Hartleylands Farm Fishery. The Reservoir. August 29th, 2005.

I popped down to Hartleylands today for a session with Dave the Fish & Wily Coyote.

I arrived in the car park about 8am and was just going to have a walk round when Dave arrived. We could see that Wily was already set up in peg 8 so strolled over to find he’d already had 4 carp on his feeder set up. So back to the cars and out with the gear. I was soon settling into peg 5 while Dave chose peg 6.

1st off for me was the Bagging Waggler, a method I hadn’t used till I fished at Drayton and Clattercote in The Jinx series, and I wanted to see if it would work on the Reservoir as I had never seen it used there.

Dave set up a top 4 to fish one of his favourite methods, tares over hemp to try for some of the roach before the carp moved in, and while we were sorting ourselves out Wily managed to extract another couple of carp on the feeder.

Out with the Bagging Wag and busy, busy , busy with a fresh cast every minute to get some groundbait in, 20 minutes in and the line tightened as the 1st carp of my day found the bait, a nice fit mirror.

Throughout the morning I managed 10 Carp in total on the bagging wag, the best of them being a couple at around 10lbs each.

With the sun beating down it was hard work though and about noon a break was called with Dave driving up to the farm shop and returning with pasties and drinks. Chatting over the morning sport we were all agreed that since last season the carp here have beefed up, packing on plenty of muscle and giving a really good account of themselves.

For the afternoon session I changed over to my margin pole fishing paste, while Wily had gone to a dibber in the margins to try for some of the lumps that were showing in his swim. Dave stuck to his guns but did try paste as well.
Plenty of pellets soon had the swim full of silt clouds as the carp got their heads down, resulting in plenty of bites and regular fish throughout the afternoon.
Wily did the honours weighing my 2 best fish, a nice 13lb mirror……

and a fully scaled mirror that Wily gave me 14lbs for……

Dave was having a bit of trouble getting to grips with paste, but stuck to it and got a few before swapping to pellet for some more later in the session.

Wily was having some trouble getting seen off by a few larger lumps, but with a bit of encouragement from Me & Dave connected with a goody………….

Dave got into position to act as ghillie as Wily guided it to the net………..

A nice mirror that took the scales round to 12lbs being his reward.
5pm and time for Me & Dave to go. I managed 25 carp on the paste, making 35 fish for the day, while Dave had a few less. I left Wily the last of my paste as he was fishing on until about seven by which time he caught over thirty fish including a 14lb, a 13lb and four others around 12lb.
So in conclusion, a very pleasant days fishing in good company with a few laughs shared, couldn’t ask for much more really.

Manor Farm Leisure. The Boundary Pool. August 20th, 2005.

The JINX Series 2005

Match 6.

Well all to soon the final match of The Jinx Series had come around with the Venue being The Boundary Pool at Manor Farm Leisure.
A bit of a change for me was that during the preceding week Dave the Fish had expressed a desire to come and see if all the things that he had read and heard about the series were true (as if you could make them up!!!!) so he volunteered to pick me up and drive me on the day.

As has been my custom for the series we left early, so that I could arrive in good time to get a look at the fishery and try to get a feel for it. A stop off on route in Battersea saw us fortified with Sausage, Egg, Bacon and Bubble + a mug of tea.A trouble free trip saw us arrive in plenty of time, while an initial look around The Boundary Pool revealed a lake that was at least 2 feet down from what appeared to be it’s normal level with a stiff breeze blowing into the opposite bank to the one we were going to fish, very few fish moving, though a pleasure angler was catching a few small carp to feeder tactics.

Back to the café for a tea and a sausage sandwich and the lads were starting to arrive.
Soon we were all assembled, even Matt who had flown in from holiday at 9am.
12·45 and with the draw due at 1PM and no Malc to be seen, I thought I’d better give him a ring!!! Well he was driving down a dirt track somewhere in the surrounding countryside, LOST AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!, Sorry Gem but I think he needs a Sat Nav system before he fits a stereo into the car.

Draw finally done, the start of the match was put back to 2·30 pm. With only 15 of us present for the last match we were well spread out with just Matt, Dan and myself in “bantering” distance on pegs 1,3 and 4 at our end. The fishing? Not quite what we had been led to expect, finicky and frustrating bites or were they liners being the pattern of the day for me at least. I’d been told that to have any chance of winning the series that I needed Matt to be 3rd and for me to win the section (Steve W, who was also in with a shout being the wild-card as he was in another section) but with a couple of hours gone, young Dan was showing us both a clean pair of heels.

With a couple of hours to go and us all scratching it was time for a bit of refreshment, with tea being served in a most civilised way by “Butler” Dave.
Events show that a good last hour with a couple of better fish gave Matt the section and the series, while a bonus carp hooked up the bum (Mugged???) allowed me to sneak past Dan at the death.

Congratulations must go to Dai, who managed his 1st ever match win on the day with 29lbs 12ozs of feeder caught carp, a great result for a good mate.

Just the raffle remained, which finished in the dark and the final results of The Series to be announced!
But alas no Series Final Results!
Malc had managed to post the result sheet to one of his poor customers somewhere in England, but they’ve been posted on the site now.

A word of thanks from me to Dave the Fish for acting as my Chauffeur & Butler on the day, Hope you enjoyed your insight into what makes The Jinx Series the matches to be on.

THE RESULTS ON THE DAY

1st	Dai Thomas	29lb 12oz
2nd	Matt Nutt	21lb 00oz
3rd	Dirk Williams	20lb 08oz
4th	Peter(Mugger)Morton	18lb 00oz
5th=	Keith(Gandhi)Ashby	17lb 08oz
5th=	Malc(The Jinx)Doyle	17lb 08oz
7th	Dan Thomas	17lb 06oz
8th=	Geoff Eggison	14lb 12oz
8th=	Steve Wilson	14lb 12oz
10th	Mark Causer	13lb 00oz
11th	Nick Jones	11lb 06oz
12th	Roy Ravenhill	8lb 04oz
13th	Paul Roberts	5lb 08oz
14th	Nick Williams	4lb 14oz
15th	Nick Watkins-Price	3lb 02oz

Finally I’d like to say a big THANK YOU to the inimitable Malc for running the most pleasurable match series that I’ve ever taken part in. Captain Chaos might be a better name, but without his efforts it just wouldn’t be the same!!!!

THANK YOU to Trevor Price and all at G.O.T.Baits & Merlin Baits for the series sponsorship and the very generous raffle prizes that have hopefully raised a few bob for DEBRA.
Next an equally big THANK YOU to all of the lads that have fished in the series.
As with all matches, it’s the anglers taking part that make or break the events and as a newcomer to the series I couldn’t have wished to have fished with a better bunch of lads who made me feel at home straight away.

Finally, Congratulations to Matt, 4 section wins and a new record weight for the series says it all, A very worthy Winner.

I’ll definitely be back for next years series.

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This is Malc’s run down on the series result

THE JINX SERIES 2005

SPONSORED BY G.O.T BAITS
& MERLIN BAITS

HELPING TO RAISE FUNDS
FOR THE CHARITY DEBRA

THE FINAL RESULTS

Well thats another Years “JINX” SERIES over and what a series it’s been.

Plenty of new faces and a new Series match record put on the scales by Matt in round 1 with a cracking weight of 211lb 4oz.
We’ve also seen many personal records being broken including Mark's best match weight of 116lb 2oz which was also his first match ton.

Young Dan setting his best match weight at 95lb 8oz which also included a new personal best Carp of 15½lb.

Dai not to be out done by Dan put in a new best match weight of 69lb 6oz and also recorded his first match win.

There has been a total of 5 100lb plus nets and a 200lb plus net and only a total of 12 blanks recorded during the series which is also a new record as normally there are a lot more of those.

We’ve had loads of entertainment from Neo in the way of snapped pole sections, swimming pole sections and general misfortune but he’s taken all the stick in the way it’s been intended.

Matt has also given everyone a few laughs with his high rise landing tactics.

We’ve suffered the normal mishaps from yours truley in the form of being late, getting lost, leaving stuff at home, getting dumped on by fisheries and generaly running a series like a total pillock, but thats all part of the fun.

The banter has flowed during every match especially if drawn near Dirk or Paul.

And a nicer bunch of lads could not be found to fish with.

Now for the Final Positions

This years winner for the second year running is MATT NUTT with 6 points and a total weight of 404lb 8oz. Well done Matt a fine effort.

Second place this year goes to new boy Peter Morton with 8 points and a total weight of 213lb 9oz, not a bad result when you think Peter had not seen 5 out of the six venues before.

Third place with 9 points is THE JINX himself by way of a greater weight as Keith Ashby, Steve Wilson & Malc Doyle all scored the same 9 points but Malc comes out on top with a total weight of 299lb 5oz

NOW THE FULL POSITIONS & WEIGHTS

Worst result is in RED and final total is minus worst result (total weight also included)

1st	Matt Nutt	1	3	2	1	1	1	6 Points	404lb 08oz
2nd	Pete Morton	2	2	1	2	1	2	8 Points	213lb 09oz
3rd	Malc Doyle	2	1	5	3	1	2	9 Points	299lb 05oz
4th	Steve Wilson	4	1	3	1	1	3	9 Points	217lb 08oz
5th	Keith Ashby	1	5	2	1	3	2	9 Points	207lb 04oz
6th	Dai Thomas	3	3	2	3	1	1	10 Points	142lb 13oz
7th	Mark Causer	1	2	3	2	6	3	11 Points	185lb 12oz
8th	Geoff Egginson	3	5	1	3	2	3	12 Points	174lb 15oz
9th	Dirk Williams	2	5	1	4	4	1	12 Points	161lb 02oz
10th	Dan Thomas	5	2	3	4	3	3	15 Points	160lb 03oz
11th	Roy Ravenhill	3	5	1	2	6	5	16 Points	176lb 11oz
12th	Paul Roberts	4	1	6	2	5	4	16 Points	163lb 02oz
13th	Eric Robothan	2	5	2	3	4	6	16 Points	136lb 04oz
14th	Neil McCurran	1	6	6	1	3	6	17 Points	138lb 10oz
15th	Derek Robothan	5	1	3	5	4	6	18 Points	62lb 12oz
16th	Nick Jones	3	5	4	6	3	4	19 Points	76lb 11oz
17th	Dave Ashby	4	6	4	4	2	6	20 Points	79lb 13oz
18th	Nick Watkins-Price	5	5	4	6	2	5	21 Points	16lb 06oz
19th	Nick Williams	4	5	5	4	4	5	22 Points	63lb 04oz
20th	Tim Westmoreland	6	3	6	6	6	6	27 Points	8lb 08oz
21st	Pete Thompson	5	6	6	6	6	6	29 Points	11lb 00oz
22nd	Dave Moore	6	5	6	6	6	6	29 Points	D.N.W

Not fished any, 6 points awarded for each match. Jimmy Ledham, Scott Essary.

Now we move on to the PAIRS RESULTS

Comeing home in FIRST PLACE are Peter & Steve with a 60 Point total and combined weight of 431lb 1oz well done as up to the last match it was all still to play for.

THE PAIRS RESULTS
Worst result is in RED and the final total is minus worst result (total weight also included)

1st	Peter Morton & Steve Wilson	19	14	13	16	5	12	60 points	431lb 01oz
2nd	Dai Thomas & Mark Causer	13	15	19	14	32	11	72 points	349lb 07oz
3rd	Matt Nutt & Nick Jones	16	23	16	27	14	13	82 points	481lb 03oz
4th	Geoff Eggison & Dirk Williams	17	38	4	29	21	11	82 points	336lb 00oz
5th	Nick Williams & Malc Doyle	18	20	32	22	17	19	96 points	338lb 09oz
6th	Roy Ravenhill & Paul Roberts	18	22	31	14	43	25	110 points	339lb 13oz
7th	Derek Robothan & Dan Thomas	36	9	21	31	28	33	122 points	222lb 05oz
8th	Eric Robothan & Dave Ashby	26	45	20	20	16	52	127 points	206lb 01oz
9th	Keith Ashby & Dave Moore	29	38	33	28	37	31	158 points	207lb 07oz
10th	Tim Westmoreland & Nick Watkins-Price	46	28	42	52	36	41	193 points	124lb 14oz
11th	Neil McCurran & Scott Essary	32	52	52	29	34	52	199 points	120lb 10oz
12th	Jimmy Ledham & Pete Thompson	44	52	52	52	52	52	252 points	11lb 00oz

Thanks to all for a good 2005 series.

Malc Doyle 100lb+ JINX CLUB MEMBER