DAIWA GORDON LEAGUE OPEN.

DATE. 5TH JUNE.
VENUE. TIRLEY COURT. (Pete's Lake).
DRAW. 9.00AM.
FISH. 10-00AM - 4.00PM.

PEGS, 20.
ANGLERS TURNED UP. 20.

MATCH FORMAT. 2 SECTIONS OF 10.
PAYOUT. TOP 4 OVERALL, PLUS 2 SECTION WINS.

PRE-DRAW.

A good start to the day, as everyone turned up on time.(Well done lads). By the side of the
lake, a few of us were throwing floaters in just to see what would happen. Well the Carp in here
did'nt disappoint, and put on a show. The floaters were not thrown in further than about 5 foot,
and yet they were happily taking them in confidence. We just stood there, and watched them for
a bit, and our presence did not bother them at all. I have always said the fish in here are nuts.

Weather wise it was a nice pleasant day, hot with very little breeze. Another suntan day, yippee!.
To be honest with this field i was up against today, i would have had more chance shaking the pope's
hand, than winning the match. All class Anglers thats for sure. But i don't mind wasting twenty
quid to be in this company, as they say experience is everything. Problem is the only experience i
have been having lately is how to get stuffed, he he. Jeez! there was even an ex Van Den Eynde essex
star fishing today, see what i mean about a good field. There were Team Mossella Anglers, Daiwa
Gordon League Anglers just to name a few. OH! the embarrassment of being stuffed, he he.

THE DRAW.

There were no photos of the draw today, because i did'nt want to be at the back of the queue, again!.
So i sneaked in the middle of the queue, and waited my turn. When it was my turn i pulled out an
envelope, opened it, and out popped peg 19. One away from the end peg. But i did'nt mind as i have
had a second off this peg with 140lb, so i was quite happy, even though there was no wind blowing
towards this end of the lake, like the last open we had on here. But that was obvious because i
drew this end, he he. But to be honest the wind did'nt favour anyone, as there was'nt much around.
Everyone finally drew there pegs, and sauntered off to there chosen spots.

SECTION 1. (pegs 1-10).

PEG 1. JOHN KNIGHT.
PEG 2. STEVE HARRIS.
PEG 3. CHRIS CHAMERON.
PEG 4. DAN TRAGSIGNE.
PEG 5. CARL MULFORD.
PEG 6. MARTIN GUEST.
PEG 7. ADRIAN DAVIS.
PEG 8. MICK POLLARD.
PEG 9. TONY TRAGSIGNE.
PEG 10. TONY WILLIAMS.

SECTION 2. (pegs 11-20).

PEG 11. CHRIS TELLING.
PEG 12. COLIN BRICKNELL.
PEG 13. STEVE FORD. must have had a curry last night. (think about it).
PEG 14. GAZ SMITH.
PEG 15. DAVE BOWYER.
PEG 16. MARTIN HOWARD.
PEG 17. DEAN SHELLDON.
PEG 18. TONY GILES.
PEG 19. STEVE HAWKINS.
PEG 20. STEVE CHESTER.

PRE-MATCH.

Arrived at my peg, and unloaded my kit. Set my box up near the waters edge. Then i placed my three
keepnets out, which is mandatory on here. Then did the usual boring things, like pump my expanders,
soak my 4mm pellets to soften them up. Today i was just going to fish two long tops, about 2 metres
out. One straight out in front of me, and the other for the margin to my left. My keepnets taking up
the rest of the space i had. (suprising how much room three keepnets take up?). Everything was set up
with about 15 minutes to spare before the whistle. Steve Chester on peg 20 to my left forgot his
bait, leaving it at home. (teach you for drinking the night before, he he). He had his feed pellets
with him, so i said to him i had plenty of expanders with me. So i gave him a good handful, and said
if he needed anymore i have plenty. Which was a good thing i said, as half way through the match he
ran out. So he needed a second batch to carry on. Which i happily obliged.

THE MATCH.

The all in was shouted at 10am. So out went a small handful of 4mm pellets fed by hand on both lines.
6mm expander on the hook, shipped out, and had my first fish in about a minute, only a small carp, but
a start non the less. In the first 10 minutes, i had 5 smallish carp in the net. Myself, and Steve on
the next peg (20) were going fish for fish for about twenty minutes, then my swim started to slow down.
Steve carried on catching at the same rate as before. Oh! well at least i stayed with a top notch Angler
for twenty minutes, he he. To my left in the corner of the lake, you could hear the big Carp splashing
around all day, where they were still spawning (randy little sods). My match was quite weird were i
would have a qiuck two or three fish, then it would go quite for a while. I was alternating between both
swims throughout, the match. I ended up with 33 Carp, all relatively small, with the odd decent one, or
two. I also lost about 15 carp throughout the match, which was a pain in the butt. But as they say, thats
fishing for you. Talking to Steve Ford after the match, and he told me he lost about twenty fish. Well
glad i ain't the only one then, he he. Problem with Steve's lost fish, they cost him some coin.
He finished 6th overall, those lost fish would have probably put him about second overall. My lost fish
might of put me up a couple of places, but still not good enough for the coin. All in all it was a good
day out, got beat both sides of me (again). Would you believe i got stuffed by my own pellets off peg 20.
Charming ain't it. Maybe the next time an Angler forgets his bait, and he's pegged next to me, i might
all of a sudden go deaf, when he's telling everybody, he he. Fair play my pellets are that good they
caught Steve Chester over a ton of fish. Nothing to do with his skills then, he he. The last open here,
i drew peg 10, and did not weigh. The Angler who drew it this time also did'nt weigh, but i hope he had
better luck getting his keepnets out of the water than i did from that peg, because when i was retrieving
the last one, it caught on a rock under water, and tore a big hole in it. But thankfully this week, no
mishaps. Still can't find my number 8 section to my tourney pro pole though. Strange that!. So if there
are any charitable people out there, who has a number 8 doing nothing, any chance of a bit of charity, he he.

RESULTS.

1ST. PEG 3. CHRIS CHAMERON.           132-8-0.      OVERALL WINNER.
2ND. PEG 20. STEVE CHESTER.            106-6-0.      OVERALL 2ND.
3RD. PEG 16. MARTIN HOWARD.          101-5-0.      OVERALL 3RD.
4TH. PEG 4. DAN TRAGSIGNE.               99-12-0.     OVERALL 4TH.
5TH. PEG 14. GAZ SMITH.                     88-4-0.       SECTION WIN BY DEFAULT.
6TH. PEG 13. STEVE FORD.                   85-4-0.
7TH. PEG 15. DAVE BOWYER.                76-4-0.
8TH. PEG 11. CHRIS TELLING.               73-10-0.
9TH. PEG 17. DEAN SHELLDON.             65-0-0.
10TH. PEG 7. ADRIAN DAVIS.                 62-0-0.       SECTION WIN BY DEFAULT.
11TH. PEG 1. JOHN KNIGHT.                 59-10-0.
12TH PEG 18. TONY GILES.                   58-2-0.
13TH. PEG 19. STEVE HAWKINS.           49-0-0.
14TH. PEG 12. COLIN BRICKNELL.         46-12-0.
15TH. PEG 9. TONY TRAGSIGNE.           24-0-0.

20TH. PEG 2. STEVE HARRIS.                 DID NOT WEIGH.
20TH. PEG 5. CARL MULFORD.               DID NOT WEIGH.
20TH. PEG 6. MARTIN GUEST.                DID NOT WEIGH.
20TH. PEG 8. MICK POLLARD.                DID NOT WEIGH.
20TH. PEG 10. TONY WILLIAMS.            DID NOT WEIGH.

Most of the pics i took today were rubbish, they were mostly blurry so i binned them.
So only got a few that were okay, here they are.

A few floaters thrown in.

Shadow of a fish underwater.

Some interest,

This is 2 foot from the bank.

Free food!, not an hook insight.

My three keepnets.

Angler to my right on peg 18.

Flatish calm.

Steve Ford in the background walking back to his peg.

Shorts, and boots, very smart, he he.

Well thats it for this week folks. As i said in the last post, i did'nt get to fish Sunday.

So next weekend i have an open at Drummonds Dubb on Saturday, and Sunday i'am fishing an
aggregate match for Watersmeet. So i will let you know how i get on.

Cheers for now, and all the best  STEVE.

DAVE HOARES FISHING RESULTS.

Sorry about this , but i forgot to upload Dave's results from last week. So i have uploaded
this result first, followed by the last match of dave's. So if your reading this Dave, sorry mate.

MAGGOTS END.

RODS AND REELS.

This weeks match was the first in the Summer League Series. This series is 6 matches with the best 5
results to count. This is being run alongside the Summer Championship, and the knockout competition
starting 31/5/2010. So for the club it is all go. Anyway the match was held on the Embalse de Argos,
and paste seems to be the bait to use. John Marsh started the match off with a fish a go using paste,
however after several hours he needed to go to his car and back, one of the local wild but friendly
Dogs reached up, and took his container of paste. This ended his match!!!!. "John shouted out, who
let the Dogs out". Moral of the day, keep yours hands on your paste.

TOP RODS ON THE DAY.

1ST. PAUL(poco loco)BAXTER. FISHING THE POLE USING PASTE WITH 25.440 KILO'S.
2ND. DAVE( the sweetie man)hUTCHINSON. SAME METOD WITH 22.600 KILO'S.
3RD. LENNY(ex cultural attachee)BOLTON. SAME METHOD WITH 21.760 KILO'S.


TIGHT LINES
DAVE HOARE.

Okay cheers for that one Dave, good job Dog intestines ain't the in bait, or that mutt who knicked the
paste would have been in trouble, he he. This weeks result is has follows.

MAGGOTS END.

RODS AND REELS.

This is now a very busy time for the Anglers in the club, as we currently have 3 competitions going on
at the same time. This week started the Knockout Championship, which is 4 rounds of 6 Anglers per round.
The best 3 of each round go through to the final at the end of the month. Also there is the Summer
Championship, and the Summer League.

Firstly, the knockout. This was held on the Rio Segura at the Eden Canal Stretch. The first set of
qualifiers for the final are as follows.

1ST.ROB(Lenny's mate)HARROP. FISHING THE POLE WITH 7.360 KILO'S.
2ND.MALCOLM(Scottie)SCOTT. SAME METHOD WITH 5.400 KILO'S.
3RD.PETE(I don't swear)KERR. SAME METHOD WITH 2.880 KILO'S.

The other match this week was the 2nd in the Summer League Series, and was held on the Rio Segura at
Murcia. We were a bit fortunate during the day as there was some cloud cover thus keeping the temperature
down slightly. The fishing was good throughtout, although the river is running slightly lower than normal.
There is also the standard amount of debris still rising up off the bottom of the river. This did cause
some problems later in the day, as the wind blew upstream keeping the debris in a lot of swims.

TOP RODS ON THE DAY.

1ST DAVE(Yours Truly)HOARE. FISHING THE POLE USING BREAD WITH 29.100 KILO'S.
2ND.IAN(Irish Wizard)DALZELL. FISHING THE POLE USING BREAD, AND CORN WITH 26.94 KILO'S.
3RD.PAUL(Poco Loco)BAXTER. FISHING THE POLE USING CORN WITH 25.880 KILO'S.

While fishing this match it had been noticed that a lot of Carp appear to be blind, ie, the eyes are
covered like a cataract. We don't know whether this is a disease or not. As a suggestion any nets used
at the river should be dried thoroughly in the sun, so if it is a disease it will not be transferred
to other venue's.

For those of you that reside on urbanization with Mick Hill, please note that Mick is alive, and well,
as he decided not to venture into the murky depths of the Rio Segura, to retrieve the top section of his
pole.

PLEASE NOTE.

Several Anglers were asked by the Soprona (Enviromental police of the Guarda Civil) for not only there
licences, but also their insurance. They did not have the insurance, and were given 7 days to acquire it,
and show it to the police. So be careful out there.

TIGHT LINES.

DAVE HOARE.

Cheers Dave hear from you next week buddy, see you won one again, (i ain't envious, honest, he he).
Okay back to my disasterous weekend. Saturday  saw me at tirley, fishing against top notch Anglers,
you can guess the outcome of this one then, can't you. Well i will upload this one tomorrow. As for
sundays match, ERR! what Sunday match. Let me explain.

Saturday was my wifes 45th Birthday, so she was'nt over the moon about me fishing Saturdays match.
But God bless her, she was okay about it in the end. Sorry this is a family blog, so i can't explain how i
changed her mind, he he. Anyway after the match at Tirley, i had to get home, and start the Barbeque.
It was party time. My wifes work mates came round for the barby, along with my stepson, and his bit
of skirt, (Jade). So we had about 9 or 10 around for a eating, and drinking binge. Now as a rule i don't
drink, well today was an exception. We all started drinking about 7pm, and i kicked the last persons
out, about 4am Sunday morning, So you could say there was'nt a sober person by the end of it all.
Can't complain, it turned out to be a great night, missus loved it, which was what it was all about. I went
to bed about 4.30am, you know the crack, you need a couple of hours to sleep it off before fishing.
Well i never woke up until my two bloody Dogs started barking the house down, which was at 11am.
1 hour into the match, alas i did'nt make it. So i apologise to Dickie, and the lads of Permali. Who no
doubt  missed my fishing talents, he he. I had one hell of an hangover, (now i remeber one of the reasons
for packing up the drink) So i would have been more useless at fishing  than normal. (if thats possible, he he).
I will find out the results off Dickie, and let you know what happened. So for now Ladies, and Gentlemen,
and you Dickie he he, its see you soon. Bye for now STEVE.