Bits and bobs been here and there!!

Well sorry for lack of blogs I've been out a few times but had a lot on lately!!! Anyway couple of Sundays ago on the 18th June went to Evesham for the Wychavon qualifier with Sam Johnson it's nice to get on natural venues now and then. Anyway turned out there was 83 fishing and it had fished hard on the Saturday. So we got into the draw early and I pulled 18 a couple up from the bridge in the town.for company had tom scholey from catch more media on 19 had a chat with him really nice guy. Didn't know anyone else and Sam drew the complete opposite end up in the 80s somewhere. Looking at Saturday's results my peg weighed in a pound so I wasn't over joyed with confidence but you never know  I had a load of Lilly's and cabbages in front of me and it was scorching red hot. Long story short I was sweating my nut off and working really hard for small perch and a couple of roach didn't feel I was going anywhere and I wanted to qualify so I went out on the gb feeder hoping for something bigger but it never happened tom scholey to my right weighed 2.6 pound and chap to my left 4 pound I weighed in a pitiful 10 oz in my peg was a nightmare I had a family picnicking behind me and loadsa people and dogs running a round kids throwing stuff in but oh well something different after I weighed made a very quick exit back down the m5 !!!!!!

Then on to Monday night evening sweep down summerlane drew peg 3 and to be honest fancied it for a few but ended up having a very stressful evening bumping and losing carp under the tree down my right hand side it was so frustrating as I had enough bumped and lost enough fish to easily win the match!!! But Jerry day had a good laugh watching me f  ing and blinding. That was the end of that. 

Then Thursday was are away day at Walters lake south cerney. Was really hoping for a nice day fishing relaxing never seen the place before I drew 7 blue on arrival was faced with some splashing carp at 17.5 m across

 I didn't wanna fish long on pole so opted for small method across, caster shallow at top 6 and my two edges.hour in and I hadn't had a bite except liners on method. Saw a few fish on my caster line tried it to no avail but was getting signs of fish but they wouldn't take the bait. I was now scratching my head so set a bottom line up there where I had been feeding for silvers and knocked up some gb and it was a mare every time I went on the deep rig there was fish shallow so switch to the shallow rig nothing changed baits hooks and all sorts I did finally hook one that pinged off then I had a small roach!!! Seemed every one was struggling it was now the last hour and I'd had 1 roach it was embarrassing but edge time gone down the left on the paste couple of twitches and buried and was finally playing a nice fish about 7 pound gone straight in again and I foul hooked another and that was it game over another tough session😡😡😡I'd really had enough now but we went for a carvery after and had some nice grub and some good banter.

So after having 3 bad matches in a row weekend off the fishing to get over the stress !!!!!! 

So Sunday night after kids gone to bed sort my kit for Monday night silvers only summerlane evening sweep done some expanders made 3 rigs and tied 20 hooklengths up on the gizmo zt pro hook tyer which is an awesome bit of kit. At the draw I kept pretty quite for a change and stayed back till the end second from last choice peg 18 carp flyer !!! Ere we go again I thought! On arrival at the peg there was big plooms of mud coming up all over the peg and it was like a bubble bath of carp soup 😡😡😡 so anyway stick to the plan 11 m straight out gb caster worm to the right expander over micro and maggot on the drop at 6m to the right. First put in float buried carp giving me the right run around on yellow hydro and 0.11 bottom but got it in and it was foul hooked in the pec !!!! Second drop carp bloody hell. So tried the expander line one small roach the bubbling had calmed down back on to the worm and had 3 boot lace eels and a skimmer. Christopher the jinx zackacs popped by and while he was there all I did was bump and lose fish so he chipped off then I had a couple but was slow put a couple of roach in the net on the mags and lost 2 carp bloody things !!!! Last ten mins back on the worm line carp then another I just pulled hard for a break and they abliged it was now 13 mins past 9 I needed more straight away had a skimmer without baiting or anything straight back out quick as possible and had another one just as I un hooked the fish all in was called at 9:15 what a frantic end to the match wish I could of carried on. I ended up with 5 skimmers and some bits to just win my section by 8 oz thank god as I needed a result and it does pay never give up 7.10 was my weight and that was 3rd on the night needed that as my pound coins have been going astray lately but managed to claw a few back.😜😜here's the standings in our little series with 2 matches left it's all to play for 

 Thanks for reading hopefully start getting amongst it again now !!!!!!

Brief summary sedges top kit and summerlane evening silvers

Right on Sunday it was sedges rnd 2 top kit series was hoping for another flyer in the shape of a corner peg as I won the first round from peg 40. So into the draw peg 35 bang in the middle 😡😡 plan was meat down the left by the tree pellet over pellet in front and all sorts down the right !! Had wind blowing in my face all day making presentation difficult but I soldiered on!!! After hooking the near shelf several times in the first hour pretty much biteless didn't know what to do !!!! As u don't have many options on just a top kit !!! After watching Ron stark have a busy first hour I was tearing my hair out. Tried my edges nothing doing so re plumbed come up the shelf a bit and started throwing pellets regular and started to get a few bites missed one then had a skimmer and a couple of small roach then a carp in the tail !!!!! Just stuck on that line pretty much had a few lifting and dropping they were shallow cos kept getting liners and foul hookers but when I went shallow couldn't get a bite so just kept lifting and dropping in the last 30 mins it was solid but too late I had a nice tench down the edge on punch meat and that was it!!! So I weighed in a pretty poor 33.10 oz for knowhere I didn't hang about paid jonny page a pound and chipped off Jamie cook won off 21. Don't know how many points I got but 5th had 55 pound so guessing around 10th ish out of 20 so onto the next one oh there was no moaning from Jon fuidge this week he was out of hearing range today 😂😂😂.but he did beat me !!! Well done to all 🎣🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟

So summerlane evening series on Monday night 15 fishing so good turnout won me section last week so was hoping same again I drew peg 7 which is good silvers peg I was happy with that but had a tough section with venue expert mark Thorne on 9 martin hale on 10 shaun partridge on 20 and Martin Silcox on 10. Good banter flying round all evening at the all in I wasn't ready I set up 2 rigs and wanted to set feeder up but didn't cos lack of time that was my first mistake !!!

Then I've sat on expanders for 20 mins missed a couple bites second mistake!!!

Then went on my gb worm and caster line had nice perch lovely then some small roach and finally a proper skimmer but couldn't keep them coming I've had a couple more eventually between landing and losing some big carp !!! Then the eels moved in foul hooked one then one in the mouth and then lost one to the silt 😡😡hopefully my few bits would be enough 😱😱😱🤞🤞🤞but it wasn't Martin hale won the match with 10 pound odd mark had 9 odd shaun pipped me by 10 oz I think so I only beat one in my five pegs with 7.3 😡😡😡oh well that's my dropper but learnt a bit for 2 weeks Time thanks to golly who lent me a bag of gb and dan and gav at fishing tackle warehouse for the quality service👌👌also thanks to matt Thomas for another pound and lee Phillips but had to give one to the summerlane smasher mark Thorne !!!!😂😂😂thanks for reading onwards and upwards might go acorn Thursday night but not sure as going Evesham Sunday for a nice change on the Wychavon qualifier bit of river fishing hopefully fluke a result would be nice 😜😜

Acorn evening match 6

Well after last weeks win was keen as mustard to get back to the lovely acorn fishery shame the traffic was a mare but made it in the end with a few mins to spare. Wasn't to sure how it would fish but plan was simple fish maggot and gb down the edges and trusty caster at top 5. 12 fishing tonight so not the great turn out of last week but still a nice lil comp plenty of space.couple of lads I know Lewis one leg jones was helped to his peg by his mate. And lee Phillips and the regular crowd pretty much!!!! In to the draw and I've pulled peg 12 where I drew in the 1st match and got battered either side by bartman and paul Nichols.hopefully do better Lewis jones drew the peg I won from last week so was a bit worried as he's been known to catch a few round the south west !!!!!!

 Weather didn't know what it was doing wind rain sun everything was in the mix. At the all in I've fed my lines pinged a few caster. And gone straight in shallow on the caster I did this as there seemed to be fish around but I was biteless for ten mins until I swung in a lil roach not what I was after I should of left it and fished the edges first but there was signs of fish so I perserveered on the caster shallow line. Started getting the odd fish but dangerous dan on 10 was having a few on the method !!!! By the first hour I probably had 20 pound they didn't seem to want it but they were there so I just carried on changing depths from 6 inches all the way to 2ft but when I went deeper just had liners and small roach. Adrian mercato and his lad come and sat behind me for a while so a good chat and laugh and a few more were caught and a couple of foul hookers lost 😡😡😡never mind I went down my edges a few times only getting liners and a couple of foul hookers.in to the last hour now and the wind died and an abundance of scum came and settled infront of me and the carp just seemed to be slurping it off the surface so when in reach I dropped my bait in there mouths or just in front and it was nailed a few times even picked off a nice ghosty that way. Dan seemed to slow down not saw him net much but kev perry on 8 looked like he was bagging. At the all out I guessed on 50 pound but wasn't sure so let adge have a sit and dangle on me pole while I packed up!!! Didn't think I'd be close. But I had to wait till last to find out!!! Thanks toby Parker lol!!! So packed up and followed the weigh in looked like most struggled but everyone caught fish we got round to Lewis jones and he put 67 pound on the scales and I didn't think I had that well done mate I said it's awesome fishing for 3 hours. Then chris fox had 92.13 I definitely didn't have that and then kev perry put 94.12 on to win the match. Then it was my turn i put on 71.01 oz on for 3rd quite happy with that shame I didn't get in the money but oh well. Well done to the two that beat me by a good 20 pound odd and well done to all that fished except pal lee Phillips who had a mare and had to give me another pound 👊😂😂😂 cheers mate . Sunday I will be at sedges hoping for a flyer again in the top kit series. 🎣🎣🎣🎣thanks for reading 👍👍👍👍

   

Weston aa summerlane evening sweep series rnd 1

Well 14 of Weston's finest turned up eventually for the draw there was talk of which flyers everyone wanted and some good banter flying round the car park. I sneaked into the draw fairly early hoping for 1.10.11.18 or 13 as these are the flyers usually.

I pulled 12 😫😫😫got to the peg and wind and rain was howling in to it in my face there was trees coming down and floating around everywhere. Only bonus was only 4 in my section so 3 to beat. Thought it was just gonna be one rod job but with wind blowing in left hand edge looked good. So just set up one rig for 2 spots one at top 5 and a half and one 14.5 m and the method. At the allin I fed both pole lines sparingly short one pellet and corn long one meat. So went in on the short one single corn and thought I would sit on it for 15 mins 10 mins passed by and out of knowhere float buried struck and a solid lump sat there I thought I was snagged and then the slowest carp in history plodded around my keepnets for 5 mins then surfaced and slipped the net under a plump 10 pound common 😊 lovely!!! So re fed and went long on meat nothing there yet. So came short nothing. Chucked the method out and wind was a pain along with trees had a few chucks nothing so left the rod alone fed pellet and corn long and sat on it fighting with my pole in the wind then eventually had a bite lifted pulled hard right then started shipping back and fish gone hook pulled doh!!😡😡😡re fed tried again had a real quite match no indications oh dear. Sean partridge on my right had 3 small carp and eel and skimmer so thought I was out of the running.  went short after a while had a bite struck fish gone mental played it best I could then ping it was foul hooked I was left with a scale 😪😪😪 so went long floats gone and boom a nice 8 pounder in net come on !!!!! But that was about it really couldn't see other two pegs but thought me and Sean were close at the all in he had a fish and I thought if he gets it he's beat me  so I'm stood up shouting come off come off 😂😂😂low and behold it snagged him in the bush and come off thank god !!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂 at the weigh in my 2 fish gone 18. 10 for the section win Sean put 15 on so that fish would have beat me 😂😂😂😂cheers well done to Wayne winning the match with 55 pound and taking a pound off me my 2 fish gave me 3rd place overall and more importantly section win and some side bet pound coins from mark (summerlane)Thorne lee (des) Phillips and new kid on the block matt Thomas 😂 FairPlay to everyone who braved the weather and still putting on a good bit of banter !!!!! Roll on Thursday at acorn and Sunday at sedges thanks for reading tight lines 🐟🐟🐟🎣🎣🎣🎣

Acorn evening match 5

Usual rush round like a loon to get work done get kit and head to the fishery in time for the draw. 18 booked on tonight.mark Bartlett fishing again paul Nichols back and a few pals this week lee (des) Phillips.moley.martin Hale Sam Johnson few other people I've met through fishing but no ivan currie thought he must of been scared of giving me another pound 😜. Anyway into the draw I wanted anywhere but up the top as it's not done great in these evening matches. I pulled 38 wasn't too sure about the peg and confidence was falling out of me with the amount fishing tonight and then mr Bartlett rocked up next door who absolutely battered me from the next peg in the 1st match oh well do what I set out to do!!! That's Shawn kittridge across a peg up from where he beat me from last week👊. Right plan was feed caster at top 5 and nick a couple down the edge to start at the all in fed a small ball of sensas black lake (all I had )down the edge with a few mags in. Pinged caster out in front like a machine from the off 💪 4 at a time and didn't do anything over the far bank as wanted to catch short as possible would only go over there if desperate! So first puttin down the edge twitch twitch boom a nice plump lil 4 pounder in the net settled me In nicely fed edge again and constantly spraying caster in front started to see signs of fish there. Had another look down the right but was getting ragged out by small fish😫😫right now it's time onto the hook put 2 whitish casters on and a dark one couple of minutes past by and boom an angry carp shot out me peg still feeding like a machine whilst playing the fish and a bit of banter with the England big carp supremo next door another one in the net the sport wasn't fast and furious but steady I kept changing depths to find quicker bites and I would get spells of 2 or 3 fish in quick succession.then nothing for what seemed like forever. First hour gone now and reckoned I had 25 pound in the net. Need more faster!!! The wind died off then and ripple stoped and the bites dried up a lil bit but undeterred those caster were going in!!!! I mugged a couple had a couple of roach and Rudd tried a bit deeper and struck a tiny perch out of the water poor lil fella. So back shallow and the fish started coming thick and fast and was getting some proper fish now upto 8 pound ish and smaller f1s in the mix I didn't care was having a nice evening. The last 15 mins couldn't get the rig back in quick enough was solid.😃😃so the all in was called and mark shouted have you seen anyone catching I said no not really not in numbers Adrian mercato came along and said he'd packed up early and that they struggled up the top mr kittridge didn't seem to be doin a lot all match and couldn't see many others so fingers crossed 🤞 didn't know what I had as lost count again and didn't get clicker out. I reckoned 60 to 70 but I'm rubbish with weights. So chucked the kit in the van and joined the weigh in des Phillips was leading the pack with 35 pound. Everyone saying I've won already what u got??? I went round with the weigh having a giggle and a bit of banter with everyone and it had fished rock hard compared to previous weeks!! But not for me 😜😜😜 everyone gathered around as I pulled my nets out silvers 1st had a pound of them then with me carp tipped the scales round to 90.10oz get in there was only 3 more to weigh but they didn't have enough thank god.i was using a Preston inline dibber 4x12 with Preston reflo fluro in 0.17 to a 0.15 bottom.guru xs 16 hook.all complemented by white hydro.

All in all was feeling very happy with the result it's taken me long enough but been getting closer every week took some welcome pound coins from Shawn kittridge sam Johnson lee Phillips and toby Parker cheers lads bit disappointed Ivan wasn't out to play hope all is well!!

So another great evening at acorn with some good lads and I've gone home with some achey arms and a big grin again and few notes in the wallet.

Fishing is brilliant when you win you feel amazing when your close to the frame you can try learn more and get yourself up there but only takes one or two bad matches and find yourself thinking golf shall I ???? Never !!!!!!! 😜😜😜😜thanks for reading 🎣🎣🎣🎣🎣🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟