Stafford Moor - May Festival, 16th May 2019
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