Lewy's Lines

Getting back to the Mark vs Mark competition, Mark is currently down by 3 matches so this weekend there are a potential 2 points up for grab.  We both last fished at Wold Farm back in July 2011 where a mixed bag of fish was our reward from the Island lake. We arrived at 8am as requested by Dax and were met at the tackle shop by Ron (Dax's dad).  Now Ron is a unique character, very dry and very funny.  We went to pay our peg fee's and he said, "Well, I'm not a mind reader....", sorry Ron, "Island lake with Keepnets"... Wold farm is renowned for its mix of fish, it's like a fairground, you never know what is going to come out next! Mark selected his peg where he had an island to go at within pole range, bunch of lilies to his right and a lovely looking margin swim to his left.  My swim was on the right of Mark, with open water in front, lilies to my left and the point of an island to my right hand side. The Set-up Today would be pole only

The final day and the Monkees only need 8 points out of the 20 on offer to secure the bragging rights over the Shandees. Today the match rules allow any method with in the Glebe rules.  We would be fishing one on one and we wouldn't know who until the draw was completed. Phrase of yesterday, "you fringe" was being used to excess mind you! The Draw The Shandee's drew first and put their names down on the boards split across Pools 4, 5, 6 & 7.  Then the Monkees drew.  My draw was Pool 6, peg 88, the exact peg that Sconey was on yesterday, my competition was Rick (Happy Dangler) on Peg 89.  Funnily, Sconey drew my peg from yesterday Peg 86 and he would be fishing against Shogun. The Set-up Based on yesterday experience on Pool 6, I opted for the following: 5 metre line straight ahead Left hand margin at 4 metres Feeder rod set up to exploit the far bank The All-In Learning from yesterday I cupped in two large pots of hemp and corn on the

Day 2 which is a float only day and teams of 2 vs 2.  The weather had turned for the worse.  It was raining and overcast, probably an ideal day for the feeder to be honest! Most were suffering from the previous night at the Longshoot! The monkees were 4-1 up on the shandees and today there would be 10 points available for the winning teams. The Draw Hathers drew the envelope that contained our 4 pegs.  I drew peg 86 on Pool 6, Pike peg 87, Sconey peg 88 and Hathers on peg 89. I had been on peg 86 before back in 2012 for the Connor Whip Charity day .  It is known as the "little girls peg" so of course Pike and Hathers were taking the mickey, just a little... The Set-up I was thinking about setting up a pellet waggler but after a chat with Sconey and Roy Marlow it was clear that the 5 metre line would play a big part in today's match.  So I set up the following: 5 metre line straight ahead at full depth and also a shallow rig 13 metre and 5 metre margin

3 days of fishing at The Glebe ahead with 39 other Match Fishing Scene members, fishing heaven in my mind!  To top it all some of the MFS Jocks would also be there at the same time, bonus! A 3 day event like this especially at a fishery with a reputation for the amount of tins of corn anglers have fed presented a challenge to ensure I had brought the right baits and plenty of it, better have more than not enough...  the bait list was: 12 pints of 6mm pellets 2 pints of 8mm pellets 6 bags of Marukyu EFG 151 8 Bags of frozen sweetcorn 8 pints of hemp 3 pints of casters 2 pints of dead red maggot For the final day I'll tell you what I used and what I came home with... I arrived the night before at the Bosworth Hall Hotel which is only a 15 minute drive to fishery so it was great to be able to have an easy morning, i.e. a sleep in and a relaxing breakfast. It was great to see plenty of familiar faces from up and down the country, it didn't take long for the micke

The Rules as written by Sconey.... Thursday Pools one, six and seven. Foursomes (4 Munkees  v 4 Shandees...all pegs in a line in one of 5 sections) 3 x 8 peg sections on Pool one 1 x 8 peg section on Pool six. 1 x 8 peg section on Pool seven. Both teams have been allocated equal numbers of end pegs. (This applies to all three days) The draw will take place at 10:00am in the marquee at The Glebe. I will call up anglers to draw (there will only be 5 anglers called...simple..!) They will draw one of 5 envelopes...these will contain Munkees  and Shandees pegs. The Foursomes will then "draw for themselves" from these envelopes then record their names with Pikey in the marquee. You will all fish from 11:30am to 5:30pm  (six hours)...rules are as fishery rules for nets (minimum 2 nets...one for silvers and carp under 2 pound, the other for carp over 2 pounds...100 pound strict net limit. If you go over 100 pounds in a net, the total that you go over will be deducted fr

When I moved back to London, Jim invited me to join the Talk Angling lads for a match at Sumners Fishery on the Match Lake so I jumped at the chance to try a new fishery. The match lake is renowned for throwing up large weights in matches with the potential of 400lb bags. I did a bit of research on the lake and asked a John Rhodes what the craic was.  Targeting the carp was going to be the main approach with pellet, meat and corn all successful hook baits. Only 50 miles south of London it took around 90 minutes to arrive and meet up with the lads.  It was great to see some familiar faces and the bacon buttie and cup of tea was a welcome breakfast.  There are three lakes at Sumners and plenty of campers onsite. Very clean and in the middle of a small village, lack of phone signal was the only problem, some may say that's a blessing in disguise! The Draw A couple of stragglers turned up late, you know I'm talking about you Mr Rhodes and the draw was underway.  I pulled

The final day of the MFS vs How End 2 dayer.  After a fabulous night at Peb’s and Tarnya’s place and a great sleep in the caravan I woke up with not too much of a hangover.  Apologies to Nick D for my snoring during the night, I did warn you mate ;-)  Right, time to fix the top section where the elastic parted company with the Dacron connector and to get the gear out of the car ready for the days fishing.  It was a lot warming this morning and I’d be fishing on Yasi’s today after drawing on Dani’s yesterday. The Draw I’ve fished Yasi’s quite a few times and with the massive weights that came out of it yesterday I was looking forward to a good draw and I wouldn’t be disappointed.  Peg 13 came out of the hat, a peg that is known as the Barbel peg.  The Set-Up After a quick chat with Pete Bailey (of twisted knee fame) he gave me some great pointers about fishing just down margin shelf.  So I set up the following two rigs: Edge of the far shelf at around 13m Edge of the