Heronbrook Spring League Round 1

Hi all.

1st round of the Heronbrook Spring League took place on 15th Feb.
Team made up of myself, Neil Pritchard, Alan Lamb, and Jonathan Green.

I was drawn on Meadow pool peg 23. This peg had not much previous form, so did not quite know what to expect. The weather was relatively calm, but still a bit cold. Mainly fished similar tactics to Partridge, maggot down middle and going up the far shelf as well as bread across. I found around 3ft at 13 metres, so started there on maggot whilst potting in some maggots in the deepest water around 6 metres.

Unbelievably (or maybe not), I lost 7 good fish on maggot either they were fool hooked or the fish were too powerful for my rig and broke the hooklengths. These fish were good carp and too strong for the light gear. I did switch over to white hydro and managed to net a couple to settle me down a bit. Bites slowed in this area, so tried the deep water at the bottom of the far shelf at 11 metres after potting in 4 maggots I started to regularly catch good size F1's. It was a little too late in the match for a serious comeback and was left wondering what might have been if any of the lost fish had been landed. I weighed in 28lb and got 7 section points. Team wise we did ok, scoring a total of 23 points, Neil Pritchard was 4th in his section on Island pool and manage to get in the overall top 20 with 42lb.

After the match we decided to stick to same pools for the duration of the league instead of switching anglers about. Makes a lot of sense, as hopefully you will have a better understanding of pegs and tactics if you keep drawing the same lake.

Tight lines.