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Sunday 27 July 2014

2014 - ASHPOLE SPINNEY - Silvers match (Tench included )



Previous day had seen the 'Weed-cutters club ' give the weed a good bashing as this bloody green stuff was starting to get out of control again ! A fantastic turn out by the heart and soul of the GAC saw a massive removal of the enemy but expect a few more days like that unless we stock 2000 carp    :)

The draw was taken early and the hands went in for that eager knowledge of who has got what ? My turn came and i took the peg 10 which i know well however i felt the better draw was on the opposite side when its partly shaded. 










Opposite


To my left



To my right



Opposite to the small island



Todays rigs : SENSAS PPC 0.2 / 0.4 / 0.6 gr to 0.14 on Sensas Feeling line.



The Office















It was hard fishing and Tench were the species to get as the Roach and Rudd were not really having it . Perch and Tench made up the weights however the Carp were an unwelcome nuisance as many people hooked them , i did and had 6 on landing just the one but smashing 2 rigs  :(

The previous days weed clearance had given some clearer channels through the weed but the hot sunshine day seas not complicit to good fishing with the water looking very clear as the 'lumps' swam around the pool followed by speeding shoals of Roach and Rudd who were not that interested.

1st John Mammoth Baloo Kilby 14lb 0z
2nd Phil Ackerley 8lb 15oz
3rd mick campbell 8lb 13oz
4th chris bradshaw 8lb 2oz
5th terry barton 7lb 4oz
6th dean chamberlin 7lb 2oz
=7th alan bennifer 5lb 6oz
=7th rob tait 5lb 6oz
9th Richard Davenport 4lb 14oz
10th Andrew Porter 2lb 13oz


Still a great day out with the GAC piscatorials






2014 - GEAR FOR SALE - RIVE TRAYS/UMBRELLAS/LINE/SHOT/BOLO RODS/10'FEEDER RODS

RIVE STACK FOR SALE COMPRISING OF A :
LID X1
90MM DEEP BASE X1   £35
60MM DRAW X 2    £45 each
30MM DRAW X 1 £40
30MM TRAY X2 GREEN WINDERS  £35 each
30MM TRAY X2 PURPLE WINDERS  £35 each
30MM TRAY X1 PINK/GREEN WINDERS £40
30MM TRAY X2 SEA BLUE WINDERS  £45 each
30MM HOOK LENGTH TRAY X1  £40
60/90MM TRAY FOR BLACK WINDERS X1  £50

OFFERS FOR THE WHOLE LOT AS RELUCTANT TO SPLIT (FLOATS ON WINDERS SHOWN NOT INCLUDED) and does not include Postage and packing.


















Whole stack ….offers ?



2 Umbrellas , one never used and the other used over a 3 year period ….offers ?
£20 and £15




  

Top quality Italian whip set , 5 whips for £100-00 , 2 lots









Maros and Exner Bolo floats …..Cralusso also. Enquire what you are looking for in Bolo floats and i get back to you


TOP-MIX and EXNER pole floats …..brilliant craftsmanship 
200 floats , best Hungarian quality, make an offer for all.










Barbless hooks XPS and Lucifer







Good quality line reel and rig line. 60 packets of line …..make us an offer


BOLO RODS

COLMIC XT250 7M -USED ONCE   - £100
CASINI EXCELLENCE 7M - USED 3 TIMES £130
TRABUCCO ASTORE 6M NEW NEVER USED £110
TRABUCCO ATTRACTIVE 6M NEVER USED £110


Saturday 26 July 2014

2014 - SELLING PRESTON SPACE STATION - SOLD NOW !

Hallo fellow piscatorials   SOLD !

    I have just finished cleaning my old and trusty PI Space station which must be at least 7 years old . I am placing the whole package up for sale .
    Included in the package is :

4 flat rollers (2 Avanti 2 Browing and one is damaged)
Mega side tray
small tray
feeder arm and attachment
Mega holdall
Cooler bag
Rod holdall
Pole tops roost
Umbrella
Several attachments

Listening for offers of £160-00 for the whole lot !

sold









Thursday 24 July 2014

2014 - GREENHILL AC - ASHPOLE SPINNEY - A MAGGOT DAY WITH THE RESIDENTS

A week off work before starting a new contract so decided to have a mid-weeker on the local club waters . Fabulous fishery near Cosby in the heart of South Leicestershire called Ashpole Spinney , it has Common carp , Mirror Carp , Leather Carp to 25lb  , Tench to 4lb , Chub to 6.5lb , Roach to 1.5lb , Rudd to 1.5lb , Perch to 3.5 lb.
Decided to purchase 3 pints of maggots and fill it in against the expected onslaught of greedy surface fish . Expectancy is high as i know the quantity of fish in this lake is huge but the problem is the Carp soon latch on to the free offerings and my light rigs will be tested.


I chose peg 21 for the days fun.



All set up and ready to rock n roll 


Midlands Angling Supplies Ltd …….very nice !

 MASsive thats us , soon to go online , watch out for our floats ranges , just awsome !







Crackin weight of fish just fishing at 5 metres on the maggot using SENSAS 5-8 Yellow elastic , using their CXX range floats and their hooks and line , faultless !
Reckon i had 30lb plus , possibly nearer the 40 mark


The Sensas Bait table canopy …..essential today to keep the maggots from being roasted.




 Flat roller is just class , really good construction with good mechanised legs


 The 660 Box , nice construction , many options and features ….review later



Monday 21 July 2014

2014 - SENSAS SOAR MASTERS No.3 July 20th - SUTTON BONNINGTON

Several days before this one the weather was causing a stir as with the humid and breathless heat the storms were created and with that thunder and lightening. However by the Friday it looked like the Sunday match would escape this and all be well except for a flurry of rain . As it was it was a light rain be it for 5 minutes or more , and no adverse weather .
As we travelled to the Anchor Pub over at Hathern just outside Loughborough on the morning of the match we passed over several vantage points of the soar and could see an increased colour in the water which suggested we could be looking at a rise of several inches , it was.


Peg drawn with a little dismay as i had duties for the day and a 500 metre walk there and back plus an obstacle course , but i need the exercise and i don't mind !



Match started well as i caught small fish after the initial bombardment of 7 balls of 50/50 leam/Gros gardonnes laced with chop , dead pinkie and hemp .
The fish however did come in small and i did wonder if it was the right tactic as i noticed several anglers to my left go straight on the feeder and catch , a few lumps ! . Wish i had brought mine along , bad mistake !
However as the match progressed i caught many pairs of eyes and a whole string of species like bull head , minnow , gudgeon , bleak , perch , roach , skimmer , hybrid , chublette.  With 2 hours to play and starting to claw back on fish with more bites showing disaster struck as my no.8 joint broke and i spent 3 dodgy minutes rescuing from the surface of the water as for a few heart stopping moments the top 7 and a bit of the no.8 drifted out from the bank . Thanks to Stan piecha to my right for words of encouragement in the rescue process.

On the match section to my left Sean Ashby was performing Tai-chi with his feeder rod as it looked to be his main line of attack which ultimately in the end did prove to be the match winning catch with a staggering 11 kilos ! several bream and skimmers.

Weighing in our section :

 The man the myth the legend which is Stan the man Piecha .


 Mr Gent with a fine brace of Perch for a section 2nd of 3,6 kilos


 Mr .Oakes with a section win of 6,6 kilos

I finished 3rd in section with 2,5 kilos and needed the bonus fish , lost the one decent fish a bream on the flat float so i could have competed on the day but made a bad mistake of not setting up a feeder , silly mistake.



 Back in the Anchor and the Joff-Miester handed out the days spoils to the section winners . MrOakes collecting his for our section.


The days master angler with an incredible 11 kilos was Sean Ashby Tai chi master , i reckon this bloke can fish a bit !

Bring on the next round !