Saturday saw me down Makins Fishery in one of the Total Fishing Club World Series matches trying to gain qualification to the final at the glebe.
Having turned up at the car park with the rest off the lads as well as my brother I got my kit out (leaving my pole in the holdall in the car) reason why we were all fishing phase 1 lake 2 which is known as a feeder water so out came my feeder and waggler rods.
Well at the draw my hand went into the bucket with the other 12 anglers and pulled peg 4a with my brother pulling 8a. Having got down to my peg i had a fair old chuck to the island in the middle (50 yards) so that was going to be my main plan method tight to the island. My back up plan was to use a pellet wag of to the left next to a island 20 odd meters out. Reason why i was going to throw it there and not into open water was the wind was blowing right to left and blowing into that bank so thought there would be some fish there if the method line slowed down.
After setting up all in was called using a Preston method Speed mould it wasn't long before i got into a rhythm throwing out the method tight to the island and quick.
The first hour was slow with plenty of indication on the tip and with it going round twice and losing both fish.
All the time this was going on i was flicking 3-4 8mm swimstim pellets out on that left hand line that i was going to throw the pellet wag over.
With no joy for the next hour on the method it was time for change out went the pellet wag straight away fish on and in the net (looks like my left hand line was going to pay off)
Out went the wagg again fish 2 in the net this carried on for a good 1 and a half hours catching a fish a chuck lossing around 6 due to snapped hook lengths and the odd hook pull but things were looking good.
Then it went dead the wind slowed down and I knew i was going to have a drama or two as the fish tend to move with the wind. My catch rate started to decrease I did notice the stamp of fish I had caught were not as big as I expected them to be.
The last hour saw me bag a few more before i deiced to throw the method out on my wagg line to see if they were on the bottom the last 20 mins saw me bag 2 on the method and all out was then called.
Having packed my kit away I had found out that the rest of my section had not caught as well and i was looking like section winner. On the weigh in that was confirmed with me weighing in 79lbs 10oz and taking the section.
Results were as follows
Gaz Wood, 15b, 114-8-0
Lee Taylor, 11b, 93-2-0
Mike Burrows, 13b, 87-4-0
Chris Glover, 4a, 79-10-0
With me winning my section it meant that i now qualify for the Total Fishing Club World Series Final at the Glebe later on in the year
Having turned up at the car park with the rest off the lads as well as my brother I got my kit out (leaving my pole in the holdall in the car) reason why we were all fishing phase 1 lake 2 which is known as a feeder water so out came my feeder and waggler rods.
Well at the draw my hand went into the bucket with the other 12 anglers and pulled peg 4a with my brother pulling 8a. Having got down to my peg i had a fair old chuck to the island in the middle (50 yards) so that was going to be my main plan method tight to the island. My back up plan was to use a pellet wag of to the left next to a island 20 odd meters out. Reason why i was going to throw it there and not into open water was the wind was blowing right to left and blowing into that bank so thought there would be some fish there if the method line slowed down.
After setting up all in was called using a Preston method Speed mould it wasn't long before i got into a rhythm throwing out the method tight to the island and quick.
The first hour was slow with plenty of indication on the tip and with it going round twice and losing both fish.
All the time this was going on i was flicking 3-4 8mm swimstim pellets out on that left hand line that i was going to throw the pellet wag over.
With no joy for the next hour on the method it was time for change out went the pellet wag straight away fish on and in the net (looks like my left hand line was going to pay off)
Out went the wagg again fish 2 in the net this carried on for a good 1 and a half hours catching a fish a chuck lossing around 6 due to snapped hook lengths and the odd hook pull but things were looking good.
Then it went dead the wind slowed down and I knew i was going to have a drama or two as the fish tend to move with the wind. My catch rate started to decrease I did notice the stamp of fish I had caught were not as big as I expected them to be.
The last hour saw me bag a few more before i deiced to throw the method out on my wagg line to see if they were on the bottom the last 20 mins saw me bag 2 on the method and all out was then called.
Having packed my kit away I had found out that the rest of my section had not caught as well and i was looking like section winner. On the weigh in that was confirmed with me weighing in 79lbs 10oz and taking the section.
Results were as follows
Gaz Wood, 15b, 114-8-0
Lee Taylor, 11b, 93-2-0
Mike Burrows, 13b, 87-4-0
Chris Glover, 4a, 79-10-0
With me winning my section it meant that i now qualify for the Total Fishing Club World Series Final at the Glebe later on in the year
