Only a brief blog because I still have lots to catch up on. Non descript are the only two words I can find for these two matches.
On Saturday 3rd I fished the Lindholme open which was scheduled to be on Oasis. There was about 28 anglers on which is perfect for Oasis really but there was also half of Laurels free too. Owner Neil held a pre match vote as to whether anglers wanted just the one lake or Laurels included too, which would mean more space for those on Oasis with those drawing Laurels sharing the lake with the club match. I’m all for a fair match so I voted just Oasis, but unfortunately I was outvoted. As a result I just knew Oasis would win and sods law dictated that I drew Laurels 25. A point peg but when I arrived there I found I was sharing what isn’t a very large bay with five club anglers. Game over.
On Saturday 3rd I fished the Lindholme open which was scheduled to be on Oasis. There was about 28 anglers on which is perfect for Oasis really but there was also half of Laurels free too. Owner Neil held a pre match vote as to whether anglers wanted just the one lake or Laurels included too, which would mean more space for those on Oasis with those drawing Laurels sharing the lake with the club match. I’m all for a fair match so I voted just Oasis, but unfortunately I was outvoted. As a result I just knew Oasis would win and sods law dictated that I drew Laurels 25. A point peg but when I arrived there I found I was sharing what isn’t a very large bay with five club anglers. Game over.
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| Peg 25 Laurels |
I had a good laugh with the anglers on the other match, at one point a grass snake swam from across the lake to one of them. I shouted over so he didn’t miss it, just as it went under his keepnets and under his platform. I’ve never seen a grown man move so fast and jump off his box! Fishing wise I struggled early doors but caught well shallow later on when the cross wind turned to blow off my back. I ended up with 101lb which I knew would not be enough. Sean Cameron was behind me on 23 and only had two other anglers in his bay, he won our lake with a cracking effort of 141lb. Unfortunately he just missed out on framing, if he had I would have got a default section win.
Match Result
1. J Allerton 157lb Oasis 56
2. A Macloud 153lb Oasis 22ish
3. S Barraclough 142lb Oasis 2
4. S Cameron 141lb Laurels 23
Match Result
1. J Allerton 157lb Oasis 56
2. A Macloud 153lb Oasis 22ish
3. S Barraclough 142lb Oasis 2
4. S Cameron 141lb Laurels 23
The Oaks, Sunday 4th August
Beech 8
The day after I ventured to the Oaks at Sessay on the three New Lakes. These are like swimming pools with between 22 and 30 pegs and they all feature the deepest part of the peg at 6m, before it slopes up to a shallow bar at 13m of about 2.5ft which carries on right across to the other side. They are very fair lakes but for some reason the biggest one, Sycamore, has been by far the best one to draw this year. A few matches ago I managed to get on Sycamore and had 138lb for second, but the weights have been much higher, with 180s and 190s recorded even at weekends.
I wasn’t impressed to draw Beech 8. This was a great area last year but not in 2013 and my match never got going, with the wind off my back I hoped to catch shallow but it had been windy and rainy recently and I never got a fish this way. I couldn’t catch on a Method feeder and had to stick it out down the edge for odd runs of fish. It was the same for everyone on our bank but on the opposite side in the wind they were catching well tight in the edge in 10-12ins of water. I had a miserable 73lb which wasn’t the worst on our bank. Ian Bowman is an oaks regular and Barnsley Black and tipped back 50 – 60lb to my right, and Mark Calvert, another good local, had 87lb on Beech 2 which has been the best peg on Beech this year. I could have done significantly better had I got the edge right and had a bit more experience with paste, but I'm not sure I could have troubled the frame or section default.
Match Result
1. A Hampson 128lb B18
2. I Bailey 123lb A3
3. C Kendall and C Hall 122lb, Sycamore 12 and 2
4. L Hawksworth 121lb S25
The day after I ventured to the Oaks at Sessay on the three New Lakes. These are like swimming pools with between 22 and 30 pegs and they all feature the deepest part of the peg at 6m, before it slopes up to a shallow bar at 13m of about 2.5ft which carries on right across to the other side. They are very fair lakes but for some reason the biggest one, Sycamore, has been by far the best one to draw this year. A few matches ago I managed to get on Sycamore and had 138lb for second, but the weights have been much higher, with 180s and 190s recorded even at weekends.
I wasn’t impressed to draw Beech 8. This was a great area last year but not in 2013 and my match never got going, with the wind off my back I hoped to catch shallow but it had been windy and rainy recently and I never got a fish this way. I couldn’t catch on a Method feeder and had to stick it out down the edge for odd runs of fish. It was the same for everyone on our bank but on the opposite side in the wind they were catching well tight in the edge in 10-12ins of water. I had a miserable 73lb which wasn’t the worst on our bank. Ian Bowman is an oaks regular and Barnsley Black and tipped back 50 – 60lb to my right, and Mark Calvert, another good local, had 87lb on Beech 2 which has been the best peg on Beech this year. I could have done significantly better had I got the edge right and had a bit more experience with paste, but I'm not sure I could have troubled the frame or section default.
Match Result
1. A Hampson 128lb B18
2. I Bailey 123lb A3
3. C Kendall and C Hall 122lb, Sycamore 12 and 2
4. L Hawksworth 121lb S25
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