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Rolfs Lake nr Wheatley Oxon
18/08/02
Rolf had a club match booked in the afternoon so hastily arranged for a open in the morning.
This does not normally fish that well as the carp tend to feed better as the day goes on.
It is normally catmeat or pellet that get the big weights but over recent weeks paste has been getting in the frame.For some reason foul hooking and pulling out of fish is occurring fishing the catmeat as i found out today.
I started off with a .75g float with catmeat on the hook and had to wait for 5mins before a bite.Kev Coke in the next peg had already hooked and lost 2 by then.When it did go under it was foul hooked and tore off until the elastic bottomed out and the rig came flying back.
A few adjustments were made and i started to connect with a few fish,only small carp about 2lb each but was still pulling out of foul hooked fish.Kev was suffering the same but a change to paste meant he was catching more than losing.I suffered all day long no matter what i tried.
Gary Thorpe won the match with 289lb and second had 196lb.Kev finished 5th with 105lb and lost a fish putting it in his keepnet which would have given him 4th.Me i caught 38lb and was well and truly battered.
Keith
Golfs a game for people who can't catch fish
18/08/02
Rolf had a club match booked in the afternoon so hastily arranged for a open in the morning.
This does not normally fish that well as the carp tend to feed better as the day goes on.
It is normally catmeat or pellet that get the big weights but over recent weeks paste has been getting in the frame.For some reason foul hooking and pulling out of fish is occurring fishing the catmeat as i found out today.
I started off with a .75g float with catmeat on the hook and had to wait for 5mins before a bite.Kev Coke in the next peg had already hooked and lost 2 by then.When it did go under it was foul hooked and tore off until the elastic bottomed out and the rig came flying back.
A few adjustments were made and i started to connect with a few fish,only small carp about 2lb each but was still pulling out of foul hooked fish.Kev was suffering the same but a change to paste meant he was catching more than losing.I suffered all day long no matter what i tried.
Gary Thorpe won the match with 289lb and second had 196lb.Kev finished 5th with 105lb and lost a fish putting it in his keepnet which would have given him 4th.Me i caught 38lb and was well and truly battered.
Keith

Golfs a game for people who can't catch fish