The Oaks, Sessay, Poplars, 16th October 2011
Hoppy's Memorial Match organised by the lads at Peg 32, Poplars Lake, The Oaks Anglers Cabin . I was looking forward to meeting them all, especially after seeing the banter on the forum. The weather for the day was around 14 deg C, very little wind and quite bright. Over the weekend the first frost had fallen so would it affect the fishing? I got to The Oaks at Sessay around 8am and quickly headed into the cafe for a bacon buttie and cup of tea. I spoke to Tom, the owner/baliff and he mentioned that finer lines would be the order of the day, maggot or pellet as bait. I grabbed 3 pints of mixed white / red maggots, pint of casters and some micro pellets. My other bait choice for the day would be worm and sweetcorn. As I'd not met the Anglers Cabin crew I proceeded to walk around the different groups of anglers in the car park if they were fishing Hoppy's Memorial match... in typical fashion it was the last group I saw that were the lads....