peter crabtree
AKA Simon, 1953 - 2022 (RIP)
Club fixture today on an Oxfordshire commercial, I can't say I like the place but must support the club where possible. We were spread over 2 lakes, one big and one much smaller. I drew on the smaller one with just 6 others, a corner peg with plenty of scope...
The lily pads in front were quivering with fish activity and fish were moving out by the reedbed. At the off I flicked a waggler out into open water, the float lifted and carp number one was on. A small carp had grabbed my double maggot and gave my Ultralight a good bend.
The chilling NW wind made for an uncomfortable day and my pole stayed on the roller, I didn't feel like fighting it all day so stayed on the wagg for 2 hours but hitting then missing the now scarce bites became very frustrating.
Plan B was to fish my left hand margin on a topkit. This proved to be successful and I caught carp, perch and roach steadily for the last 3 hours. You can just see my dibber float in this photo...
Weighed in 7 carps, a couple of roach and 3 chunky perch for 17:12 which gave me the section win and second place on the lake...
The lily pads in front were quivering with fish activity and fish were moving out by the reedbed. At the off I flicked a waggler out into open water, the float lifted and carp number one was on. A small carp had grabbed my double maggot and gave my Ultralight a good bend.
The chilling NW wind made for an uncomfortable day and my pole stayed on the roller, I didn't feel like fighting it all day so stayed on the wagg for 2 hours but hitting then missing the now scarce bites became very frustrating.
Plan B was to fish my left hand margin on a topkit. This proved to be successful and I caught carp, perch and roach steadily for the last 3 hours. You can just see my dibber float in this photo...
Weighed in 7 carps, a couple of roach and 3 chunky perch for 17:12 which gave me the section win and second place on the lake...
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