Monday 27th August Clevedon open at Acorn Fishery

It has been a busy week with starting a new job and my nephew got married on Saturday and we were out with friends on Sunday night so 2 late nights. It was a 9 o'clock draw so didn't get up until 7.15, everthing was prepared a couple of days before so no rush.
Steve Bonwick as in charge again today as match secretary Barry Fowler was away. 21 had booked in and then Adie Baker turned up as he didn't fancy camping. This was an open run by Clevedon so we had a number of anglers from Bristol and they knew the venue well. There are around 3 to 4 matches a week at Acorn and the weights just seem to get better and better. John Wolstencroft was also there, I expected a clip around the ear to be honest after taking the p**s out of him on the blog last week and in the local press (but it was suttle), all was well though until Darren aka 'Nuddy' suggested his pic on the blog last week made him appear a bit camp! Justas well he was out of John's reach.
The draw appeared to be going well until Pete Sivell ended up without a peg! Lots of moans but also joy from those of us who drew 'crap', re-draw, redraw was the cry and so we tried again. First time around I had 18 (no likely), second time around peg 3 (much better but I have never fished it).
To my right was that man again John W on peg 1, to my left was a visiting angler on peg 5.
Simple today, banded across, soft in the middle and paste on the left hand margin. The wind and rain started and then died off a bit and I had a great 2 hours catching 1lb - 2lb carp across, then the wind really got up and on reflection I shouldn't have but I did carry on and try and present across. I had loads of foul hookers that got off and loads of liners in the drop. I did get the odd one but without any consistency. Down the track with soft pellet was short lived as the waves were getting up as well. The last 2 hours I spent on the paste and to be fair did catch on a regular basis, I only wish I made the decision around 1 o'clock. I weighed in 56lb no were near enough. Rich Lovering had 100lb 08oz and only won his section by default!

Glen Bailey won with 136lb, pic below

2nd was Darren 'Nuddy' Vowles with 116lb mainly on the method, pic below.

3rd was Brian Slipper with 103lb 8oz, pic below

Press report for North Somerset Times and Anglers Mail as follows;



On Bank Holiday Monday 27^th August Clevedon Freshwater Angling Club held an open competition at Acorn Fisheries Kingston Seymour. A field of 22 Anglers took part some of which travelled down from Bristol. By the end of the match some wished they hadn’t bothered as heavy rain and wind made it almost impossible to fish beyond 8 meters. Visiting angler Glen Bailey from Bristol drew in form peg 9, he fished into the wind and short for most of the day with paste on the hook and fed 6mm pellet for a tremendous 136lb of carp up to 5lb for first place. Second and drawn on peg 34 by one of the bridges was Clevedons Darren Nudd. Darren decided not to struggle pole fishing due to the high winds and instead used the method feeder casting to the far bank with pellet. It paid off and he caught steady all day putting 116lb of carp on the scales. Third was Brian Slipper, another Clevedon angler who is rarely out of the frame, Brian caugh103lb 8oz of peg 32. Top silver fish net and for the second week running was Paul Faires with 25lb 10oz of bream. If you would like to know more about this popular club please visit http://clevedon-fwac.webs.com/

1^st – Glen Bailey 136lb

2^nd – Darren Nudd 116lb

3^rd – Brian Slipper 103lb 8oz

Slivers

1^st – Paul Faires 25lb 10oz



I have the rest of the week off so hope to have at least one day out fishing.