Gary Horne has 2 matches a year down the lake and today was the first one. 23 of Gary’s friends turned up at the lake hoping for a few fish. The weather at the start of the match was quite sunny but rain was forecast for later in the day.
A nice start to the day
Getting ready for the draw
Dive in quick ...
Nick Horne does not fish the lake very often but always seems to draw peg 18 or 32. Guess where he was today….
Nick on peg 32 again 😀
The fishing today was very patchy, people would have a few fish and then have to wait ages for a bite. It was hard to put a good run of fish together. People were having to swap and change swims to get the fish. While the sun was out the top end of the big lake was black with cruising and topping fish. Steve on peg 34 was the only person catching steadily through the match.
Steve On peg 25
Gary on peg 14
Dave on peg 16
John on peg 20
Looking down the carpark bank towards 32
20 minutes before the end of the match we had a storm hit the lake. The wind picked up and it rained very heavily. Everyone and everything was soaked, it lasted about 30 minute and then the sun came back up and the lake went flat calm in time for the weigh in…bloody typical.
Results
Pos
Name
Peg
Weight
1
Steve Nattrass
34
155-8
2
Robin Cave
10
96-1
3
Steve Pomery
25
84-0
4
Jim Greenaway
22
83-8
5
Alan Hopes
4
78-9
6
Darren Simmons
13
78-4
7
Simon Mound
26
71-0
8
Neil Reed
6
69-4
9
Gary Naylor
29
65-8
10
Alister Murdoch
38
64-0
11
Kevin Cross
9
60-15
12
Peter Bradley
31
53-8
13
John Roberts
20
43-4
14
Gary Horne
14
38-4
15
Dave Hulcoop
16
36-10
16
Malcom Murray
2
26-8
17
Horne Snr
28
19-8
18
Colin
18
11-8
19=
Nick Horne
32
11-0
19=
Simon Stanmoor
23
11-0
–
7
DNW
–
8
DNW
23 Anglers Fished
Top Silvers Weight 16lb, Darren Simmons. Peg 13. Biggest Fish 19lb, Steve Pomery. Peg 25
Overall Winner. Steve. Well done.
2nd Overall. Robin Cave
3rd Overall and Biggest Fish of the day. Steve Pomery
Paul Jay continues his Monday open matches after last weekend’s Bank holiday match. Today only 4 anglers turned up but were rewarded with a ton plus weight each. Paul was left peg 32 in the bag and started on his 8 meter line towards and empty peg 8 on 8mm banded pellet. He was catching chub, skimmers and carp. Paul Corsini on peg 28 was catching on the tip and put a good run of fish together. Mick Chappell on peg 9 was having some fun in the bush and lost 2 rigs in the tree somehow Paul Jay tells me 😀 Michael Corsini on peg 10 just pipped his dad today for another father-son victory and came second overall too.
Today 21 anglers turned for the bank holiday open match. The weather had once again taken a turn for the worse and the wind had done a 180° and the rain had started. The banks had only just dried out from last weeks heavy rain too.
All the anglers drew and there were 3 pegs left in the bag, Mick Hughes wanted what was left so that left me and Paul Glenfield. There was 8, 32 and 36 left in the bag and poor Paul put his hand in and pulled out 36, I pulled out 8 which left 32 for yesterdays winner Mick.
Fishing was from 12pm to 5pm. The all in was shouted by Paul Jay. Most of the anglers were in to fish right away but then struggling for bites for the rest of the match. Simon on peg 8 had a run of 6 weighers in the first 30 minutes adn then the wind picked up making presentation very difficult. Joff Rogers on peg 7 was having a steady run of fish throughout the match but he was being plagued by foul hooked fish which resulted in a broken 6th section on his Airity, he lost a total of 16 fish.
Mick Jones on peg 2 was catching steadily too chucking the bomb to the corner by peg 3. Just 4oz behind him was Dave Wightman on peg 34 who had more fish but they were a lot smaller in size. Phil Powell on yesterdays winning peg 6 was making the most of the fish that were still in the peg and was steadily edging away with the match helped along by a run of weighers in the last 30 minutes.
Up in the big lake Dan Jones on peg 10 was not far behind Phil but (source, John Bennett) he was spending too much time on his phone and loosing and missing bites, this probably cost him the match and certainly a ton weight at the lake but he still caught enough to take to section win, Well done. The C Section battle was between the purple plonker (Roger Young) on peg 16 and Robin Cave on peg 26. As with A section it was going to be a close finish with just 8oz separating the two. Robin just came out ahead, Well done Robin.
Phil Powell. Winning peg 6
Some of Robin Caves fish.
There's always tomorrow or Wednesday or Saturday or Monday or next Wednesday Dai 😛 😀
The only thing Mick Lane picked up today was Olly the dog 😀
Rain stops and the wind dies down AFTER the match again.
Results
Pos
Name
Peg
Weight
1
Phil Powell
6
137-12
2
Dan Jones
10
97-11
3
Mick Jones
2
93-12
4
Dave Wightman
34
93-8
5
Robin Cave
26
90-8
6
Roger Young
16
90-0
7
Simon Mound
8
82-12
8
Joff Rogers
7
74-4
9
Steve Waters
28
68-4
10
Mick Chappell
38
66-8
11
Mick Hughes
32
61-0
12
Dai Thomas
24
60-12
13
Steve Wilson
14
48-8
14
Neil Hutchins
13
40-4
15
Mick Lane
18
36-0
16
Ant Haywood
40
35-0
17
Neil Kiddier
4
27-8
18
Michael Corsini
9
23-12
19
Dennis Lee
30
20-8
–
Paul Glenfield
36
DNW
–
Derek Hammond
22
DNW
21 Anglers Fished
Todays Winner, Phil Powell.
A section Winner. Mick Jones
A Section Second. Dave Wightman
B Section Winner. Dan Jones
B Section Second. Simon Mound
C Section Winner and Section second, Robin Cave and Roger Young
Just to inform the Monday match regulars that Next Monday’s (7th May) match is a Bank Holiday open and the draw will be at 10.30 am NOT 1pm like normal Monday Opens. Thank you.
Todays Open Paul tried to peg it so the anglers were out of the wind much the same as John did yesterday.
Mick Chappell was making the most of being in the little lake on his own and scores his first double ton of the year, Well done Mick 🙂 Paul Jay was at his second home (Peg 18) and started fishing once he had opened his mail and fed the dog 😛 Paul fished down to the bush and on the waggler. Having 55lb 8oz Dai on peg 16 was not expecting to frame but nether the less he did. Well done.
Neil has just sent me the results for his club match back on the 22nd of April. This match last year produced some big weights but it was totally different weather last year. This year’s match was a different story though.
Today’s winner Ian Millin fishing from peg 28 used 10 pints of maggot and fished shallow long for the whole match catching everything from roach to carp. Malc Doyle in second place fished a short line with paste to keep the fishing coming. Completing the frame was Rolfs regular Mick Chappell fishing from peg 7.
The start of a new year and the start of a new JINX Series. This year Malc was running a warm up for the series (Hardly a WARM up) in the form of a 2 dayer. Malc was unable to attend the first match due to having to work 😯 Friday morning and the JINX mob descended on the car park and started unloading their gear. With all the hello’s done with we decided to get on with the draw as the dark clouds were looming over the lake and nobody likes to set up in the rain.
As it was only 2 days all the pegs were in the bag for a random draw both days as you couldn’t fish a different section each day. Fishing was from 12pm-6pm so everyone had plenty of time to set up. Once everyone was set up the wind dropped and the heavens opened up.
John Bennett starting the match with his new toy.
Within the first 5 minutes Neil Riddy on peg 34 was in to his second fish and I was just landing my first fish on peg 9. Mat on peg 32 had hooked and lost a carp too. Due to the nasty weather I never got a chance to go and take any pictures like normal and was taking much notice of anything other than trying to stay dry.
The rain continued for the whole match 🙁 so there was not much banter on the day. Jinx virgin Dave Wall on peg 16 had been catching through out the match from the right hand side as had Nick Williams on peg 19 catching off the bush by the boat. Gem ‘THE MINX’ on peg 26 had not been having a good day and had only managed 1 roach much to the delight of the other 18 anglers, myself included 😛
As soon as the match was over the rain stopped and the sun came out for a short while. At least we could do the weigh in in the dry. Here is the tale of the scales….
Results. Day 1.
Jinx Special. Day 1. 27th April 2012
A Section
Pos
Name
Peg
Weight
Points
1st
Neil Riddy
34
125-8
1
2nd
Peter Morton
3
69-2
2
3rd
Dave Moore
6
65-4
3
4th
Geoff Palmer
8
63-0
4
5th
Marcus Burgess
39
56-2
5
6th
Simon Watkins
7
16-4
6
B Section
Pos
Name
Peg
Weight
Points
1st
Clive Pritchard
13
77-0
1
2nd
Simon Mound
9
49-4
2
3rd
Dai Thomas
30
37-4
3
4th
Keith Powell
10
27-8
4
5th
Kev Loveland
28
25-8
5
6th
Mat Edwards
32
22-8
6
C Section
Pos
Name
Peg
Weight
Points
1st
Dave Wall
16
79-8
1
2nd
Nick Williams
19
75-0
2
3rd
Paul Roberts
23
60-8
3
4th
Fred Parker
21
56-8
4
5th
Dave Collier
25
13-12
5
6th
Nick Watkins-Price
14
1-0
6
7th
Gem Doyle
26
0-8oz
Day Points
Points
Name
1
Neil Riddy
1
Clive Pritchard
1
Dave Wall
2
Peter Morton
2
Simon Mound
2
Nick Williams
Day 2.
We all woke up to the sound of strong gust of wind blasting the lake. The wind had done a total 180° and was now blowing from the little lake towards peg 19 and 21. Most people had been to the harvester for a breakfast and a warm up before the match.
With everyone ready for the draw we again got the draw under-way early so everyone could have some extra time to set up. Malc had turned up today to fish instead of Gem who was stick tucked up in the caravan in the warm. It was spitting with rain and extremely windy.
Much the same as yesterday there was not much banter as it was horrid conditions again and everyone was either to cold or could not hear anyone else as the wind was battering the anglers.
A section was a bit of a crazy section today as Dave Collier and Kev Loveland (both in A section) had decided not to fish due to the weather which left peg 6 and 39 out as well as 37. So Mat who had draw peg 3 had a nice day’s pleasure fishing with the nearest person to him being who ever was driving past on the M40 Peter Morton who was on peg 3 yesterday had draw the complete opposite and was sitting on peg 19 today with the full force of the wind blasting his face.
Most people today started on the bomb and feeder as the wind was blowing poles all over the place. The Odd fish was coming out. Malc fishing on peg 25 then made his first visit of the day to his weigh station with a 21lb 8oz common caught on the past by the bush. Picture below….
Simon Watkins on peg 30 had put the information John B gave him to good use and had started catching a good run of 14lb plus fish and was making regular visits to the weigh station. He was using a special Maver telescopic topkit 😆 Unknown to him, Maver topkits for his pole are not telescopic and we pointed out to his that they were in fact put over joints, small error but he was still landing the fish on them. Also doing well was Paul Roberts on peg 32 chucking the feeder down by peg 33, he was getting a good run of fish through out the match.
Mat all on his own was in fact doing a great job of catching after his miserable day on peg 32 and was putting together a good weight for second on the day. Mugger Morton on peg 19 was fishing to the boat and was storming along despite stopping and going for a walk for half an hour he managed to win on the day which ultimately contributed to his Overall win of the 2 days. 😀
Sorry for the lack of pictures, here are the results for the final day…
Day 2 Results
A Section
Pos
Name
Peg
Weight
Points
1st
Mat Edwards
3
130-4
1
2nd
Geoff Palmer
8
89-4
2
3rd
Marcus Burgess
7
62-12
3
4th
Keith Powell
34
59-6
4
—
Dave Collier
6
DNF
7
–
Kev Loveland
39
DNF
7
B Section
Pos
Name
Peg
Weight
Points
1st
Simon Watkins
30
121-12
1
2nd
Paul Roberts
32
119-12
2
3rd
Neil Riddy
9
116-12
3
4th
Dave Moore
13
73-8
4
5th
Nick Watkins-Price
10
40-8
5
6th
Simon Mound
28
28-0
6
C Section
Pos
Name
Peg
Weight
Points
1st
Peter Morton
19
140-8
1
2nd
Fred Parker
16
109-8
2
3rd
Malc Doyle
25
87-12
3
4th
Clive Pritchard
23
63-8
4
5th
Dai Thomas
26
63-4
5
6th
Dave Wall
21
30-0
6
7th
Nick Williams
14
27-0
7
Final Points (weight Countback on Ties)
Points
Name
3
Peter Morton
4
Neil Riddy
5
Paul Roberts
5
Clive Pritchard
6
Fred Parker
Not many pictures taken due to the very poor weather, but here is one of Malc with a 21-8 common caught from peg 25 on paste.
Malc Doyle. 21lb 8 oz. Well done Malc.
Well done to Peter Morton for the overall win and also taking Peg king for peg 19.
Some of the Jinxster’s stayed over to fish the Open match today but I think most had had enough of the weather, but 8 others turned up to fish despite this weather…..
Peter Morton who was on peg 3 yesterday had draw the complete opposite and was sitting on peg 19 today with the full force of the wind blasting his face.