HLS XMAS MATCH 17/12/2017
Firstly i would like to say sorry for the delay in last weeks blog but i have had a week from hell !!
Well last Sunday it was the HLS Christmas match at emerald pools with Jade ,Emerald and Sapphire lakes all being used it should be a great match with each lake winner getting a hamper and everyone picking up a prize it was all to play for, Also Shane was running a super pool (1st overall and 1st silvers on each lake)
The 37 club would be looking after us today with breakfast and for after the match a buffet ..
We had 32 booked in which i think is a great number for this venue ..it was great to see Dave Allen and also a few of our midweek members there and also the tart twins aka Mr guru and Mr Preston !!
At the draw bob explained the format and Danny supplied a map of the complex so plenty of info on hand only for people to ask where is my peg ...which lake?? ...muppets !!
At the draw everyone wanted to be on the hottest peg on the complex which was peg 6 sapphire as this peg has won for the last 25 weeks in a row and last week 100lbs come of it ..so who would get there mitts on it ..Yes you guessed it "THE GURU TART" boy that tart can draw !! also with
" MR PRESTON" on the same lake i was thinking this was a shoot for match fishing magazine as there was so much kit between them it looked like fishing shop !!!!
Into the bucket of dreams for me and i pulled out peg 5 " jade" ( happy days) and martin told me that it won midweek so i had a chance, and as this lake is full of silvers this was going to be my main plan and if silvers didn't play ball then i would fish to the reeds at 13 meters for the carp ..
jade lake
peg 5
I set up a rig to fish 11 meters with ground bait and maggots and one to fish pellet at 7 meters a tip rod to fish 25 meters (never used) and a rig to fish just over the reeds to my right .
looking around i could see john on peg 1 Matt on peg 2 and sausage on peg 9 (sponsored by PAXO) Mike d on peg 11 also i had Simon on peg 4 so a nice days fishing ...i could hear the "guru tart" who was the other side of the complex !! i think we has telling "Mr Preston " about the next £20000 that he would be spending in 2018 ...
At the all in i put a ball of ground bait on the 11m line and a small amount of pellet on the 7m line and put some 6mm pellets and corn on the carp line ...i went straight out on the 11m line and i was expecting a bite straight away and it just sat there... after 15 minutes i got my first bite from a small skimmer and then another and then it was one a bung then a hour in sausage ( sponsored by Paxo) hooked a carp 6-7 lbs so this made me feed my carp line again as i thinking that if he hook another one i will have to stop fishing for the silvers ...for the next 2-3 hours it was a great battle with me and matt culpin and Simon getting a silver a bung but i was thinking i had a bit more than them both and then Mr culpin hooked a good carp so i was now behind so a look on the carp line with corn and it just sat there ..
I spent 15 minute on this line without any joy so i put a worm on and went back on this line and i missed a bit straight away and then hooked a good carp 8-9lbs over the next hour i went on to hook 4 more carp before the all out ..
At the weigh in we started on peg 1 john had 7-15 and then matt on peg 2 put on 32-12 terry had a DNW and then Simon put on a cracking net of silvers (23-14) then it was my turn i had 24-11 of white bait and 27-3 of carp for 51-14 and then Dave had 0-11 .john 2-12 Kev DNW sausage (sponsored by Paxo) had 17-8 and Brian 1-9 and then mike on peg 11 had a cracking 20-10 also of white bait so plenty of bites
So i had won Jade lake and had a great days fishing for silvers ..
Back to the 37 club for a pint and grub and the results:
Sapphire 1st overall Bolton boy George 1st silvers mike b
Emerald 1st overall Danny 1st silvers tony fry
Jade 1st overall s king 1st silvers Simon
On a personal note I would like to thank Tony fry and his good wife for all the hard work that they have put into this match it is a thankless task ..also well done to Kev for winning the "hls match man of the year 2017" and also Phil the "guru tart" for messing up the best peg on his lake ...(13-02) but boy did he look good !!!
I hope you all have a great Christmas and look forward to having some great fishing battles in 2018 !!
And finally Shane is having a new years party at his house and i have been helping him put up a big marquee in his back garden all day ..there will be a disco,a free bar and loads of free grub ..please contact him for more details...
see you all there!!!!
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