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Today was the 2nd novelty pairs match I’ve ran and at same venue as last year and same set up one on bomb/ feeder on Lambsdown pool (big lake ) and on warren pool (smaller lake ) float only
After 18 of the 32 turned up for breakfast at the pub it wasn’t going to be a shorts and suntan day as unlike last years baking hot sun it was a chilly 6 degrees when we got to fishiery
So everyone starts paying me pools etc and I was one missing at 859 so I checked phone and we were going to have a no show again match organiser worst nightmare ( it seems a regular occurrence on this match ) made worse by fact I’d got a lot of raffle prizes and I’d picked someone up whose car had died on Friday morning so I left my tackle at home otherwise I’d have fished as was pole angler who wasn’t coming again in a pairs match is not ideal so just before the draw someone said they wouldn’t fish to even it up even though I had a contingency plan in place in case of this happening but this funny talking bloke was insistent
So on to draw which was two bags of my famous orange ping pong balls one for each lake
I gave Alan Alan the nearest peg to car park and few of younger lads helped him get his stuff to his home for next 5 hours
So on to the fishing and on my first walk to big lake to drop scales etc of it was quick trip back to van for fleece as the wind was freezing and whilst chatting to everyone it was noticeable that it was slow at start and could be a hard match
There was usual banter as kirtons was drawn near his trainer gutsy and the other side was LGBT member ( whose name I’ve forgotten) sure chappo or one of Stowe lads will remind me and also just below was a lad who been in Adam wakelin ear all week getting info and a very strong smell of polony from a guru clothed angler which I think you could smell miles away
On walking to smaller lake my 1st port of call I came across a tree littered with socks and other clothing on asking what’s going on reply was a expensive section dropped in so went after it and fortunately he got it and had spare pair of socks lol
On the walk around here again it was looking likely to be hard with not many fish being caught but what was noticeable was it was top coat colder on smaller lake with the wind so after chatting with a few I made my way for drink and undo my chocolate bag and a treat for Curts and gutsy
So below are the top two on each lake brief match report and the rest of winners in pairs
Feeder/ bomb
1st Lucas gough 49lb 2oz
I've set up 3 rods including 2 x 12ft 2" matrix horizon xs slims one with a 40g guru hybrid feeder at 55m and the other with a conventional cage feeder at 40m, 3rd rod was a 11ft 6" matrix horizon xs slim with a Preston ics at 20m.
First chuck of the match on the hybrid feeder produced one carp and then despite swapping and changing baits and lines no further bites for the next 3 hours of the match.
Around 90 minutes before the end I've come back onto my 20m line with a hair rigged pellet and I've caught a further 7 carp and lost 3.
I've probably fed around a pint of pellets all match and a few dead reds through the conventional cage.
Managed to weigh 49lb and a few ounces to win the feeder lake.
2nd
Clive Hamilton 48lb 8oz
fished method at 40 mtrs, with micros & and banded pellet, changing to groundbait halfway through, he made sure he cast out every 2 minutes
Float
1st
Dan the man tarrent
55lb 6oz
i caught half the silvers at 13m over gb and dead maggs and a the other at 2+2 on meat feeding meat in a toss pot and a few pellets by hand over top,cheers for a nice day,top job mucker ?
2nd
Ian lillystone
37lb 2oz
few skimmers on 6 mm hard pellet 13 metre with a rogue 10 lb carp ,then later on 7 metre line on 6 mm expanders.mainly skimmers and a few stockie carp .
Those match reports are what the anglers sent me
Pairs results
1st
Martin 2468. And Dan the man
101 lb 14oz
2nd
Clive and Trevor b
67 lb 12 oz
3rd
Kirtons and Chefster
63lb 6oz
Whilst at the pub chappo took over the raffle as think he could sell sand to Arabs and what also helped was the amazing table full of prizes which I will thank everyone for at end I think most people who came back ended up with few prizes as was that much
On to main bit now and reason for match we raised £560 quid on day which is a tremendous amount for a one day match
So many thanks to everyone who contributed and fished
Special thanks to the folk below who donated raffle prizes
Bobco tackle Leeds
Nathan’s of derby
Cadence tackle
Drennan
Future fishing
Evolved groundbait
Benwicks
Ng floats
John Webb
Neil of nene
Colmic tackle
And sorry if missed anyone of this list
I very much appreciate everyone that turned up today and raised some money for great cause
Thanks
Bricky
After 18 of the 32 turned up for breakfast at the pub it wasn’t going to be a shorts and suntan day as unlike last years baking hot sun it was a chilly 6 degrees when we got to fishiery
So everyone starts paying me pools etc and I was one missing at 859 so I checked phone and we were going to have a no show again match organiser worst nightmare ( it seems a regular occurrence on this match ) made worse by fact I’d got a lot of raffle prizes and I’d picked someone up whose car had died on Friday morning so I left my tackle at home otherwise I’d have fished as was pole angler who wasn’t coming again in a pairs match is not ideal so just before the draw someone said they wouldn’t fish to even it up even though I had a contingency plan in place in case of this happening but this funny talking bloke was insistent
So on to draw which was two bags of my famous orange ping pong balls one for each lake
I gave Alan Alan the nearest peg to car park and few of younger lads helped him get his stuff to his home for next 5 hours
So on to the fishing and on my first walk to big lake to drop scales etc of it was quick trip back to van for fleece as the wind was freezing and whilst chatting to everyone it was noticeable that it was slow at start and could be a hard match
There was usual banter as kirtons was drawn near his trainer gutsy and the other side was LGBT member ( whose name I’ve forgotten) sure chappo or one of Stowe lads will remind me and also just below was a lad who been in Adam wakelin ear all week getting info and a very strong smell of polony from a guru clothed angler which I think you could smell miles away
On walking to smaller lake my 1st port of call I came across a tree littered with socks and other clothing on asking what’s going on reply was a expensive section dropped in so went after it and fortunately he got it and had spare pair of socks lol
On the walk around here again it was looking likely to be hard with not many fish being caught but what was noticeable was it was top coat colder on smaller lake with the wind so after chatting with a few I made my way for drink and undo my chocolate bag and a treat for Curts and gutsy
So below are the top two on each lake brief match report and the rest of winners in pairs
Feeder/ bomb
1st Lucas gough 49lb 2oz
I've set up 3 rods including 2 x 12ft 2" matrix horizon xs slims one with a 40g guru hybrid feeder at 55m and the other with a conventional cage feeder at 40m, 3rd rod was a 11ft 6" matrix horizon xs slim with a Preston ics at 20m.
First chuck of the match on the hybrid feeder produced one carp and then despite swapping and changing baits and lines no further bites for the next 3 hours of the match.
Around 90 minutes before the end I've come back onto my 20m line with a hair rigged pellet and I've caught a further 7 carp and lost 3.
I've probably fed around a pint of pellets all match and a few dead reds through the conventional cage.
Managed to weigh 49lb and a few ounces to win the feeder lake.
2nd
Clive Hamilton 48lb 8oz
fished method at 40 mtrs, with micros & and banded pellet, changing to groundbait halfway through, he made sure he cast out every 2 minutes
Float
1st
Dan the man tarrent
55lb 6oz
i caught half the silvers at 13m over gb and dead maggs and a the other at 2+2 on meat feeding meat in a toss pot and a few pellets by hand over top,cheers for a nice day,top job mucker ?
2nd
Ian lillystone
37lb 2oz
few skimmers on 6 mm hard pellet 13 metre with a rogue 10 lb carp ,then later on 7 metre line on 6 mm expanders.mainly skimmers and a few stockie carp .
Those match reports are what the anglers sent me
Pairs results
1st
Martin 2468. And Dan the man
101 lb 14oz
2nd
Clive and Trevor b
67 lb 12 oz
3rd
Kirtons and Chefster
63lb 6oz
Whilst at the pub chappo took over the raffle as think he could sell sand to Arabs and what also helped was the amazing table full of prizes which I will thank everyone for at end I think most people who came back ended up with few prizes as was that much
On to main bit now and reason for match we raised £560 quid on day which is a tremendous amount for a one day match
So many thanks to everyone who contributed and fished
Special thanks to the folk below who donated raffle prizes
Bobco tackle Leeds
Nathan’s of derby
Cadence tackle
Drennan
Future fishing
Evolved groundbait
Benwicks
Ng floats
John Webb
Neil of nene
Colmic tackle
And sorry if missed anyone of this list
I very much appreciate everyone that turned up today and raised some money for great cause
Thanks
Bricky
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) I don't care what the results say I won yesterday ........ My No 8 section slid off the platform, straight in the drink, tilted upwards and sank out of sight. 
In consolation I was awarded 10 points for artistic creativity from the judges on the far bank. 
⛄️Well done to all the winners and framers ??
