Phil's day

Good morning to all, the Weds club fished its interclub match against Abbey Cross on Beggar's Hall club lake this week. I drew peg 12 not an area where I would have chosen but that's the luck of the draw. I got to my peg and decided, as I was in a poor low weight section, I would fish for the roach and perch but with heavy rigs just in case. It was going to be 1 line by the lily pads and a feeder as far out as I could cast to get near the island. I fed reds and micro pellets by the pads and 6mm pellet on the feeder. Well the feeder after an hour was a total loss so moved to my pole line and got as close to the lily pads as I dare and started to pick up the odd good roach. The plan was working 'tll I hooked a carp and straight into the pads with not a chance and I came back hookless. Nevermind, back on the roach and got to 1 ish and the float went under and struck to the pads direction and the carp pulled in the opposite direction and landed him for 8 or 9 lbs. I hooked two more carp unfortunately they were wised up and went in the pads for a loss. I weighed in 11lb 3oz

The lake was split into 2 secs high and low banks to make it a fair match. Low bank 1st Phil Whitmill with 11lbs 3oz, 2nd Martin Adams with 10lbs 8oz and 3rd Peter Green with 9lbs 7oz. High Bank 1st Tony Cruci with 48lbs 13 oz, 2nd Rob Calderón with 45lbs 11oz and 3rd Bill Beeston with 31lbs 5oz. The pic is looking down the lake from my peg 12. It was very close with Abbey Cross winning the day with 40 points to BS's 38 points.