UPDATE.
Myself and
@sly turned up at Aston and it didn't look too bad, at first. After a sarny and a brew we parked the car up to find
@billcarpman sat in his car waiting for us. We made a decision on pegs and got set up. Then it started, winds, rain, hail and even tried to snow, but were we put off? well, that's up for negotiation.
Not a lot was caught to be honest but there was a match on one side, 4 or 5 bivvy's on another side and we were in the middle, but, we soldiered on catching a few bits.
@billcarpman, although not bagging up, caught a few, myself and
@sly were struggling a little until this came along (1st photo), a carp weighing in at 10lb 3oz on the waggler rod, 4lb line and size 16 hook with single maggot...foul hooked. Now,
@sly, being the man he is, said I was playing to the crowd, and it took quite a while to get it to the net, but if you've done the same then you'll know just what a fight it is.
@billcarpman was still catching the odd few, my peg went dead on both float and feeder and at 3 o'clock it was time to pack up. Now how did the weather know? because it came out all bright and sunny.
@sly was on the pole for the last half an hour or so then this came along (2nd pic). It made him work for his prize but was worth every inch of the battle, a 9lb 7oz'er on a grain of corn...
You can tell how cold it was by the way he's wrapped up, oh it may look nice and sunny, but it was positively rubbish weather. Even those in bivvy's packed it up as a bad job. Very little was caught by the match anglers and if
@billcarpman had've been in it I'm certain he would have been placed, possibly even won it.
For those who are thinking of going to Aston, the tackle shop has had a major refurbishment and is very well stocked.