Hi all.
Update from the start of the spring league at Heronbrook.
Team POHAS really looking forward to this again. This year the league is bigger with 30 teams entered so should be a great competition. Also the league has started a little later this year and the matches will be 6 hours, so with the weather hopefully warming all the time there is the chance of some big weights in these matches.
Team for the first round was myself, Alan Lamb, Jon Green and Neil Pritchard and this year we kept to the same lakes as previous. Me on Meadow, Alan on Match, Jon on Canal and Neil on Bridge/Island. Once again I had to do the draw which again was a bit mixed. I got 26 on Meadow, Alan on 46, Jon on peg 4 and Neil was on peg 1 on Island.
My peg is on one of the noted points giving you a wide corner to fish into. These pegs can throw up some big weights in the right conditions, only snag is that in some cases you need to fish a pole up to 18-20 metres long. Not something I can do and nor will I buy the extensions needed, especially as they would hardly get used anyway. Apart from the widest parts of the peg I could reach the far bank and some clump of reeds and grasses with the full 16 metres of pole.
The fishing follows a similar theme to Partridge in that you can catch down the middle and by fishing across to the far bank. The big difference is that Heronbrook is also stocked with plenty of big carp as well as F1's so you need to step up your tackle compared to Partridge. For this match I set up a rig for 6 sections to fish with maggots, one rig for fishing across with pellet and corn and a dobbing rig set 6 inches off deck. Due to the peg width I also set up a 9ft 6ins bomb rod to fish either a small hybrid feeder or bomb with bread.
I started the match on the hybrid feeder with micro's and a Ringers wafter on the hook cast into the widest part of the peg. After a couple of knocks I got a small carp around 4lb, a nice start but the angler on peg 24 was already catching well. No more bites on the wafter so swapped to fish 2 10
mm discs of bread on the bomb. Caught 2 F1's on this and then went on to the pole again trying bread. I caught a couple of roach and a decent carp on this fishing to the far bank at a 90 degree angle from my peg to the left back towards peg 25. Again after these couple of fish, I could not get anymore on bread despite trying different parts of the peg.
After this I moved to fishing at 16 metres against the clump of rushes and grasses I could reach along the far bank with pellet and corn. I caught a few F1's and carp including another good fish which led me a merry dance as it swam back down the arm towards peg 24. In general the wind was not too bad but it was not the easiest fishing using 16 metres for a long periods of time. The fish I caught were good but there were long periods without any bites so I was never really getting ahead. The maggot line down the middle was poor with just a few roach. The angler on peg 24 had caught regularly all day and was on for a good weight, and the angler next to me on 27 had caught steadily but had smaller fish than me so it would be close between us.
At the end of the match I weighed 55lb 7oz which is a nice weight to get. The angler on 24 weighed just short of 140lb and peg 27 weighed 50lb, so managed to beat next peg. My weight gave me 7 section points which is a bit of a disappointing start. Team wise we scored a total of 30 points with Alan Lamb our best performer with 5 points off the Match Lake. Our score left us close to the bottom of the league so again not our best start. The fishery produced some great weights with 10 ton plus catches recorded that day, so if you are on the fish an enjoyable day should be had.
Hopefully as the league continues and the weather improves so will our catches and points.
Next matches will be the inter club Dogs Bollocks match at Partridge and the second round of the spring league the following day.
Tight Lines.
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
Wednesday, 16 March 2016
Dogs Bollock Practice Match Partridge Lakes 12 Mar 2016.
Hi all.
As part of the preparations to fish the inter club Dogs Bollocks match POHAS had organised a practice match on Covey 6 at Partridge Lakes. A total of 32 anglers turned up including 5 from Poplars AC. So the lake was pretty full but the weather had warmed up so hoping for a decent day.
I drew myself peg 133 which in general is a good peg and has done well in previous matches we have fished on Covey 6.
I set up the usual rigs for Partridge, 4x14 maggot rig for down the middle, 3ft 4x12 rig for across, a 4x12 pellet rig for fishing close to the far bank grasses and a bread dobbing rig.
The peg has plenty of room and an aerator to the right so plenty of options. I started on bread and caught 2 quick fish, a small carp and an F1. Following this I tried the pellet line and only caught a very small F1 and the maggot fishing in 3ft only gave me a couple of small roach. Not going according to plan.
Therefore I ended up back on bread, first fishing across again and then next to the aerator with the float set at 2.5ft deep. To be honest I caught F1's and small carp pretty frequently from here using a 7mm punch. Most bites came quickly after the rig had settled and some bites after lifting the rig slightly or re-laying the rig in. I tried down the middle on maggot in the last hour and managed to loose an F1. In the end I managed 26 fish for 43lb 12oz to finish second in the match and 2oz's from winning, so that was a costly lost fish on the maggot.
In general the fishing was not as good as I expected, quite a few struggled and many did not bother to win in.
Here's hoping I get another peg like that one next week.
Tight lines.
As part of the preparations to fish the inter club Dogs Bollocks match POHAS had organised a practice match on Covey 6 at Partridge Lakes. A total of 32 anglers turned up including 5 from Poplars AC. So the lake was pretty full but the weather had warmed up so hoping for a decent day.
I drew myself peg 133 which in general is a good peg and has done well in previous matches we have fished on Covey 6.
I set up the usual rigs for Partridge, 4x14 maggot rig for down the middle, 3ft 4x12 rig for across, a 4x12 pellet rig for fishing close to the far bank grasses and a bread dobbing rig.
The peg has plenty of room and an aerator to the right so plenty of options. I started on bread and caught 2 quick fish, a small carp and an F1. Following this I tried the pellet line and only caught a very small F1 and the maggot fishing in 3ft only gave me a couple of small roach. Not going according to plan.
Therefore I ended up back on bread, first fishing across again and then next to the aerator with the float set at 2.5ft deep. To be honest I caught F1's and small carp pretty frequently from here using a 7mm punch. Most bites came quickly after the rig had settled and some bites after lifting the rig slightly or re-laying the rig in. I tried down the middle on maggot in the last hour and managed to loose an F1. In the end I managed 26 fish for 43lb 12oz to finish second in the match and 2oz's from winning, so that was a costly lost fish on the maggot.
In general the fishing was not as good as I expected, quite a few struggled and many did not bother to win in.
Here's hoping I get another peg like that one next week.
Tight lines.
Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Heronbrook Open Sunday 6th March 2016
Hi all.
Once again Team POHAS had entered a team into the Heronbrook Spring league, so a cheeky practice trip was in order. Luckily several other team members made the trip as well so would be good to compare notes afterwards.
My draw put me on peg 24 on Bridge Pool which is a pool I have not fished before. From last years league this lake was a bit hit and miss. In the year since the previous spring there have been some changes at Heronbrook to the pegging of some lakes and especially to Island pool. My peg was in the middle of a straight at behind the end of Island Pool. I was told after the draw that this was a good area, so hopefully the locals were right.
The peg is roughly 14 metres wide with grasses and rushes along the far bank as well as a tree with branches extending into the water slightly to the right of the peg. With a gap of 2 pegs either side there were plenty of options and must admit it looked good for a few fish.
As Heronbrook is more of a mixed fishery with the chance of catching Carp, Barbel F1's and silvers the rigs have to take all this into account. Based on this I had already re-tied the rigs I use with heavier line and made up some more hooklengths. Due to the room allowed I also set up a short tip rod for trying popped up bread down towards the corner pegs to my left which were empty. Pole rigs would to cover fishing close to the tree and the far bank with pellet or corn, a bread dobbing rig and maggot rig for down the track. Plumbing up revealed a nice flat spot by the tree just under 4ft. Across to the far bank was a little shallower at 3ft, so 1 rig (4x12 Malman Benny)could cover that. Bread dobbing rig was set 6 inches shallower than the far bank swim using a 4x12 Garbolino DC12H. The maggot rig was a 4x14 Chianti for fishing at 6 sections which was just over 5ft deep.
I was a bit late starting the match so I hastily cast out 2 10mm discs of bread down the corner whilst seeing how the others around me were doing. On the second cast I got a bite and landed a Common Carp about 3lb. By this time the angler to my right had started catching a few by fishing across with pellet. After one more cast on the bread I switched to the pole with bread using a 7mm punch against the far bank grasses. First fish was a roach and then a nice Mirror Carp about 7lb (see picture)
Not a bad start. I only managed another F1 on bread so I moved to the swim close to the tree. I started with a 4mm pellet on the hook feeding a few micro's and 2 pieces of corn. Thinking that the corn might hold some bigger fish in the peg. After a few seconds I caught an F1 and after that bites were very frequent. I kept the feeding the same making sure the feed and rig were put in the same place and carried on catching F1's and small carp quite regularly. I did switch to corn pretty early on as I was hoping to catch a larger stamp of fish and hopefully a few more bigger carp. This sort of worked as the F1's started to get bigger, but the biggest carp I could manage was around 3-4lb. Then with about 2 hours of the match this line completely died, from getting bites pretty quickly I was left scratching my head. I tried the same tactic at 14 metres which brought a couple more fish, but again it took a while to get a bite. Into the last hour I tried the maggot line. Similar to Tunnel Barn the first few fish were roach and perch and after feeding a kinder pot of maggots each cast I caught 3 F1's on the bounce and thought here we go, but again this line seemed to die off, with only another F1 added. So the last 2 hours petered out a bit. Meanwhile I must admit the anglers either side of me never really stopped catching. I ended the match with 36 F1's and Carp with a few silvers for 68lb 14oz. The guy to my right weighed 105lb and the angler to the left caught 141lb. So a good match and a good battering as well!!! Have to say it was an enjoyable day despite ending up quite far behind those around me. Looking at the website I have won the section, which must be by triple default. Only hope they have kept the envelope for me??????
The others had mixed days. Lee Clarke finished with 54lb off peg 30 on Bridge. Jon Green managed a low double figure weight form peg 27 on Meadow, and unfortunately Neil Pritchard blanked on peg 2 on the Match Lake.
After the match we were impressed by the weights off Bridge Pool, Island was a bit of a struggle for most and Meadow and Match Lake were mixed. Hopefully the weather will get warmer as the league continues and the fishing should only get better. So here's hoping the team enjoy some good days with good catches for everyone.
Got another double header on the weekend coming with a light hearted practice match for the inter club Dogs Bollocks match on Covey 6 on Partridge Lakes. Followed by the first match on the Heronbrook Spring league on Sunday. Will be tired, but can't wait.
Tight lines.
Once again Team POHAS had entered a team into the Heronbrook Spring league, so a cheeky practice trip was in order. Luckily several other team members made the trip as well so would be good to compare notes afterwards.
My draw put me on peg 24 on Bridge Pool which is a pool I have not fished before. From last years league this lake was a bit hit and miss. In the year since the previous spring there have been some changes at Heronbrook to the pegging of some lakes and especially to Island pool. My peg was in the middle of a straight at behind the end of Island Pool. I was told after the draw that this was a good area, so hopefully the locals were right.
The peg is roughly 14 metres wide with grasses and rushes along the far bank as well as a tree with branches extending into the water slightly to the right of the peg. With a gap of 2 pegs either side there were plenty of options and must admit it looked good for a few fish.
As Heronbrook is more of a mixed fishery with the chance of catching Carp, Barbel F1's and silvers the rigs have to take all this into account. Based on this I had already re-tied the rigs I use with heavier line and made up some more hooklengths. Due to the room allowed I also set up a short tip rod for trying popped up bread down towards the corner pegs to my left which were empty. Pole rigs would to cover fishing close to the tree and the far bank with pellet or corn, a bread dobbing rig and maggot rig for down the track. Plumbing up revealed a nice flat spot by the tree just under 4ft. Across to the far bank was a little shallower at 3ft, so 1 rig (4x12 Malman Benny)could cover that. Bread dobbing rig was set 6 inches shallower than the far bank swim using a 4x12 Garbolino DC12H. The maggot rig was a 4x14 Chianti for fishing at 6 sections which was just over 5ft deep.
I was a bit late starting the match so I hastily cast out 2 10mm discs of bread down the corner whilst seeing how the others around me were doing. On the second cast I got a bite and landed a Common Carp about 3lb. By this time the angler to my right had started catching a few by fishing across with pellet. After one more cast on the bread I switched to the pole with bread using a 7mm punch against the far bank grasses. First fish was a roach and then a nice Mirror Carp about 7lb (see picture)
Not a bad start. I only managed another F1 on bread so I moved to the swim close to the tree. I started with a 4mm pellet on the hook feeding a few micro's and 2 pieces of corn. Thinking that the corn might hold some bigger fish in the peg. After a few seconds I caught an F1 and after that bites were very frequent. I kept the feeding the same making sure the feed and rig were put in the same place and carried on catching F1's and small carp quite regularly. I did switch to corn pretty early on as I was hoping to catch a larger stamp of fish and hopefully a few more bigger carp. This sort of worked as the F1's started to get bigger, but the biggest carp I could manage was around 3-4lb. Then with about 2 hours of the match this line completely died, from getting bites pretty quickly I was left scratching my head. I tried the same tactic at 14 metres which brought a couple more fish, but again it took a while to get a bite. Into the last hour I tried the maggot line. Similar to Tunnel Barn the first few fish were roach and perch and after feeding a kinder pot of maggots each cast I caught 3 F1's on the bounce and thought here we go, but again this line seemed to die off, with only another F1 added. So the last 2 hours petered out a bit. Meanwhile I must admit the anglers either side of me never really stopped catching. I ended the match with 36 F1's and Carp with a few silvers for 68lb 14oz. The guy to my right weighed 105lb and the angler to the left caught 141lb. So a good match and a good battering as well!!! Have to say it was an enjoyable day despite ending up quite far behind those around me. Looking at the website I have won the section, which must be by triple default. Only hope they have kept the envelope for me??????
The others had mixed days. Lee Clarke finished with 54lb off peg 30 on Bridge. Jon Green managed a low double figure weight form peg 27 on Meadow, and unfortunately Neil Pritchard blanked on peg 2 on the Match Lake.
After the match we were impressed by the weights off Bridge Pool, Island was a bit of a struggle for most and Meadow and Match Lake were mixed. Hopefully the weather will get warmer as the league continues and the fishing should only get better. So here's hoping the team enjoy some good days with good catches for everyone.
Got another double header on the weekend coming with a light hearted practice match for the inter club Dogs Bollocks match on Covey 6 on Partridge Lakes. Followed by the first match on the Heronbrook Spring league on Sunday. Will be tired, but can't wait.
Tight lines.
Tuesday, 8 March 2016
Fish O Mania Qualifier Tunnel Barn Farm 05 March 2016.
Hi all.
I was lucky enough to get a ticket for the first Fish O Mania qualifier at Tunnel Barn Farm. Once again the weather had stayed cold and there was some snow in the couple of days leading up to the match. So with the addition of cold water and a North wind the fishing was expected to be difficult.
On a match like this I would be very surprised if I had any chance of winning, so I was hoping to draw a peg good enough to get a few fish and have a decent day. I did not want to travel that distance and catch very little. I suppose that's a little bit negative for such a big match but I have to be realistic. For someone like me to win would need to draw an absolute flyer with fish jumping in the keep net and the stars to all draw bad pegs. Not very likely to happen in a one off match like this.
Anyway back to the match. I arrived in plenty of time, so registered and had a look round. Being parked in a wet field I wanted to draw as early as possible in case there were any problems getting out of the field so got positioned in the tackle shop and waited. When my turn came I pulled out High Pool peg 25. Must admit I did not have a clue and got no good or bad reaction from the organizers so went away wondering what might happen. Thankfully I got out of the field with no problems and drove round the the peg. It was situated on a narrow bank with pegs either side. There was a rush Island roughly 13-14 metres on the far bank to target as well as rush lined margins. The pegs are a bit tight on this pool. Next empty peg was 6 pole sections away.
Luckily the wind was behind me so I should be able to present my rigs without too much trouble. Due to the weather I had decided to fish it in a similar way to Partridge. One thing that I do like at Tunnel is when you plumb up the depth in certain areas it stays pretty constant in that the once past the near shelf the depth is pretty much the same all the way until the far shelf. However I must say the the depth in the deep water was close to 7ft and nearly as long as my topkits. The near and far margins were again pretty much the same at just over 3ft. So I had a rig for top 4 close in for pellet, maggot rig for 6 sections in the middle slightly to the left, a 3ft rig for maggot/pellet for the near and far bank and a bread dobbing rig for along the far bank rushes. I had been told that this pool was one of the newer ones so the fish were smaller than on the older lakes. You would need to catch a lot of fish in order to compete with the other lakes. To be honest unless the fish were really having it I doubt the winner would could from this lake, there might be a chance once the weather is warmer.
The match started and I began on pellet at top 4. I caught an early F1 but otherwise very quiet. I moved across to 13 metres and caught a nice steady run of F1's on pellet or maggot. There were some small roach and perch mixed in so after a while I changed to bread. Again some more F1's followed but nothing to get carried away with. I went back on maggot and caught a few more before switching to the maggot rig down the middle. At first I only caught small roach, so I kept potting in some maggots and by fishing double red maggot I caught a few F1's and a surprise barbel.
At the end of the match I had 26 F1's 2 barbel and a few small roach and perch. I weighed 31lb 6oz. On the older lakes catching 26 F1's could net you between 50-80lb so up against a bit when catching a smaller stamp of fish. The angler to my right had 36lb and I only seen the guy to my left catch 1 fish. The lake sections were won with over 50lb. The match itself was won by Jamie Hughes with 141lb off Canal peg 1. Well done Jamie and good luck in the final.
I suppose my day could have been better and worse, at least I caught a few and was kept busy for most of the day. On the whole I know that opinions are mixed about Fish O Mania matches, but I actually enjoyed the day. Its good to fish in the big matches once in a while, as long as you catch a few I guess.
Tight lines.
I was lucky enough to get a ticket for the first Fish O Mania qualifier at Tunnel Barn Farm. Once again the weather had stayed cold and there was some snow in the couple of days leading up to the match. So with the addition of cold water and a North wind the fishing was expected to be difficult.
On a match like this I would be very surprised if I had any chance of winning, so I was hoping to draw a peg good enough to get a few fish and have a decent day. I did not want to travel that distance and catch very little. I suppose that's a little bit negative for such a big match but I have to be realistic. For someone like me to win would need to draw an absolute flyer with fish jumping in the keep net and the stars to all draw bad pegs. Not very likely to happen in a one off match like this.
Anyway back to the match. I arrived in plenty of time, so registered and had a look round. Being parked in a wet field I wanted to draw as early as possible in case there were any problems getting out of the field so got positioned in the tackle shop and waited. When my turn came I pulled out High Pool peg 25. Must admit I did not have a clue and got no good or bad reaction from the organizers so went away wondering what might happen. Thankfully I got out of the field with no problems and drove round the the peg. It was situated on a narrow bank with pegs either side. There was a rush Island roughly 13-14 metres on the far bank to target as well as rush lined margins. The pegs are a bit tight on this pool. Next empty peg was 6 pole sections away.
Luckily the wind was behind me so I should be able to present my rigs without too much trouble. Due to the weather I had decided to fish it in a similar way to Partridge. One thing that I do like at Tunnel is when you plumb up the depth in certain areas it stays pretty constant in that the once past the near shelf the depth is pretty much the same all the way until the far shelf. However I must say the the depth in the deep water was close to 7ft and nearly as long as my topkits. The near and far margins were again pretty much the same at just over 3ft. So I had a rig for top 4 close in for pellet, maggot rig for 6 sections in the middle slightly to the left, a 3ft rig for maggot/pellet for the near and far bank and a bread dobbing rig for along the far bank rushes. I had been told that this pool was one of the newer ones so the fish were smaller than on the older lakes. You would need to catch a lot of fish in order to compete with the other lakes. To be honest unless the fish were really having it I doubt the winner would could from this lake, there might be a chance once the weather is warmer.
The match started and I began on pellet at top 4. I caught an early F1 but otherwise very quiet. I moved across to 13 metres and caught a nice steady run of F1's on pellet or maggot. There were some small roach and perch mixed in so after a while I changed to bread. Again some more F1's followed but nothing to get carried away with. I went back on maggot and caught a few more before switching to the maggot rig down the middle. At first I only caught small roach, so I kept potting in some maggots and by fishing double red maggot I caught a few F1's and a surprise barbel.
At the end of the match I had 26 F1's 2 barbel and a few small roach and perch. I weighed 31lb 6oz. On the older lakes catching 26 F1's could net you between 50-80lb so up against a bit when catching a smaller stamp of fish. The angler to my right had 36lb and I only seen the guy to my left catch 1 fish. The lake sections were won with over 50lb. The match itself was won by Jamie Hughes with 141lb off Canal peg 1. Well done Jamie and good luck in the final.
I suppose my day could have been better and worse, at least I caught a few and was kept busy for most of the day. On the whole I know that opinions are mixed about Fish O Mania matches, but I actually enjoyed the day. Its good to fish in the big matches once in a while, as long as you catch a few I guess.
Tight lines.
Thursday, 3 March 2016
River Mersey 28 Feb 2016
Hi all.
After a long lay off from the river I decided to fish the Sunday match. This would be my last chance to fish the River before the close starts in mid March, so thought I had better have one last go.
Must admit that since Christmas the fishing on the River has been very difficult with poor weights recorded in matches. Not helped by a seal helping itself to some fish after it was stranded above the weir following floods.
It was good see the regulars again and the banter was still there and Jon Green tagged along as well.
I drew peg 73 and with the river coloured and running at what seemed normal pace it certainly looked good for a few fish. My plan was simple to only set up a feeder rod with groundbait and caster to try and catch anything for the first couple of hours and then for the last 2 hours try for a bream fishing bigger baits, like worm/maggot or double maggot.
Well dont need to write too much about this as I blanked. I missed 3 bites on single maggot in the first hour or so. Out of practice at hitting quick bites and nothing happened when I tried to catch a bream. The match was won off the end peg 74 (yes next to me) with just over 3lb of roach and a small skimmer. After weights of around a pound were recorded. Jon also blanked as well.
So for me the rivers will have to wait until June and the re-opening of the River season and warmer weather.
My next match will be the first of this years Fish o Mania qualifiers at Tunnel Barn Farm. At the moment the weather is still cold, so I am just hoping to draw a peg with a few fish in to get some bites and have an enjoyable day.
Tight lines.
After a long lay off from the river I decided to fish the Sunday match. This would be my last chance to fish the River before the close starts in mid March, so thought I had better have one last go.
Must admit that since Christmas the fishing on the River has been very difficult with poor weights recorded in matches. Not helped by a seal helping itself to some fish after it was stranded above the weir following floods.
It was good see the regulars again and the banter was still there and Jon Green tagged along as well.
I drew peg 73 and with the river coloured and running at what seemed normal pace it certainly looked good for a few fish. My plan was simple to only set up a feeder rod with groundbait and caster to try and catch anything for the first couple of hours and then for the last 2 hours try for a bream fishing bigger baits, like worm/maggot or double maggot.
Well dont need to write too much about this as I blanked. I missed 3 bites on single maggot in the first hour or so. Out of practice at hitting quick bites and nothing happened when I tried to catch a bream. The match was won off the end peg 74 (yes next to me) with just over 3lb of roach and a small skimmer. After weights of around a pound were recorded. Jon also blanked as well.
So for me the rivers will have to wait until June and the re-opening of the River season and warmer weather.
My next match will be the first of this years Fish o Mania qualifiers at Tunnel Barn Farm. At the moment the weather is still cold, so I am just hoping to draw a peg with a few fish in to get some bites and have an enjoyable day.
Tight lines.
Partridge Lakes Winter League Final Round 27 Feb 2016.
Hi all.
The final round of the winter league arrived with Team POHAS hoping not to finish bottom of the league.
The team of myself, Jonathan Green, Alan Lamb and Rob Healey were looking forward to the match and wanting a good draw to get good points. Well my usual draw of some good some bad was maintained. Giving Alan peg 21 on Covey 1. Myself on peg 38, Covey 2, Jon on 67 Covey 3 and Rob on peg 93 Covey 4. Alan's peg could be good or bad and Rob's area had shown fish earlier in the week. The rest a bit of an unknown quantity.
My peg was the first onto the straight after the corner, which was mainly sheltered from the cold wind blowing into pegs 37 and 36. Once again same rigs as in previous matches were set up.
I started on the 4 ft line close in with pellet, slow start with a missed tiny bite. So I moved onto the 3ft line at 11 metres slightly to the left in front of the stick ups. Fishing single maggot I managed 5 decent F1's on this, also a small common fishing to the right in the shadow of the tree. After around an hour and a half I started using the bread dobbing rig. Firstly fishing towards the corner of the far bank island, but there were no bites there. Also tried along the far bank to the left with no luck. I then moved to fishing close to the pallet on peg 39, caught 2 here and then bites disappeared. I then fished under the pallet on peg 37 which was the best line at this time catching around 10 fish from this peg. It seemed strange to catch there as I would have thought that the fish would be away from the cold wind which was blowing into this area. The fish must have liked the cover provided by the pallet. Into the last hour and I fished the maggot rig down the middle. This line was ok, with bites coming fairly regularly, the fish were a bit smaller and even included a small Tench.
At the end of the match I finished with 22 fish for 32lb 10oz. Jamie Hughes won the section with 54lb off peg 42. Second in the section was 35lb, and third was 33lb, so my weight gave me forth in the section and not very far away from second. So again a couple of more fish would have done it. Bet everyone has that problem.
Once again the team result was mixed. Alan also managed 4 points off what was a difficult Covey 1, Rob scored 8 points and Jon had a struggle scoring the maximum 10 points. This gave us a total of 26 for the day and we waited to find out the overall result.
Eventually the results were ready and Garbolino Elton finished joint top on the day and managed to hold off Guru and win the league. Congratulations to them. Our final score of 228 points was 4 points ahead of Particroft and only 4 behind Vals Tackle, so we finished 9th overall and importantly not bottom.
Everyone in the team was pleased with the result, especially by not finishing bottom. We feel that this year we have made great improvements in the league, scoring good points and picking up some money along the way.
I must say a big thank you to Jon, Alan, Phil, Neil and Rob for supporting the team and giving their time throughout the league. Also thanks to POHAS for their support and new team clothing for this years competitions.
We now move onto the Heronbrook Spring League starting in mid March, we are all looking forward to that one.
Tight lines.
The final round of the winter league arrived with Team POHAS hoping not to finish bottom of the league.
The team of myself, Jonathan Green, Alan Lamb and Rob Healey were looking forward to the match and wanting a good draw to get good points. Well my usual draw of some good some bad was maintained. Giving Alan peg 21 on Covey 1. Myself on peg 38, Covey 2, Jon on 67 Covey 3 and Rob on peg 93 Covey 4. Alan's peg could be good or bad and Rob's area had shown fish earlier in the week. The rest a bit of an unknown quantity.
My peg was the first onto the straight after the corner, which was mainly sheltered from the cold wind blowing into pegs 37 and 36. Once again same rigs as in previous matches were set up.
I started on the 4 ft line close in with pellet, slow start with a missed tiny bite. So I moved onto the 3ft line at 11 metres slightly to the left in front of the stick ups. Fishing single maggot I managed 5 decent F1's on this, also a small common fishing to the right in the shadow of the tree. After around an hour and a half I started using the bread dobbing rig. Firstly fishing towards the corner of the far bank island, but there were no bites there. Also tried along the far bank to the left with no luck. I then moved to fishing close to the pallet on peg 39, caught 2 here and then bites disappeared. I then fished under the pallet on peg 37 which was the best line at this time catching around 10 fish from this peg. It seemed strange to catch there as I would have thought that the fish would be away from the cold wind which was blowing into this area. The fish must have liked the cover provided by the pallet. Into the last hour and I fished the maggot rig down the middle. This line was ok, with bites coming fairly regularly, the fish were a bit smaller and even included a small Tench.
At the end of the match I finished with 22 fish for 32lb 10oz. Jamie Hughes won the section with 54lb off peg 42. Second in the section was 35lb, and third was 33lb, so my weight gave me forth in the section and not very far away from second. So again a couple of more fish would have done it. Bet everyone has that problem.
Once again the team result was mixed. Alan also managed 4 points off what was a difficult Covey 1, Rob scored 8 points and Jon had a struggle scoring the maximum 10 points. This gave us a total of 26 for the day and we waited to find out the overall result.
Eventually the results were ready and Garbolino Elton finished joint top on the day and managed to hold off Guru and win the league. Congratulations to them. Our final score of 228 points was 4 points ahead of Particroft and only 4 behind Vals Tackle, so we finished 9th overall and importantly not bottom.
Everyone in the team was pleased with the result, especially by not finishing bottom. We feel that this year we have made great improvements in the league, scoring good points and picking up some money along the way.
I must say a big thank you to Jon, Alan, Phil, Neil and Rob for supporting the team and giving their time throughout the league. Also thanks to POHAS for their support and new team clothing for this years competitions.
We now move onto the Heronbrook Spring League starting in mid March, we are all looking forward to that one.
Tight lines.
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