After heavy overnight frosts the WBAC Fur and Feather turnout was faced with cat ice on both lakes and with Willow having fished well the previous weekend the pegging resulted in more on Willow and less on Long....which proved to be a mistake for all bar the winner.
Kenny Stuart fished 5-7m next to the ice with maggot and caught carp to weigh in 38.5lb which was probably more than the rest of the anglers on Willow put together.......a star performance and good enough to win the John Heald KO trophy for 2014 having beaten the other 8 qualifiers at this match, well done Kenny.
Long Island was a different story with much better weights that saw Billy Gore catching carp on maggot on the tip and then on the pole at 11m feeding heavily despite the ice he ended up with 34.8lb for second overall. Ian Simpson managed to rotate a few lines and caught 3 carp from the deep margin at various times through the match but backed it up with skimmers, ide, roach and perch to just do enough for 3rd with 27.0lb from a fast finishing Paul Robinson and Steve Brew who both found carp willing to feed late on but fell short with 24.8lb and 22lb respectively.
Result
1st - Kenny Stuart - 38.5lb
2nd - Billy Gore - 34.8lb
3rd - Ian Simpson 27.0lb
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