match,pleasure fishing.: PERMALI'S FIRST AGGREGATE MATCH.

DATE. 18TH APRIL.

VENUE. MILL POND TARRINGTON.
DRAW. 9.00AM.
FISH. 10.00AM TO 4.00PM.

PRE MATCH.

I would say this place is a fantastic fishery, it's a mixed fishery.
Believe me the place is full of fish. There is an island, which you can
reach with rod, and reel. I think about 4 pegs covers the island. So
one of those pegs would be handy. i have fished this place once before,
with watersmeet ac. Young lewis winning that match with 70lb+. He had
about 40lb of Skimmers, and Bream, and the rest of the weight came
from the lakes Carp. There are bonus Roach to be had as well. Lewis
caught long on the pole, and had fish all day. As for myself on the
pole i could only fish at 7 metres, as my daiwa tournament pro was
snapped the day before on the Gloucester canal.(i have snapped it a
few more times since, and now i would be lucky if i can fish 13 metres
with it, not bad considering its a 16 metre pole. At this rate it will
only be long enough for the margins by the end of this year) he he.

11 Anglers turned up today, so only one did not turn up, but considering
Dale Malpas is stuck in Singapore, because of the Volcanic ash, it would
be pretty hard for him to fish this one eh!. Any way he's a top notch
Angler who's very hard to beat, so do i feel sorry he's not here.
Ah! let me think? he he. Nick Willis is fishing today after fishing the
fish o mania qualifier yesterday at Tunnel Barn Farm. So the majority
of the lads our ribbing him about his did not weigh. But don't worry
about it Nick at least you gave it a go, aye mate. (even though you got
your bum spanked he he). The venue supply's its own keepnets. which is
good. The only rule we have a problem with is you must weigh any Carp
over 4lb, as your not allowed to put them in the keepnets Crazy, by the
time you've walked it to the scales, weighed it, and put it back, you
could of had another fish on. Imaging that rule at a place like Larford,
You would'nt be fishing for half the match. But rules are rules, even
how stupid they are. In 40 years of fishing i have never seen a fish die
from being in the keepnets.They say it could be stressful for the fish?
Well hang on a minute, would'nt a fish with an hook in its mouth being
towed towards the bank, and is obviously thinking it is fighting for his
life be a tadge bit more stressed. I have fished venues where you have Carp
in the net, that actually still feed when bait drops in the net. you can see
them gobble it up, does that sound stressed to you?. The weather was lovely
again today, more sun rays for the arms, and face. No wind either so fishing
the pole was a dream.

THE DRAW.

Mr i draw end pegs (Steve Evans) did it again, he drew peg 1. Felt sorry
for Roy Davis who drew peg 2 in the bay, he talked himself out of the match
even before he set up. Andy Salcombe drew peg 3 on the corner of the bay,
you can never tell if he's happy about his draw or not. I drew next to
him on peg 4. Guess what one peg away from the island.(no i never won the
lottery this weekend either). On the over side of me on peg 5, right on the
corner of the Island was Adrian Davis, Mr casting accuracy himself. Never
seen anyone cast as accurate has him. Obviously there's more around, but i
ain't never seen them. Peg 6 fell to Mr fish o mania himself Nick Willis.
Next to him on peg 7 was Steve Bee, i spied on his bait before the match,
and the bait he had, i never, erm!. Not looking good is it. Peg 8 fell to
Brian Dix (my taxi for the weekend, free taxi at that, cheers bri). peg 9
fell to the ever consistant Jason Wellington, jeez if he drew a bath tub,
he would still hammer me. But then again so would most of the field i'm
fishing against. (nothing new there then). Peg 10 went to Charlie Chang,
hope he catches nowt for messing the series matches up. Nah! Charlie
is an okay guy really.Last but not least Dickie drew the end peg 11. He
was okay with that.

PEG 1. STEVE EVANS.

PEG 2. ROY DAVIS.
PEG 3. ANDY SALCOMBE.
PEG 4. STEVE HAWKINS.
PEG 5. ADRIAN DAVIS.
PEG 6. NICK WILLIS.(BUM SPANKED HE HE).
PEG 7. STEVE BEE.
PEG 8. BRIAN DIX.
PEG 9. JASON WELLINGTON.
PEG 10. CHARLIE CHANG.
PEG 11. DICK LEWIS.
PEG SINGAPORE DALE MALPAS HE HE.

THE MATCH.

Set up the pole to fish at 12 metres, remembering how far Lewis fished out
the last match. I had about six feet of water at this distance. The bottom
was nice, and flat. Also set the pellet feeder to fish at distance.
My 12 metre line was set up with double number 5 elastic, just incase the
carp put in an appearance. 0.7 tuff eye float, to main line 0.14. Hook length
was 0.12, with number 18's preston hook. Bulk shotted a foot from the hook,
with a couple of droppers. My margin line was set up with 0.3 float with 0.16
line straight through to a number 14's kamasan b611 hook. This line would
hopefully be for a bonus Carp later on in the match. My pellet feeder was a
Guru pellet feeder set with a 4 inch hook length. with a chocolate hard pellet
banded on a size 16's hook. I wanted to try for a bonus Carp at the beginning.

The all in went at 10.00am, so i cupped in one small ball of groundbait, and
one cup of micro's with a few 4mm pellets on the 12 metre line. I then fed the
margin swim by hand with sweetcorn. Cast out my feeder which was clipped up,
about 20 feet to the left of the Island straight out in front of me. Adrian on
the next peg cast to the Island, and dropped it perfectly within inches of the
corner of the Island, i could only watch, and admire. My first fish came within
5 minutes, not the Carp i was praying for, but a skimmer about 6 ounces. Re-cast,
and tried again. The feeder was only in the water 30 seconds, and the tip wanged
around for me to land another skimmer which was smaller. Cast out the third time,
put the rod in its rest, looked up to see Adrian playing a much bigger fish. Yep
a bloody Carp (sigh).He had to weigh this one as it was over 4lb, Adrian was not
amused, (can't blame him really). I had my third bite, and again a small skimmer
came to the net. Well this ain't no good is it, casting forty yards for these
little bloody things, i thought i might as well go on the pole, and catch them,
at least it would be quicker. Adrian was again into another Carp, but this one
was okay to put in the net. So i went out on the pole, on the 4mm pellet, and it
got intercepted on the way down by a small roach, great here we go again. So i
stepped up to a 6mm pellet, and bulked my shot closer to the hook, at least my
pellet was getting to the bottom. Started catching skimmers on a regular basis,
so i was enjoying it. After about two hours i had a few in the net with my biggest
skimmer going about 10 ounces, meanwhile Adrian was into his tenth Carp, all smallish,
but they were weight builders. Put two more balls of grounbait in, then rested
the swim while i went back out on the feeder. Two small skimmers later, and i thought
to hell with this, so i tried the margins. Put on a piece of sweetcorn, and caught
straight away, not the Carp i was hoping for, but a small roach that had no right to
attack a bait that was bigger than his gob. Tried again, and i was missing the bites,
bloody small roach. Went back out onto my 12 metre line, and started to catch straight
away, skimmers. Adrian came in on his pole line now as his feeder line had dried up.
He like myself was catching steady. Andy to my right was starting to bag up very short,
about 3 metres out.So he was out, then back in very quickly. Unlike fishing at 12 metres
aye. Biggest fish i had was a bream about two pound, had a few around the three quarter
pound mark, but the rest were small ones.I ended up with 60 skimmers, and a handful of
small roach, and rudd. Tried the margin s a few times, but to no avail.The match ended
at 4.00pm.

POST MATCH.

Jason, Steve Bee, and, Andy all fished short, and it certainly worked for them. No way
was i going to touch these guys, the same with Adrian with those Carp he had. Jason,
Charlie, and Adrian were the only ones to have the bonus Carp. As for myself the only
thing different i could have done was using bigger baits like worm, but considering i
never had any with me that would have been difficult to do. So i think under the
circumstances i did the best i could of off this peg, never really had any quite periods.
Well thats my opinion anyway.(thats probably why i'm a shite angler he he).

RESULTS.

1ST. J.WELLINGTON. PEG 9. 63-0-0.

2ND. A.DAVIS. PEG 5. 57-7-0.

3RD. STEVE BEE. PEG 7. 57-0-0.

(unlucky steve considering you never had a Carp mate).

4TH. C.CHANG. PEG 10. 54-0-0.

5TH. A.SALCOMBE. PEG 3. 44-0-0.

6TH. N.WILLIS. PEG 6. 33-0-0.

7TH. S.HAWKINS. PEG 4. 32-0-0.

(God i ain't last).

JOINT 8TH. B.DIX. PEG 8. 27-0-0.

JOINT 8TH. R.DAVIS. PEG 2. 27-0-0.

10TH. S.EVANS. PEG 1. 20-0-0.

11TH. D.LEWIS. PEG 11. 18-8-0.

Strange one this, the two end pegs coming 10th, and last. You would'nt normally get

that would you.

Well it was an enjoyable day, everyone caught fish, i never came last, the sun was
shining, the ducks were quacking, everything went smooth with my fishing for a
change. I can actually laugh at the ones who finished behind me today. (which just
lately has been a rarity). Well are next aggregate match is at ridgeway fisheries,
at the Cotswolds Water Park near Cirencester. All Carp at last.

Some photos of Tarrington.