Every angler knows that the later on in the day, the more the fish bite, so we run an evening match once a year just to prove the theory. This year we changed from Sunday to Saturday to try and improve the turnout. Fishing from 3pm until 8pm, twelve anglers enjoyed the end of a warm sunny day with light winds on the club’s own Horseshoe Lake.
Today was the second round of the Wade Cup as well as the John Slack Memorial Cup. Current Wade cup holder Stuart Baxter would be looking to close the gap on this year’s leader Antony Johnson. Phil Price would be looking to retain his John Slack Memorial Cup.
First place on the day was Ray Torrington with 136lbs 1oz from peg number 16. Ray fished a floating pellet on the pole, switching to paste in the margins later on.
Second place was Jason Chatham with 127lbs 10oz from Peg number 38. Jason fished the pole at 13.5m using 8mm banded pellets shallow.
Third place was Phil Price with 61lbs 13oz from peg number 35. Phil fished pellet waggler to start with and switched to floating bread later on.
Sections Wins for Joe Price and Alan Thomas.
Side notes from the day include – The fist fish being hooked at 1:45pm (Phil Price). One angler allowing a 15lb Carp to leap from his landing net and missing his keep net (David Pike). Another angler making several trips to the far bank to retrieve his pellet waggler (Alan Thomas).
Full Result
1st Ray Torrington 136 lbs 1 oz – Peg No. 16
2nd Jason Chatham 127 lbs 10 oz – Peg No. 38
3rd Phil Price 61 lbs 13 oz – Peg No. 35
4th Joe Price 54 lbs 10 oz – Peg No. 19
5th David Pike 54 lbs 2 oz – Peg No. 18
6th Dylan Baxter 45 lbs 8 oz – Peg No. 12
7th Neil Speechley 35 lbs 9 oz – Peg No. 11
8th Alan Thomas 29 lbs 5 oz – Peg No. 39
9th Pete Wray 28 lbs 8 oz – Peg No. 33
10th Alfie Kendall 25 lbs 8 oz – Peg No. 14
11th Stuart Baxter 18 lbs 7 oz – Peg No. 36
12th Lee Annis DNW – Peg No. 31
