Avon Angling Teams of Four.

Avon Angling Teams of Four.

Round 6 (final round). 20-11-11.

Viaduct Fishery. Cary, Lodge and Match.

PEG 101 Cary. Draw 9.00 fishing 10.30 to 16.00.

http://www.viaductfishery.com/#Homepage.

I’ve been looking forward to this match it was the last round of the brilliant Avon angling Teams of Four fished on the South West best commercial fishery. With 2 section on Cary, 1 on Lodge Lake and 1 on Match Lake. With the BBC weather forecast predicting 10mph South Easterly winds and 14 degrees a good match was likely with the Pellet ban enforced in matches from the 1^st November might have some impact on the weights.

So arm with Caster ,Worms,Sweetcorn,Meat,Bread and a bag of Gimps(John Bradford) green ground bait and peg 101 on Cary setting up waggler for fishing Caster at 25 metres, lead to fish towards the aerator and a 16 metre pole just in case as a backup line. In hindsight 1 lead rod and 20 grains of corn was all I needed.

Chucking the lead out on the whistle without feeding any of my other lines which I fill is important to try and get early Carp only to watch Kev Perry catch one instantly on the pop up bread. Changing over to the bread I loss 2 Carp in the 1^st hour one breaking my hook length the other the hook pulling out ¾ of the way back.

The second hour see me chucking the waggler out to break the boredom of staring out the end of my lead rod catching a Skimmer second chuck then no more bites this was then put down not to be pick up again. The pole was briefly tried too to be shelved as well.

Into the third hour I have my 1^st Carp a good one about 12lb then 10 minutes later another slightly smaller on 3 bits of Sweet corn hair rig on 12” hook length.

I end up catching 6 Carp and a Skimmer for 64lb I will not bore you with how I skilfully caught them just that a couple of the times I was actually watching when the rod got pulled round but more often than not I wasn’t.

This weight put me 5^th overall 3^rd in my section and a section £60 default pick up as Kev Perry framed with 9 carp for 106lb and some of the time he was watching as well but more often he was not.

My man of the match was Des Shipp who caught 48lb of Skimmer 34lb of Carp from peg 68 on Lodge just awesome from one of the very best.

Overall.

1^st. Alan Oram.      183-09-00. Peg 96 Cary. Lead meat.

2^nd. Tom Magnall.  114-15-00. Peg 87 Cary. Lead.

3^rd. Kev Perry. 106-05-00. Peg100 Cary.

4^th. Des Shipp. 85-05-00. Peg 68 Lodge.

Silvers.

1^st. Des Shipp. 48-03-00. Peg 68 Skimmer Pole 14 metres Caster.

2^nd. Stevie Kedge 31-06-00. Peg 97 Skimmers on the waggler.

Kev Perry not loking at his rod.

The Aerator.

Tony Rixon on peg 74.

Avon Angling Teams of Four.

Avon Angling teams of Four. 06/11/11.

Lands End Fishery Wedmore Somerset.

Peg 32 Specimen Lake.

Round 5 back at Lands End on peg 32 far left hand corner of the specimen lake. This peg has no island to fish to but the end bank to fish along which is 4 feet deep in tight to the bank and no real shelf to fish on and it has a tree growing out from the bank at 17 metre plus an aerator at waggler range 21 metres which wasn’t fished due to all my rods being at home in the shed.

For the first time this series I was ready at the whistle starting on the paste at 16 metre towards the end of the tree feeding micro pellet and damped 4mm coarse pellet. I missed 3 bites on this until I caught a ½ lb Roach and lost a Carp which was probably fouled. Changing to soft pellet at12:00 I had an 8 lb carp then another 10 minutes later and lost 2 others.

During this time I have been feeding chop worm and caster tight into the end bank where I had 2 Perch on the first look then re feeding with a full pot (Mike Nicholas seasons total bait allowance).

At 14:00 out of the blue the aerator came on unexpectedly which was switch off 5 minute later by Mike Duckett, during this time I missed a bite on soft pellet and then hooked a carp as Mike was coming down the steps after hitting the off button. This fish manage to plough through the tree and got snagged which caused a lost hook length plus moving a branch attach to some heavy line.

The next ½ hour a hooked 4 Carp losing 3 of them in the line. Talking to Dave Roper after the line was there on the last teams of four matches it’s not there now because at the end of the match I climb out in the tree a pull it out about 20 yards of 20lb mono.

With the edge line my only fishable option it was this line I fished to the end catching about 14lb of silvers mainly Perch no Carp for a most enjoyable last hour all the fish falling to worms over potted in caster and worm.

The match finished all to quickly when the scale arrived I had 3 Carp for 20lbs and 16lb 6oz of Silvers mostly Perch a Chub and 4 Roach to a pound. This weight put me 4 in my section beaten by the 3 anglers to my left but my silvers put me 2^nd in the silvers and picking up £65.

The line problem cause me a frame position today but I would not have caught the e fish down the edge every cloud has a “silver” lining. The match was won by trigger he on fire this season with 86lb of carp from peg 22 on Match Lake the other 2 place where to my left so far side of Specimen Lake was the place to be.

Overall.

1^St. Craig Edmonds peg 22         86-09-00. Match lake.  

2^nd. Brian Slipper.    peg 29        62-13-00 Specimen Lake. Edge caught Carp under peg 30 pallet.

3^rd. Alan Oram.       Peg 27          57-01-00 Specimen Lake.

4^th. Neil Harvey.      Peg 50          54-01-00. Lake 3.

Silvers.

1^st. Nick Collins (opposable thumbs). Peg 38 26-14-00.  Specimen Lake.

2^nd. Clayton Hudson.                          Peg 32  16-06-00. Specimen Lake.

Shearwater Lakes.

Going the Distance. 28-10-11.

Shearwater Lakes Crockerton BA12 8AF.

A Friday afternoon fishing session was required after last Sunday disaster at Larford with some long distance feeder practice required as I was woeful. Shearwater Lakes was my destination after dropping Cam at school at 13:00 I was fishing half way up the road side bank at 13:50 with a breath taking view of the tree in full autumn splendour and a blue sky. The catching of fish came secondary to chucking a method feeder as far as possible in the same place more than once at 80 turns.

Starting off at 55 turns chucking a 24 gram guru method and a white chocolate boilie is a comfortable chuck with my Garbolino Distance Feeder rod then during the 3 hour session I ended cast to about my limit of 84 turns.

How to exceed this distance will probably take some coaching unlike Golf there is not a lake professional to call on to improve your swing (cast).

The fishing was excellent catching 18 Bream from 12 ounces to 4 pound considering I’ve not fished in one spot and casted every couple of minutes I was well happy.

Maver Classic Qualifier.

Maver Qualifier.

Larford Lakes Specimen Lake. 23-10-11.

Peg 16 (mid way down the Burr Bank).

http://www.larfordlakes.co.uk/index.php?option=static&id=6

The specimen lake at Larford is massive with over 120 pegs being over 200 yards wide and 15 foot deep on some pegs, it is not your normal commercial venue.

Today’s match is a qualifier for the Maver Classic the final held over 2 days on the May bank holiday that ends up being the who’s who of match fishing. Therefore, I have set my self a challenge to qualify for this year event so any spare Sunday I have I will be travel to Larford to fish in attempt to qualify and after this week end performance I will need a miracle but if you do not push your self, you will never improve.

One of the last to draw today with only 5 tickets left I pick peg 16  have way down the Burr bank called this as it where the once big lake was divide into 3 lakes Match, Specimen and Arena. (See link). The lakes need some rain as the platforms are 3 feet above the water and most anglers got into the margin with platforms but I fished from the wooden staging. first mistake this made holding the pole in the strong cross wind impossible beyond 7 metres the next mistake was trying to fish the pole at all with the trip and the wind going the same way presentation was a nightmare the method feeder drop onto the pole line or the lead would have been better.

The next mistake trying to chuck as far as Darren Cox who was on the next peg and was putting his method feeder 70 + yards with ease. Then fishing the pole at 11 metres catching skimmers then dropping the bomb on his 5-metre meat line to catch two carp in the last 10 minutes the reason why this man fishes for England a class act and good bloke.

Lots of lessons learn today I need to practice long-range feeder fishing so a practice session before the next qualifier is needed and what I caught was D.N.W. 3 Skimmers 2 Perch for 6lb and totally smacked ass.

I will print the results when Larford publish them but Roger Young aka The Purple Prince won my bank with 74lb on the lead and pellet lose feeding 8mm.when the results where read I was half way home.

RESULTS.

1^st. Neil Mckinnon 100-05-00. Peg 68. Chalet bank. Method.

2^nd.Terry Winstone.93-13-00. Peg 80. Chalet Bank. Lead pellet.

3^rd.Lee Kirby.            79-13-00.                Chalet Bank.

4^th. Roger Young.    74-15-00. Peg 6 .Burr Bank.

Nicky Collins.

Funniest part of the day was watching Nicky Collins tiring to open a polthene bags with some biscuits in opposable thumbs are what separate us from monkey but according to John Grey this part of the evolution of man was missed out in Wincanton.

Avon Angling Teams of Four.

Avon Angling Teams of Four.

Lands End Fishery Wedmore Somerset.

Peg

Round 4 at Lands End missed the last round at Acorn Lakes due to a family bereavement so with the same format as round 2 all the lakes in with 11 people on each lake. The BBC weather forecast said sun shine and clouds 15 degrees and light SSW wind you have to pinch yourself to remind you that it’s October 16^th.

Team captain Andy Bryant handed me peg 3 on Match Lake I have had this peg before there is a 15” Plato which comes of the far bank were I caught last time so basing my attack around this and chop worm and caster with a 5 metre soft pellet line and the right hand margin to the empty peg 4 3 rigs were assembled with plenty of time to spare so I decided to set up a paste rig to fish long to my right. (Fed this at the start but never used.)

In the first hour on the 5 metre line feeding and fishing 6mm soft expander  pellet I had about 30lb 3 Carp ,1 f1,1 skimmer after the last carp a 12lb bites dried up not to have another fish of this line but fed it  all match and drop in on the line 4 times.

The rest of the action came of the far bank where I had Perch, Orfe, Roach and 7 more Carp on worm and caster fed through a pot for the most enjoyable day’s pole fishing in ages not losing a Carp but shaking of a few silvers.

Weighed 64lb 13oz of Carp and 21lb 8oz of Silvers total of 86lb 5oz.

Overall.

1^st. John Grey.           88-04-00. Peg 41.

2^nd. Lewis Jones.       86-10-00. Peg 17.

3^rd. Clayton Hudson.86-05-00. Peg 3.

4^th. Ryan Shipp.         84-11-00. Peg 22.

Silvers.

1^st. Matt Tomes.        27-07-00. Peg 11

2^nd. Steve Seggar.      23-00-00. Peg

3^rd. Clayton Hudson. 21-08-00. Peg 3.

A really close match today with one fish separating the top 5 with Ryan Shipp and Paul Elmes losing over 10 Carp each.

Peg 3 Match Lake.

Looks Inviting.

Paste Swim (not used)

Peg 4 Pallet Margin(1 Perch).

Match Lake Section Board.

Avalon Lakes Glastonbury.

Avalon Lakes Glastonbury.

Avon Angling Anything Goes.

Peg 30 (last peg on last island).

Could not wait to get fishing today it’s been 2 weeks since my last trip out and Tony Rixon was running an anything goes match at Avalon which means you can fish Method Feeders with a 4”hooklength tuck in. Like I said in my previous blog Avalon has an island 30 metre away making it prefect wind permitting for the Waggler but a Method Feeder might come in handy.

With a 12 mile hour westerly wind forecast a draw on the left hand bank would be favourable  in to the draw bag and peg 30 right hand side last peg on the last island with some resent  form winning a couple of matches with the pellet waggler. A plan was formed around the pellet wag/ method. With a 5 metre meat line and a margin line to the next platform. I was going to set up a chop worm and caster line at 14 metres but Tony shouted all in at 10:45 and I was nowhere near ready so I got myself sorted and chuck the wag out missed 2 bites then fouled hook one in the tail then lost 3 more until the wind and constantly catching the foliage drove me onto the method.

Carp first chuck then nothing for ½ hour. Then 2 hour in the wind died down so back on the wag losing the wag after ½ hour whilst resetting up I have another carp on the method.

3 ¾ hour 3 carp in the net I’m going nowhere no bites at 5 metre and nothing from the margin. Steve Seggar catching on the paste and Ray Copper catching on the method either side of me I dump a pot of pellets at 14 metres then get of my box to set up a paste rig. First put in after sorting out the depth I have a Bream second drop miss a bite then third drop a Carp fourth drop lose a Carp. For the next 1 ½ I fish the paste catching three more Carp pulling out of three more and losing a Bream which jump about 4 foot in the air shedding the hook.

At the final Whistle I have 7 Carp 1 Bream 1 Skimmer for 44lb 6oz.

Overall Result.

1^st Martin Mcmahon  76-01-00 peg 35 Method.

2^nd Dean Manning      71-12-00 peg 22 Method.

3^rd Tom Mangnal        70-00-00 peg 14  method and waggler.

Silvers.

1^st Shane Caswell        17-03-00 peg 9  Chop worm caster.

All in all a really fair match with 12lb separating the 4 top and with a few correct decisions any one of them could have won it including me. My weght put me 7th but beat both sides. With the Method dominating but Tony caught 64lb on the waggler but he is good.

         Margin

                                                           

Island Chuck.

14 metre swim