6th August - Larford Speci

A lower than normal turnout for Larford no doubt as a result of the increased fuel costs but with WBAC funding the peg fees for this long trip it still meant 17 turned up to be greeted by a serene and still Larford complex........now thats a surprise normally blows a hoolie!!!

Graham Aveyard kept things really simple leaving the field in his wake, with a superb 97.6lb catch. Graham dropped the method and red boilie short to both the pole line and probably 25-30m for a succession of bream and 'hawses' weighing nearly 35lb of bream alone.

(Picture .....not the first time we have trailed in Graham's wake then!!!)

Billy Gore managed second with 52.15lb again all to the method after filling it in on the pole and not even getting a bite. When I say filling it in, it was a Billy Two Hats special moment as circa 30 tins of meat went in!!!!! No fecking wonder he never got a bite then but he still pipped Mick Flanagan who as usual at Larford sorted out a few and weighed 52.7lb again predominantly on the method (beginning to get the drift why I caught sod all.......I'm crap on the method!!).

Sections went to Ian Lloyd with 34.7lb again method but short and Jeff Grantham 46.7lb including a near 15lb mirror that 'flanaganed', sorry dwarfed a much bigger ghostie he lost at the net. Overall our best combined weight of the season so far but not to the usual Larford standards. I'm sure no breeze and the Larford festival on the preceding 5 days didn't help

......along with my own hugely lacking ability on the feeder in general (gonna have to practice this one day........when I'm really bored and have no paint to watch dry!!!

Result
1st - Graham Aveyard - 97.6lb (peg 10)
2nd - Billy Gore - 52.15lb (peg 52)
3rd - Mick Flanagan - 52.7lb (peg 22)
Sec A - Ian Lloyd - 34.7lb (peg 11)
Sec B - Jeff Grantham - 46.7lb (peg 20)