Barford Railway Lake 10.00am – 3.00pm.
Match Three and as often is the case times change !!.
Beautiful sunny day no rain no howling gale can it really be the Pot Black fishing match.
Our leader had half of Tizer to much on Saturday night and slept through his alarm !! new best buddy and back in favor Wayne Moore (Chillo was away and could not fish) called to collect him and he was still asleep, still no problem just change the time of the match to 10.30 – 3.30. Nigee’s generator was put put putting and Brenda was called to rearrange the dinner again when our leader decided that he could be ready by 10.15. Another phone call to Brenda and Nigee’s dinner was rescheduled but the put put putting continued until at least midday.
Big Bulti decided he was short of a waggler float so snapped the end off his ledger rod to make one before the start of the match, drastic but when you are blessed with the amount of tackle the bulti’s have you would not miss one more ledger rod. This obviously proved the right formula as he produced the 2nd heaviest bag, only to be beaten by Wayne Moore, WHO HAS SHOT RIGHT UP THE WALLS list and is neck and neck with Chillo to be Wallys next pairs partner.
Bruce was third beating Bob Morris by 8 ozs which Bob easily lost in the fish that came off at the net causing the feeder to fly out and nearly decapitated Shane Bulti in the process.
Nigel lost 26 hooks, 4 feeders and 15 yards of line (and treated everyone within ear shot to language only an ex trawler skipper could understand) on the tree and bank opposite that somebody kept moving every time he cast, but he did at least catch one fish and that made it into the net which is good for Nigel.
Mark Colman persevered fishing “up in the water” and finally managed a carp, full marks to stick at it when everyone else is catching on the feeder. Young Kieran has now taken to crawling down the net at the weigh in and retrieving his fish individually from the bottom of the net. Ryan has asked for a full race harness and a crash hat for his birthday as the rides home with Nigee after the matches are getting scarier. Banjo turned up without his trailer, he flatly denied reports that the antiques road show had made him an offer, it is just not required as Paul Chilvers had run out of urine to stand in so was not fishing.
Then after the weigh in another Pot Black Classic, “today’s match was the first round of the knockout” was announced, “but not to worry I forgot to draw it out” so Wayne’s one of my biggest threats woops sorry “not going to be here so he is knocked out” and we will sort the rest out later. So everybody is through to the next round, which you never know might even be drawn and you will know who you are fishing against.
Next match is Cinnamon Lake at Tasburgh on 14th June it is down as 10am – 3pm its even money on 10am -4pm, but our leader has promised faithfully to put any alterations on the web and will also inform Brenda personally so as Nigees dinner will be ok, hopefully the weather will hold and as we will be fishing “round the lake” more of that famous Pot Black Camaraderie (p-ss tacking) will be evident.
Till the next time and may your nets always be wet.
The Other Bank.
