What a way to finish the league with a new WBAC record catch!
John Heald had one of those days:-
- Had a flyer drawn for him!
- Broke his pole (only a cheap Airity model though)
- Snapped his elastic and lost his rig
- Fished the "new" Airity bagging waggler as his top 3 bobbed around the lake for 20 mins (clearly its a winning method as Ian Lloyd did the same when winning last time out)
- Had his pole come apart about 3 times behind him
- Oh by the way - blitzed the match with a tremendous 126.5lb
Well done, in spite of the "gay" whooping noises!!! John fished 6mm banded pellet up in the water feeding 6mm pellets.
Jeff Grantham was nudged into second (by about 99lb) with 27.6lb with 2 decent "stray" carp that escaped from JH's peg but the rest silvers. Ian Lloyd took 3rd with 22.2lb a mixture of F1's and silvers. Mick Flanagan and Ian Simpson took the sections with 20.8lb and 21.4lb virtually all roach.
The average was 20.6lb but despite the weather the roach were hard to keep settled and most of the carp were balled in front of John, or as became the case, took up residence in his keepnets!!
When I looked at the 2nd pic, I thought Kenny P in the middle was using a bivvy, or is it just he doesn't get many bites these days!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a bivvy!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to John on a superb performance, which I watched from close quarters. Equally, well done Simmo, so consistent. Unlucky Mike Flanagan, that last match must have been such a personal disappointment.
Roll on next year.
Well done John :)
ReplyDeleteWell done Simmo on winning the league, ill ask Gnome if you can join Team Wupass now. And congrats to my mate Healdy on a superb performance, he did it in the first match then fuc**d up the rest but saved the best till last. Superb series, thanks to all for making it so enjoyable, superb banter and a good bunch of lads.
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