Phil's day

Hi all, the Weds club fished its match on Hall Farm big lake. The weather was lovely and warm with it getting hot by late afternoon. I drew peg 12 at the draw bag not a brilliant peg but it has its moments and can turn up a goodish weight. I made only two lines up both long down the margins that's the pole sorted and a feeder for further along the margins. On the pole line I fed two areas with pellet and corn with a mix of green Swim Stim groundbait with micro pellets mixed in. First the feeder and I stayed in range of the catapult so as to feed 6mm pellets over the top. Sat on this and off for half my match with nothing to show for it so decided to wait it out on pole line. Within an hour got my first carp of a good size for there at 6lb or so. As my afternoon went on more carp showed up and I put a half decent weight in the net by the end of the match I weighed in 44lbs 14oz.

The match is split into two half's high bank and low bank as the high bank constantly catches bigger weights so the money is paid out more fairly, 1st place and golden peg winner Rob Calderón with 93lbs 5oz H/B , 2nd John Carter with 74lbs 4oz H/B , 1st Terry Moranda with 58lbs 15oz L/B , 2nd Peter Green with 52lbs 8oz L/B. The pic is a few of the lads after the match. My thanks goes to Rob in helping do the grunt work weighing in.