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Picture left: Ed Conducting the mid match weigh-In






16 Anglers Raised £100 for St Lukes Hospice by taking part in what can only described as a Red Letter Day.

Olly Wagg won by 6 ozs from the Steve ‘The Bridesmaid' Barrett not remarkable but when they both weighed in 236lb+ each then you start to see the picture of the day.
At least 7 of us obtained new personal best match weights and 7 had over the ton.
The total weight for the match was 1715lb 6 1/2 oz an average of 107lb 3oz.

For Steve Barrett this is the 6th match in a row that had finished 2nd, hence the new nick name of the Bridesmaid.

For my part I managed a new PB of a mere 65ln 14oz. Philip (my son) also had a new PB of 43lb 3oz.

Both Olly and the Bridesmaid were fishing with the ‘secret' paste on the pole- Olly fishing under the tree on the left and side of Peg 22 and Steve fishing out 9 metres in front of peg 28. Olly also used small pineapple boilies on the pole rig as well.

Ed Pearce had three small carp but put together a 62lb 8oz bag of Silvers (mainly nice Rudd).

I used mainly 8mm Skintz on the feeder out 20 yards – As on the top fishing was banned for this match could not get through the Rudd in the top layers, so went on the method to draw the carp to the bottom, just got them going then we had a weigh-in at 1130 am for fish in the nets under 5lb – Given the weather and normal club rules anything in the 4-5lb+ bracket had to be weighed and returned. I had 41lb at this stage and was on target for my 1st ton, however after the hour break bites for me were hard to come by, then when I did get one on they were 'big' and I lost 6 in a row – I estimate around 60lb of fish and did not land one for a whole hour, in contrast Olly and Steve were matching each fish by fish other both ‘weighing in’ 17 fish each in the afternoon session.

That man Boozy on the other hand had a totally different experience – the sound of breaking carbon resounded around the lake – Two broken sections and the slow catch rate – Boozy called it a day with an hour to go.

My own loss rate was high being equal in number with landed fish – if I stepped up the gear the bites disappeared – as soon as I went back down to Size 14 / 5lb line I got bites but landing was another thing – I was bullying to keep them out of Arthur’s and Ed Swims. Must learn to let them go where they want to or get the balance of rig/playing right.

All in all what a day – everyone except Boozy had a good one.

Entire Farm Match Result

Pos Angler lb/oz
1 Olly Wagg 236 /11 pb
2 Steve Barrett 236 /5 pb
3 John Pearce 163/ 5 pb
4 Alan Gammon 147/ 14 pb
5 Kev Keeling 142/ 1
6 John Buck 113/ 7
7 Mick Wagg 104/ 8 pb
8 Rob Blackburn 89/ 3
9 Ed Pearce 79/ 11
10 Kev Naylor 72
11 Paul Blake 65/ 14 pb
12 Lyn Naylor 64/
13 Gary Somerfeild 58/ 8.5
14 Arthur Morkunas 57/ 5
15 Philip Blake 43/ 3 pb
16 Steve Boozy 41/ 7
Total Weight 1715 lb 6 1/2 Oz
Average per Angler 107lb 3 oz

St Luke's Hospice Charity League after Entire Farm
Pos
1 Steve Barrett 26
2 Olly Wagg 23
3 Paul Pratley 22
4= Rob Blackburn 20
4= Cory 20
6 Ed Pearce 18
7 John Pearce 15
8 Jim Cook 13
9 Roger Naylor 12
10 Alan Gammon 10
11= Mick Wagg 9
11= Steve Boozy 9
11= George Webster 9
14 Kev Keeling 6
15 John Buck 5
16 Paul Blake 4
17 Philip Blake 3
17= Postman Tim 3
19= Gary Somerfeild 1
19= Kev Naylor 1
19= Lyn Naylor 1
19= Arthur Morkunas 1
19= Tony Pennycock 1
19= Richard 1
19= Rodney 1
19= Ron Price 1

NEXT ST LUKES CHARITY MATCH 17th September
Venue Stambridge Fishery

Contact Ed for a Place - Lets hope for another Red Letter Day

Labels: St Lukes Charity Match