Officers
Match 19th May at the
Not a good
day for the match – FA Cup Final day. Never the less 6 persons attended. The
venue was in a good setting, in a valley surrounded by many trees.
There were
fish jumping continually, predominantly at the far east
end of the lake from where the wind was blowing. Here, with a moderate,
slightly chilly, easterly breeze, the water was calmer than the nearer west end
which appeared to be quieter as far as fish were concerned. Also casting into
the easterly wind proved difficult from that west end. Only Stan had a go from
there, and that was after the match had officially ended. Frank was on the
south side casting mainly sideways into the wind and he picked up a couple of
fish. Otherwise all the fish came out at the far east
end which was chock-a-block with fishermen – no spare room. Early in the day
there appeared to be a shoal there.
The water
was quite dirty and a few Crayfish nets could be seen! The continual rises gave
one hope that contact would soon be made. Not so, the number of fish coming out
was low as can be seen by the results. All fish were about 2lbs each. As they say, ‘When the winds in the east the fish bite the least’.
Congratulations to Stan who won the day by about
13.00hrs when we all decided to finish the match and go for eats.
Overall I
think it was a disappointing day. As Stan said, ‘because it is catch and
release the fish are hook shy’. Probably the best part of the day was the group
meal at the restaurant at the top of the hill although even that had
questionable quality. Many thanks to Ray who paid for the
drinks. Let’s have more of that!
A few did
return after lunch for a final sling but nothing came out.
|
Name |
Num fish |
|
Ray
Simpson |
1 |
|
John
Weaver |
1 |
|
Allen
Dixon |
1 |
|
Ken
Williams |
2 |
|
Frank Bayley |
2 |
|
Stan King |
3 |