Grueller match 1 2013

#1

Cannock Extension Canal

Sat 16th Nov

22 fished

Well what can I say. On a grueller you are usually guaranteed some banter and I've gorra say, being pegged next to Big Col T was no exception - the fishing was 'hard' in our neck of the woods on the boats but we had loads of laffs between us and the 4 hrs flew by.

Now anything can happen on a grueller...........

............and it often does

But the best laff about this grueller..........and this is a first

I've just gone to post the results onto Bill Yards and Towpath 2........

But JK's binned em

Despite a mooch in the bin still cant find 'em

me · #2

was the results that bad that mad JK bin them

#3

Wasnt too bad ME - we've had much harder gruellers in the past

There were even a few smiling faces at the end

and not just the 'winners'

See here's Big Col T - hope I draw next to him on the next un - and his soup aint bad either

And Trevor B

Cotti doing the honours with the scales - mind Mike E is an even bigger scrooge with those drams

That peg 5 looks a flyer

#4

The 'results' off the top of my head........

1st Zorro 4lb odd of silvers on the punch off peg 20
2nd The Milky Bar Kid with 3lb odd on little red men from peg 22
3rd Andy Talbot with a big 2lb off peg 21, ruing knocking a large perch off at the net that would have moved him up a place

Section winners
1 - 8 on the boats - Yamo with lb 13oz odd from around peg 3
9 - 17 Cotti with 2lb odd of caster roach from around peg 10
18 - 24 By triple default,

Blues4eva with 2lb odd

Blues · #5

See here's Big Col T - hope I draw next to him on the next un - and his soup aint bad either

if you got there a bit earlier TK you could have had one of Big Col T Famous bacon sandwiches cooked straight from the back of his van he even supplies the ketchup.

weights if memory serves me right

!) Zorro 4.7lb
2) Josh 3.1lb
3) Tabbo 2.8lb
4) Blues4eva 2.4lb
5) Cotti 2.2lb

MrV · #6

Well done all the "framers"

Not sure how it fished down on the boats section, but as gruellers go, there was a fairly even spread of weights throughout the rest of the sections. My pound plus was hard work, and I was given a spanking by the "young gun" on peg 22....well done Josh

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It was great to see a good turn out, and I hope they keep coming. I don't think many people caught on the punch (Zorro being the exception), and I was glad I decided to take the W/J. Don't know the lads name on peg 24, but he came and asked me a few questions on W/J fishing as he hadn't used it before. Gave him a few tips, so hopefully he will bring it with him next match and give himself another string to his bow

Big Thanks to KOD for taking my gear back to the van