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.
