ABOUT MY BLOG.

I,am sorry to say, but i must close this Blog for a while, as i cannot afford to go fishing for a while.
Being unemployed in this country, when social won't help you is a nightmare.
The little bit of money my wife earns, just covers the morgage, and pole tax each month.
Half our bills cannot be paid, so i have had to come up with heartbreak, and stop fishing until we our
back on our feet.
Got to sell the van this month, as the mot, and tax is due the end of this month.
So hopefully in the future when we are okay again.,i will be able to take up the sport i still love.
Thank you all for reading my Blog, i have really enjoyed it.  In the future i will start it up again,
and i will let you all know. So for now, once again thanks for everything.
All the very best to you all, STEVE.

WATERSMEET THIRD AGGREGATE MATCH.

DATE. 13TH JUNE.
VENUE. TWYFORD LAKE.
DRAW. 8.00AM.
FISH. 9.00AM TO 2.00PM.
9 FISHED.

PRE-DRAW.

I Know through previous experience that this place is a struggle when its match fished.
One peg stood out from the rest, and we all wanted it. Peg 9 was on its own right on the point,
so you could reach the Island easy with long pole. It was a lovely peg, and i wanted it so badly.
Whoever drew this peg was on to a winner here, fish it right, and you will win off it.
Actually fish it wrong, and you would still probably win?. Peg 9 is not a permenant peg number,
it was the last peg, pegged out on our match.

DRAW.

The draw took place on time, with someone drawing the first peg out for Dickie. Dickie had to
settle for peg 5. Muggings here drew about fourth down the line, C'MON PEG 9. In went my mitt,
and out came peg 3. ERM! never mind. Did'nt really expect to draw the flier anyway.
One day it will happen. My luck it will happen on day of armegeddon, know what i mean? he he.
Anyway the title of jammy sod went to John Barnard, which was okay as John's a nice bloke,
so if i could'nt have it, then i was glad he had it. So John was fishing one match, and the rest
of us were fishing for second. All the pegs were put back in the bag, and shaken about a bit.
Then it was ready for the Golden Peg to be drawn. You ain't never going to believe what popped out,
NO! it was'nt my bloody peg, but the bloody flier peg 9. Going to have a good day then John aye!.

PEG 1. B.MATTHEWS.
PEG 2. G.PUGH.
PEG 3. YOURS TRULY.
PEG 4. T.DIX.
PEG 5. D.LEWIS.
PEG 6. M.HEWLETT.
PEG 7. T.PUGH.
PEG 8. R.BOWD.
PEG 9. J.BARNARD.

PRE-MATCH.

Drove to my peg, which was a good start, he he. Unloaded my kit, and started to set up.I could get
my box right on the edge of the pallet, so i was going to use my one, and only short arm for my
keepnet. Well that went out of the bleeding window when i dropped it, and it went straight through
the gap of the pallet?. Jezus! here i go again!. Anyway i decided to use my long arm for my
keepnet, he he. So now my keepnet was a little bit further out than it needed to be. Oh! well the
joys of fishing aye, he he. I started to set up the pole, i put a 0.5 gram float rig on, plumbed
up, and it totally disappeared, well at seven metres its definitely deeper than 5 foot, he he.
Fair play the match has'nt even started yet, and everything is going tits up!. So i wound this rig
back onto its winder, and got another one out of the box. (professional or what, he he). This rig
was a 1 grammer so i had at least ten foot to play with. Out it went with my plummet on the end.
I found about eight foot at seven metres, so i thought okay that will do. Set another rig up at
about two metres to my right for the paste line just in case a Carp put in an appearance. This was
about 4 feet deep. Set a cage feeder rod up, also a rod, for the method. Before hand i knocked my
groundbait up, soaked my pellets, and pumped my expanders. So with ten minutes to spare i was ready.

At this point i must point out that i was lucky to be fishing at all this weekend, being out of work,
and totally skint i had to borrow £20 for my fishing. I had £22 in my pocket, so i had to put a fiver
in my diesel tank for the van, and £16 for the match. I did'nt even have enough for half a pint of
maggots, so i had to rely on the pellets, and corn. This country is great is'nt it, it wants to help
the imigrants with everything, and its own people with nothing. I got bills coming out of my arse,
but the council won't help with the pole tax, and social won't give me anything. So me thinks its
going to get a lot worse for me, and my family, great ain't it. Anyway your not here to read about
my problems, so lets crack on.

THE MATCH.

The whistle went at 9.00am. I fed the 7 metre line by cupping kit. I fed two balls of groundbait,
and half a cupful of 2mm, with a couple of 4mm pellets, and a few pieces of corn. Fed the inside
line by hand, just a few pieces of paste now, and then. Started on the method with corn on the
hook. With 5 minutes gone John on peg 9 had his first skimmer, here we go, bye, bye golden peg
money. (boo hoo, he he). Any way after about half an hour John was bagging up on small skimmers,
while myself was on his fifth cast. While my brain was thinking shitty thoughts my rod shot
round, and i was into something big. Well the fun lasted about 2 seconds when myself, and the
fish parted company. 6LB hook length smashed, great start me thinks, not, he he. Tied a new hook
length to my method feeder, and made sure it was a tadge bit stronger, 8LB hook length this time.
Why the hell i did'nt start on a heavier hook length beggers belief, but to late to cry now aye!.
Halfway through the match John is still catching steady, Graham to my right, and Trevor to my left,
plus myself were all blanking still. There were a odd couple of fish being caught elsewhere, but
nothing to shout about. I was having indications on the float, but nothing positive. With half
hour to go i went up to Barry, and asked him if i could have a few maggots, he obliged with a good
handful. (Cheers Barry). I put double red maggot on the hook, and waited for about 5 minutes, when
my float went under, and 30 seconds later i was staring at a 2 ounce roach staring at me from the
abyss of my landing net. Oh! well at least i did'nt blank, he he. Another small roach came in quick
succession. Two small fish in as many minutes. With 10 minutes to go my float slid under, and i
lifted into a solidish thump. A minute later i was staring at a bream of about 3Lb. Three fish on
the maggot, what would have happened if i had had a pint of maggots?. Well thats life i suppose.
The whistle for the end of the match came at 2.00pm.

POST MATCH.

Well done John for blitzing the match off peg 9. Golden peg too, he he. For myself there was 3Lb
odd between me, and second, that lost Carp cost me second place, tut, tut. There were three
blanks out of nine, one either side of me, so at least i beat both sides of me, he he.

RESULTS.

1ST. PEG 9. J.BARNARD. 34-0-0.

2ND. PEG 5. D.LEWIS. 6-10-0.

3RD. PEG 1. B.MATTHEWS. 6-3-0.

4TH. PEG 6. M.HEWLETT. 6-2-0. (1 CARP).

5TH. PEG 8. R.BOWD. 4-8-0.

6TH. PEG 3. S.HAWKINS. 3-2-0.

9TH. PEG 4. T.DIX. BLANKED.

9TH. PEG 7. T.PUGH. BLANKED.

9TH. PEG 2. G.PUGH. BLANKED.

All in all, a good day for John, and crap for the rest of us. John picked up £35 for the match,

and £42 for the Golden peg, well done John. Next match is on Hartelton Lake, the second lake on the
Drummonds Dubb venue. I hope i can fish it, i will let you know. Daves result from Spain will be
uploaded sometime this week, so for now its bye, bye. See you soon STEVE.

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.

OPEN MATCH ELTON CORNER.

DATE. 31ST MAY.
VENUE. ELTON CORNER.
DRAW. 1.00PM.
FISH. 2.30PM TO 8.30PM.
PEGS 20.
ANGLERS 18.

MATCH FORMAT.

4 SECTIONS OF 5.
1 OVERALL WINNER. £66.00.
4 SECTION WINNERS. £30.00.
4 SECOND IN SECTIONS. £20.00.


PRE-DRAW.

I arrived at the fishery about 12.20 pm, 40 minutes before the draw. I thought i
was keen, but there was about 12 anglers already there. The rest arriving up to
the 1.00pm draw. 18 of the twenty anglers who said they were coming turned up. So
two let everybody down. I suppose if you did'nt have these kind of anglers, we
would'nt have much to moan at would we!. Surely if they can say they want to fish,
then they can also say they can't make it. But no, they just did'nt bother turning
up, without saying anything. Anyway 18 of us turned up, so we were still going to
enjoy it. The problem now being, you have got 2 sections of 5, and 2 sections
of 4, and considering Steve was paying out 1st, and 2nd in section, you can guess
which sections i want to draw in, he he.


THE DRAW.

Andy Salcombe drew first has his name was first on the list. He drew peg 1, the area
where everybody wanted to be. Steve Evans was writing down the draw, so Andy drew
again for Steve. His hand pulled out peg 3. The bloody flier, which Steve Bee broke
the match record off last week. Now let me think! the organiser having the flier
drawn for him, and Andy drawing peg 1, these two always share their winnings, and
travel together for there matches. Me thinks a stewards enquiry is needed, don't you,
he he. Steve said after they drew that no one will believe them, ERM! let me think.
To be honest there two nice blokes so a bit of ribbing about it is all in fun. (plus
they might beat me up as well he he). Anyway my turn came along, and i drew peg 10.
Dead opposite Steve, and Andy with an Island between us. So at least i can watch em
bag up all evening, how nice (not). Well the thought of me drawing in a section with
just four went out of the window. Gawd i can't even get that right. The rest of
the draw went smoothly, with a few moans, and groans, (i ain't the only bugger then,
he he).

SECTION 1.

PEG 1. ANDY.SALCOMBE.
PEG 2. BRIAN.DIX.
PEG 3. STEVE EVANS.(ORGANISER, AND DREW THE BLOODY FLIER AS WELL).
PEG 4  CHRIS ELTON.
PEG 5. ELAINE WILLIS (SPYING ON NICK)

SECTION 2.

PEG  6. TERRY REYBOULD.
PEG  7. BARRY CLUTCH.(OR DUTCH, CAN'T READ STEVE'S WRITING).
PEG  8. STEVE BEE.
PEG  9. PAUL JACKSON.
PEG 10. STEVE HAWKINS.(YOURS TRULY).

SECTION 3.

PEG 11. VACANT.
PEG 12. ROY DAVIS.
PEG 13. DALE MALPAS.
PEG 14. DICK LEWIS.
PEG 15. ROY WELLINGTON.

SECTION 4.

PEG 16. JASON WELLINGTON.
PEG 17. VACANT.
PEG 18. TOM WARNER.
PEG 19. ROB WILIAMS (NO NOT THE SINGER).
PEG 20. NICK WILLIS. (YOUR ALL RIGHT NICK, THE MISSES IS 15 PEGS AWAY).

PRE-MATCH.

Another good thing about this place is in the summer when the ground is hard, you
can drive all around the lake to your pegs, which is good otherwise there is a bit
of an hike. Which certainly ain't no good for fatties like me. Well if us fatties
liked walking then we would'nt be fat would we he he. Anyway if God wanted us to
walk he would'nt have given us cars would he.

Got to my peg, and on my left on peg 9 was Paul Jackson (no relation to Michael honest).
On my right, peg 11 was vacant, then there were a couple of pleasure Anglers, and then
Roy Davis on the other side of these two on peg 12.I decided to set up the rod for the
method, to fish against the Island. I also set up a couple of tops for the margins, and
one to fish in front of me at 3 metres. I got my groundbait ready for the method, pumped
my expanders, and wetted my micro pellets. Basically i was set up, and ready to go with
about half an hour to spare. So i decided to take some pics of the lake, and have a wander
around. I went up to Roy Davis, and annoyed him for about 10 minutes. Then went back to
my peg, and waited for the all in. Up until this point there was no major drama's to
speak about. (shame he he).

THE MATCH.

The all in went at 2.30pm. I fed a few micro, and 4mm pellets on the 3 metre line.
Fed my two margin swims by hand, the left hand margin with pellets, and my right
hand margin with sweetcorn. The idea was to fish the margins later on in the match.
Then i started fishing on the method to the island. Hook bait was 3 dead red maggots.
Had my first bite on the second chuck, a drop back bite. All i can say is, i lifted the
rod into a bloody animal, that shot off up the lake like a rocket. After about 30
seconds it was bye bye fish, and my 8lb hook length. Well thats a good start is'nt it.
Tied another hook length on, this time i went up to 10lb line, and a 14's hook. Hopefully
this will stop the buggers. Re-cast to the clip, and waited again. Waited ten minutes,
and re-cast again. This time i only waited about 2 minutes , and again a drop back bite
happened. Lifted into a nice bend in the rod, after about 5 minutes of scrapping a nice
plump Carp of about 6 pound graced my landing net. Phew! always handy to get the first
one netted, well second one, but you know what i mean?. I had to cast out a couple of
more times before i latched into my next Carp. Landed this one too. Getting good at this
ain't I, he he. The first hour mark came up, with no further bites forthcoming on the
method, so i decided to try my luck on the 3 metre line. Popped a 6mm expander on the
hook, and shipped it out, when my float settled i emptied the toss pot over the top.
Within about 30 seconds my float shot under, (don't worry i was amazed too, he he)
and i lifted into a fish. My elastic decided to do the impression of a bunjee rope,
and shot out at an alarming rate. I stuck my pole under the water, and hung on for
dear life. Luckily the fish turned, and i had it under control, landing it after a
couple of minutes. This baby went about 8lbs. The first hour i caught two Carp.
The second hour i caught six Carp, things were looking up. Believe it or not but
after this point the fishing went down hill rapidly, not just for me, but for nearly
everyone else. This was an evening match, the Carp should be going loopy. OH! no, not
on this lake, it was quite the opposite. I tried the margin swims. nothing. I tried the
method again nothing, i went back out on the 3 metre line, and again nothing. So for the
next few hours i sat, and watched Steve Evans on the flier bagging up. I would cry if
i had any tears left, he he. Anyway back to my fishing, with an hour to go i concentrated
on my left hand margin swim. Fed some pellets, and just sat there like a gnome waiting.
After about 20 minutes my float dissapeared, and i had a short scrap with a two pounder.
He went into the net with the other eight. I fed the margin again, and decided to have
a look on the method. Again after about 10 minutes my rod dropped back, and i was into
Carp number ten. A minor fight occured, but this four pounder landed up with his mates
in the net. Went back down the margins, and after a little while my float went under,
and i lifted into a maniac of a fish. When i hooked him he shot out of the water by
about a foot, and went that a way. You no what i mean, a different direction to me.
MY problem was this bugger decided to keep going, and he was'nt going to stop for no
one. Hence bye, bye rig. Yep! the lot. Well that was that, so back out on the method
until the end of the match, which was only about ten minutes to go. The only time my
rod moved was when the whistle went, and that was because i had to reel it in.
What an up, and down match this was. Lost my first, and last Carp of the day, great
or what.

POST MATCH.

All in all it was a good day, even though the fish did'nt want to play ball for myself,
and a lot of other anglers. Of course you get your exceptions, in the form of fliers,
but i wouldnt really know about that would I, he he. At the weigh in there were three
no weigher's, (bet you think i was one of them don't you, well i was'nt so there).
Actually the weights were quite tight throughout, with the exception of the top two
weights. We all new who the winner was, so the rest of us were fighting for top two in
section, and on some sections it was going to be a close run thing.

RESULTS.

The flier came good for Steve Evans who won the match quite comfortably with 90 pound odd.
Steve Evans, and Steve Bee work together in a factory, and a couple of there mates at work
decided to side with Steve Bee, and put a fiver bet on Steve Bee beating Steve Evans, well
lads if your reading this, i think you ought to cough up the money to Steve Evans. Can't
blame you if you don't speak to Steve Bee for a while as he got battered by the other Steve,
he he. So if Darren Nichols, and John Smith are reading this, come on pay up, or i will put
your names on the shame list on the Internet. Jason Wellington had a good last hour to come
second overall with 70 pound odd, but unfortunatley that was only good enough for a section
win. In Steve Evans's section, second and third in section moved up a place by default,
(jammy sods) he he.

SECTION 1.

1ST.  PEG 3. STEVE EVANS.        94-0-0.   WON OVERALL FOR £66.00. (well done steve).
2ND. PEG 1. ANDY SALCOMBE.   50-8-0.   Won section by default. £30.00. (jammy sod).
3RD. PEG 2. BRIAN DIX.             39-0-0.    Second in section by default. £20.00.  (jammier sod).
4TH. PEG 4. CHRIS ELTON.         26-8-0.
5TH. PEG 5. ELAINE WILLIS.       12-1-0.

SECTION 2.

1ST. PEG   9. PAUL JACKSON.       58-5-0.   £30.00.
2ND. PEG 10. STEVE HAWKINS.     45-3-0. £20.00.  (good angling, he he).
3RD. PEG  6. TERRY REYBOULD.   39-8-0.
4TH. PEG  8. STEVE BEE.              19-7-0.   (lost £10.00 of his mates money, he he).
5TH. PEG  7. BARRY DUTCH.         DID NOT WEIGH.

SECTION 3.

1ST. PEG 13. DALE MALPAS.           49-9-0.    £30.00.
2ND. PEG 15. ROY WELLINGTON.   44-9-0.    £20.00.
3RD. PEG 14. DICK LEWIS.              42-9-0.
4TH. PEG 12. ROY DAVIS.               DID NOT WEIGH.
PEG 11                                           VACANT.

SECTION 4.

1ST. PEG 16.    JASON WELLINGTON.    74-2-0.    £30.00.
2ND. PEG 20.   NICK WILLIS.                 48-0-0.    £20.00.
3RD. PEG 18.   TOM WARNER.               47-4-0.
4TH. PEG 19.   ROB WILLIAMS.              DID NOT WEIGH.
PEG 17                                                  VACANT.

SOME PHOTOS OF THE DAY.

Brian dix setting up.

looks like someone is set up already.

Steve Bee on walk about before the match.

Terry Reybould raring to go.

Paul Jackson on the next peg to me.

Vans not to far from my peg. Just how i like it, he he.

All nice, and tidy like.

Who's that on the Island.

This is the pleasure fishing lake.

The overall winner Steve Evans pointing at

something before the off. See told you i could

see the bugger bagging up all day.

A view of part of the lake, with my van to the left.

Following the lake around.

Looking the over way on the lake.

Pleasure anglers between me, and Roy Davis.

THE ANIMAL LIFE.

Baby on board. (you can click on any photos to enlarge).

TAXI !.

Little sweetie or what.

Whopsie daisy, she's falling off.

Mummy's looking for some grub now.

That is one cute bird.

More of the wildlife, he he.

Andy doing the weighing.

Sorry, not the best of photos.

Money collecting time.

Well it was a good day out, most enjoyed it. So if there is another open on here in the future,

then i will fish it for sure. Hope you enjoyed the write up, as much has i enjoy writing it.
For me a section 2nd, £20 in the sky rocket, can things start to look up, or will i come back
down to earth with a bump? ERM! which one will it be, he he.
Next weekend i have two matches, an open on Saturday at Tirley, another open run by Steve Ford.
On Sunday its another aggregate match for Permali, at Drummonds Dudd, how nice, ain't been there
for awhile, he he. Dave's results will be uploaded tomorrow, or friday. So for now have a good week,
and all the best   STEVE.

WATERSMEET 2ND AGGREGATE MATCH.

SUNDAY 30TH MAY.
VENUE. DRUMMONDS DUBB.
DRAW. 8.00AM.
FISH. 9.00AM TO 2.00PM.
ANGLERS. 9 FISHED.

PRE-DRAW.

Everyone that was fishing arrived on time. 5 anglers were not fishing this week,
so that cut the field down to 9. Drummonds as been having problems just recently,
with an outbreak of thick weed. All the years we've been fishing this place, we
have never seen, or heard of weed growing in this lake. So where's it come from.
Gawd knows, but what it has done, its knackered loads of pegs up. All that digging,
and building of new pegs, gone out of the window. Dick as a arranged for 5 opens
on here, 22 peggers, well thats been scuppered now. might get 16 on here if your
lucky, and thats if the weed does'nt spread. Graham decided to peg out only the
road side, and totally ignored the far bank. Can't work that one out, so peg 1
had only a small gap to fish through. 7 perfectley good pegs on the far bank gone
to waste. Might make sense to some people, but not me. Maybe the long walk had
something to do with it. Who knows. Weather wise it was'nt the ideal conditions
for skimmer bashing. The high pegs what i was on, had hardly any ripples on
the water. Mix that with sunshine, not the best. But being the brave warrior i'am,
i soldiered on, he he.

THE DRAW.

Last week a match on here was won with 28lb, from the shallow pegs, second came from
this area as well. So you can guess were i wan't to draw can't you, he he.
ANYWAY! i put my hand in the draw peg, and out popped peg 9. Farthest peg away
from last weeks winner. ERM! not a lot has changed there then, he he. So here
i'am in the deeps, which i could'nt draw for love nor money in the winter series.
I think i will cut off my draw bag hand, and replace it for a new one?.

PEG 1. L.BOLTON.
PEG 2. N.WILLIS.
PEG 3. M.HEWLETT.
PEG 4. J.BARNARD.
PEG 5. L.FORTY.
PEG 6. R.BOWD.
PEG 7. G.PUGH.(pegger outer).
PEG 8. D.LEWIS.
PEG 9. S.HAWKINS.(me).

THE MATCH.
 
I parked right next to my peg (suppose that was the good part), and unloaded my kit.
In fairness i still fancied my peg, has i have won a couple of matches off this one
last year. With weights of 24lb, and 28lb. So the fish do show this end in the summer.
Lets hope todays one of those days, because if not its going to be a not very
interesting day for me. Considering it has been a crap 2010 so far this season, i will
go with the no fish in peg syndrome, he he.

I set up the feeder, and clipped up for about a 25 metre chuck. Set up two top kits
for the pole, one at 7 metres in front of me, and one for the reeds to my left.
Won one of my matches fishing tight to the reeds. Fished this swim all day for the
24lb winning weight, on the pellet. So can't see why i should'nt try it again.

The whistle went at 9.00am for the all in. Fed four balls of groundbait on my 7 metre
line, laced with pellet, with a sprinkling of red maggots. My reed line was fed with
2 balls of groundbait, with a potful of micro, and 4mm pellets. Started on the feeder
line with groundbait, and pellet, with single red maggot on the hook.
The norm is to use chopped worm, but i could'nt afford to buy them, so had to go down
a different route. It took half an hour to get my first bite, which ended in a small
skimmer. After the hour mark, the skimmer was the only fish i had. Dickie on the next
peg, and Pughy on the peg next to him were in the same boat. Not a very good sign for
this place. So i thought plan B. The reeds. Placed my float by the reeds, and tipped out
my toss pot half full of micro,s, and waited. I had been flicking out about 20 maggots
on the 7 metre line about every 5 minutes or so. This would be my plan z line. (the
time to panic line, he he). Half hour on the reeds line resulted in zilch, nowt. So
i went back out on the feeder line just to see.(as i did'nt want to panic just yet, he he).
Nowt came on the feeder either, so with half the match gone, i pressed the panic button.
On went a single red maggot, and out went the pole on the 7 metre line. Now i know we
all make silly mistakes from time to time, but how silly is this?. For over an hour i
was fishing the 7 metre line, and had two small roach, and a small rudd. It took me all
that time to realise i was fishing with my reeds set up. So there i was fishing away,
two foot off bottom, instead of on the bottom (what a knob, he he). So after a little
in my head tongue bashing, i threw this rig up the bank, and put my plumbed up bottom
depth rig on, which is what i should have done an hour ago. (the pressure's of crap
anglers, sigh). For the next half hour or so, i started catching small skimmer, and
roach, which was shooting my weight up from what i had. This was good, i had an hour
to go, and maybe i might start clawing back the field. NOT SO!. There i was starting
to think good things, and then the swim died a death. Tried the reeds line again,
nothing. So finished the match on the feeder, which insidently i never caught nowt
on either. So there you go in a 5 hour match i had a mad half hour catching one after
the other.I had one hour of being a complete numpty fishing the wrong rig, and three and
a half hours just twiddling my thumbs. All in all a complete W----R!!!!!!.he he.

Fair play to Dickie on the next peg, he started to catch well on the feeder with a
couple of hours to go, and won the match. (stuffed from the next peg again, he he).
The middle pegs coming good with second, and third.

RESULTS.

1ST. PEG 8. DICK LEWIS. 13-11-0. 1 POINT.

2ND. PEG 4. JOHN BARNARD. 10-7-0. 2 POINTS.

3RD. PEG 5. LEE FORTY. 9-2-0. 3 POINTS.

4TH. PEG 1. LEWIS BOLTON. 6-13-0. 4 POINTS.

LEWIS HAS HAD THE GOLDEN PEG THE LAST

TWO MATCHES, AND HAS BLOWN OUT TWICE,

HE HE.

5TH. PEG 6. RICHARD BOWD. 6-7-0. 5 POINTS.

6TH. PEG 9. STEVE HAWKINS.

5-7-0. 6 POINTS.

7TH. PEG 7. GRAHAM (LA) PUGH. HE HE.

5-6-0. 7 POINTS.

8TH. PEG 3. MARK HEWLETT. 4-1-0. 8 POINTS.

9TH. PEG 2. NICK WILLIS. 3-10-0. 9 POINTS.

THE NON SHOWERS BELOW ALL GET 14 POINTS.

TIM PUGH.

BARRY MATTHEWS.

CHRIS FORTY.

(WORCESTER RUGBY GOT RELEGATED HE HE).

CHRIS ONLY PLAYED HALF THE SEASON FOR
WORCESTER, SO IT WAS'NT HIS FAULT HONEST.

TREVOR DIX.

PETE JONES. (NO PHOTO).

JUST A FEW PICS.

MY KIT SET UP ONCE AGAIN?.

DICKIE ON THE NEXT PEG.

PUGHY PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK.

FLAT CALM MY END.

PUGHY NOT SO HAPPY AFTER THE MATCH.

Well there you go another perfectly fished match, he he. Can't complain there's

always tomorrow. Maybe i could do okay in this one (yeah okay!) Tomorrows match,
bank holiday monday is being held at Elton Corner which is a twenty pegger. Steve
Evans has arranged this one, so its an open. Draw is at 1.00pm. Fishing from
2.30pm to 8.30pm. 6 hour evening match, so will the new match record of 157lb by
Steve Bee be broken. Steve Evans thinks so, he he. I will let you know how this
one goes tomorrow. So for now bye bye.


STEVE.