Rob's day

Hi All

On the Stort Backwater today – touch and go as the weekend rain had put colour and flow into the river. Definitely fishable but was going to be difficult. Pegs up to 14 put in as the water was rushing through 18 the day before. I drew peg 7 which was mainly a trot through on the far bank as shallow and snaggy anywhere else. Really needed a slack but the only calm water was on the left between the boats and close to Terry on peg 8 and also full of branches/twigs so left that. Started on bread punch for nothing so changed to trotting a stick float through with maggots which after about an hour produced one bite – a 4oz roach then nothing.

Spent the rest of the match scratching around for bites and ended up with 4 roach for 8oz. Elsewhere the low number pegs struggled but Phil sneaked in a good perch near the end on peg 5 to frame. Upstream to river seemed to fish better with John Todd weighing in a good 3lbs 4oz for an easy win. Bill on 9 and John Carter on 13 also catching a few for 2nd and 3rd with 1lbs 13oz and 1lbs 10oz respectively.

Picture is the winning peg 10 – sadly minus John as I only remembered to take photos after everyone had gone home.