Right the next match that I was down to fish was a Army Angling Federation Group 2 match held on Green Ridge Farm. Having put the post code on my sat nav i went off in search (didn't know the sat nav would take me so far) in fact it took me A303 A34 then the M3 whats all that about?. Well i finally got there after giving the sat nav a few choice words and went to book in. On booking in i noticed the sections were split in A section canal lakes 1 and 2 ,B section canals 3 and 4 and C section the specimen lake (that's the one i didn't fancy!).
After having having a brew and a barbecue sausage (yes at 0800hrs in the morning) i got the team together (Royal Artillery Centre B Team) and had a quick couple of words and it was decided i would do the draw, I hate drawing because I all ways end up with a duff peg.
Well draw time rolled the dice and guess what C section what a sod just where i didn't want to draw!
Got to my peg (peg 6) and had a good look had a island at 13 and a half meters away which was first on my swims to set up looking to my right and left i had a free peg on the right looking good so far I thought.
So setting up i had a line at 13 and a half ,one off to the right about 2 o'clock and one down the right hand margin all three rigs used were Mick Wilkinson Power Slims with Super G 0.14mm line and Maver mt7 size 16 hooks all three floats dotted right down.
All in was called and off i went I had noticed when setting up the wind was starting to pick up blowing right to left I just hoped it didn't get any stronger. I decided to use maggot and 4mm pellet as bait feeding every put in with a pole pot.
After a hour on the 13 and a half meter line (island bank) with no fish i moved onto my 5 meter line at the 2 o'clock position no sign there either mmmmm hour and a half into the match not a bite.
Then on the two hour mark managed four roach one after the other then a nice chubb. Things starting to luck up then the float buried and the elastic shot out didn't last long before i was snapped (sods law first carp) after re-tying straight over again float yet again shot under another carp this time it hit the deck and wouldn't move ! at first i thought it was a snag but then it started to move and this time the elastic went slack (carp number two lost!) this the went on for another hour lost another two due to being snapped up or just losing them. I was told before the match that the carp fight like hell and go up to 36lbs and there were plenty of munters in there.
After four hours of hooking and losing them and getting blown around by the wind as it had picked up and blowing my pole all over the place i decided to play it safe didn't want broken pole sections to pay plus my island swim went dead as I could'nt get the presentation right . I moved back onto my 5 meter line and settled the float float shot under and finally carp number one in the net (about time) then that was it no more carp and the wind was now getting stronger to the point I was getting blown around on my 5 meter line it was blowing a gale !
whilst I had been busy on the other two lines I had fed the margins through out the match and went over to the left one looking to bag a few carp in the last hour.After having no signs for about 30 Min's I decided to call it a day and packed up with half a hour to go.
I to be honest had just had enough I lost more fish than I care to imagine and I had been blown around for most of the match due to the winder blowing a gale.
Some of you will say that the last hour is the best to bag up believe me there was nothing there to bag.
All out was called and I weighed in at just under 2 kilo (bad) I didn't hang around to find out the rest of the results as I was beaten and morale was at a low, not because i was a sore losser and had been beaten i was tired and fed up the wind had got the better of me today.
Out of the section I came 9th as one or two of the section had blanked or caught less that me.
Well I have learned one or two lessons from this match and will put the points into practise for my next match one of them being I need to learn how to start drawing bette
r lol.
Looking back I smile at it now and am looking forward to my next match,1 bad result will not beat me and I am sure to find my winning streak again soon.
After speaking to one of the lads that fished si (ir2007) who came second in his section (well done mate) a couple of lads broke pole sections due to the wind blowing a gale (might of not had a good result but my pole came away in one peice)
After having having a brew and a barbecue sausage (yes at 0800hrs in the morning) i got the team together (Royal Artillery Centre B Team) and had a quick couple of words and it was decided i would do the draw, I hate drawing because I all ways end up with a duff peg.
Well draw time rolled the dice and guess what C section what a sod just where i didn't want to draw!
Got to my peg (peg 6) and had a good look had a island at 13 and a half meters away which was first on my swims to set up looking to my right and left i had a free peg on the right looking good so far I thought.
So setting up i had a line at 13 and a half ,one off to the right about 2 o'clock and one down the right hand margin all three rigs used were Mick Wilkinson Power Slims with Super G 0.14mm line and Maver mt7 size 16 hooks all three floats dotted right down.
All in was called and off i went I had noticed when setting up the wind was starting to pick up blowing right to left I just hoped it didn't get any stronger. I decided to use maggot and 4mm pellet as bait feeding every put in with a pole pot.
After a hour on the 13 and a half meter line (island bank) with no fish i moved onto my 5 meter line at the 2 o'clock position no sign there either mmmmm hour and a half into the match not a bite.
Then on the two hour mark managed four roach one after the other then a nice chubb. Things starting to luck up then the float buried and the elastic shot out didn't last long before i was snapped (sods law first carp) after re-tying straight over again float yet again shot under another carp this time it hit the deck and wouldn't move ! at first i thought it was a snag but then it started to move and this time the elastic went slack (carp number two lost!) this the went on for another hour lost another two due to being snapped up or just losing them. I was told before the match that the carp fight like hell and go up to 36lbs and there were plenty of munters in there.
After four hours of hooking and losing them and getting blown around by the wind as it had picked up and blowing my pole all over the place i decided to play it safe didn't want broken pole sections to pay plus my island swim went dead as I could'nt get the presentation right . I moved back onto my 5 meter line and settled the float float shot under and finally carp number one in the net (about time) then that was it no more carp and the wind was now getting stronger to the point I was getting blown around on my 5 meter line it was blowing a gale !
whilst I had been busy on the other two lines I had fed the margins through out the match and went over to the left one looking to bag a few carp in the last hour.After having no signs for about 30 Min's I decided to call it a day and packed up with half a hour to go.
I to be honest had just had enough I lost more fish than I care to imagine and I had been blown around for most of the match due to the winder blowing a gale.
Some of you will say that the last hour is the best to bag up believe me there was nothing there to bag.
All out was called and I weighed in at just under 2 kilo (bad) I didn't hang around to find out the rest of the results as I was beaten and morale was at a low, not because i was a sore losser and had been beaten i was tired and fed up the wind had got the better of me today.
Out of the section I came 9th as one or two of the section had blanked or caught less that me.
Well I have learned one or two lessons from this match and will put the points into practise for my next match one of them being I need to learn how to start drawing bette
r lol.Looking back I smile at it now and am looking forward to my next match,1 bad result will not beat me and I am sure to find my winning streak again soon.
After speaking to one of the lads that fished si (ir2007) who came second in his section (well done mate) a couple of lads broke pole sections due to the wind blowing a gale (might of not had a good result but my pole came away in one peice)
