Weight – 1lb 9oz
Catch – 7 Roach, 5 Rudd, 5 Perch, 1 Bream.
Weather – Cold overnight, strong northwesterly wind, showers
Water temp – 8.5c > 8.5c
Match – Lands End Winter League – rd 2 – 27th overall, 5th in section
Today simply topped off a really crap week. Suzanne is still struggling to find another job, I’m struggling to hit target (and I really need the £3k kicker), as well as having my balls chewed over an incident at work.
I don’t think I have been under so much pressure for a very long time, so all I wanted was a nice day fishing.
Peg 41 is a good draw and usually worth a few fish. However, as I was setting up the wind suddenly increased and it was difficult to hold 8m of pole, let alone the required 14m. The wind was blowing straight into my corner and with a clear lake the prospects were for a difficult day.
I caught most of my fish, fishing into the near corner on caster, but I couldn’t get any quality fish. I even tried the tip, but only caught a small skimmer. Not much was being caught, in fact my section was the worse on the day, being the most exposed to the wind. On all 3 lakes the sections were won from the sheltered ends.
Although I finished 5th in section, I nearly fished 3rd. Russ Peck on peg 42 and Andy Bryant on peg 51, both had late carp on maggot to add to Russ's 1lb 8oz of bits and Andy's single 1oz perch!
To add insult to injury, I managed to jam pole sections 6 & 7 thanks to a bit of super glue, and then I managed to break it! More expense.
Oh for a bit of good fortune and not just with the fishing.
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