It has been a great pleasure to be invited by the Wigston AC to fish the last three of their matches and being only 5 minutes away it was hard not to attend .
http://www.wigstonanglingsociety.co.uk/index.html
The previous matches i started to get used to the waters and how they fished and learnt much from the Wigston lads who are the team that finished second last year in the Soar valley winter league. The previous match i could have realised a potential win however losing a tench or carp plus a good skimmer cost me but i still enjoyed the 2nd place.
This match saw us return to the Manor Restaurant section opposite the houses and we all hoped for a good bagging match . Was it to be ?
Being an ardent Leicester city FC fan and very much an armchair Blue Army fan i thought i would show the poster that was so much shared on Facebook and became to symbolise the fight to safety . on the same day as the match they were playing QPR at home already guaranteed Premier league next season.
I drew end peg 8
Rigs of the day - explained in the video.
Sunday lunch for the expectants
View opposite .......Decided on a 11m line to the big tree to the left where i dumped hemp / caster / pellets and corn ...... looking for any large skimmer or a creature .
View to my right is the favourite house i would dearly love to have ( 6 winning numbers please on the Lotto :) )
The rest of the guys spreading out and around the corner to the lock.
The concern we all had was the clarity of the water which was unusually clear and weed was starting to dominate the near shelf and far shelf .
I started with potting in 3 times on my creature line and potted a little in 2 places far side in front either side of the stage . The near shelf i did not bother with as i though the first boat through could kill anything off close and middle.
I decided to go for small fish straight the way and using a SENSAS Desque Burk 0.1gr to 0.12/0.08 SENSAS Super Comp line to sensas 3405 size 18 hook. First placement saw the capture of a see-through Rudd quickly followed by several Rudd and Roach in the first 15 minute all on either double pinkie or single red , sizes varying from 1oz to 6oz . After the first hour i had 28 small fish in the net and was feeling confident then the owner opposite came down to say hello which spooked the fish coupled with the first boat of the day so for 10 minutes or more bites fell silent .
Another boat came soon after and no sooner than the jacuzzi of the boat has ceased i had my largest fish a Rudd of about 8oz . This later followed by another 25 plus fish over the next 2 hours and i was thinking i might have about 4lb at this point but i later heard Steve at the end had snagged a good bream in first 10 minutes and lost another so i concentrated on fishing hard for a second place.
The match was hard in the last hour and i had a spell for 20 minutes where i was fishless however in the last 15 minute i went 14m pole almost touching the far bank and took several small roach and rudd .In the end i amassed 66 fish mostly Rudd with 2 bottle top skimmers and roach and a few perch.
Top Weights :
Steve With a good Bream plus a useful skimmer for 5-15
Adam with a hard earned net of 5-6
John worked hard but his normal far bank dominant tactics of punch and caster did not help him however he had 3 boats slam over his killing ground which did not help at all.
Paul took a good skimmer but had terrible problems with the weed and suffered also with the boats for 3-12
Managed to take the first place with 6-12
On the day the following equipment was used from my Company Midlands angling supplies :
https://www.midlandsanglingsupplies.com/seat-boxes
https://www.midlandsanglingsupplies.com/fishing-accessories
https://www.midlandsanglingsupplies.com/fishing-baits-additives
https://www.midlandsanglingsupplies.com/fishing-nets
https://www.midlandsanglingsupplies.com/maurizio-schiepatti-floats/Schiepatti-Mercury-Pole-Float
https://www.midlandsanglingsupplies.com/course-fishing-floats/Sensas-Burk-Pole-Float
It was so nice to fish with a good group of friendly anglers and we all enjoyed a pint of three afterwards . I look forward to meeting them again at the River soar league and opens.
Here are a few of the fixtures you can participate in ( also includes the River trent series )
Sunday June 21st Burton River Trent Master
Sunday June 28th Sensas River Soar Masters
Sunday 5th July Burton River Trent Masters
Sunday 12th July Sensas River Soar Masters
Sunday 19th July Burton River Trent Masters
Sundy 26th July Sensas River Soar Masters
Sunday August 2nd Burton River Trent Master
Sunday August 9th Sensas River Soar Masters
Saturday August 15th River Fest River Soar
Sunday August 16th Burton River Trent Masters
Sunday August 23rd Sensas River Soar Masters
Sunday 6th September Burton River Trent Masters
Sunday 13th September Sensas River Soar Masters
Sunday 20th September Sensas River Soar Masters Final
Sunday 4th October Burton River Trent Master Final
Sunday 11th October Soar Championship
Sunday 18th October Soar Winter League
Sunday 25th October Soar Winter League
Sunday 1st November Soar Winter League
Sunday 8th November Soar Winter League
Sat/Sunday 14/15th November River Fest Final
Sunday 22nd November Soar Winter League
Sunday 29th November Soar Winter League
Sunday 6th December Sensas Canal Masters
Sunday 20th December Sensas Canal Masters
Sunday 17th January Sensas Canal Masters
Quorn Teams of Four
Sunday 31st January Sensas Canal Masters
Quorn Teams of Four
Sunday 14th February Sensas Canal Masters
Quorn Teams of Four
Sunday 21st February Sensas Canal Masters
Sunday 28th February Quorn Teams of Four
Sunday 6th March Sensas canal Masters
Sunday 13th March Quorn Teams of Four
Sunday 20th March Sensas Canal Masters Final
Forgot to say : We won 5-1 ! Happy day/s
Cheers / Phil
Forgot to say : We won 5-1 ! Happy day/s
Cheers / Phil
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