Lewy's Lines

Back to the Lake of Breams that is Old Bury Hill, the main lake and a match that Hathers had organised for the OBH Lovers and serving as a practise for the Wednesday series that he runs. Bury Hill is a beautiful fishery and the weather was being very kind also. I'd popped down a few days earlier when Hathers was having a practise for the practise session and learnt quite a lot from him, Mickey D and Ricky Baxter. The Draw The draw finally got under way after Hathers realised that Mickey D wasn't fishing today.  Fourteen of us spread across pegs 1-20 with the higher number pegs the ones people wanted.  My draw for today, unlucky for some, peg 13. Now I've been to peg 13 last time I fished in August last year, you can find that article here... Neighbour for the day was Silvers. Set-up I have the end of the big island in front of me which of course is a natural draw for fish so I set up two 13 foot rods as follows, both clipped up at 65, 70 and 75 metres: 1.5...

Sunday match this week I opted to head back to Richardson Lake with Godalming Angling Society (GAS) who were sharing the lake with the Farnham Match Group (FMG). A quick call to the match secretary and I was in.  Turns out that 36 of us would be fishing. The Draw Drawing was split between GAS and FMG and ordered by the time you booked on.  I was second last on our list however Peg 10 came out for me. Not a bad draw and one peg from the area that everyone was fancying! Set-up Waggler and Bomb rod straight out of the bag to target the far bank which is just beyond pole range. Pole Lines were: 14.5 Metres to the left side of the peg Top 2 + 2 margin lines left and right Top 2 + 1 keep net line Bait consisted of maggot, caster, worm, sweetcorn and some expander pellets.  Groundbait was Supercrush Green. All-In The decision from the off was to take the negative approach and with that I potted in two balls of ground bait was a smattering of casters on th...

Another match with Godalming Angling Society at another one of their waters in the Marsh Farm Complex. Today I'm fishing Harris Lake, lake which is renowned for its large tench and crucian carp. The Draw Early start, 8:30am draw fishing 10:30am to 3:30pm which is a little early for a summer match to be quite honest. Peg 27 came out of the bag for me... one of the longest walks from the car park however as I'm on a fitness regime at the moment something to get the heart pounding. Neighbours to my right, Henry and Paul. Set-up The weather was bright and sunny and very little ripple on the water however I decided to target the far bank with a feeder / bomb approach rather than the method. Pole Lines to target the lily pads on my right, 13 metres into the white water and a short top 3 plus 2 line to my left. Bait was mostly a natural selection with some expanders thrown in just incase.  I also had some sweetcorn that I had liquidised which would be to generate a c...

A chance to fish the Wednesday match with Godalming Angling Society on a new lake to me, Richardson Lake. The weather wasn't looking the best today with rain predicted, little did I know it was going to rain all day long and soak all the gear. The Draw Peg 7, near to the Apollo tackle shop came out of the bag for me. Set-up With the wind blowing down the lake I didn't feel it would be a waggler day however I set-up a waggler and also a bomb to fish the waggler line too. Pole lines were: 13 metres at 10 o'clock and 1 o'clock Top 2 and 3 straight ahead Margin lines left and right Bait was a mix between natural (maggot, caster, worms) and pellets which would be fished on separate lines. All-In Kicking off the swims I put a small ball of sloppy groundbait with casters on the 10 o'clock line and some 4 mm pellets on the other long pole line.  The rain then started. I decided to try the waggler, pinging casters over the top until the wind got so ba...

Back to Stockbridge with Farnham Angling Society for the bank holiday weekend. The weather this week has been warm and sunny and it was great to see the lily pads while up walking round the lake as it really helps to define where the real fishy swims will be, especially peg 9 known as the double lily swim. The Draw Reports from the previous week is that the deeper part of the lake (pegs 14 upwards) hadn't fished as well as the earlier, shallower pegs. A group decision was taken to fish pegs 2 through to 14, the shallower pegs. I was last name on the list so ended up with Peg 14 and the scales.  I was not unhappy with the draw as I had Avery short walk from the car park but more importantly some lily pads to target. Set-up As always at Stockbridge, the Waggler rod came out of the bag and was plumbed to full depth, marked on the rod and then set to half depth to sew if the roach were up in the water. Pole lines: 13 metres targeting the lily pads on the right 12 met...

The final day and the final destination for the week is Woodpecker, normally a lake I shy away from during the winter silvers festival however I was looking forward to fishing for to a change and fishing for the carp. The Draw To be honest I wasn't too bothered where I drew today, so Peg 19 in the bay was home for the day. We know that the carp are either here, or not... only time will tell. Set-up Again, another simple set up.  Bomb and Pellet Waggler rods out of the bag.  Pole for the margin, just in case. Bait consisted of Corn, Pellets and worms. All-In The match plan was simple, fish the bomb and pellet in the bowl area in front of me, resisting the temptation to cast long however having the option should I need it. The first couple of hour fishing the bomb I put two fish in the net, makes for a simple blog!  Gary on peg 18 and Bill on Peg 20 only had two fish also.  It was slow going that was for sure. The fish had been showing themselves sha...

Well my hope of a high finish in the festival is fading fast, but hey its way better than working! Next stop Pines.  The regulars to this festival say that Pines fishes better in the first few days of the festival and then tends to drop off as the skimmers take longer to "recover" from being caught. It will be an experience not to fish it in the cold winter months anyway... The Draw Peg 7, probably the worst draw and this peg is either feast or famine and the weights during the week had not been brilliant from it either. Set-up Peg 7 is very wide and with the wind blowing straight into my face I decided to break out a feeder to target beyond pole range to the far bank. Pole lines 13 metres, uniformed depth (7feet plus) for a number of swims Top two and 3 Margin line Up in the water rig for roach close in Bait today included more natural baits, maggots, caster, worm, groundbait, expander and micro pellets. All-In Todays approach would be negative due t...