POHAS Fur and Feather Partridge Lakes.

Hello again.

Fished the POHAS annual Christmas Fur and Feather match last week at Partridge Lakes. This time we were booked on Covey 6. Another good turn out with 27 anglers fishing. I drew peg 170 in the middle of the spit accessed by the footbridge, not a bad draw. It was a windy day but the rain held off and it was possible to fish to the far bank as the wind was mainly blowing into me rather than from the side. So manageable conditions.

I set up the usual rigs as described before, but this time the 2 foot line was a little bit away from the far bank rushes. I fished bread again close to the far bank, occasionally the wind would blow the rig about a bit, but managed a couple of small chub and lost 2 F1's. Went on the pellet line at 2 foot and caught a few fish regularly. This has been the first time I have caught on pellets for a while, so it was good to know it still worked. Maybe more to do with the higher than normal temperatures lately. As expected this went a bit iffy but I had caught F1's and small carp so could not complain.

Next moved onto the 3 foot deep swim fished at 11.5 metres to the right. I stared on pellet feeding a few micros via a small pot and once again started to catch, but this slowed down quicker than before. I switched to double red maggot, still feeding micro's and started to catch again. I could not see a great deal of what was going on around the lake, but it all seemed to going well. Must admit the wind was making it difficult for some.

As per normal I had been feeding a maggot line in the deepest water, so in the last hour and half I concentrated on fishing there. Again it was steady but not on fire. I mainly got bites after feeding a few maggots. If I went a while without a bite, just feed 6 more and a bite would come quite quickly. I think I ended up with around 25-30 fish in total and weighed 33lb 12oz which was good enough to win the match, so very pleased with that.

After the match we all descended on the Stonemill Pub for our annual Christmas carvery and later onto the Hoop and Mallet for a few more drinks.

Next match is the third round of the Partridge Lakes Winter League which we are hoping to have a better result than previous.

Tight lines.