PERMALI'S WINTER LEAGUE ROUND 7.

APRIL 17TH.
DRUMMONDS DUBB.
DRAW 9.00AM.
FISH 10.00AM TO 4.00PM.


PRE MATCH.
Only eleven turned up for this one, as Nick Willis had a fish o mania
qualifier at Tunnel Barn Farm. So you could say that was a good enough
reason to miss our series match, even though he blew out big time.
He had a did not weigh. (did not weigh, that sounds familiar to me).
So it was going to be 6 in one sction, and 5 in the other, there was no
other way around it. So who knows if i draw in the section with just 5,
then i won't finish sixth will I,he he. Thanks to Brian Dix who picked
me up today, and is taking me fishing tomorrow as well. My van should be
up, and running hopefully by thursday. The only problem with getting a
lift is Brian likes a pint or two after the match. Now has i have'nt had
an alcoholic drink since way before Christmas, those two pints of lager i
had went straight to my head. Felt a little tipsy. I was no angel when
it came to drinking in the past. Well to be honest you could say (and you
would be right) that i was a seven day a week piss head. But that all
changed when they brought in the smoking ban a couple of years ago. So
as i don't drink in the house, my consumption of alcohol has deminished
to zero. Which is good for my pocket, but no good to the pubs. I would
rather have a smoke than a drink, so there was no contest between the
two.

THE DRAW.


SECTION A.

PEG 2. B.DIX.
PEG 3. T.REYBOULD.
PEG 4. J.WELLINGTON.
PEG 5. S.BEE.
PEG 6. R.BOWD.
PEG 7. T.WARNER (again).

SECTION B.

PEG 8. VACANT.
PEG 9. B.MATTHEWS.
PEG 10. S.HAWKINS.
PEG 11. D.LEWIS.
PEG 12. A.SALCOMBE.
PEG 13. S.EVANS.

THE MATCH.
Today for this match i decided that even if i don't catch much, i was
going to use the pole, and pellet through out. Well thats a lie, i was
going to start on the feeder just to allow time for the pole line to
settle, after the initial feed. There's no way i'm going to do well
in this series, so i might as well enjoy it. Pole, and pellet is one
of my favourite's, so come rain or shine i was determined to fish it.
The tow on the water was'nt no where near as bad as it has been. Actually
it was just right. The weather was lovely, sunshine all day, a little bit
of wind.(suntan weather yeah!). The all in went at 10.00am, so i cupped in
two small balls of fish meal ground bait, with micro pellets over the top.
Went on the feeder with groundbait, and micro's in the feeder, and a 4mm
expander on the hook. Third cast i hooked, and landed a skimmer of about
four ounces, followed by another one of the same stamp. Okay any sane
angler would have stayed on this method, but like i said i wanted to enjoy
the day, so i switched to the pole. It was a struggle, but i did manage ten
skimmers on the pole, Everybody else seemed to be bagging on the feeder,
but they were in a battle, because most of them were still in with a chance
of framing overall. Me i just enjoyed the day catching rays from the sun. I
think everybody struggled in the last couple of hours, has the sun was strong,
and the wind had dropped to nothing, leaving the lake like a mill pond. Flat,
with no ripples. Not the best weather for skimmers has you know. The battle
from the two front runners in the series was going well. Andy on peg 12 was
catching steady throughout the day, same as jason was off peg 4.It is
certainly going to be close between these two at the end of the seies. They
were both in different sections, so top spot in the sections were on the
cards for both of them. Richard on peg 6 was bagging steadily, after the
crap series he was having in the first few matches, it was nice to see
him into the fish. Barry on peg 9 was fishing with a number 4 elastic in
is pole, then along came one of the lakes tench, and he had some fun with
it for 5 minutes before his self, and the tench parted company. Not an
happy chappy. Everybody caught double figures, except me. So they all had a good
match. As for me i'm as red as a Lobster from the sun, so i have no complaints.
Brian off peg 2 did'nt fair to well in is section finishing last in section A,
with 15lb odd. First time peg 7 did'nt finish in the top two, only managing
to finish fourth this time, unlucky Tommy that will teach you for drawing it
twice on the trot. Peg 6 coming out on top with 28lb odd, well done Richard,
you've managed to get off the bottom of the series table, that honour now
falls to yours truly. (good ain't i). Terry (peg 3), and Jason (peg 4) had
a ding dong battle, with Jason coming out on top by just over a pound between
them. Steve Bee on peg 5, had 19lb odd, but was only good enough for fifth.
Never mind Steve there's always tomorrow mate eh!. Back to my section, well
we know who finished last in this one, so we shall not mention that again
okay!. Barry on peg 9 finished with 12lb odd, fair play mate that lost tench
cost you a few places. Dick on peg 11 was doing well in the first half of the
match, but he struggled in the second half to finish third in section.
Steve Evans who seems to live on end pegs finished second, behind Andy by
just over a pound. Well done Andy winning the section again.

RESULTS.


SECTION A.

1ST. R.BOWD.    PEG 6.    28-8-0.

2ND. J.WELLINGTON.    PEG 4.    23-11-0.

3RD. T.REYBOULD.    PEG 3.    22-8-0.

4TH. T.WARNER.    PEG 7.    20-13-0.

5TH. S.BEE.    PEG 5.    19-6-0.

6TH. B.DIX.    PEG 2.    15-2-0.

SECTION B.

1ST. A.SALCOMBE.    PEG 12.    16-2-0.

2ND. S.BEE.    PEG 13.    14-13-0.

3RD. D.LEWIS.    PEG 11.    12-13-0.

4TH. B.MATTHEWS. PEG 9. 12-2-0. (lost tench)

5th. OKAY ITS ME  PEG 10. 6-14-0.

Nick Willis.   D.N.F.  To busy getting beat at the

fish o mania qualifier.

OVERALL RESULTS AFTER ROUND 7.

A.SALCOMBE.              10PTS.      112-03-0.

J.WELLINGTON.          10PTS.      100-01-8.
T.REYBOULD.              15PTS.         94-15-8.
S.EVANS.                     16PTS.         88-03-0.
T.WARNER.                 16PTS.         80-04-0.
B.DIX.                         17PTS.         87-03-0.
D.LEWIS.                    19PTS.         76-01-0.
S.BEE.                        22PTS.         86-12-0.
R.BOWD.                    27PTS.         72-04-0.
B.MATTHEWS.            27PTS.         62-02-0.
S.HAWKINS.                29PTS.         49-03-0.
N.WILLIS.                   29PTS.         45-10-0.

Sorry Nick i thought i was last but i just done the results, and
its you thats bottom. I will try my hardest on the last match to
finish with the wooden spoon.There's still 4 of us with a chance
of picking the wooden spoon award.

Well done Andy getting top spot back from Jason its going to be a
good last match between you two. I hope you both draw different
sections just to give it some added spice. Terry has a very long
shot of winning overall, but the top two would need to be tied up
before the match started. For Terry to win, Andy, and Jason would
need to finish last in there sections, thats of course if they draw
different sections. Terry would need to win his section with 18lb+,
and the top two blanking. I think we can say Terry has got to be happy
with third overall, and thats if the one's behind him, let him.
Five anglers could finish third, so that battle is going to be good
also. So really looking at it, its only Steve Bee who can't win
anything, can't finish in the top three, or even pick up the wooden
spoon. Never mind Steve there's always £50 up for grabs if you win
the section.

Just a few pics today, and i new where i put my camera.

The boys sorting out their baits.

Terry on peg 3.

Jason on peg 4.

Steve Bee on peg 5, yapping to Richard.

Richard back on is peg 6. Best weight of  the day

Tommy on peg 7. The best peg so far in the series.

The reeds are growing nicely now.

Dickie concentrating on peg 11.

Andy on peg 12. you can see Steve Evans pole in

the background on peg 13.

One of Dickie's skimmers coming towards his net.

It's a coming Dickie.

Barry just after he lost the Tench.

Well only one match left in the series, don't time fly when your having

a good time.(not). It will be fasinating how this one is going to end up.
Two boys at the top fighting for number 1 spot, and me fighting for the
wooden spoon.(does'nt really sound as much fun as the number 1 spot does it).

Tomorrow our first aggregate match starts. It wil be fished at Tarrington
lake, its a mixed fishery so i will let you know how we get on. As long as
i don't finish last, i will be happy. Until tomorrow cheers for now.

                                           STEVE.