I met team mate Leigh at the Clevedon Junction of the M5 South before heading down to McDonalds for a breakfast wrap. Reason being Laburnum house where the draw is held is way over priced. Just as well we did as they had no gas and were just able to do bacon or sausage sandwiches with tea for £5.
Team today was...
Mark Williams (c) ...stands for captain although alternative words are available
Mike Withey
Rich Whitmarsh
Steve ''Stretch'' Saunders ...not sure what Stretch sand for
Andy Thomas
Chris Hook
Leigh Wakefield
Me
Todays Sections were...
A - Gold Corner
B - North Bank
C, D, E, F - Woolavington Bridge Up
G - Woolavington Bridge Down
The Team Plan was to fish the Feeder on A and B Section plus the top end of C, all other Sections we were to spend most of the time on the pole based on the last practice match.
Mark came back with the draw and I saw that I was on 66 which was D Section, not great to be honest but just got to get on with it.
The good news was we were able to drive to our pegs on Woolavington Up, drop our kit off and then park in the usual car park.
The peg was nice and comfortable.
I was the last peg in my Section. I set up 2 feeder rods (as it was always going to be worth a look across and down the middle now and again. A waggler for just past the pole line and 2 rigs at 13 metres, a 0.5 and a 0.75. Ground bait was fishmeal for the feeder lines and magic and lake for the pole.
I cupped in 3 hard and 3 loose helpings laced with caster and hemp before feeding the middle and across with 5 big feeder fulls of caster and some worm.
Starting on the pole with the 0.5 gram rig I had small fish straight away. The trip on the water was just right and heading towards the sea. A few better fish moved in, hybrids, perch and dumpy roach. In less than an hour the bites stopped, the wind got up and the trip was going the wrong way. A change to the heavier rig just brought the odd bite.
A look on both feeder lines for about 10 mins each gave no indications. I tried the waggler but conditions were not right and presentation was rubbish. Back on the pole and nothing so I re-fed. this did not make any difference what so ever.
I couldn't see if anyone was catching around me either. I phoned Leigh and Chris as they were in the Sections below me and they were also struggling just catching small fish although Chris had a few hand sized skimmers on the tip.
A look on the tip down the middle gave me a small rattle and when I hit it I thought it was an eel but turned out to be a 10oz skimmer. I gave it another 15 mins or so which produced nothing.
I stayed on the pole the rest of the match cupping in loose neat ground bait at intervals to pick up small fish and that was it.
Nick Ewers up stream from me sat on the tip all match and was admitting to 10lbs approx.
I walked up to meet the scales halfway down the Section. I asked Mark Bromsgrove what the weights were so far....he said two 14's and a DNW....two 14ozs that was! I thought he was joking...he wasn't.
Anyway this is how my Section panned out with Nick winning it very comfortably.
Nick easily won the Section
There were some fantastic weights today from the inform and known area's of the river.
Individuals...
1st Tony Goodland 73lb 8oz - peg 54
2nd Paul Purchase 66lb 12oz - peg 37
3rd Andy Richings 37lb 15oz - peg - 38 ....Andy came 3rd the day before at Evesham and qualified for the BH Weekend match in August so a good weekend for him.
There were at least 3 other 30lb plus weights.
I tried to get all the Section winners but too noisy when they were read out.
Teams on the day...
1st P I Thatchers
2nd DGL
3rd Sensas Lobbys
4th GBV
5th Sensas 88
6th Sensas Nomads
League to date.....
1st P I Thatchers
2nd DGL
3rd GBV
4th Sensas Lobbys
5th Sensas 88
6th Sensas Nomads
Back on the Huntspill for Round 4 next week.
We had another Team fishing at Evesham today on the last qualifying match for the BH Weekend.
It was great to hear that they came 5th and qualified after narrowly missing out by ounces on the first attempt.
Captain Clive Branson even took a dip to land a chub after his landing net broke..and...apparently he can't swim!
Clive with his 5lb 11oz which was 5th in the match at Evesham
Hope to fish the Staverton match on Wednesday afternoon but hear there is very little flow.
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