First Winter League match of the year and a low turnout with other clubs Fur and Feathers etc going on the same weekend.
Steve Brew made it two wins on the bounce at Conway with another 50lb bag of carp following a win with Rivacre the weekend before. He drew just before the tree on the left and caught carp at 16m on 6mm pellet on the sunken island for a comfortable win with 55.7lb. Unbelievably Dougie Walsh was second for the second week as well, he drew the boards and made no mistakes fishing paste to take 43.4lb of carp and a few skimmers.
Last years winner and runner up took third and fourth, Ian Simpson drawing down by the boulder and away from the carp, roached it fishing maggot and feeding caster for 32.8lb just ahead of Mick Flanagan who drew a carp peg, first after the tree on the left but got caught between carp or roach and managed 30.8lb but admitted he did neither real justice.
Result
1st - Steve Brew - 55.7lb (1 before tree on left)
2nd - Dougie Walsh - 43.4lb (boards)
3rd - Ian Simpson - 32.8lb (boulder)
The next club match is 13th November - ring Rick to book on
The next Winter League match is 20th November - book on with John H or Ian S
WBAC
Good job Cheshire Oaks is only local
Sunday 31 October 2010
Sunday 17 October 2010
17th October Eisteddfa
Well despite being a long way for most, the day was glorious, T-shirt and sunglasses for those in the sun and plenty of bites....albeit mainly silvers at one end. With an average of over 23lb per man and everyone over 10lb this is a good little water.....just a pity its so far for the majority.
With Billy Gore and Andy Thompson on the Golden Pegs, this had all the makings of two Golden Pegs gone in a fortnight after Jeff Grantham's win last week. Andy being the venue local drew well and Billy also had a good feeder peg........and he worked it well, dropping pellet feeder and method within inches of the island reed bed saw a succession of small carp coming to the net from the off. Billy would have gone on to win but a quiet spell and the sun came to our rescue making it difficult for him to see were to cast in the second half!! Billy ended with 40.7lb and a good days sport with very little on the pole.
Ian Simpson also started on the feeder but with no reeds to go at was 8 - 2 down in the small carp race to Billy in the first 45 mins so the feeder got lashed. The favoured and winning method last time, 13m pellet over micro was also very slow and it wasn't until a move to 6m over a maggot fed line with pellet and meat that Ian latched into two lumps in two casts, with an 8lb and 6lb fish in the net. Now back in the race with Billy it was a case of switching between 13m catching very little and dropping back to 6m for the rest of the match with the better carp seeming to travel in twos, catch two...rest it....catch two rest it. Ian ended up with 46.0lb of mainly better carp for the win.
Andy Thompson secured third with a mainly silver 26.8lb net taken at 10m and 5m but was unable to find the bigger carp to make the difference.
Keith had a bit of an early scare when he hooked a better carp virtually first put in and then tried to net it with just his landing net pole!!!! Needless to say the carp snapped him....its hard enough playing carp whilst putting your landing head on the pole with two arms free, nice to see even an England International can get it wrong!! Talking of getting it wrong, Rick "The Coach" Keeley snared a 6lb+ carp in the tail, it saved his blushes and he cracked double figures, otherwise he was on course for last place!
Result
1st - Ian Simpson - 46.0lb (Peg 11)
2nd - Billy Gore - 40.7lb (Peg 16)
3rd - Andy Thompson - 26.9lb (Peg 9)
With Billy Gore and Andy Thompson on the Golden Pegs, this had all the makings of two Golden Pegs gone in a fortnight after Jeff Grantham's win last week. Andy being the venue local drew well and Billy also had a good feeder peg........and he worked it well, dropping pellet feeder and method within inches of the island reed bed saw a succession of small carp coming to the net from the off. Billy would have gone on to win but a quiet spell and the sun came to our rescue making it difficult for him to see were to cast in the second half!! Billy ended with 40.7lb and a good days sport with very little on the pole.
Ian Simpson also started on the feeder but with no reeds to go at was 8 - 2 down in the small carp race to Billy in the first 45 mins so the feeder got lashed. The favoured and winning method last time, 13m pellet over micro was also very slow and it wasn't until a move to 6m over a maggot fed line with pellet and meat that Ian latched into two lumps in two casts, with an 8lb and 6lb fish in the net. Now back in the race with Billy it was a case of switching between 13m catching very little and dropping back to 6m for the rest of the match with the better carp seeming to travel in twos, catch two...rest it....catch two rest it. Ian ended up with 46.0lb of mainly better carp for the win.
Andy Thompson secured third with a mainly silver 26.8lb net taken at 10m and 5m but was unable to find the bigger carp to make the difference.
Keith had a bit of an early scare when he hooked a better carp virtually first put in and then tried to net it with just his landing net pole!!!! Needless to say the carp snapped him....its hard enough playing carp whilst putting your landing head on the pole with two arms free, nice to see even an England International can get it wrong!! Talking of getting it wrong, Rick "The Coach" Keeley snared a 6lb+ carp in the tail, it saved his blushes and he cracked double figures, otherwise he was on course for last place!
Result
1st - Ian Simpson - 46.0lb (Peg 11)
2nd - Billy Gore - 40.7lb (Peg 16)
3rd - Andy Thompson - 26.9lb (Peg 9)
Monday 11 October 2010
9th October - Heronbrook
Despite a poor start to the day with no breakfasts available on-site our very own WBAC food coach, sorry angling coach Rick Keeley managed to sort the grub and Heronbrook followed up with the second best weights of the year (bar the Glebe) with 540lb caught on the day and 30lb a man average.
Jeff Grantham ran out the winner with 64.6lb and managed to collect the Golden Peg £100 as well with a carp bag caught on maggot and pellet. Pete Walsh had a moan before the off about were Rick could and couldn't fish as they shared a corner.......interestingly it was full of fish and Pete managed second with 47.9lb on corn over pellet (imagine what he would have had if he had not done it all wrong and fished maggot!!!!). Rick Keeley secured 3rd with 44.1lb without poaching Pete's swim once and got it right on maggot.
Yozzer managed to draw the flyer at the end of the first arm and despite trying to catch at 3m eventually wrinkled out 42.7lb for the section and Ken Stuart also drawn on a bend did similar and snared 39.2lb for his section.
15 of the 19 fishing had 20lb plus and everyone had double figures.......well nearly everyone..........someone had the famous "new box" jinx!!! Purchased from Jamies "Tackle Emporium"...sorry.....Pickup its very comfortable, has an adjustable seat to go up and down, swivels left and right.........in fact all these features were tested to destruction but none whilst landing a fish......our only DNW was Billy "Two Hats" Gore!! Ste Brew and I have decided to buy Billy a new number plate for his van, B111 DNW sprang to mind unless you can come up with a better one.
I'd just like to add Mr Grantham has at last found his mojo and beat me when I was on his left......its took about 8 go's now but he's done it.........I'm hoping its a one off!! Wish I could say the same when drawing next to my nemesis.....Dave Gentile.......he is kicking my butt every week I am pegged near him of late, 3 on the bounce now (I hope I'm pegged miles away from him next week!)
Result
1st - Jeff Grantham - 64.6lb (Peg14)
2nd - Pete Walsh - 47.9lb (Peg 11)
3rd - Rick Keeley - 44.1lb (Peg 10)
Sec A - Ian Hughes - 42.7lb (Peg 7)
Sec B - Kenny Stuart - 39.2lb (Peg 20)
Jeff Grantham ran out the winner with 64.6lb and managed to collect the Golden Peg £100 as well with a carp bag caught on maggot and pellet. Pete Walsh had a moan before the off about were Rick could and couldn't fish as they shared a corner.......interestingly it was full of fish and Pete managed second with 47.9lb on corn over pellet (imagine what he would have had if he had not done it all wrong and fished maggot!!!!). Rick Keeley secured 3rd with 44.1lb without poaching Pete's swim once and got it right on maggot.
Yozzer managed to draw the flyer at the end of the first arm and despite trying to catch at 3m eventually wrinkled out 42.7lb for the section and Ken Stuart also drawn on a bend did similar and snared 39.2lb for his section.
15 of the 19 fishing had 20lb plus and everyone had double figures.......well nearly everyone..........someone had the famous "new box" jinx!!! Purchased from Jamies "Tackle Emporium"...sorry.....Pickup its very comfortable, has an adjustable seat to go up and down, swivels left and right.........in fact all these features were tested to destruction but none whilst landing a fish......our only DNW was Billy "Two Hats" Gore!! Ste Brew and I have decided to buy Billy a new number plate for his van, B111 DNW sprang to mind unless you can come up with a better one.
I'd just like to add Mr Grantham has at last found his mojo and beat me when I was on his left......its took about 8 go's now but he's done it.........I'm hoping its a one off!! Wish I could say the same when drawing next to my nemesis.....Dave Gentile.......he is kicking my butt every week I am pegged near him of late, 3 on the bounce now (I hope I'm pegged miles away from him next week!)
Result
1st - Jeff Grantham - 64.6lb (Peg14)
2nd - Pete Walsh - 47.9lb (Peg 11)
3rd - Rick Keeley - 44.1lb (Peg 10)
Sec A - Ian Hughes - 42.7lb (Peg 7)
Sec B - Kenny Stuart - 39.2lb (Peg 20)
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