Thursday, September 18, 2008
Big Johns Angling Summer League Match - Bury Hill (Dorking - Surrey) - Milton Lake - 14th September 2008
A pleasant drive down to Leafy Surrey for the Final Match of the Big Johns Angling Summer League Match at Bury Hill Milton lake – Just west of Dorking, the weather was good as well
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Nice & Sunny – some say it was our Summer !!! Well at least I dusted off my sunglasses.
I drew peg 17, on my way I saw that Olly had drawn peg 20 with reed beds on parallel right of the swim platform twitching away with Fish. I said to Olly I see you are going to have fun in there today – "Yep – you remember Newlands Hall mud pool swim I had" was the reply - Only too well – you lost about 10 rigs that day.
My peg (17) looked great reeds to Both sides and an inviting bed of Lily’s out in front (see Pictures below) which were casting distance for Waggler bomb or feeder. So I set up on pole 3 lines in circle a bomb and a Waggler.
At the whistle went out on the bomb with size 18 3 lb 12” hook link– had a bite 1st off – Started feeding the margin and pole lines (in fact tried all day there with nothing more than a few tiny Perch).
I drew peg 17, on my way I saw that Olly had drawn peg 20 with reed beds on parallel right of the swim platform twitching away with Fish. I said to Olly I see you are going to have fun in there today – "Yep – you remember Newlands Hall mud pool swim I had" was the reply - Only too well – you lost about 10 rigs that day.
My peg (17) looked great reeds to Both sides and an inviting bed of Lily’s out in front (see Pictures below) which were casting distance for Waggler bomb or feeder. So I set up on pole 3 lines in circle a bomb and a Waggler.
At the whistle went out on the bomb with size 18 3 lb 12” hook link– had a bite 1st off – Started feeding the margin and pole lines (in fact tried all day there with nothing more than a few tiny Perch).
Olly on the other hand was Snapped off on his two put ins and the question Mason Mills was asking each time was "Olly you going to get that one in" each time Olly had one on. John Buck was pulling them in the distance though!
Quite worrying for me was that I was snapped off of tow good bites during the morning session, the same thing that was happening at the last match at Tylers Common. There were no sharp features here – I must surely have a bad batch of Hook links – I changed over from the Kasman Animal to Preston Hook links and went to size 14 with bigger baits – Pellet & Sweetcorn but the bites were no better.
However I faired better than Steve Caellejo (sorry I don’t know the correct spelling – perhaps someone can advised via the comments, but soon to have new nickname before the end of the day) – His Pole section #6 snapped when pulling in after 1st cupping !!!!
Midday I swapped over to the Waggler with Pellet, Single, & double maggot plus worm and cocktails of each– Just a few Roach to show for it though (sprayed maggot). Finally the float buried and sailed away – Into a Carp of around 4lb gave a good account of itself but safely landed a lovely looking full plated Mirror after 10 minutes. But that was it the next 3 hours were only graced on all methods with a couple more small Roach,
However, the last hour was between Olly getting smashed up and Steve Claalejo to my left making a lunge for his feeder rod, which had been pulled in by a carp I would suspect? The Lunge resulted in him going in the drink much to the joy of everyone who saw it and he received much applause especially as he caught the rod.
I ran round to get a photo only to find the Camera’s battery had gone. The air as you could imagine was punctuated by laughter and blue language as Steve (now with the nickname flipper ‘praised’ his friends for helping in his hour of need. Somehow he was under the impression that I went to help – Nah I’d only gone to try and record it – Of course the jokes relating to whales, doplhins etc were sounding around to keep the lughter going for 1/2 hour. At least it was a sunny day but I think he got cold and was please the match came to an end and weigh in completed.
As expected the weights were not great – Results below and Final league tables. We got off the bottom. Looking at Team table is has an inverse synergy team 5 was 1st with team, team 4 second and so on.
Quite worrying for me was that I was snapped off of tow good bites during the morning session, the same thing that was happening at the last match at Tylers Common. There were no sharp features here – I must surely have a bad batch of Hook links – I changed over from the Kasman Animal to Preston Hook links and went to size 14 with bigger baits – Pellet & Sweetcorn but the bites were no better.
However I faired better than Steve Caellejo (sorry I don’t know the correct spelling – perhaps someone can advised via the comments, but soon to have new nickname before the end of the day) – His Pole section #6 snapped when pulling in after 1st cupping !!!!
Midday I swapped over to the Waggler with Pellet, Single, & double maggot plus worm and cocktails of each– Just a few Roach to show for it though (sprayed maggot). Finally the float buried and sailed away – Into a Carp of around 4lb gave a good account of itself but safely landed a lovely looking full plated Mirror after 10 minutes. But that was it the next 3 hours were only graced on all methods with a couple more small Roach,
However, the last hour was between Olly getting smashed up and Steve Claalejo to my left making a lunge for his feeder rod, which had been pulled in by a carp I would suspect? The Lunge resulted in him going in the drink much to the joy of everyone who saw it and he received much applause especially as he caught the rod.
I ran round to get a photo only to find the Camera’s battery had gone. The air as you could imagine was punctuated by laughter and blue language as Steve (now with the nickname flipper ‘praised’ his friends for helping in his hour of need. Somehow he was under the impression that I went to help – Nah I’d only gone to try and record it – Of course the jokes relating to whales, doplhins etc were sounding around to keep the lughter going for 1/2 hour. At least it was a sunny day but I think he got cold and was please the match came to an end and weigh in completed.
As expected the weights were not great – Results below and Final league tables. We got off the bottom. Looking at Team table is has an inverse synergy team 5 was 1st with team, team 4 second and so on.
Result
Final League Standings -
Single========================Team
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