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.
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