After Wednesdays practice match, I was looking forward to this, a lift down with Tony Rixon and a breakfast at Shipham was a good start to the day, even if it was a squeeze in the van, as we had anglings new body builder, Trigger, sandwiched in between us.
I fancied a draw on Cary, but also thought that a weight from Campbell was well overdue, so where did I draw, Lodge...... in all fairness, it is a peg that has some silvers form, peg 69, so I did think I'd catch a few fish. I had Tim Pallant on 68 for company and he was end peg, Nick Ewers on the other side on 70, also on 71 was Viaduct silvers specialist, John Green, so some tough competition.
I set up three rigs, one to fish short and two to fish at 11m, one standard rig with a bulk and two droppers, the other with a double bulk. I also set up a waggler and a margin rig, as I had time. the margin rig produced one small perch and the waggler a couple of small rudd, so no more about them.
In fact there isn't much to write about any of it, very slow, the whole lake fished hard and as it was a £750 final. I attacked the peg and fished for 40lb, which I though would be a minimum to win, probably more.
I fed 5 big balls of groundbait with CW&C in at 11m and started short, two decent roach in the first two put ins then I hooked a snag and that trashed the rig and killed the short line.
I only managed 4 proper skimmers the whole match, they came in two spells of two, after about 2 hours and in the last hour, although I did have one well over a pound that jumped over the rope that holds the aerator, the hook, obviously came out and stuck in the rope.
A miserable day and I tipped back just about double figures, not bothering the scalesman.
Winner from Cary, second from Campbell, both over 50lb, highest weight on Lodge was half the winners weight at 28lb.
I didn't get a result sheet so see Tony's blog.
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