match,pleasure fishing.: WATERSMEET. LYDNEY LAKE.

I can sum this match up in one sentence. WHAT A GRUELLER.

Draw was at 8.00am. Where we all wanted to draw,was pegs 1 to 6,as this bank was the fancied bream pegs. But if you were greedy, peg 1 was the one you wanted. I drew peg 4, so i was happy with that.
Pughy drew peg 1, and hopped, skipped, and, jumped to is peg.
Set up just the feeder, as this is the method that dominate's this venue. Loop to loop, set up, with 4lb main line, and 2.6lb bottom. Size 16s B611 Kamasan hook.
Groundbait was, 1 bag black swimstim, 1 bag sensas black, half bag korma(voodoo), and quarter bag of brasim. Plus my ingrediants,
Bait. Chopped worm, caster,and red maggot.
Whistle for the all in went at 9.00am. Cast, and, recasted six times, to get some bait down. Then it is sit on the hands job. Had my first skimmer after 20 minutes, then promptly missed the next two bites.
We have a bit of a celeberty fishing for this club. His name is Chris Fortey. Plays profesional Rugby for Worcester Warriors. Cherry and Whites (Gloucester RFC) reject. Is twin brother Lee, used to play for worcester, now retired,and coaches at Cinderford. They both packed up early, after throwing there dummies out of the pram, because they said it was crap. True it was crap, but stay to the end, the rest of us did.
Lee actually weighed in 2-5-0 before they left. They left a good two hours before the end. With the weights at the end ,Lee probably packed up prematurly.
Had my second skimmer about an hour into the match, as everybody was struggling that was'nt to bad.
Oh! by the way Chris Fortey, and is wife, called there little baby boy william david. Okay not bad names, but if you put the baby;s initials before is last name, you have got. W.D.FORTY. Believe me he as not lived that one down.
Back to the fishing. One more skimmer came to the net, then the last three hours of diddly squatt, nothing, zilch. Richard who drew peg 11, on the unfancied bank, went for walk abouts, for half an hour, moaning to everyone, he has'nt had a bite. Last hour he snared three bream, to walk the match, and win £75. Not bad for all the moaning he was doing. Beat both anglers either side of me, so did'nt do to bad. OH! also finished second.(thought i would throw that in).Fancied peg one, whack, whack oops, not this time eh! pughy.
Not much more to say about the match really, except one thing, it was hard, it was crap, and God in is humourous wisdom decided to let it p--s down for the last half hour of the match. Very wet indeed.

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