11th Jan - WL4 - Conway

Conway was cold and relatively still for this weeks winter league encounter which made a pleasant change from the windswept armeggedon we had last time. In a tale of two halfs and two ends it was those on the right hand bank basking in sunlight and taking layers off whilst laughing at those on the left hand bank sat in the shade and shivering.

The top half nearest the car park was hard going with very few carp opening there mouths and even the roach being hard to line up as the recent cold rainwater had upped the levels and dropped any colour out of the lake. 14lb won the section this end, yet down in the bowl in the middle of the bottom bank it was carp city for Steve Brew (pictured right on a previous flyer...no change there) who hair rigged jpz's to cruise to an easy win with 49lb of carp on the straight lead from Billy Gore who had two lumps on the pole from the bottom left hand corner and around 8lb of silvers for a respectable 26lb. Barry (bin-it-in / only-got-one-rig) Davis did his thing and binned it in next to the point and then sat on his one rig and had a few late carp including a lump foulhooked for 22.2lb and third place.

Conway yet to show its best form but I have to say it appears all fisheries at present are struggling with the weather and rainfall volumes that are affecting any sort of consistency. Could be worse it was me who had 14lb and won the tough section of doom!!

Could be even worse it could have been solid in all our pegs with ice in any normal January. As it was only Steve and Bin-it-Ins pegs were sold (black they were!)

I think this is actually Billy Gore preparing the same peg he came second from today but about 4 years ago in January!!




Result
1st - Steve Brew - 49.0lb
2nd - Billy Gore - 26.0lb
3rd - Barry Davis - 22.2lb

Glebe 2014 - Three Dayer

We have confirmed the Glebe for Wed 17th, Thurs 18th and Fri 19th September. I could not book a Saturday for any month from June to September!!

We have Lakes 1 + 7 booked so 42 pegs and I'm going to limit to 27 anglers to ensure you have either an empty peg or end peg.

There will be an option to just do two days on Thurs and Fri which will be the Pairs matches. Wed will be a one off match. Rick is looking at sorting something for Sat for those wanting a extra match that weekend (costs to be confirmed for additonal hotel / match somewhere)

We will sort top, middle and lower rankings at the Glebe based on previous performance as this has worked well in previous years. There will be sections and overall payouts. Hotel is to be finalised but probably the Longshoot again with costs likely to be £120 for 3 days fishing / 2 nights hotel or £70 for 2 days fishing / 1 night hotel.

Deposits of £10 to Keith asap to gets your name down. You need to have paid £50 by the end of April and your balance of either £70tbc or £120tbc by the end of August.

Important: Can you let me know asap by text 07785 722289 or by email at the.simos@tiscali.co.uk if you are doing THREE days i.e. inc Wed or just TWO days. I need to amend deposits to Roy Marlow based on these numbers before 31st Jan.

THREE Days (21) IanS, Harry, Robbo, Ste B, Ste G, Andy T, Graham, Rob D, Jason C, Jeff, Dougie, Pete Canavan, Pete Walsh, Lloydy, Dave Grimes, Rick, Keith, Colin, Mick Flanagan, Trev, Dave Gentile,

TWO Days (2) - Billy, Alec