11th May - Weston Pools - Canal

Well my first match for a while with WBAC after doing a bit of travelling with Match Fishing Scene to Meadowlands, Rolfs and Boddingtons and it was good to be back and a part of the craic. The day started brightly with a new brekky location sourced for Weston at the Lord Moreton pub and its good food and a great price (for those who paid for it!!!....you know who you are Mr L)

Results in the week suggested a good day with John Heald having won the Monday open with 100lb+ from peg 2 so plenty of bait was hauled to the pegs and dumped on the side trays. With the wind blowing down the lake onto the straight bank (pegs 2-13) they looked favourite to me and when John Heald drew peg 7 and Jason Connah peg 2 it looked like we would all be fishing for third place.

Well the weather was mixed with strong winds, showers but some sun however the fish certainly thought it was winter again and Weston shut up shop unless you went long and fed sparingly for most. Jason Connah plundered the boards on Peg 2 to win the match with 37lb but felt sure he had overfed early and was probably on the wrong baits (never happy that winner!!). Ian Simpson ended up fishing 16m despite the wind from peg 20 with maggot to catch some carp in the second half to secure second with 35lb. Billy Gore put in a late surge to snatch 3rd with 34.4lb from peg 14 after spending the first half virtually fishless....obviously dropping down from a 0.26 hooklength and Preston 17h elastic made all the difference for Billy Liar!!

Overall a decent day for most compared to the winter woes with nearly 400lb caught at 23lb average per man despite Weston not yet being back to its 5m and margins best!

Result

1st - Jason Connah - 37.1lb
2nd - Ian Simpson - 35.0lb
3rd - Billy Gore - 34.4lb

27th April - Fir Tree

Result

1st - Billy Gore - 26.5lb
2nd - Jason Davies - 19.3lb
3rd - Rick Keeley - 16.8lb

Apparently this was moved from the new lake to the old match lake

13th April - Lloyds Meadow - Badger

Result

1st - Barry Davis - 64.8lb
2nd - Jason Connah - 45.2lb
3rd - Ian Lloyd - 35.8lb

23rd March 2013 - Conway WL10

Result

1st - Jeff Grantham - 18.6lb
2nd - Ian Lloyd - 14.3lb
3rd - Dougie Walsh - 13.2lb

Jeff also took this years Winter League title with a record 6 points from Rob Dickinson with 8 points and Dougie Walsh in third with 12 points