Pole Series Round Two, Acorn. Sunday 12th April 2014

The weathermen had promised a day with no rain and little wind and for once they seemed to have it bang on.  I decided to wait and take the last ticket in the draw tub, not sure that was my best decision, as it left me peg 7, not the strongest peg in the section.

I wanted to give myself several options, so two rigs for tight across, one for banded pellet, one for maggot, a rig to fish over groundbait with worm or dead maggot, a margin rig and finally, as there is a flat plateau in front of peg 8 (which isn't pegged), a paste rig.

There were signs of fish moving across, I went straight over and had 3 fish for about 6lb in the first half an hour, which was slow, but the next half hour was even slower, not a bite.  With an hour gone I went down to peg 8 on paste and had 4 fish up to 6lb, this line then died as sudden and unresuscitationable as the far bank.  I had been feeding a margin line and saw a fishes tail over the feed, dropping in I had a sharp bite and another 4lb fish was netted.

Nothing else to write about, I spent the last 3 hours trying every line, bait and various hook and line sizes to no avail, I didn't have another bite, not even on single maggot.  My 'first half fish' went 30.11 for a dismal 7th in section - a day to forget - although I did sneak through the knockout.

The venue is very coloured, I assume stirred up by fish, but they seem very reluctant to feed confidently in many pegs, maybe a couple more degrees increase in the water temp will help, I hope so!!

1: Dom Sullivan 85.06 peg 10
2: Russ Peck 69.08 peg36
3: Tom Thick 51.13 peg 34
4: Bob Gullick 51.12 peg 22
5: Nigel Vigus 46..08 peg 38
6: Glenn Calvert 45.00 peg 13

Silvers
1: Paul Faiers 10.07 peg 15
2: Tom Thick 10.04 peg 34

A Section.
1: Glenn Calvert 45.00 peg 13
2: Paul Faiers 30.15 peg 15
3: Gordon Canning 23.10 peg 14
Silvers: Paul Faiers

B Section
1:Dom Sullivan 85.06 peg 10
2: Tom Thick 51.13 peg 34
3: Brian Slipper 43.01 peg 5
Silvers
1: Tom Thick 10.04 peg 34

C Section
1: Russ Peck 69.08 peg 36
2: Bob Gullick 51.12 peg 22
3: Nigel Vigus 46.08 peg 38
Silvers
1: Bob Gullick 9.08 peg 22

Knockout Round One Winners

Glenn Calvert
Pete Bartlett
Eddie Wynne
John Osborne
Mike Owens
Russ Peck
Brian Slipper
Dom Sullivan
Mike Nicholls
Kevin Lloyd
Paul Faiers
Bob Gullick
Nigel Vigus
Lewis Jones
Chris Fox
And the highest weight knocked out, who comes back in for the next round - Tom Thick.

Overall Table
Name			Points		Weight
1	Bob Gullick		20		93	11
2	Tom Thick		17		83	7
3	Mark Broomsgrove		17		76	0
4	Glenn Calvert		17		70	4
5	Dom Sullivan		15		100	7
6	Russ Peck		15		88	1
7	Nigel Vigus		14		73	13
8	Andy France		14		62	4
9	Lewis Jones		14		60	7
10	Paul Faiers		14		47	1
11	Chris Fox		13		63	8
12	Lance Tucker		13		54	3
13	Eddie Wynne		12		51	14
14	Tony Thick		12		51	2
15	Mike Owens		12		45	3
16	Gordon Canning		12		39	0
17	Kev Perry		11		56	1
18	Brian Slipper		11		52	13
19	Mike Nicholls		11		49	14
20	Charlie Barnes		10		13	15
21	Ken Rayner		9		45	2
22	Kevin Lloyd		9		43	8
23	Norman Hugget		9		27	2
24	Pete Bartlett		8		53	4
25	Paul Lasson		8		27	2
26	Harry Muir		7		35	12
27	John Osborne		5		34	7
28	Glenn Bailey		4		17	1
29	Nick Harvey		3		30	1
30	Rob Fogg		3		16	1

Silvers Table
Name			Points		Weight
1	Paul Faiers		20		20	9
2	Charlie Barnes		18		13	15
3	Bob Gullick		18		13	11
4	Harry Muir		17		17	2
5	Glenn Calvert		16		6	6
6	Ken Rayner		15		8	1
7	Glenn Bailey		15		4	9
8	Mike Nicholls		13		10	14
9	Pete Bartlett		13		8	4
10	Brian Slipper		13		6	3
11	Kevin Lloyd		13		5	14
12	Mike Owens		13		3	7
13	Tom Thick		12		11	2
14	Paul Lasson		12		4	13
15	Norman Hugget		12		3	2
16	Chris Fox		11		4	11
17	Gordon Canning		11		3	2
18	John Osborne		11		3	10
19	Russ Peck		9		6	5
20	Rob Fogg		9		2	4
21	Andy France		9		1	8
22	Mark Broomsgrove		8		3	2
23	Tony Thick		8		2	0
24	Eddie Wynne		8		1	14
25	Nick Harvey		6		3	1
26	Lance Tucker		4		1	0
27	Dom Sullivan		3		0	15
28	Nigel Vigus		2		1	2
29	Kev Perry		2		0	3
30	Lewis Jones		1		0	2