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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
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