Lewy's Lines

A beautiful day awaited the whole of the field, blue skies, sunshine, but very little wind, which of course meant no ripple on the water. Today we would be on Laurels. The Draw Peg 69 was going to be my home for the day. This is the second peg from the white gate, near where the aerator used to be. The Set-Up On my right I had a reasonable margin swim, but there was a lot of scum on the water. The old aerator spike was moving with fish around it so this was an area I would target with the bomb and waggler. More out of the bag today: Top 2 + 2 Margin on the right  13 metre in open water straight ahead, full depth and shallow Waggler rod Bomb Rod Bait options were sweetcorn, luncheon meat, worms, 4 & 6mm expanders with 6mm feed pellets and I mixed some groundbait to pot in on the margin lines. The All-In 13 metre line potted with a cup full of luncheon meat to try and get the fish on the bottom. The margin was also potted with some loose groundbait and lunche

The big bash was also on a Lindholme today so we would all fit on Oasis, both out of the way of the masses and also able to park our cars behind our pegs for a simple unpack. The Draw I pulled out peg 35 which was a corner peg, very favourable area. The previous festival I was on the other corner so I had an idea of how to attack the peg. I was in a tough section with Lee and Jimmy, both who had perfect scores in the festival up to today. The Set-Up It was going to be 16 metres on the pole today to reach the far bank and the method feeder to reach the corner. I set up the following lines: 16 metres to the far bank on my right  16 metres under a tree to my left  7 metres straight ahead  Top 2 keep net line  Method Feeder to the far bank straight ahead Bait was as the previous days, sweetcorn, 8mm luncheon meat, maggot, worm, micro pellets and groundbait. The All-In Potting in on 7 metre line with some luncheon meat and then across to the far bank with sweetcorn whi

Day 2 of the festival and we would be fishing on Willows and the Strip lake to give everyone some room. A quite night was had by all last night so most we bright eyed and bushy tailed! The Draw I got an early draw as I was helping Midge to set-up, peg 40 on Willows came out which was one of the points, the favourable areas on Willows. The Set-Up Another day on the Pole, so I set-up the following lines: 13 metres at 2 o’clock 13 metres at 10 o’clock  Top 2 + 2 straight ahead  Margin on the left Method Feeder rod over to an empty peg on the other point Bait was Worm, corn, dead red maggots, 6mm , micro and expander pellets The All-In Given yesterday on Bonsai and watching Keith (Shallowman) I decided to have one pole line as chopped worm, the other a pellet line to give me options. I cupped in on both lines and went straight over the chopped worm line. The fish started to come, but they were small silvers and the smallest gudgeon I’ve ever seen. Finally the carp f

After fishing at How End I drove up to Doncaster and met up with all the lads, the beers and dodgy spirits were soon flowing. Not too late a night and back to the lodge and a sleep in at last rather than my normal early start to Paris with work. The Draw Both Keith and I were a little late into the cafe after our home cooked breakfast. Everyone was there and the line formed for the draw bag. We would be fishing Bonzai today, I drew out peg 65, somewhere I had been before the previous year and as both previous festivals I was pegged next to Keith! The Set-Up Given I had an island chuck the method rod was straight out of the bag. Pole lines for the day were: 5 metre line full depth  5 metre and 14 metre shallow line  Right hand margin line Bait for the day was 6mm, micro and expander pellets, sweetcorn, worm and dead red maggots. The All-In Micros and some corn potted in on the 5 metre line and then picking up the method rod casting to the island with micros and 3 de

The final day of the 5 day festival and we would be back on Lindholme Lakes Bonsai lake.  After a great Thursday night there were plenty of sore heads. The Draw I drew last after helping Gary and peg 64 was left in the bag for me so I would be on the middle arm but this time on the left hand side.  There was a good ripple on the water and I had an island to cast to with the method or bomb rod, plus a peg to my right which was empty and would be a great margin line later in the match.  Neighbours for the day were Keith (Shallowman) and Pete (Texas Pete) so I knew it would be a fun match. The Set-Up The island would be a target area for the method feeder and I also chose a couple of pole lines. 8 metre line's at 10 and 2 o'clock Margin line to the empty peg to my right I would rely on sweetcorn again, 6mm pellets,  6mm cubed luncheon meat and loose groundbait. The All-In Cupped some meat in on the left hand 8 metre line and some 6mm pellets on the right hand li