Woodlands 24.10.21

 Woodlands 

I got to say I was quite up for this weeks match as it’s one of my favourite venues, when I arrived I met Matrix Tony Fry we had a good catch up then the car park started to fill up it wasn’t long before we were on the draw after Westy Kingy & Big John - he’s the venue expert done the pegging 👍 I drew 14 Awsome peg & Big John was on 12 & Dave T was on 16. Across from me was Jordy Eric, Dave & John Wolvenscroft followed by Sausage & Kingy. 

My match consisted of 12m in front worm over Gb a short line 2+3 corn & Gb and the left edge maggots. 

I did go on a pellet feeder to my left in front as I know that can be good for carp, an hour in & nothing just a couple of twitches. I’m pretty much in winter fishing now as my outlook just looking for bites. 

I went on the 12m line & had a carp straight away that’s a bad omen for me so quick however I lost it with my rig. I went straight back out & had a skimmer after a while pretty slow going, I had a look on my my short line & that got me another skimmer so slow & steady I was thinking just building my swims up. 12.30 I fed my edge to get that started this is where everything just goes tits up. I went back on my short line as I was getting bites, I dropped my rig in to start shipping out & I hooked a snag in front for the second time second rig this time the elastic snapped & left the rig there idle hooked to the snag, I tried endlessly to get it out with my landing net to no avail just wrecking my peg. Bad news as I couldn’t fish with that hanging rig as any carp I would hook would get in that rig or skimmer tbf as it was right in front of me. I lost my rag & my match was done 😥 as I walked back with my kit some of the guys said fish around it I couldn’t it would have been carnage. Dave T was catching catching carp accidentals as he goes for Silvers walking past Jordy he was trying to get his rig back from the edge he’d hook by mistake, I did see him have a couple when I was on my peg. Dave was starting to catch he’d also had a couple carp. John W was saying it was hard going but had some carp, explaining he’d fished the Cleveland match before with 90 something lb on 16 recently. Then I got to my mate Kingy he’d been catching but saying it was hard today, whilst I was with him briefly he started to catch good Silvers on the long pole - I bet he frames even tho he was moaning 🤫🤣🤣 Bagger Knewll was on eight carp that’s why I call him Bagger 👍😁 he said it was going to be a tip day last week, so I’d imagine it was 👍 bomb & pellet if I had to bet ?? 

I spoke to Kingy this evening when he sent the sheet over - you always come good fair play last hour got you out of jail. Matrix Tony fry don’t worry buddy I’ll give you your side bet at Avalon 👍👍.. 

My day just one to forget - carnage. On to the next, Avalon let’s hope I can draw good again 👍🎣

Please can you book in with Shane by Tuesday as he has to give numbers to Vic by Tuesday evening.. 

See you next week tight lines 👍🎣

Landsend 17.10.21

 Landsend 

 First match back after a few weeks due to work & a bit of R/R. 

Firstly the three musketeers or should I say rugrats sat in a caravan at White-acres will be reading this - Locky Nick Selway & Richie Cole’s on it if I know you boys 😁🤪🍺🍷

So let’s get on with it, I had to follow the Guru & Matrix Tony this morning as I never really go to this venue, arriving in the car park we had a quick catch up listening to Guru on about his up coming weekend away at the Jamaican inn apparently its haunted I’d love to be a fly on the wall good luck Mel I got a feeling your gonna need it 🤣🤣🤪.

It wasn’t long before Locky & Nick came over to see us giving me a bit of attitude about today’s side bets, I took Locky up on his offer then I thought yeah why not take a nugget off Nicky like taking candy off a baby I thought EASY money 😁 then Kingy said he’d like to have an earner I declined but kicked myself at the end as another baby to give me his candy 🤣 side bets on with Guru & Matrix Tony game on. 

On to the draw I had 11 didn’t mean a thing to me apart from Bagger Knewll whining about our side saying it wasn’t the side to be on ?? 

I had for company Locky on 9 so he’s in for lesson of Skill School today. The all in was called & he was straight in & so was a couple others looking down through. My outlook was pretty basic winter fishing tbf maggots over GB at 13m, maggots down the track & my left edge which I changed to my right at 14.30. 

Yeah across was good for silvers & 1 carp, that was drying up so on to the track which was primed & ready to go, I had a little run of silvers then back across. I tried mugging some carp but that wasn’t working so I was just rotating doing some changes to keep the bites coming. 

An hour to go let’s have a look down the edge good for small carp & silvers alike. I could here my mate Locky deep sying & winging like a biatch haha 😂 I could also here Nicky yapping like a little Jack Russel shame I couldn’t here you Richie as I’d liked to have heard you winging aswell 🤣🤣 oh yeh you weren’t there to take the pleasure of me doing you 🤣🤣🤣 well Westy oh Westy another to me - this is getting regular what’s going on - I know I done you again 🤣🤣..Should have took you up Kingy on the nugget you seemed to know how my match went better than me so you had a bit of neck ache did you?? talking about Necky - yeh I spose I am 🤣🤣🤣

Have good week at white acres boys 👍🎣🍺🍷Locky I showed you some skill school so put it in to practice our score has been settled. 

See you at Trinity - I’m gonna pay for this 😳😳😁😁 Tight Lines 👍🎣

Viaduct Campbell 10.10.21

 This picture just flashed up on my FB Timeline from the Viaduct Fishery Team, so I thought it was very appropriate to put this picture on the blog. 

Wow just Wow fair play to you Westy, I bet you got the Silver anglers amongst us green with envy 😁👍🎣

I have put a comment on their FB correcting Martin’s name 👍🎣

Viaduct 10.10.21

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