Thursday, 7 July 2011
AWAY TRIP!!!! TEAM LEADER COMMENTS
Absolutely great, that's the only way to describe it. I just hope all the others who came on our fishing jaunt are of the same opinion.
' The other bank ' has sent in his view of events but to put on paper the fishing (all 3 days), the nights out and most of all the laughs we had, would take all day.It was much better than the first year we went but I'll guarantee the next year (if we go) will be even better.
There are some things I have to mention!
Thanks to Bulti and Shane and Bear for taking the Van, it was a great idea and made a lot of things easier. Also for those same people for loading it and carry gear for the older fraternity to and fro from their pegs.
Much appreciated.
The new recruits they fitted in really well.
Now for the stats of individuals fisherman are:-
The three days weights are :-
Top dog (2 Baits) Kev with 148lb 5oz
2nd Pauly Chilvers with 133lb
3rd is Arron Ayers with 130lb 2oz.
The rest is Wally 83lb 15oz, Bob 69lb 12oz,Banjo 117lb 4oz,Steve M 53lb 14oz
Roy M 29lb 15oz, Dingit 115lb, Keiron 42lb 3oz, Bulti 41lb, Bear 40lb,
Louis 56lb 14oz, Skipper 93lb 7oz, Max 81lb 8oz,Paul Harrod 49lb 4oz
Chillo 80lb 7oz, Shane 73lb 8oz, Gottsy 83lb 8oz.
Daily total water stats are:-
Toft Lakes 906 lb 1oz (average of 47lb 6oz)
Shearsby Valley 171lb 10oz (never again) rubbish EVEN ONE PERSON BLANKED!!! (9lb average)
Parkers 435 lb 2oz (24 lb average).
Total of 1512lb 13oz (average of 26 lb 8oz per person per day)
To finish.... the weather was great, the fishing was great (well two days) and the company was brilliant.
TILL NEXT TIME.........
' The other bank ' has sent in his view of events but to put on paper the fishing (all 3 days), the nights out and most of all the laughs we had, would take all day.It was much better than the first year we went but I'll guarantee the next year (if we go) will be even better.
There are some things I have to mention!
Thanks to Bulti and Shane and Bear for taking the Van, it was a great idea and made a lot of things easier. Also for those same people for loading it and carry gear for the older fraternity to and fro from their pegs.
Much appreciated.
The new recruits they fitted in really well.
Now for the stats of individuals fisherman are:-
The three days weights are :-
Top dog (2 Baits) Kev with 148lb 5oz
2nd Pauly Chilvers with 133lb
3rd is Arron Ayers with 130lb 2oz.
The rest is Wally 83lb 15oz, Bob 69lb 12oz,Banjo 117lb 4oz,Steve M 53lb 14oz
Roy M 29lb 15oz, Dingit 115lb, Keiron 42lb 3oz, Bulti 41lb, Bear 40lb,
Louis 56lb 14oz, Skipper 93lb 7oz, Max 81lb 8oz,Paul Harrod 49lb 4oz
Chillo 80lb 7oz, Shane 73lb 8oz, Gottsy 83lb 8oz.
Daily total water stats are:-
Toft Lakes 906 lb 1oz (average of 47lb 6oz)
Shearsby Valley 171lb 10oz (never again) rubbish EVEN ONE PERSON BLANKED!!! (9lb average)
Parkers 435 lb 2oz (24 lb average).
Total of 1512lb 13oz (average of 26 lb 8oz per person per day)
To finish.... the weather was great, the fishing was great (well two days) and the company was brilliant.
TILL NEXT TIME.........
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
AWAY TRIP!!!!
Been there done that we might even get the tee-shirt,
What a lovely weekend, good weather, good fishing, good food and fantastic company, thanks to everybody for a most enjoyable weekend and a special thanks to team leader Wall for a good job well done.
It was a Pot Black trip of epic proportions, travel and transport arranged, gear collected and the convoy assembled at the A47 liaison point at 6.45 am, mad man gottsy overshot the layby but soon covered the 5 mile detour and was back in the layby in minutes. We swapped “Little Nigel Blowers” for the more athletic Bear in an attempt to slow gottys down with a little weight handicap but this still failed and he covered all routes at breakneck speeds (although leaning heavily to the offside).
The “Hill Billy Crew” where a man down as Bruce dare not come even though he had been home nearly 12 hours after a 6 week trip away, (few more years and you will be on the fishing trip Bruce), so Kieran was phoned in sick to school and slotted into the Audi estate for a weekend away with the “grown ups” ( think Kieran was more sensible than most) as last year the Hill Billy’s made their own travel arrangements and went forward on a scouting party.
The Team leader was running “point” as the Navara had both “Sat Nav” and a map !!, several excuses and a detour later we arrived at the “Little Thief” for breakie more or less as planned, after a good feed and a comfort break the draw was carried out for the first match and we set off again to the venue. After a little detour we arrived at the entrance to the first venue, then we drove the 3 miles ! down the private drive to the lake, but what a top class venue it was, lovely lake absolutely top class facilities and a good days fishing was had by all.
Weigh in sorted it was another trip to the hotel, but Steve Moyse managed to lock his keys in the back of his van again ! so half the club where detained while Bulti demolished Steve’s rear door lock, then it was off to Ansty with Nigee’s little voice ringing in my ears “I said we should of fished earlier it’s too late to eat now”,( still managed a large gammon steak chips and all the trimming EVEN THOUGH IT WAS GONE 10 pm when his food finally arrived !!! ).
The hotel was as good as the previous year and really is excellent value for money.
The Saturday breakfast was excellent and the draw had taken place the previous evening so it was back in the vehicle’s and off to venue number two, another fantastic looking venue but as is often the case looks can be deceiving. The start of the match was delayed as The Hill Billy Crew’s “we always find the venue with our own natural homing system” obviously needed its gyroscope resetting as they left ½ hour before the rest and turned up ¾ hour after us all (erm), not the best days fishing we have had although not the worst and the weather was absolutely wonderful.
Back to the hotel with dinner booked for a more respectful 7.45 pm sit down it was a quick splash and dash change ready for dinner then off to the Ansty Social Club to see the fight, a slight technical hitch occurred in the form of a “special offer” at the hotel which resulted in 8 bottles of wine appearing on the table as we had bought 16 main meals, it was at this point I realised that the evening was going to be memorable. The hospitality at the Anstry club was very welcoming although the fight was somewhat disappointing (I did manage to win the sweep stake for the money on the fight result), back to the hotel for a night cap in the courtyard resulting in a public warning from the night porter.
Sunday morning was another good breakfast with one or two members slightly quieter than usual and young Lewis looking defiantly a little worse for wear, check out and a short ride to the venue, a draw had taken place but some members still had a semi “flexi peg draw” and picked a peg they liked the look of. A much better days fishing although slightly congested around the “island pegs” and another first in my fishing experiences as I spent most of the day trying to stop “chickens” eating my bait !.
The formal results and statistics will be posted separately by team leader but here a few of the non fish weight variety :-
0= The number of fish one member caught in a 6 hour match from the “Hot Peg” where the Lake Record was caught from.
1 = The number of people who bought a new landing net handle only to find out the landing net head they have would not fit !.
2= The number of poles / rods that got pulled into various lakes luckily both to be retrieved and reunited with their owners.
3= The number of new rods that need to be purchased after being broken on the weekend.
4= The number of new pole sections one member needs after a misplaced foot stood on his top 4 sections.
5= The number of times a member thrashed the ground and swore after losing another fish.
6= The number of times one junior member cast into the next swim in 1 hour in 1 match.
7= The average number of new swim/method feeders each member lost and needs to replace.
8= The average number of minutes it takes Keville to realise he has a bite and then “strike”.
16,876= The number of calories Shane averages in a meal.
The prize money was shared out between all members and by way of the Pot Black rules which state you can only win one lot of money everyone won something, (well everyone except for one member), but in all ways we are all winners a really good weekend and cannot wait till the next one.
Thanks again Team Leader for all your hard work (can I have a good peg next match please).
The other bank.
What a lovely weekend, good weather, good fishing, good food and fantastic company, thanks to everybody for a most enjoyable weekend and a special thanks to team leader Wall for a good job well done.
It was a Pot Black trip of epic proportions, travel and transport arranged, gear collected and the convoy assembled at the A47 liaison point at 6.45 am, mad man gottsy overshot the layby but soon covered the 5 mile detour and was back in the layby in minutes. We swapped “Little Nigel Blowers” for the more athletic Bear in an attempt to slow gottys down with a little weight handicap but this still failed and he covered all routes at breakneck speeds (although leaning heavily to the offside).
The “Hill Billy Crew” where a man down as Bruce dare not come even though he had been home nearly 12 hours after a 6 week trip away, (few more years and you will be on the fishing trip Bruce), so Kieran was phoned in sick to school and slotted into the Audi estate for a weekend away with the “grown ups” ( think Kieran was more sensible than most) as last year the Hill Billy’s made their own travel arrangements and went forward on a scouting party.
The Team leader was running “point” as the Navara had both “Sat Nav” and a map !!, several excuses and a detour later we arrived at the “Little Thief” for breakie more or less as planned, after a good feed and a comfort break the draw was carried out for the first match and we set off again to the venue. After a little detour we arrived at the entrance to the first venue, then we drove the 3 miles ! down the private drive to the lake, but what a top class venue it was, lovely lake absolutely top class facilities and a good days fishing was had by all.
Weigh in sorted it was another trip to the hotel, but Steve Moyse managed to lock his keys in the back of his van again ! so half the club where detained while Bulti demolished Steve’s rear door lock, then it was off to Ansty with Nigee’s little voice ringing in my ears “I said we should of fished earlier it’s too late to eat now”,( still managed a large gammon steak chips and all the trimming EVEN THOUGH IT WAS GONE 10 pm when his food finally arrived !!! ).
The hotel was as good as the previous year and really is excellent value for money.
The Saturday breakfast was excellent and the draw had taken place the previous evening so it was back in the vehicle’s and off to venue number two, another fantastic looking venue but as is often the case looks can be deceiving. The start of the match was delayed as The Hill Billy Crew’s “we always find the venue with our own natural homing system” obviously needed its gyroscope resetting as they left ½ hour before the rest and turned up ¾ hour after us all (erm), not the best days fishing we have had although not the worst and the weather was absolutely wonderful.
Back to the hotel with dinner booked for a more respectful 7.45 pm sit down it was a quick splash and dash change ready for dinner then off to the Ansty Social Club to see the fight, a slight technical hitch occurred in the form of a “special offer” at the hotel which resulted in 8 bottles of wine appearing on the table as we had bought 16 main meals, it was at this point I realised that the evening was going to be memorable. The hospitality at the Anstry club was very welcoming although the fight was somewhat disappointing (I did manage to win the sweep stake for the money on the fight result), back to the hotel for a night cap in the courtyard resulting in a public warning from the night porter.
Sunday morning was another good breakfast with one or two members slightly quieter than usual and young Lewis looking defiantly a little worse for wear, check out and a short ride to the venue, a draw had taken place but some members still had a semi “flexi peg draw” and picked a peg they liked the look of. A much better days fishing although slightly congested around the “island pegs” and another first in my fishing experiences as I spent most of the day trying to stop “chickens” eating my bait !.
The formal results and statistics will be posted separately by team leader but here a few of the non fish weight variety :-
0= The number of fish one member caught in a 6 hour match from the “Hot Peg” where the Lake Record was caught from.
1 = The number of people who bought a new landing net handle only to find out the landing net head they have would not fit !.
2= The number of poles / rods that got pulled into various lakes luckily both to be retrieved and reunited with their owners.
3= The number of new rods that need to be purchased after being broken on the weekend.
4= The number of new pole sections one member needs after a misplaced foot stood on his top 4 sections.
5= The number of times a member thrashed the ground and swore after losing another fish.
6= The number of times one junior member cast into the next swim in 1 hour in 1 match.
7= The average number of new swim/method feeders each member lost and needs to replace.
8= The average number of minutes it takes Keville to realise he has a bite and then “strike”.
16,876= The number of calories Shane averages in a meal.
The prize money was shared out between all members and by way of the Pot Black rules which state you can only win one lot of money everyone won something, (well everyone except for one member), but in all ways we are all winners a really good weekend and cannot wait till the next one.
Thanks again Team Leader for all your hard work (can I have a good peg next match please).
The other bank.
Thursday, 30 June 2011
FISHING AWAY TRIP RULES
As I promised last week, here are the fishing tips for the weekend away. The time is flying by and I don't know about you but I can't wait to take some money off you lot. (Not if it's anything like Halesworth last week but I just put that down to that bloody Jonah Chillo!)
Friday 1st July Toft Farm
I spoke to Esther the Lady owner of the Lake who gave me her view of this relatively new water.
The lake is of 4 Acres and has an island at one end which are were our pegs are and nearly everyone will be able to fish to the island. The island can be reached by Pole so its not a big cast by feeder.
The lake has plenty of features in the margins and is around 6 ft 6ins average depth throughout. It's full of fish and was a just a carp water but in the last few years there has been a gradual influx of silverfish, mainly roach.
This does not take away that if you want to get a decent bag it's got to be carp. The fish mirrors and commons average 2-3lb but there are a lot of 2nd + 3rd generation of fish averaging up to a 1lb.
They still go up to 10lb but not lots of them. The general baits are the usual maggots, sweetcorn and pellets (PLUS SCERET BAITS IF YOU ARE NIGEE’S MATE !).
The ways to fish are method (fixed or inline), pole or up in the water. There are no-other water rules which are not covered by our own Club rules.
Bait rules are NO BALLING of groundbait and no throwing of excess bait in water afterwards. WE can use our own pellets for feeding and there are no other bait bans that affect us.
We all have been asked to use 2 keep-nets alternating between the two and any fish above 8lb are to be weighed and put back.
Last weekend the match winning weight was 112 lb with 32 fishing and the average weight for all the anglers was 56 lb.
That’s about it on Toft's so lets take a look at Saturdays venue..
WILLOW LAKE SHEARSBY
Nick the owner of the Water was all to willing to let me know about his lake and said he would walk round on the day and give everyone of us advice how to fish each swim if needed.
The Lake has 3 islands of which most of us will have a peg to reach one of the islands, but those who don't will have other features to fish to.
The lake averages 5 ft in depth, he stuck 1000 ½ to 1 lb fish in this year but most average between 3-4 lb with a lot go between 4-9lb.
There is also a good head of bream,crucian,barbel and roach. I asked was there much of them and he said he a silver fish match which was won with 60lb!!! The average club match catches over 100lb and the best match weight this season is 170lb.
Their Water Rules are NO fixed method feeders only inline.
Start with two keepnets with carp in one and silverfish in other, with a limit in each. (see our club rules).
Any carp above 8lb weighed and returned. Feed with THEIR pellets and all other baits we use are allowed,(Again no dumping of baits afterwards).
Baits which are fishing good now are meat,corn,expanders, maggots and pellets. Best methods are mainly pole with feeder not used as much. (He don't know the lazy lot we've got).They have a canteen on site and offered breakfast if we need it (it would be hard to beat all-you-can-eat at the Premier Inn. He said everyone should catch but I said we will soon prove that wrong!!!! So that's two down now for the last!
JACKS POOL, PARKERS FISHERY
Glynn (a bloke not my Glyn) the guy who runs these Lakes has been really helpful throughout trying to get us the best waters.
Jacks Pool also has an island with half of our pegs being able to reach it, the lake averages 6ft in depth with pellet-waggler, pole and method feeder the best ways to fish it.
There are no club fishing rules which are different to ours so we've got no problem there.
There are no bait bans or rules to worry us so it's been pretty easy so far, the water holds chubb ,F1's, carp of all sizes going up to 8lb. The last match was with79lb on paste fishing pole on the top 2 sections in the margins. The average match weight is about 60lb BUT AGAIN everyone should catch.
Another plus is that if we order beforehand he will bring drinks and burgers around the lake during the match.
WEEKEND MATCHES COMPO'S
So that's it on the lakes now its time to let you know the COMPO'S you'll be in!
I'll be collecting £40 from each one which will include water fees ( £19)
and rest will be the pools for the three days.
Each day there will be a singles competition with prizes of :-
1st. £20
2nd. £15
3rd. £10
4th. £5
There will also be a trebles at the same time with the top three trebles being
paid £10 per-person, £8 and £5 per-person.
There will also be the biggest fish each day which will be worth £10.
As in all Pot Black Compo's I want to share the money out as far as possible with the hope of everyone winning a little bit.
So the Pot Black rule of anyone can only win one prize per-person per-day will apply, with the LARGEST AMOUNT won on that day being claimed. This way, theoretically, there are are 14 prizes up for grabs each day, with the added prospect of getting 2 partners to pull you through.
Also as there are 19 (if Shane doesn’t start work first then this bit don‘t apply) of us so there will be 5 trebles and we are left with one group of 4. To get the foursome down to a fair trebles weight, the two middle weights in that 4 will be added together and halved and added to the top and bottom of the group to make the final trebles weight!!! (hope you got that!).
The trebles will drawn before each match with the first one at the breakfast break on the way there. The other two will be done in the premier inn bar each night after our meal.
Martin (Dingit) asked whether he could pay up front so he could get it out of the way. I don't mind keeping any money if it's easier for you lot as I've got all the hotel money anyway, if not I'll collect it at the breakfast also.
The prize money that you lot win will paid out on finals night with the rest of the seasons winnings and not on the weekend.
The lifts are sorted with:-
Bob + Skipper sharing.
The Moyse's.
Dingit, Keirron + Aaron.
Paul Chilvers + Banjo (obviously).
Me, Max, Louis + Kev in his motor.
Chillo, Harrod + Gottsy .
Bulti + Bear in the transit with our gear.
That's about everything that I know, but any more info I get, I will let you now as and when!
Friday 1st July Toft Farm
I spoke to Esther the Lady owner of the Lake who gave me her view of this relatively new water.
The lake is of 4 Acres and has an island at one end which are were our pegs are and nearly everyone will be able to fish to the island. The island can be reached by Pole so its not a big cast by feeder.
The lake has plenty of features in the margins and is around 6 ft 6ins average depth throughout. It's full of fish and was a just a carp water but in the last few years there has been a gradual influx of silverfish, mainly roach.
This does not take away that if you want to get a decent bag it's got to be carp. The fish mirrors and commons average 2-3lb but there are a lot of 2nd + 3rd generation of fish averaging up to a 1lb.
They still go up to 10lb but not lots of them. The general baits are the usual maggots, sweetcorn and pellets (PLUS SCERET BAITS IF YOU ARE NIGEE’S MATE !).
The ways to fish are method (fixed or inline), pole or up in the water. There are no-other water rules which are not covered by our own Club rules.
Bait rules are NO BALLING of groundbait and no throwing of excess bait in water afterwards. WE can use our own pellets for feeding and there are no other bait bans that affect us.
We all have been asked to use 2 keep-nets alternating between the two and any fish above 8lb are to be weighed and put back.
Last weekend the match winning weight was 112 lb with 32 fishing and the average weight for all the anglers was 56 lb.
That’s about it on Toft's so lets take a look at Saturdays venue..
WILLOW LAKE SHEARSBY
Nick the owner of the Water was all to willing to let me know about his lake and said he would walk round on the day and give everyone of us advice how to fish each swim if needed.
The Lake has 3 islands of which most of us will have a peg to reach one of the islands, but those who don't will have other features to fish to.
The lake averages 5 ft in depth, he stuck 1000 ½ to 1 lb fish in this year but most average between 3-4 lb with a lot go between 4-9lb.
There is also a good head of bream,crucian,barbel and roach. I asked was there much of them and he said he a silver fish match which was won with 60lb!!! The average club match catches over 100lb and the best match weight this season is 170lb.
Their Water Rules are NO fixed method feeders only inline.
Start with two keepnets with carp in one and silverfish in other, with a limit in each. (see our club rules).
Any carp above 8lb weighed and returned. Feed with THEIR pellets and all other baits we use are allowed,(Again no dumping of baits afterwards).
Baits which are fishing good now are meat,corn,expanders, maggots and pellets. Best methods are mainly pole with feeder not used as much. (He don't know the lazy lot we've got).They have a canteen on site and offered breakfast if we need it (it would be hard to beat all-you-can-eat at the Premier Inn. He said everyone should catch but I said we will soon prove that wrong!!!! So that's two down now for the last!
JACKS POOL, PARKERS FISHERY
Glynn (a bloke not my Glyn) the guy who runs these Lakes has been really helpful throughout trying to get us the best waters.
Jacks Pool also has an island with half of our pegs being able to reach it, the lake averages 6ft in depth with pellet-waggler, pole and method feeder the best ways to fish it.
There are no club fishing rules which are different to ours so we've got no problem there.
There are no bait bans or rules to worry us so it's been pretty easy so far, the water holds chubb ,F1's, carp of all sizes going up to 8lb. The last match was with79lb on paste fishing pole on the top 2 sections in the margins. The average match weight is about 60lb BUT AGAIN everyone should catch.
Another plus is that if we order beforehand he will bring drinks and burgers around the lake during the match.
WEEKEND MATCHES COMPO'S
So that's it on the lakes now its time to let you know the COMPO'S you'll be in!
I'll be collecting £40 from each one which will include water fees ( £19)
and rest will be the pools for the three days.
Each day there will be a singles competition with prizes of :-
1st. £20
2nd. £15
3rd. £10
4th. £5
There will also be a trebles at the same time with the top three trebles being
paid £10 per-person, £8 and £5 per-person.
There will also be the biggest fish each day which will be worth £10.
As in all Pot Black Compo's I want to share the money out as far as possible with the hope of everyone winning a little bit.
So the Pot Black rule of anyone can only win one prize per-person per-day will apply, with the LARGEST AMOUNT won on that day being claimed. This way, theoretically, there are are 14 prizes up for grabs each day, with the added prospect of getting 2 partners to pull you through.
Also as there are 19 (if Shane doesn’t start work first then this bit don‘t apply) of us so there will be 5 trebles and we are left with one group of 4. To get the foursome down to a fair trebles weight, the two middle weights in that 4 will be added together and halved and added to the top and bottom of the group to make the final trebles weight!!! (hope you got that!).
The trebles will drawn before each match with the first one at the breakfast break on the way there. The other two will be done in the premier inn bar each night after our meal.
Martin (Dingit) asked whether he could pay up front so he could get it out of the way. I don't mind keeping any money if it's easier for you lot as I've got all the hotel money anyway, if not I'll collect it at the breakfast also.
The prize money that you lot win will paid out on finals night with the rest of the seasons winnings and not on the weekend.
The lifts are sorted with:-
Bob + Skipper sharing.
The Moyse's.
Dingit, Keirron + Aaron.
Paul Chilvers + Banjo (obviously).
Me, Max, Louis + Kev in his motor.
Chillo, Harrod + Gottsy .
Bulti + Bear in the transit with our gear.
That's about everything that I know, but any more info I get, I will let you now as and when!
Saturday, 25 June 2011
Thursday, 23 June 2011
WINDYCLAY!
Well it did as predicted !!
It rained, the wind blew and then blew some more then it rained some more and to just cap a horrible day as usual nobody caught much, why do we do it ?
But in true Pot Black style a good turnout of members assembled at the caravan for yet another Pot Black first (I really do not know where team leader keeps getting them from), this one was a new one never before even thought of.
16 pegs divided into 8 good pegs that will fish, and 8 s--t pegs that you are more or less doomed to fail from the start !!, GREAT no guessing which peg I ended up with (and the wind straight in my face) along with 7 other lucky members, but off we went to the lake to give it a go !!
It was a doubles draw (hence the two sets of good pegs / bad pegs ) one of each for each pair !!, the pairs draw was carried out by Mrs Wall under supervision of Mr Wall and the danger that Keville may be getting too much of a lead is obviously large as the doubles draw shows !!
Dingit on the hot peg of the 8 pegs that will fish was first into a good fish, this unfortunately came off the hook and the true benefit of belonging to a club was immediately obvious as the whole lake let out a big cheer and several rounds of applause could be heard (melts your heart the care and concern that members show), however as often is the case old Amnesia had the last laugh and had top individual weight on the day. He was however beaten in the pairs by his son and heir Kieran and his partner Aaron with a really good top weight caught on a difficult day, and somewhat slightly let down by his partner daddy Bulti (but he did manage to hook one out of the reeds on his last cast).
Aaron was looking good on the golden peg but Banjo was able to provide a viable threat to him, and had he of spent less time on the phone to his confidant (the original Big Chilvers) he may well have caught more and won the day, but he still had a really good weight enough to help his partner into 3rd position after the weigh in.
Team leader and Steve Moyse fell out half way through the match and although being only a metre or two apart from each other did not talk much after the half way stage, (nothing to do with neither catching much and both reaching that hormonal age!) but I am assured that they will be back on speaking terms in time for the weekend away.
It really was the sort of day that you just need to put behind you and is best forgotten, its now just a few days till the “WEEKEND AWAY” all members are advised to read the Eastern Anglers Forum pages for tips and information on the venue, plus the rules and travel arrangements.
Please Please Please read the rules and tips that Team Leader has taken the time and trouble to post on the website it will help us all to have an enjoyable weekend away.
It is not often that I post a truly personal view on the web page but I have fished my last at “Windyclay” I will not be attending the barren windy peat hole again (there feel better now that’s off my chest) soon be on the weekend away hooray !!!.
Stick Windyclay where the sun does not shine.
The Other Bank.
It rained, the wind blew and then blew some more then it rained some more and to just cap a horrible day as usual nobody caught much, why do we do it ?
But in true Pot Black style a good turnout of members assembled at the caravan for yet another Pot Black first (I really do not know where team leader keeps getting them from), this one was a new one never before even thought of.
16 pegs divided into 8 good pegs that will fish, and 8 s--t pegs that you are more or less doomed to fail from the start !!, GREAT no guessing which peg I ended up with (and the wind straight in my face) along with 7 other lucky members, but off we went to the lake to give it a go !!
It was a doubles draw (hence the two sets of good pegs / bad pegs ) one of each for each pair !!, the pairs draw was carried out by Mrs Wall under supervision of Mr Wall and the danger that Keville may be getting too much of a lead is obviously large as the doubles draw shows !!
Dingit on the hot peg of the 8 pegs that will fish was first into a good fish, this unfortunately came off the hook and the true benefit of belonging to a club was immediately obvious as the whole lake let out a big cheer and several rounds of applause could be heard (melts your heart the care and concern that members show), however as often is the case old Amnesia had the last laugh and had top individual weight on the day. He was however beaten in the pairs by his son and heir Kieran and his partner Aaron with a really good top weight caught on a difficult day, and somewhat slightly let down by his partner daddy Bulti (but he did manage to hook one out of the reeds on his last cast).
Aaron was looking good on the golden peg but Banjo was able to provide a viable threat to him, and had he of spent less time on the phone to his confidant (the original Big Chilvers) he may well have caught more and won the day, but he still had a really good weight enough to help his partner into 3rd position after the weigh in.
Team leader and Steve Moyse fell out half way through the match and although being only a metre or two apart from each other did not talk much after the half way stage, (nothing to do with neither catching much and both reaching that hormonal age!) but I am assured that they will be back on speaking terms in time for the weekend away.
It really was the sort of day that you just need to put behind you and is best forgotten, its now just a few days till the “WEEKEND AWAY” all members are advised to read the Eastern Anglers Forum pages for tips and information on the venue, plus the rules and travel arrangements.
Please Please Please read the rules and tips that Team Leader has taken the time and trouble to post on the website it will help us all to have an enjoyable weekend away.
It is not often that I post a truly personal view on the web page but I have fished my last at “Windyclay” I will not be attending the barren windy peat hole again (there feel better now that’s off my chest) soon be on the weekend away hooray !!!.
Stick Windyclay where the sun does not shine.
The Other Bank.
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
TASWOOD / HALESWORTH
Things will change and as this is the Pot Black they have, the match was changed due to the Management at Taswood feeling that we would not catch much !!.
So it was off to Halesworth to fish a new lake that NOBODY IN THE CLUB HAS FISHED BEFORE, any member who subscribes to Dingits Eastern Anglers Forum will realise that Nigee sneaked over to Halesworth not to fish but only to let Declan have a practice (yea like we believe that one), the Wall went just to have a look !! happened to have his gear in the car but as Dingit and Kieran where already fishing when he arrived he just “watched” (it really is unbelievable the excuses that come out).
And that’s the ones who owned up, but practice does obviously make perfect as Nigee gave the Wall and Chillo a lesson in match fishing for the first couple of hours then just sat back and waited and waited and waited for them to catch up (they never did).
Dingit managed four “small fish” then took to sunbathing for the day eventually finishing third, the windy end of the lake was the place to be, although uncomfortable the fish where at that end, Keville fresh from another exotic holiday fished Lewis’s swim with great effect eventually finishing second, Banjo took both numbers and quality fish for top bag on the day and a good individual fish of nearly 10 lbs.
A special mention has to go to Lewis who had the first full “swim” of the season and this was a classic full submersion due to a slip, but he not only retrieved his gear from the reeds but “the fish as well” this was then put into his keepnet from the water !! (another Pot Black first). The sympathy and concern from all members was heart warming and genuine, this culminated in the team leader telling poor Lewis “you had better dry out or you aren’t getting in my car to go home” so nice to know he care’s. But this fish with the rest of his catch put Lewis in the money with 4th position knocking poor old Nigee into 5th place and out of the money and only receiving 2 points like the rest of us also ran’s.
Bear on the centre line was looking favourite but although catching a good number of fish they were all small and a rare statement to make regarding Bear he just did not weigh enough !!!, young Declan benefitted from his practicing with Granddad and put a very respectable bag of fish on the scales at the end and had sufficient to beat Kieran for top spot in the Juniors . Boycie did not enjoy the match much and took the early bath option tipping his fish back to accept 2 ozs and 2 points, this act inadvertently saved team leader from the wooden spoon as Boycie would have definitely beaten “The Wall” (more practice required for team leader).
But at least we did not go to Taswood and not catch much !!, next match is “Windyclay” so freak weather and howling gales are bound to occur (remember it hailed last time when we where there), we are fishing a new lake that nobody in the club has fished before (now I am sure I have heard that one before) so speak to Nigee / Dingit or the Wall as I am sure they may just happen to be passing Windyclay and just happen to have their gear in the car and might just have a couple of casts !!.
Till Fathers day and the worst fixture we have.
The other bank.
So it was off to Halesworth to fish a new lake that NOBODY IN THE CLUB HAS FISHED BEFORE, any member who subscribes to Dingits Eastern Anglers Forum will realise that Nigee sneaked over to Halesworth not to fish but only to let Declan have a practice (yea like we believe that one), the Wall went just to have a look !! happened to have his gear in the car but as Dingit and Kieran where already fishing when he arrived he just “watched” (it really is unbelievable the excuses that come out).
And that’s the ones who owned up, but practice does obviously make perfect as Nigee gave the Wall and Chillo a lesson in match fishing for the first couple of hours then just sat back and waited and waited and waited for them to catch up (they never did).
Dingit managed four “small fish” then took to sunbathing for the day eventually finishing third, the windy end of the lake was the place to be, although uncomfortable the fish where at that end, Keville fresh from another exotic holiday fished Lewis’s swim with great effect eventually finishing second, Banjo took both numbers and quality fish for top bag on the day and a good individual fish of nearly 10 lbs.
A special mention has to go to Lewis who had the first full “swim” of the season and this was a classic full submersion due to a slip, but he not only retrieved his gear from the reeds but “the fish as well” this was then put into his keepnet from the water !! (another Pot Black first). The sympathy and concern from all members was heart warming and genuine, this culminated in the team leader telling poor Lewis “you had better dry out or you aren’t getting in my car to go home” so nice to know he care’s. But this fish with the rest of his catch put Lewis in the money with 4th position knocking poor old Nigee into 5th place and out of the money and only receiving 2 points like the rest of us also ran’s.
Bear on the centre line was looking favourite but although catching a good number of fish they were all small and a rare statement to make regarding Bear he just did not weigh enough !!!, young Declan benefitted from his practicing with Granddad and put a very respectable bag of fish on the scales at the end and had sufficient to beat Kieran for top spot in the Juniors . Boycie did not enjoy the match much and took the early bath option tipping his fish back to accept 2 ozs and 2 points, this act inadvertently saved team leader from the wooden spoon as Boycie would have definitely beaten “The Wall” (more practice required for team leader).
But at least we did not go to Taswood and not catch much !!, next match is “Windyclay” so freak weather and howling gales are bound to occur (remember it hailed last time when we where there), we are fishing a new lake that nobody in the club has fished before (now I am sure I have heard that one before) so speak to Nigee / Dingit or the Wall as I am sure they may just happen to be passing Windyclay and just happen to have their gear in the car and might just have a couple of casts !!.
Till Fathers day and the worst fixture we have.
The other bank.
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
“We will fish with the wind on our backs !!!”
If they need a site for a new wind farm in Suffolk we have just the place, it was Horrible, the wind blew more than Bear and Shane put together after a night on the beer (now that is a lot of wind) and it did nothing for the catch rate as the results show.
It was a triples week, and again wishing to remove all accusations of draw rigging the draw was sent through siber space to deepest Norfolk for an independent draw and the opportunity for his nibs to cast accusations that someone else had “rigged the draw”.
The teams of three where announced and as we only had 14 down to fish a “floater” was drawn, this was club stalwart and resident gnome Roy Moyse, so Roy was to be in two teams, then Ardo took the sensible option and stayed in bed so the floater was put into another team as well !! (come on stay with it this is the Pot Black), this resulted in Roy coming First and Second but only gets 2 points as his “real team” finished out of the top 3 so he therefore would have been better of only catching one fish and just weighing in !!.
The wind was down the lake so onto everybody’s side, some put up brollies others just ruffed it out, it howled a gale all day “pi- -d it down” a couple of times just to add to the fun, hats blew in the water then blew against the wind and up trees, most members had something blown in and it was generally uncomfortable.
New senior Lewis was fishing well and was visited by several members to “borrow” some of his successful bait, when he was unwilling to allow team leader to have any he was threatened with a long walk home if he did not had over the required bait, another year and he will have his own car and I am sure we will all have to “get our own bait” because he is getting far too successful at this fishing lark.
The juniors where both missing, Declan due to Granddad being on his pottery holiday and Kieran due to the fact that his Dad’s amnesia is so bad now he actually forgot to turn up, so it was a “Seniors Only Match”, the weights were respectable but not good, everyone caught although Bruce threw his back without weighing in (great help to your team that, cheers teammate), not the best days fishing but it was a day out in the fresh air and we all at least caught something.
You will need to study the results sheet posted by team leader to find out who actually won the day as to say it is confusing is a little of a understatement, all I managed to clean from the weigh in / points total was as expected, team leader got higher than average points and poor Roy who won and came second got only two points (told Roy he was catching to many fish and was starting to be a threat to some of the glory hunters !!).
We have a Thursday match at the ever popular Burgh Apton then we have our first Pot Black “change from the fixture list” (its lovely to know that some things never change), due to extensive practicing at a second Halesworth venue nobody else new was there we are moving from the published fixture to the new venue. Match times are the same and you just go to the venue as normal but go right instead of turning into the car park on the left (scene of the first Pot Black Traffic incident) and follow the track down past the first lake to another lake further along.
Hopefully the weather will be kind to us, and according to “The Wall” it will fish well and is a lovely place to fish, so until the next one tight lines.
The other bank.
It was a triples week, and again wishing to remove all accusations of draw rigging the draw was sent through siber space to deepest Norfolk for an independent draw and the opportunity for his nibs to cast accusations that someone else had “rigged the draw”.
The teams of three where announced and as we only had 14 down to fish a “floater” was drawn, this was club stalwart and resident gnome Roy Moyse, so Roy was to be in two teams, then Ardo took the sensible option and stayed in bed so the floater was put into another team as well !! (come on stay with it this is the Pot Black), this resulted in Roy coming First and Second but only gets 2 points as his “real team” finished out of the top 3 so he therefore would have been better of only catching one fish and just weighing in !!.
The wind was down the lake so onto everybody’s side, some put up brollies others just ruffed it out, it howled a gale all day “pi- -d it down” a couple of times just to add to the fun, hats blew in the water then blew against the wind and up trees, most members had something blown in and it was generally uncomfortable.
New senior Lewis was fishing well and was visited by several members to “borrow” some of his successful bait, when he was unwilling to allow team leader to have any he was threatened with a long walk home if he did not had over the required bait, another year and he will have his own car and I am sure we will all have to “get our own bait” because he is getting far too successful at this fishing lark.
The juniors where both missing, Declan due to Granddad being on his pottery holiday and Kieran due to the fact that his Dad’s amnesia is so bad now he actually forgot to turn up, so it was a “Seniors Only Match”, the weights were respectable but not good, everyone caught although Bruce threw his back without weighing in (great help to your team that, cheers teammate), not the best days fishing but it was a day out in the fresh air and we all at least caught something.
You will need to study the results sheet posted by team leader to find out who actually won the day as to say it is confusing is a little of a understatement, all I managed to clean from the weigh in / points total was as expected, team leader got higher than average points and poor Roy who won and came second got only two points (told Roy he was catching to many fish and was starting to be a threat to some of the glory hunters !!).
We have a Thursday match at the ever popular Burgh Apton then we have our first Pot Black “change from the fixture list” (its lovely to know that some things never change), due to extensive practicing at a second Halesworth venue nobody else new was there we are moving from the published fixture to the new venue. Match times are the same and you just go to the venue as normal but go right instead of turning into the car park on the left (scene of the first Pot Black Traffic incident) and follow the track down past the first lake to another lake further along.
Hopefully the weather will be kind to us, and according to “The Wall” it will fish well and is a lovely place to fish, so until the next one tight lines.
The other bank.
Friday, 20 May 2011
HOOK AND HAUL THATS THE WAY TO GO!
The forecast was for rain, rain and more rain but they got it very wrong and we were treated to a beautiful sunny day, Team Leader was keen to waylay all accusations of “draw rigging” and any other form of “skulduggery” and had passed the draw for the pairs over the county border to Norfolk for it to be carried out in a neutral environment.
So as the pairs had already been drawn we only had the “peg draw” to sort out, now things must be getting through as team leader and a representative group of members surveyed the lake and sorted out which pegs to leave out, we then put the pegs into the draw and “THE PEG YOU DREW WAS THE PEG YOU FISHED OFF !!!”, it won’t carry on this way but enjoy it while we can.
Now this was more like a proper Pot Black outing / match, two members never made the draw due to over celebrating the night before, one never made the match full stop, several had hangovers and felt ruff till way past midday.
Mad Bruce fishing well from the golden peg went walkabout leaving is rod and line unattended and still fishing only for the inevitable to happen, a fish takes the bait and drags the rod and reel into the lake, Bruce runs round and without any hesitation jumps in after his gear, looses the fish but gear retrieved to fish another day. A phone call to the present Mrs Roberts and she empties Bruce’s wardrobe and drives the 20 miles to bring him not only a change of clothes but “several choices” of clothes to change into, (must be love), this obviously had an effect on Bruce as his catch rate diminished and the winning weight and the £50 slipped from his grasp.
Steve Moyse’s swearing record has been beaten by team leader Wall, who fishing off peg 1 had a mare of a day culminating in “cracking section 4 of his pole” , (handy really he has not cracked that one before so it will go well with all the other sections he has replaced), but his partner and Club New Boy the other “Big Chilvers” carried him through to a podium finish, he will therefore have his winnings from finishing 2nd to spend on the repair.
The original “Big Chilvers” was drawn with his buddy and confidante “Banjo” and they were across the lake from each other so therefore had “both sides covered”, Paul C fished straight into the reeds and with the finesse similar to that of the USA Naval Seal Team sent in to get Osama Bin Laden set about “hauling” all the unsuspecting carp straight out and into his net, he achieved the individual winning weight and aided by Banjo they won the first pairs match of the season.
Louis fishing his first match as an “adult” (no longer a Junior) had a good day and with a little bit of help from his partner (yours truly) we managed 3rd position, the rest of the bunch all had fish although not as many as we would like and hopefully as the weather warms up the catch rates will increase.
Young Declan started well and as he was opposite his rival Kieran could see what he had to do for glory in the junior section, with Louis now fishing with the “Big Boys” its back to a two horse race, both fished well and are always in danger of showing us “seniors” how it should be done.
So after the 2nd match we can cross off :-
No show due to hangover .
First swimmer of the season (more of a deep paddle really but he did jump in).
Nigee missed the net with a fish, which would have moved him further up the positions and points !
Cracked pole section / swearing like a madman.
Dingits Amnesia has struck him bad again as he now cannot remember if he even cast in let alone how many fish he has caught.
But we have a new first for the Pot Black, A CAR CRASH BETWEEN MEMBERS !, for the benefit of those members who departed rapidly to see the football etc, Nigel reversed out into the middle of the car park from the right just as I did the same from the left. The resulting meeting of metal in the middle caused much joviality to those members left in the car park and team leader recons it is the funniest thing he has seen in years, funny how others people misfortune makes people laugh, wish I had gone on about him splitting his pole section more now.
NOW THAT’S MORE LIKE A POT BLACK FISHING MATCH.
So heaven only knows what will happen in the coming matches (and car parks) but it was another lovely day out, next match is at Topcroft 22nd May, local favourite and Topcroft regular Nigee is away on a pensioners tea dancing and pottery course so it could be anybody match, although “The Wall” is sure to put in 4 or 5 days practising between now and then.
Do not forget to look in your mirrors when reversing, till the next time.
The Other Bank.
So as the pairs had already been drawn we only had the “peg draw” to sort out, now things must be getting through as team leader and a representative group of members surveyed the lake and sorted out which pegs to leave out, we then put the pegs into the draw and “THE PEG YOU DREW WAS THE PEG YOU FISHED OFF !!!”, it won’t carry on this way but enjoy it while we can.
Now this was more like a proper Pot Black outing / match, two members never made the draw due to over celebrating the night before, one never made the match full stop, several had hangovers and felt ruff till way past midday.
Mad Bruce fishing well from the golden peg went walkabout leaving is rod and line unattended and still fishing only for the inevitable to happen, a fish takes the bait and drags the rod and reel into the lake, Bruce runs round and without any hesitation jumps in after his gear, looses the fish but gear retrieved to fish another day. A phone call to the present Mrs Roberts and she empties Bruce’s wardrobe and drives the 20 miles to bring him not only a change of clothes but “several choices” of clothes to change into, (must be love), this obviously had an effect on Bruce as his catch rate diminished and the winning weight and the £50 slipped from his grasp.
Steve Moyse’s swearing record has been beaten by team leader Wall, who fishing off peg 1 had a mare of a day culminating in “cracking section 4 of his pole” , (handy really he has not cracked that one before so it will go well with all the other sections he has replaced), but his partner and Club New Boy the other “Big Chilvers” carried him through to a podium finish, he will therefore have his winnings from finishing 2nd to spend on the repair.
The original “Big Chilvers” was drawn with his buddy and confidante “Banjo” and they were across the lake from each other so therefore had “both sides covered”, Paul C fished straight into the reeds and with the finesse similar to that of the USA Naval Seal Team sent in to get Osama Bin Laden set about “hauling” all the unsuspecting carp straight out and into his net, he achieved the individual winning weight and aided by Banjo they won the first pairs match of the season.
Louis fishing his first match as an “adult” (no longer a Junior) had a good day and with a little bit of help from his partner (yours truly) we managed 3rd position, the rest of the bunch all had fish although not as many as we would like and hopefully as the weather warms up the catch rates will increase.
Young Declan started well and as he was opposite his rival Kieran could see what he had to do for glory in the junior section, with Louis now fishing with the “Big Boys” its back to a two horse race, both fished well and are always in danger of showing us “seniors” how it should be done.
So after the 2nd match we can cross off :-
No show due to hangover .
First swimmer of the season (more of a deep paddle really but he did jump in).
Nigee missed the net with a fish, which would have moved him further up the positions and points !
Cracked pole section / swearing like a madman.
Dingits Amnesia has struck him bad again as he now cannot remember if he even cast in let alone how many fish he has caught.
But we have a new first for the Pot Black, A CAR CRASH BETWEEN MEMBERS !, for the benefit of those members who departed rapidly to see the football etc, Nigel reversed out into the middle of the car park from the right just as I did the same from the left. The resulting meeting of metal in the middle caused much joviality to those members left in the car park and team leader recons it is the funniest thing he has seen in years, funny how others people misfortune makes people laugh, wish I had gone on about him splitting his pole section more now.
NOW THAT’S MORE LIKE A POT BLACK FISHING MATCH.
So heaven only knows what will happen in the coming matches (and car parks) but it was another lovely day out, next match is at Topcroft 22nd May, local favourite and Topcroft regular Nigee is away on a pensioners tea dancing and pottery course so it could be anybody match, although “The Wall” is sure to put in 4 or 5 days practising between now and then.
Do not forget to look in your mirrors when reversing, till the next time.
The Other Bank.
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
THE OTHER BANK - BERGHAMPTON
Were off!!! The Pot Black Summer Season is under way, the long winter break is over and we are back in the loving, caring, and all round convivial company of our fellow anglers and peers (ermm).
Anyway some things never change Team Leader conducted the draw and stated he would win off any peg except 6 (he hates peg 6 and does not want 6) you guessed it he draws 6 makes a big big show about how much he hates peg 6, kicks his nets spits out a real large dummy screams and kicks then wins the match from the much hated peg 6 !!, he actually believes that we all believe the lame excess and attempts at trying to convince us all that he does not have it all rigged from the start.
Anyway 16 members took up position round the lake fishing for 2nd position because as we all know team leader would be in first position, the hours of preparation and sorting out of the gear was overlooked by Paul Chilvers as on removing his nets for the required “dip” it was obvious to all the mice had eaten through both nets and his landing net !!. Mind you surprise of all surprises cousin Keville had a spare landing net and was willing to lend it to Paul (you would not get too good a odds on Keville remembering anything let alone having a spare).
Nigee was on best behaviour (and very quiet and non vocal) as he had Declan his Grandson fishing alongside him, the Bulti family are rapidly taking over and took up 3 pegs at this match, due to the hot weather they treated everyone unfortunate enough to be within viewing range to the winters work of the local tattooing parlours (should the hot weather continue counselling will be offered to those affect).
The family theme continued with the Chilvers cousins fishing across the sunny end of the lake from each other and the old father and son pairing of Roy and Steve Moyse also on the lake side, the rest of us where happy to leave the family behind and enjoy a day’s fishing on our own.
The weather was fantastic and the day was more or less perfect, somebody forgot to tell the fish but “you cannot have it all as they say”, the fishing was patchy to sparse and never really got going as we all know Burgh Apton can. Big Keville Chivers was doing well with Banjo being hailed as the only person able to stop him taking the “Golden Peg” money on his first real outing with the Pot Black, but he went off the boil in the second half and could only manage 3rd in the end.
Steve Moyse was as consistent as ever and just kept plugging away and put a good bag of fish on the scales for 2nd, “The Wall” took top position from the one peg he did not want to fish from and saw no chance of him winning from there, ( Well as he has been practicing 2 / 3 days a week for the last 6 weeks solid he ought to know), Paul Chilvers made 4th spot with the borrowed nets, and went on to negotiate purchasing the landing net from cousin Kev at special “family” rate.
Nobody fell in, no fish where dragged up trees, no poles snapped, even the ducks remained uncaught, it was all very mundane for a Pot Black outing, we had a few feeders over the island and the odd float round the reeds, well Trevor managed this in excess of 20 times. But all in all a very enjoyable day and a lovely start to the season, the Thursday match is at Holly Farm 12 noon till 6pm, Nigel is in charge as his nibs is away on a no expense spared luxury romantic break with the long suffering Mrs Wall and would probably fish with the veterans if he was here anyway.
Then it’s Halesworth on May 8th fish 10am – 4pm, make your own way there as Banjo is no longer available to lead point as he has ungraded the car and now has a sat nav !!!, mind you it was the sat nav that was the cause of an accident that damaged both of the Banjo mobiles and he had not made it out of his drive!!!.
Please remember that Halesworth if the home of the “Wally Fully Floating Peg” we will all draw, his nibs will then inspect his drawn peg, consult with Paul Chilvers and if they consider that a move is required they will move to any available peg they deem fit (been there done that got the tea shirt).
Hopefully the weather will be as nice and the fish co operative, till the next time tight lines.
The other bank.
ARE YOU READY?!
Well its nearly time, only days to go until the start of the Pot Black fresh water fishing 2011 season.
The long winter break has seen a few changes, most noticeably in the retirement of team leader Wall from full time employment and the new management taking over the running of the Pot Black.
Apparently we will see no changes as far as the fishing club is concerned (still the same old smiling team leader) and according to she who must be obeyed (Mrs Wall) he is much happier now and does actually smile from time to time !!! (believe that one when we see it).
Anyway the first match should see a good turn out as its the ever popular Bergh Apton (get your names down as places are limited).
Banjo having reached the ripe old age of 50 during the winter break has finally sent the VW Golf to the knackers yard (although Wally did put in a bid to upgrade the Mondeo for it) and the new vehicle towing the old but faithful trailer is being loaded up ready for its first outing.
Bruce has been on several anger management courses over the winter and promises a new calmer Mr Roberts, Nigee has replace all of his fishing tackle and has several new top secret baits under development in the “lab” guaranteed to ensure as he stated last year “the cream will come to the top”.
Daddy Bulti has had a new “Shed” constructed in the garden (present cost slightly in excess of £4,000.00, that’s one big shed !!) to keep all the gear in, and prevent Shane from nicking it all when he is at work. Shane has spent the winter training at the gym, quite what he has been training for we do not know but we understand he can now sleep through an entire 6 hour match therefore eliminating the need to buy any bait.
The “Moyse Boys” now look more like brothers rather than father and son as Roy gets younger every year and Steve heads into middle age. The juniors are another year older and will soon not be juniors and more (bit of luck really as they are getting to good and being beaten by a junior is not good). Paul Chilvers is going to try and fish more matches this year and is said to be bringing cousin Keville along to a few matches as well.
Leader of the breakaway “Hill Billy Crew” Mr Dingit is more excited about fishing the Pot Black than any other of the many matches he fishes in !!, must be the comradery, friendship and all round loving environment that he enjoys, Kieran is “older wiser and going to show us all how it is done” this year.
The rest of us are just looking forward to getting on the bank and trying our luck.
Here is to a most enjoyable season “good luck to all” (just slightly more luck to me if that’s ok with everyone).
THE OTHER BANK.
P.S. A certain newly retired member of the club decided that with a little more time on his hands he would take Nigee fishing a few times and get in a bit of practice before the start of the season, anyway after 2 or 3 sessions the unnamed member kicked poor Nigee into touch as he had wangled his way into fishing with the Veterans, most matches being at Burgh Apton on a Thursday, Nigee was now surplus to requirements.
First match the unnamed member did well and nearly won the day finishing 2nd , and was very vocal about how the veterans should run their matches (I know you all think you know who the mystery member is don’t you). Anyway the next week he turns up for the 8am draw with only a minute or two to spare to be told “sorry we did the draw early there is not a peg for you”, now this did not go down too well as you can imagine and after pointing out the error of their ways he introduced them to a flexi peg “I will fish over there” which was obviously a good choice as he managed second again. He reiterated that a “8am draw should be 8am” and said he would see them all the next week, a week later he turns up at 8am the draw takes place and despite drawing between the two favourites our member puts in a sterling performance and wins the match !!.
The following week he turns up just before 8am for the draw and as he is the only person at the lake asks the farmer at Burgh Apton “where is everybody” “ did they not tell you” was the reply “they moved the match to Hallesworth”.
You think he might get the message soon !!!, you really could not make it up could you.
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