Sadly there are now only 6 Teams of 8 fishing this League (my old Maver Cadbury Team have now officially disbanded and we are part of the Sensas Nomads squad which I am more than happy with) although there was also a ''hospital team'' made up to fish today to swell the numbers but their points did not count.
We had a good Team meeting last Tuesday and left feeling positive with lots of information shared although ultimately it would be down to the draw and bream.
Captain Mike Martin-Davies selected the team in good time which was.....
Mark Williams
Mike Withey
Richard Whitmarsh
Steve ''Stretch'' Saunders
Chris Hook
Ivan Currie
Mark Traves
Mark Jones
Mike had dropped himself but attended as bank runner.
I did text organiser Mark Treasure asking what Sections would be in earlier in the week and he said it would be the same as the previous week except for Monk Meadow.
So todays Section details were....
Chris was elected to do the Team draw and we were the last team but one to do so. Afterwards everyone held back before rushing off to give any advice necessary regarding peg form, approach and directions. When I glanced at the Team Draw Sheet I saw I was end peg 65 at Netheridge. DGL's Mark Brush had 11lb plus off it the previous week so not too bad. Mark Jones was also on a good peg, 46 on the bend at Hempstead. Others had a few OK pegs and a couple of poor ones.
Fishing was 11:00 - 16:00 and it didn't take me long to get to Netheridge and park up. As I walked down the towpath I passed some really good anglers who knew this Section really well so no mugs here then.
I was set up with a good 30 minutes to go. 2 Feeder Rods, one set up to fish hair rigged bread the other fishmeal. Both hooks were 16's to 0.11 power, 25 gram cage feeder to braid.
2 pole rigs, One at 11 metres, 2 gram float, 0.12 fluro hook length to a 18 series 2 tubertini, the other 5 metres out, 1 gram float and same terminal tackle.
Liquidised bread, Green F1 fishmeal, sweet mix for the pole lines and dead reds, dead pinkie, live pinkie, caster and worm.
View around the peg....
I had fished peg 64 before a few years ago and new the line to target the bream with the feeder. I was just beyond the arm of the old ''Hempstead Bend'' and although and end peg it would be hard to beat 63, 62 and 61 to my left. Andy Powell next to me on 64 also had a a fair bit of water in front of him.
I fed my pole lines first, 4 big balls cupped in on each with plenty of feed for a change. I started off on the bread feeder right under the far bank bushes as this was the team plan with a piece of 11mm double punch hair rigged. After 30 mins not a sign of a fish and I think Lee Trivet on 62 had a couple of early bream.
I felt the bread wasn't right so went on the fishmeal with a few offerings added fishing worm and pinkie on the hook. After several casts the tip flew around and it was bream on, a decent fish of around 3lbs. I started getting liners so stuck at it and soon added another then it went quiet. I couldn't really see what was going on to my left as I was facing the other way but Andy Powell next to me on 64 said Phil Bendall next to him was getting a few as well as Lee.
Mike Martin-Davies came walking along the bank and asked if I would like a chocolate ice lolly, he had a box of them and it was very welcome due to the heat. I got about halfway through it with Mike still behind me when the tip went around at the same time as I had the ice cream in one hand a a boat going over my line. I hit the bite with my free hand and connected frantically handing the half eaten ice cream to Mike and dipping the rod in the water. Thankfully the fish stayed on and bream No. 3 was netted.
Mike went off to see how Mark Jones was getting on up at the bend on 46.
Andy next to me on 64 started to catch a few at this time as well.
I had a look on the short pole line and after 10 minutes or so the float went under and a good fish was on for a few seconds before leaving me. Close inspection revealed one of the dead reds had folded over the hook. Tried again but no more bites.
At this point I thought I was playing catch up with 64, 63 and 62 so more or less decided to stick it out on the tip. I managed 3 more bream and a small eel for the rest of the match. I knew Andy had 7 bream to my 6 and Phil had about 5 plus also knew Lee had a few more late.
I had the board and Andy had the scales so we weighed from 57 back down to our pegs.
Heres how the Section weights went.....
So finished 3rd in Section and was OK with that give where I was, not that much in the top 3 and a couple of bream could have made all the difference.
Todays catch 17lb 7oz
Match results as follows:
Sections (paying top 2 on each).....
A
1. Nigel Baker 13lb
2. Jon Tocknell 11lb 4oz
B
1. Mick N 7lb 8oz
2. Mark Bromsgrove 4lb 4oz
C
1. Ian Pauley 7lb 9oz
2. Shane Williams 4lb 14oz
D
1. Andy Jane 29lb 5oz
2. Mark Jones 13lb 5oz Sensas Nomads
E
1. Lee Trivitt 24lb 15oz
2. Andy Powell 22lb 5oz
F
1. Andy Richings 36lb
2. Paul Nichols 17lb 5oz
G
1. Lance Tucker
2. Rich Whitmarsh (not sure of weight)Sensas Nomads
H
1. ? 10lb 11oz
2. Mark Williams 4lb Sensas Nomads
Overall, paying top 3
1st Andy Richings 36lb plus (peg 177) Sensas Lobbys
2nd Luke Sorokin 30lb 15oz (peg 221) P I Thatchers
3rd Andy Jane 29lb 5oz (peg 44) Sensas Lobbys
4th Lee Trivitt 24lb 15oz (peg 62) P I Thatchers
5th Andy Powell 22lb 5oz (peg 64) Sensas Lobbys
6th Ivan Currie 17lb 7oz (peg 65) Sensas Nomads
Teams...there is some confusion from our side and the points do need checking...
1st Sensas Lobbys 35
2nd DGL 29
3rd PI Thatchers 28
4th GBV ?
5th Sensas Nomads 24
6th Sensas 88 24
Some other photos from today....
Team mate Mark Jones, 2nd in section
3rd overall Andy Jane
No match planned for next week, nothing on that I know off.
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