FIRST PORT OF CALL was the cafe wine and dine the family and then the rest of the day is mine to run the bank
while the tank commander entertains the kids on the fair 
i enjoy walking the bank as much as fishing the matches as you get to see other anglers fishing ,a good look at their rigs and bait and also pick up the odd tips
[you're never too old to pick up tips ]plus you build up a far better picture of the venue .Evesham is not for the faint hearted angler shallow, deep ,fast slow every peg has its own identity and its good to see some of the top anglers and how they approach them.its also great meeting up with your mates old and new.Evesham can reduce even the best anglers to tearers and many leave the bank broken but thats what makes it such a good event
i spent a good amount of time with bicko i watched him before going to the cafe feeding the peg and i must say he was on a good peg after drawing it on the saturday darren managed to draw peg 1 in the team event .Darren will tell you everything you want to know and doesn't mind you sitting behind him
But even Bicko found the peg hard to crack on the day very cofident after catching 6lb plus off it on the Saturday it seamed the roach had switched off
never a dull moment with Bicko but he swopped and changed to keep fish going in thenet no matter what size its all about putting fish in the net from pole to waggler and waggler to pole fish kept going in the net 
Barbel always play a part in the weekend and the team event is no different with the winner and second rob perkins both catching one each not the biggest for Evesham but the team event on the 3rd day and the river running clear it was always going to be hard putting a good roach weight together
Bicko finished with3lb14oz i think for 5th in his section and looking at his expression he was not too pleased but you can only do your best and after watching him decission that he made paid off and i wouldn't of thought any other angler would of caught more .for me this gave me confidence in my own fishing
well done to the organisers once again the best river competition there is
it was great to see my old mate Dave hall and managed to have a sit down with the backroom staff of matchfishing mag and put the world to right
hopefully i will be fishing it next year again
well done to dorking on a very hard river dropping only nine points is a brilliant performance to say the least and off a middle peg draw
