Dettol, P.I.1,!Willie Wonka to name but a few by the previous authors.
Next week the club will be at the Sedges, Ring or txt Guru to book in.
Have a fab Christmas, Stay safe & Tight Lines. 👍🎣
A week before the Christmas Match saw a gathering of 17 with 1 cry off on the morning. With the forecast being of a wet and windy day I'm sure that probably influenced the decision of the non attendee.
A quick consultation with fellow anglers and we decided to fish on the road side bank, this would be much easier for getting to our pegs and the wind behind our backs.
Most anglers in buoyant mood but you always get those that have to have a moan. It was good to see Simon Gardener back having been away for much of the season.
There was no draw this week on the Friday evening as Vic decided that he would like to do the draw on the day so all anglers were waiting for the 8.30 draw. With everyone ready were were waiting for Sausage to arrive and sure enough, loaded with Des Ships left over ground bait from their recent outing at Viaduct, we were set to go.
CHRISTMAS MATCH
After the long awaited competition fishing from Covid restrictions Part 2 - We resumed at Summerhayes on Longs Match Lake. We were 3 members short today as they live in part of the naughty country who cant keep to instructions so they were banned from travelling. When you see the results I wish I had joined them.
The morning was cold and when I arrived early to put my gear at the peg, the wooden platforms were slippery with a covering of frost., time for the warmer bib and brace today and wooly socks. No ice on the lake but as the morning progressed I'm sure it got colder with my holdal that was placed at my swim now also having a covering of frost.
17 persons braved the cold which for December is a good turn out and I think with the 3 who weren't allowed we would have had an exceptional turn out.
As per normal the draw was done on Friday evening with th decision of which pegs to leave out, Phil not wanting 19 as its rubbish but we chose odd number pegs and left out 25, 27 and 39.
The draw pulled out some strange pegs, I always seem to fish on the roadside and again this happened, Rich Coles had peg 35 for the 3rd time in a row, Dave Allen on peg 5 for the 3rd time in 4 draws, George, Danny and Afghan Bob all drew un- favorable pegs and the un-favored peg 19 was drawn by big Nick. The trouble with that area was the fact that its by the motorway and in the shade all day but true to form Nick, was in his vest, but he must of got a bit chilly as he then put on a T Shirt for the rest of the match. Dettal, (was he in or was he out ) graced us with his presence today and hopefully now attending on a regular basis.
Martin , Steve and Tony continue with their good form with drawing favorable areas of the lake.
Fees all collected and everyone ready nice and early. Eric was next to me again today sporting his new N Gauge Guru Rod that I had kindly bought for him from Bristol Angling. He also bought himself a new holdal, I recon the pensioners have had a pay rise!!
Draw
