The Southern Intersite Match.
Well, Saturday morning 8am and we all started to assemble in the Café at Willow Park for the Intersite match. It promised to be a grueller as the temperature was already up to 18°C and would make it to 30°C before the day was out.
Last to arrive were Neo and Brian who had travelled up from Wales at less than 24hrs notice to fill in for people that had to drop out, and Milo who had got caught in a bit of traffic.
The team on the day was as follows with the respective lakes we were fishing on…
1. Vince – Big (Team Captain)
2. Peter – Big
3. Milo(Fred P.) – Big
4. Matt Nutt – Middle
5. Gary Thorpe – Middle
6. Blackhydro (Clive)- Middle
7. NoMoreLongWalks(Paul) – Middle
8. Slimcatcher(Nick B.) – Middle
9. Neo1(Nick W.) – Middle
10. Me (Simon) – Small
11. RonB – Small
12. Badatfishing (Darren) – Small
13. Brian Bevan – Small
14. Andy222 – Small
15. Polepot(Nick J.) – Small
How did my match go??????
This was my draw, Peg 77, looks lovely doesn’t it?
Last to arrive were Neo and Brian who had travelled up from Wales at less than 24hrs notice to fill in for people that had to drop out, and Milo who had got caught in a bit of traffic.
The team on the day was as follows with the respective lakes we were fishing on…
1. Vince – Big (Team Captain)
2. Peter – Big
3. Milo(Fred P.) – Big
4. Matt Nutt – Middle
5. Gary Thorpe – Middle
6. Blackhydro (Clive)- Middle
7. NoMoreLongWalks(Paul) – Middle
8. Slimcatcher(Nick B.) – Middle
9. Neo1(Nick W.) – Middle
10. Me (Simon) – Small
11. RonB – Small
12. Badatfishing (Darren) – Small
13. Brian Bevan – Small
14. Andy222 – Small
15. Polepot(Nick J.) – Small
How did my match go??????
This was my draw, Peg 77, looks lovely doesn’t it?
Unfortunately it proved to be almost entirely devoid of fish, or at least those that were in any way inclined to feed in the heat of the day. 3 hours on the feeder produced not so much as a bite, and the pole line appeared devoid of life as well apart from a few small perch that fell to some worms that polepot had let me have.
A quick visit to vince mid match revealed that he was having an even worse time than me, with just a couple of knocks on the feeder that had come to nothing, although he did lose a beast of a carp right at the death as it dragged his rig through the roots of a nearby bush in the margins.
4pm and the all out revealed the full horror of the battering with Milo weighing 2ozs, Vince recording a DNW and I ended up with 4lbs 4ozs of small Perch, to all finish last in our respective sections.
Our stars on the day were NoMoreLongWalks(Paul), Gary Thorpe and Matt Nutt who each scored section 2nds.A quick visit to vince mid match revealed that he was having an even worse time than me, with just a couple of knocks on the feeder that had come to nothing, although he did lose a beast of a carp right at the death as it dragged his rig through the roots of a nearby bush in the margins.
4pm and the all out revealed the full horror of the battering with Milo weighing 2ozs, Vince recording a DNW and I ended up with 4lbs 4ozs of small Perch, to all finish last in our respective sections.
Overall the top 5 on the day was as follows………
| 1st | Omega Mike TF | 56lb 06oz |
| 2nd | Russell Grimes TF | 52lb 00oz |
| 3rd | Giles Cochrane AF | 51lb 08oz |
| 4th | Micky Davies TF | 46lb 10oz |
| 5th | Dave Pearson AF | 39lb 05oz |
Teams………
| Total Fishing | 38 points |
| Angling Forums | 34 points |
| Maggotdrowning.com | 17 points |
Making the running totals for this years series…….
| Total Fishing | 101 points |
| Maggotdrowning.com | 69 points |
| Angling Forums | 34 points |
| TalkAngling | 30 points |
……. with the Northern match still to come.
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