Hello all.
Firstly I must apologise that I have not been keeping this blog up to date. As a result of this I am writing March's diary in May!!!
The first match was the 1st round of the Angling Times Supercup against POHAS at Meadow View. If I remember rightly I drew peg 11 or 12. The fishing was pretty much the same as the practice matches. I managed 1 carp, caught by fishing a slowly sinking pellet about 12 inches off bottom. Just dropping the rig in different areas to see if I got a bite. I also caught a few roach on maggot close in. I weighed 6lb odd which comfortably beat Jim Bates, who struggled next to me. In the end Warrington AA qualified winning 6 sections to 2. The match was won by Martin Griffiths WAA with just short of 30lb. He gave my dad a good battering!
Following this I fished an open match at Brookside. My recent fishing had been a bit disappointing, so I wanted to try somewhere where I would get a few bites. When I arrived I found out that the new lakes were being included for the first time and low and behold I drew on one of the new lakes. The match was an absolute disaster. I only caught 2 fish and lost a couple. Not many fish were caught and there was no way of competing with the older lakes. This really dented my enthusiasm, it was the first time that I had felt ripped off in a match, knowing that it would not be my ability that would affect the result, but the fact that the pools were totally different to the older lakes. In defence of the venue I believe the sport has picked up since. So just my luck to fish it on a bad day.
After this I decided that matches would not be the be all and end all of my fishing. I started to think about fishing rivers for barbel in the summer, as a change. So I went and ordered a Fox barbel rod from E-Bay. I just need to get some terminal tackle together and I will be ready for a few sessions on the rivers. This way I won't mind so much if I don't catch much and by taking that pressure off I hope I will enjoy matches more.
After Brookside I did not fish for a couple of weeks, so I went into April a little refreshed.
Tight Lines.
Firstly I must apologise that I have not been keeping this blog up to date. As a result of this I am writing March's diary in May!!!
The first match was the 1st round of the Angling Times Supercup against POHAS at Meadow View. If I remember rightly I drew peg 11 or 12. The fishing was pretty much the same as the practice matches. I managed 1 carp, caught by fishing a slowly sinking pellet about 12 inches off bottom. Just dropping the rig in different areas to see if I got a bite. I also caught a few roach on maggot close in. I weighed 6lb odd which comfortably beat Jim Bates, who struggled next to me. In the end Warrington AA qualified winning 6 sections to 2. The match was won by Martin Griffiths WAA with just short of 30lb. He gave my dad a good battering!
Following this I fished an open match at Brookside. My recent fishing had been a bit disappointing, so I wanted to try somewhere where I would get a few bites. When I arrived I found out that the new lakes were being included for the first time and low and behold I drew on one of the new lakes. The match was an absolute disaster. I only caught 2 fish and lost a couple. Not many fish were caught and there was no way of competing with the older lakes. This really dented my enthusiasm, it was the first time that I had felt ripped off in a match, knowing that it would not be my ability that would affect the result, but the fact that the pools were totally different to the older lakes. In defence of the venue I believe the sport has picked up since. So just my luck to fish it on a bad day.
After this I decided that matches would not be the be all and end all of my fishing. I started to think about fishing rivers for barbel in the summer, as a change. So I went and ordered a Fox barbel rod from E-Bay. I just need to get some terminal tackle together and I will be ready for a few sessions on the rivers. This way I won't mind so much if I don't catch much and by taking that pressure off I hope I will enjoy matches more.
After Brookside I did not fish for a couple of weeks, so I went into April a little refreshed.
Tight Lines.
