I was sitting in 12th before today's results but it was joint 5th so all to play for needed a good result today to try and finish in the top 5.Any way into the draw and I've pulled out peg 4 brick 😫😫the cold wind was blowing in there and didn't look nice only bonus was 1 2 and 3 not In.for company on 5 had Alvin jones we a good chat and a bit of a laugh through the match. On the opposite bank could see jonny page and Jason fearn living the dream in t shirts 😎😎😎. For me the fishing was pour started on the tip 3 bites no fish and snapped hooklength from a carp
Alvin next door was doin the same but think he landed a small skimmer and 40 mins in he's gone on the pole and it was solid in front of him first put in 2 pounder 2nd put in he's waving a 4 pounder at me saying look at this old dog !!!!! So I've gone in on mine had hardly any signs and struggled while next doors having one a chuck smaller skimmers ffs. So kept feeding trying my different lines hooking and losing odd carp then 1 o clock has a belting run of 3 small skimmers then nothing 😡😡😡 wasn't getting any signs so went out further kept trying different lines couldn't get a pull except from carp. Couldn't wait for it to end to be honest. It was a very uncomfortable day with cold wind in the face again!!!! But sunshine all day even got burnt 
so at the scales I've weighed in 1 pound 3 oz for a nice last in section cheers !!!! To top it off me mucker mark Thorne won his section and jonny page so payed them the usual nugget and they are both now in contention for a top 3 finish well done lads. 
Never mind on to the final round next week see if I can get some consolation section money or at worst case win me nuggets back of pagey and thorney. 😃😃😃until next time hope everyone had a great day 👋👋🎣🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟🐟🐟
Peg 35 today tile lake wind blowing a hooligan In my face all day. So set the gb feeder up and 2 pole lines at about 10 m ish. One with expander over 4mm and the other corn and pellet. After last weeks bad result for me wasn't expecting much but was confident of a few fish. So the horn sounded from next door making me jump 😂 I fed the two pole lines and chucked out the tip with my faithful double pinky and single white was trying to see what Jamie cook the fishery owner was up to and my rod was being pulled off the rest . After a 5 min scrap with an angry carp around 8 lb it was netted and returned safely. Jamie seemed to be catching from the off on pole but I thought I'd chuck the tip back out. 15 motionless mins passed with a nice brew out the flask. Right time for the pole as Jamie was catching first put in 4mm expander float buried struck and nothing undeterred and anxious knowing there was something there I stuck at it presentation was difficult due to the wind but finally it went again and up to the surface nice bream around 2 pound lovely here we go cad potted in a sprinkle of 4mm and away we go I was getting regular bites but the skimmers were getting smaller I missed a few bites and 2 come off at the net think I was pulling too hard got excited but the bites dried up and the wind got worse so potted in a big pot left it for half hour went on the tip not a sniff on that.back on the expanders carp about 4 pound scraping away I was hoping it was a tench !!! Then the wind went even worse it was mental bait boxes were flying towels and all sorts I nearly smacked the bloke to my right with my pole as the wind took it that way was clinging on for dear life😂😂 then my guru bait brolley with my side tray decided to go for a fly !!! All my bait was on the floor it nearly smashed 2 top kits 😱😱😱so I'm now down on my hands and knees in mud trying to salvage my bait 😂😂😂 I nearly went home cos it was nearly un fishable at times but I took a deep breath went and had a chat with mark Thorne who was bagging up behind me and reset my self I struggled for the rest of the match missing bites and landing couple more skimmers and another carp. Finally horns gone made me jump again thank god it was over packed up pretty quick and waited to be weighed and watched the weighing behind me 
shane pope section winner 
mark Thorne said he had 25 pound turned out he won the match with 46lb well done bud 
scales came to me thought I was last in section as Jamie seemed to be catching and the bloke to my right but I weighed in 6.08 lb followed the weigh and I done enough to win the section happy days glad I stayed 😁😁😁😁
thanks for reading tight lines until next time 🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣😜😜😁😁😃😃😃😱😂😂