19/2/2014 AF Gp2 Match 4, K&A

Today saw an early start as I had somehow volunteered myself to peg the group match along the Kennet and Avon canal at Bishops Cannings, it wasn’t as bad as it used to be but I managed to get a boot full when I slipped in trying to get past a fallen tree, it was one of two and meant that I had to move a section from where I had wanted to put it and move it up to Horton Bridge.

Anyway I survived and managed to get my breakfast in plenty of time so calmed down no end quite quickly, for the day it was the team of Tidworth Tiddlers, Myself, Rocky and Tony again. I drew and it could have been better, Tony was next to the turning bay, Rocky was on A1 but there were 4 end pegs in his section and I was slap bang in the middle of C section.

It didn’t look too bad so I set up a bread rig for 2+2, a worm rig for across, a worm rig for down the track and another bread rig for 11.5m.  My day started well with a run of decent fish in the first hour but then bites faded for everyone and we were all left struggling, I think I over fed on the short line and the perch did not really show in enough numbers.

I ended up with 1.4KG and that was only good enough for 4^th in section the two end pegs had 1.8-1.9kg and John Dewberry led the way again with an impressive 2.5KG from the middle of the section. I was able to watch him all day and he managed to nurture his bread lines for longer by feeding less and more often so one to take away there.

Back at the pub the team had ended up with 11 points for 3^rd or 4^th and I took a quid back off Tony, so it wasn’t all gloom and doom.