WL4 - Conway - 17th December

Well the good news was the snow had cleared and no frost but thats the end of the good news.......

The snow water was in the lake, the windy was blustery and we had hail, rain and sun within the same hour on several occasions and a few rainbows thrown in. At one point it looked like the pellet fairy had topped my baitbox up with 6mm white pellets until they melted turning my real pellets to mush!!........that hail actually hurt on cold hands!!!

As for the fishing Dave Grimes set off after roach from opposite the point as did Ian Simpson on the boulder and they just about matched each other all through....even having a few side bets who could swing the biggest roach....Davy won but he cheated....standing on his box to lift one in particular. Dave then surged ahead with a stray 5lb carp and with everyone else struggling it looked like everyone was going to stick it out for a lump or two to get back in it.

At the weigh in Ian Simpson had clawed Dave back and added 2 carp in the last 30mins going long on pellet to sneak the win with 21.9lb. Dave finished a galant 2nd with 18.7lb and a muddy seat. Dougie Walsh claimed third with a hard fought 15.4lb from 2 down from the staging but with only 2 other weights in double figures it was Conway at it toughest.

Sonny and H drew the far end and thought they were okay with brolley's up but the swirling wind had no respect for our elders and Sonny was nearly Mary Poppins until he let, go arms in the air, and had to retrieve it from the hedge. H faired worse, his was attached to his box, it got ripped inside out and now has a novel L shaped pole for keeping the next peg dry. Not sure he appreciated my comments "thats great at last I know what to get you for xmas"

To finish off the day Dave Gentile took the goldfish sweep with one bar of gold to much whooping and sounds of the 'battle of britain' at the payout...........he was also seen trying to net what we can only think were red admiral butterflies up a tree next to him. Looked a bit weird, rainbow behind him, a broken pole in one hand a landing net in the other jumping up to a tree in full wet weather gear and moonboots.......some excuse about losing a big carp at the net......nah.....butterfly hunter........gay!!!

Result

1st - Ian Simpson - 21.9lb

2nd - Dave Grimes - 18.7lb

3rd - Dougie Walsh - 15.4lb