Phil's day

Hi to all, the Weds club fished its match at Hall Farm. The weather looked promising and with very little or no wind it looked like a good day. I drew peg 3 not normally in but I had to reorganise the lower bank pegs as peg 1 was under water. I made up three lines for the pole and my feeder for a bit further out. I started with cupping out at 10 meters with corn and pellets and my two margin lines with pellets, micros and maggots. I started off on the feeder and got a small carp in the first 10 minutes; another cast and another carp and then nothing. Stayed on this thinking they would come back but no. So onto the pole. I could see Fred next door was catching. I tried the 10 meter line but, apart from a few bites from rudd, little else so onto the margins. I fished both margins for an hour but nothing and was about to go back on feeder when I got my first margin fish of the day so stayed in the margin for the rest of the day getting the odd carp but a better size. It was neck and neck with Fred next door but managed to beat him it was close I weighed in 36lbs 14oz.

1st John Carter with 102lbs 15oz, 2nd Yorkie with 56lbs 6oz, 3rd Bill Beeston with 51lbs 15oz and 4th Phil Whitmill with 36lbs 14oz. Worth a mention was the 2lbs 2oz perch Terry caught the likes of which have not been seen for many a year at Hall Farm.