After missing the last round of the Rods&Reels series at
Maynes Fishery, Stoke Golding due to family commitments the next round of the
Rods&Reels series saw me down at Packington Somers on Molands Lake.
Having never fished it before I was going into this round blind. Having a look
at the results in the Angling Times and on the net it was either being won with
pole and pellet or method feeder tight to the far bank.
Having found my way down there and yep you guessed it having
a fry up (anyone see a pattern developing here?) it was a matter of waiting
round for the lads and the draw.
In went the hand and out came peg 25 happy days I thought as
this was one of the pegs I fancied after having a walk around and had some form
from what I had been told.
After collecting my kit and carting it down to my peg
(remembering my trolley system this time round!!) I took 5 minutes out to have
a look at the peg in a bit more detail. With the far bank being about 20-24
meters away I planned on a feeder and bomb approach to the far bank, so out
came my Browning commercial force 12ft feeder and 10ft bomb rods it wasn’t long
before I had gauged the distance after a few casts and clipped up both rods.
The feeder rod would be set up with a 0.16mm mainline with a
inline Browning Kobra method feeder to a 0.14mm 4 inch hook length size 18 PR
36 hook hair rigged.
As for the bomb rod this was set up with a free running Browning
Hybrid bomb with a 1ft hook length same as the feeder set up a PR 36 size 18
hook hair rigged for pellet and corn.
As for the pole I planned on fishing 11 meters out setting
up a Hillbilly F1 wire taking 5x10 stotz with a bulk 1ft from the hook with 2
droppers. Line of choice was as always Browning Cenex 0.16mm main line to a
0.14mm 6 inch hook length to a Tubertini 808 size 16 hook. For feed this was to
be my chopped worm and caster line and was to be used as a back up should the
fish not be on the far bank.
On hearing the all in it was straight onto my pole line with
a big cup of chopped worm and caster with a few dampened down micro pellets
added to the mix just to keep the fish searching for the feed and hopefully
keep um in the peg longer. Then it was straight onto my feeder lines to see
what was on the far bank. After an hour with no indications of any fish on the
far bank I did a bit of searching in the cut outs on the far bank with my bomb
rod to see if they were around. After another 30 minutes and still no fish I decided
to cut my losses and move onto the pole line as the far bank wasn’t producing
for anyone else either and where as they were happy to stick it out on the tip I
wanted to change.
I had been watching the pole line and could see signs of
fish feeding on the baited area so it was now time to get my head down and
catch whatever was feeding. This is one reason this time of the year I will
always set up a worm and caster line as it catches everything that swims and
has got me out of jail a few times when conditions are hard.
Within a minute of the float settling I was into a nice 3lb
tench and it wasn’t long before it was in the net. Next put in saw me land
another 2lb tench and in quick succession was in the net. At least I was on the
score board with a few or two and now felt more relaxed. With not much else
going on within the match I had a feeling 30lb would win. So I just kept plugging
away at the pole line taking small F1’s to about a pound at a steady pace
whilst other anglers sat watching their tips. I could see now that one of the
lads had also started catching on his pole line. So I decided to force the peg
a little more by feeding another big cup of worm and caster which in the end I came
to regret later on. Reason being my swim went dead it was as if the fish had
backed off due to me re-feeding. It took another 30-40 minutes before the fish
turned up again and I now felt that I had blown any chance of winning the match
let alone framing in it. I look back now and still kick myself for being so aggressive
in feeding and forcing the peg when conditions were hard and the fish didn’t want
to feed to much, that alone should of told me to go carefully but me being me
and the nature of angler I am that some times gets put to the back of my mind. With
the all out being called I was frustrated with myself for doing what I did. When
the weigh in came round I couldn’t believe how low the weights were on went my
fish to give me 23lb odd being beaten by 24lb to leave me in second. But with
another lad having 34lb it pushed me down into third place overall. Not bad
considering I had messed the peg up but I had put enough fish in the net to get
me a result.
Must remember to go steady and to read the water more one
thing I can at times forget and being an inpatient and aggressive angler I need
to calm slightly down this time of year as the weather gets cooler.
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