First ice breaking duties of the year at Conway with only one peg free of ice at the far end and Jeff Grantham drew it......probably just as well as he would moan and want everyone to clear his peg 'a la saughall' if he hadn't!! It was certainly thicker on the right and towards the carp park end but by 10.15am we had 11 fishable pegs with some clear to 13m.......oh and Jeff's were he could have fished the bomb if he had needed to!!
Needless to say with the lack of disturbance Mr Grantham went on to what turned out to be an easy win with a 45.9lb mixed bag of carp, F1's and skimmers on pellet and JPZ's. He did have an early scare as it was slower in the first half and Ian Lloyd, first passed the staging on the right, was admitting to 10 carp and some silvers at the half way stage on 4mm pellet with Keith Williamson, on the staging, also into carp on the 6m line. Ian Lloyd's fish had dried up and only a few in the last hour meant he had to settle for 2nd with 35.9lb. Keith took a well earned 3rd with a 26.6lb mixed bag just holding off Rob Dickenson who weighed 23.8lb but lost a real hippocrocopig just short of the net under the ice that could have got him 2nd it was that big!!!
Overall it fished okay considering we had to break upto an inch of ice from most pegs but the roach were all but absent and it was strange seeing skimmers and F1's again at Conway.......its been a strange year there with no real pattern other than its inconsistent!!!!
three rounds to go and its getting tight with Rob moving into the league lead and Jeff joining the top 4 with just 4 points seperating them.
Result
1st - Jeff Grantham - 45.9lb
2nd - Ian Lloyd - 35.9lb
3rd Keith Williamson - 26.6lb
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