Phil's day

Good evening to all, the Weds club fished its weekly match on the Club's Backwater part of the River Stort. It was a wet day but I am used to that now but at least it dried up before the weigh in. I drew peg 14 not a bad peg and I was in with a chance. Made up three lines: over to the barge;and down the middle; and a perch line on the inside. The flow was very good and the colour was dropping out all the while. I did chopped worm over to the barge, bread punch down the middle track and worm and mags on my inside line. It took 45 minutes to get a bite but they were there. Did all my catching down the middle track on red maggots - tried the punch but they were so small - 50 to the pound size. I weighed in 3lbs 5oz most were 2 or 1 oz fish but had a couple of 4 to 5 oz, 1 being a 4oz skimmer hybrid.

1st Phil Whitmill with 3lbs 5oz, 2nd Mark Halverson with 3lbs 3oz and 3rd Rob Calderon with 2lbs 3oz. Pic is Dave Fuller and John Todd on pegs 13 and 12.