21st April - Moira Furnace canal

I decided to get back to the Furnace and get back to doing better than my first trip there a few weeks earlier . The match run by those Starlets , last years 2018 AT Pairs champions , Paul Middleton and David Gough.
At the draw it was great to meet up with Lee Bennet and Carl Lynch plus Tim Kinson and the draw gave me Peg 9 which i was happy about as it was almost car to the peg .
The peg was approx. 9 metres across and it appeared to be a steady 3.5 feet deep the water had some clarity to it but overall a nice tinge of green in the water .


The days office

To my right into the basin

To my left

All set up in the shade at the moment but the sun is expected to beat down later so suntan cream was administered .

Decided to fish all different floats on 4 tops and two whips

All set up with a small mix of Green Swimstim and 3 pints of pinkies/maggots and caster

1.5 metre whip with Maurizio Schiepatti Mercury 0.3gr

Floats for halfway to three quarter were a SENSAS Jeff 2 0.2 gr and a Maurizio Schiepatti Venus 0.2 gr

Bagging rig (hopefully) is a Maurizio Schiepatti (Carbon) 0.4gr with tight string of no 10/12 STOTS

Far side was an EXNER 0.2gr Anette

4.5m whip with a 0.3gr EXNER Nelli 

David Gough - 2nd on the day

Paul Middleton - 1st on the day

Charlie Gooch - 3rd on day

8-7 for me and 4 oz short of the section - should have fished close the whole match really

Also discovered the snagging ?? 

Most photos of the framers courtesy of Middleton/Gough photo media productions

 Next match on 12th May - This time i will be all systems go with tactics.