Today was round 10 of our winter league. After a week of milder weather and catches improving through the week I was hoping to see some better weights in today’s match but the strong north westerly wind really made the going difficult for most. Alex Bradley was the exception who sat into the wind all day but caught well!! Here are the results:

Heron Lake
1st Alex Bradley peg 15 67lb 10oz (Pictured)
2nd Roger Baker peg 4 26lb 2oz
3rd Mike Bennets peg 11 17lb 9oz

We had a mid week knock up today on Fir Tree pond. After a hard winter the carp are starting to want a bit of fed and are being caught well on pellet although the last couple of hours were a bit of a struggle. Here’s the result:

1. Roger Baker peg 14 42lb 9oz
2. Neil Hodder peg 3 32lb

Well done Roger.

Sunday was winter league match day and Jimmy Crossley has hit some form in peg drawing! Jimmy drew in-form peg 4 on Heron Lake and had a great day despite the wind! I thought Ricky Dennis on peg 11 was a banker but it didn’t produce on the day. Roger Baker saw off all the competition on Fir tree pond after drawing sock-on peg 9!! Here are the results:

Heron Lake:
1st Jimmy Crossley peg 4 51lb 10oz
2nd Tony Jose peg 15 32lb 5oz
3rd John Maundrill peg 20 23lb 3oz

Today’s weather sorted the men from the boy’s!!! But as it turned out it was a dry day just a bit blustery. We fished on Heron Lake and I put peg 10 in today for a change and was well chuffed when it was the last peg left in the bag! Despite the strong wind it fished well, here are the results :

1st Neil Hodder peg 10 54lb 14oz
2nd Paul Glanville peg 4 41lb 10oz
3rd Chris Symons peg 9 31lb 4oz

We had a mid week knock up on Heron Lake. It fished hard as the carp weren’t showing, but it doesn’t get much closer than this, here is the result:

1. Roger Baker Peg 2 10lb 15oz
2. Paul Glanville Peg 20 10lb 14oz
3. Neil Hodder Peg 19 10lb 8oz

Well done Roger and thanks to everyone who came.

Today’s winter league match was fished in blustery conditions, it fished well for thoughs on Heron lake and it was close on Fir Tree pond but the going was tough. Ricky Dennis thought his draw arm had let him down today after pulling peg 4 from the bag, but he managed to find his way there and had a good day! Here are the results:

Heron Lake
1st Ricky Dennis peg 4 44lb 7oz (Pictured)
2nd Alex Bradley peg 11 38lb 9oz
3rd Roger Baker peg 19 28lb 6oz

We had a close result in today’s open, fished on Heron Lake. Roger Baker was very pleased with drawing end peg 2 and asked me for a £1 side bet which I was happy to accept after drawing end peg 11! Here’s the results:

1st Neil Hodder peg 11 45lb
2nd Chris Bailey peg 15 43lb 9oz (Pictured)
3rd Adrian Holland peg 9 37lb

Today we had a mid week match on Heron Lake. The weather was beautiful, like a spring day and the result was a close one. I drew peg 9 and was well happy, Roger Baker drew 15 and subsequently spat out his dummy! I started dobbing bread at 12 metres down the right hand margin which is usually a banker, but after 30 mins and1 foul hooked fish realised they weren’t their! I caught a few at four sections on 6mm pellet and on the pellet feeder to the far side but could see Roger catching well and knew he was in front. With 20 mins to go fish turned up down the edge and I had a 6lb fish at the whistle! Here’s the results:

Bit of a cold one for this Sunday’s open. With a strong northerly wind blowing down to peg 10 we pegged the match for comfort and used the pegs at the other end of the lake. It proved to be a hard day as I think the carp followed the wind to the other end of the lake leaving everyone fishing for silvers. Chris Symons grab first helped by a bonus carp of 7lb 8oz, here are the results:

1st Chris Symons peg 2 16lb 7oz
2nd Tony Jose peg 19 12lb 5oz
3rd Adrian Holland peg 20 6lb 6oz

Sunday just gone was our 6th winter league match. Ricky Dennis’s draw arm was working it’s usual magic and he pulled peg 9 on Fir tree from the bag and caught a shed full! With the wind and rain blowing from the south at the start of the match I changed a few pegs from the last winter league match to give some shelter, but this didn’t matter as through the day the wind swung round to the north! I had an over weigh and was only 8oz from disqualification! Here are the results: