So back to the river Dove and i said from last time i would not come again but not the reason for the fishing but for that hellish walk (approx. 1000yards - one way ! ) . So hoping i would gain something closer i decided to enter the match organised by Sir Clive Lloyd Senior lecturer at the Burton upon Trent Stickology department.
- time for the draw and the peg i did not want as i was there before was PEG 3 , what did i get ....... 3!!!
Okay pull yourself together Phil , lets attack this 5'-6'- 7' going to 9' peg swim differently , so lets get there and assess .
Somewhere in the distance is my destiny!
Getting closer to my peg and a dog took a dislike to me , charging several times , my right foot was at the ready even when i warned the owner who could not care less.
after 25 minutes exit from the car park i am greeted by familiar territory
To be fair it was an easy walk on the level also i halved my weight on the trolley
Just checking again that it was really Peg 3
Set up 2 rods , a speci waggler of 4gr and a 10 no4 stick - both had 5lb reel lines and i had a size 14 hook on both.
How do i attack this peg differently from last time ? Last time i had my first fish 10 minutes before the end . So i decided to blast it with maggot and sit 3 metres more to my left so i have a better stick float run in the 4-6' depth of water before it enters 8/9' depth.
First 30 minutes i had no indication at all but then i started to get a few quick bites but nothing so changed to a 16' s finer hook and had a grayling .
But then nothing until about the 2nd hour when a quick bite resulted into a decent chub which i struggled to get past the reed bed to my right but eventually it surrendered to my net - nice , now i am happy. Thinking this was going to be the normal i fished for another 45 minutes and nothing . So i decided to drop my float in close and set up a heavy 15' rod with a 3gram Bolo and put some serious weight down in that hole to my right after about 5 minutes setting up as i was just fixing a hook to the line i heard something on my footplate - to my astonishment my rod had entered the water and the butt was about ready to go in . i just managed to grip the rod and reach for the real and let some slack go , no sooner than that happened the line was into the tree far side and ping ! - reckon it was barbel .
1.5lb Grayling
1st Chub
2nd Chub
Later i took another Chub and also lost one after playing for 30 seconds ! - dam it cost me a 2nd place in section
The whistle blew and we all packed up and a few of us were talking on the bank at my peg when all of a sudden a 'Blue-thing' came slowly moving down the water . It was preston keep net , just like Jamies where his was 80 years upstream ! - It was Jamies and quickly he entered the water and completed a rescue and bonus was all his fish were still there !
Peg 4 had 2 and lost 2 Barbel and with a few large Chub hit the 20b mark
Better than last time !
Peg 1
Back in the pub after and Match organiser completing the results sheet
I was proud of myself today as Mr Beech had won his section i was able to dish out his money . I asked him if he wanted to pay for the repairs of the 5m whip he took of me with other goods that he did not pay for and the costs of replacement whip sections £11.50 and £22.50 plus £9 carriage . Obviously i did not wish to make a scene to undermine great day . Keep smiling Tony as one day i will have my money back ! I have to remind myself i run a fishing company and to create a scene is not complicit to such a great day on the Dove .
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- time for the draw and the peg i did not want as i was there before was PEG 3 , what did i get ....... 3!!!
Okay pull yourself together Phil , lets attack this 5'-6'- 7' going to 9' peg swim differently , so lets get there and assess .
Somewhere in the distance is my destiny!
Getting closer to my peg and a dog took a dislike to me , charging several times , my right foot was at the ready even when i warned the owner who could not care less.
after 25 minutes exit from the car park i am greeted by familiar territory
To be fair it was an easy walk on the level also i halved my weight on the trolley
Just checking again that it was really Peg 3
Set up 2 rods , a speci waggler of 4gr and a 10 no4 stick - both had 5lb reel lines and i had a size 14 hook on both.
How do i attack this peg differently from last time ? Last time i had my first fish 10 minutes before the end . So i decided to blast it with maggot and sit 3 metres more to my left so i have a better stick float run in the 4-6' depth of water before it enters 8/9' depth.
First 30 minutes i had no indication at all but then i started to get a few quick bites but nothing so changed to a 16' s finer hook and had a grayling .
But then nothing until about the 2nd hour when a quick bite resulted into a decent chub which i struggled to get past the reed bed to my right but eventually it surrendered to my net - nice , now i am happy. Thinking this was going to be the normal i fished for another 45 minutes and nothing . So i decided to drop my float in close and set up a heavy 15' rod with a 3gram Bolo and put some serious weight down in that hole to my right after about 5 minutes setting up as i was just fixing a hook to the line i heard something on my footplate - to my astonishment my rod had entered the water and the butt was about ready to go in . i just managed to grip the rod and reach for the real and let some slack go , no sooner than that happened the line was into the tree far side and ping ! - reckon it was barbel .
1.5lb Grayling
1st Chub
2nd Chub
Later i took another Chub and also lost one after playing for 30 seconds ! - dam it cost me a 2nd place in section
The whistle blew and we all packed up and a few of us were talking on the bank at my peg when all of a sudden a 'Blue-thing' came slowly moving down the water . It was preston keep net , just like Jamies where his was 80 years upstream ! - It was Jamies and quickly he entered the water and completed a rescue and bonus was all his fish were still there !
Peg 4 had 2 and lost 2 Barbel and with a few large Chub hit the 20b mark
Better than last time !
Peg 1
Back in the pub after and Match organiser completing the results sheet
I was proud of myself today as Mr Beech had won his section i was able to dish out his money . I asked him if he wanted to pay for the repairs of the 5m whip he took of me with other goods that he did not pay for and the costs of replacement whip sections £11.50 and £22.50 plus £9 carriage . Obviously i did not wish to make a scene to undermine great day . Keep smiling Tony as one day i will have my money back ! I have to remind myself i run a fishing company and to create a scene is not complicit to such a great day on the Dove .
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