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Thanks to evryone for a great day out really enjoyed it and well done to my Rolf's Partner Gemma roll on the next one 



joff i was praying for that tench to come off all that hard work i did early on and you blew me away in the last 20mins

I KNOW THANK GOD
when i saw your your bait tray i thought i'd been stitched up pinkies G/B i should of put some in
still i'd set the dinner plate for that tench ::) ::) ::)

Well spose I’d better pen a few words for ‘my take’ on the day along with the results for those  forumites who didn’t fish the match and any other interested readers………

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[move]What a lovely day for a Minxing[/move]

My best laid plans to fish the punch and squatt to beat Dodge’s ‘I’ve got the lowest bait bill claim’  were thrown in disarray when Heinzer convinced me on the Saturday morning to part with some hard earned readies  - don’t laugh Sprucey -  and have 1/2kilo of dendos as these had proved to be the winning bait on our club match down on the cut a couple of weeks ago.

Up bright and breezy - well bright and breezy for me- on the way I took a call off Sprucey

‘Where am ya? - the lanes full of cars’. ‘Be there in a couple of minutes’

Pulling up I jumped out to open the gates…………….

Now was it the  or the JINX putting in an early appearance?

The new lock that matched my key was missing from the chain harnessing the gates together and an old rusty lock was in it’s place.   I resisted the Chockie Munster’s suggestion  ;)to apply the bolt cutters on it…….and redirected the cars on the trip to Wood Lane.

With everyone off on a mystery tour down the lanes I hung around with Heinzer awaiting the last few to turn up.

Arriving at Wood Lane, the pegging was complete  with pegs 1-19 to the left of Wood Lane, 20 to 28 on the Common.  God somebody was in for a walk down to peg 1,  although it was the perceived ‘favoured’ area, just hoped it wasn’t me.

Harry the Hitman was a noticeable absentee…………..where is he I thought  and wondered whether it was his car in the canal with the police divers up by the junction with the Extension Canal. 

With Simps pockets lined with some bish bosh to help site running costs - cheers guys for your donations  - the draw was underway.

My dream peg - shortest walk just to left of Wood Lane - was soon out of my clutch as I scribbled Bill Yards name against it.

The draw enabled me to put faces to the forum names - although I must apologise to Dodge as I initially didn’t recognise him  in his sun glasses and tee shirt and minus his winter garb……….

With a couple of short walk pegs still in the bag I plucked out 7…………..aghh….. I hadn’t bought my  oxygen tank with me, but the Dickie knee was feeling aok.

Off I trudged - even turning down the Chockie Munsters offer of a lift with my gear and the use of a wheel barrow.

Arriving at peg 7 I was greeted with a real Japanese snipers peg 

Looked nice, would either fish its head off or be a ballacher as it was obvious it hadn’t seen any bait this year to date. Hook any beasties and it would be fun and games trying to get them out though. 

The off…………two lines of Bill Yards bait were potted in and a chop and caster line. Must remember if I’m gunna fish the chop regularly to get some of those multi bladed thingies - took me ages to chop em up with a single blade.

A few indications on the white stuff on the inside, but they wernt reaaly having it, just pecking at it. A couple of small skimmers soon saw me avoiding the dreaded DNW, but a couple also slipped the barbless hook  due to the awkwardness of the peg so that was soon changed.

Time drifted on and news filtered of a few anglers with solitary tench and a couple lost - nobody was really setting the world on fire.

Because of those solitary tench,  with bites at a premium as the sun beat down and with Wezza to my right also struggling I elected to chase a couple of tinca on the chop.

Only it didn’t happen  with only a couple of small stripeys having a peck.    I’m under pressure as I’ve heard The Minx has got a ‘skimmer’ who weight varies from 6oz to 1.5lb  dependent on who tells the story. I need a tinca or two to snaffle my worm

45 mins to go and Wezza blows me away finally hooking and landing a tinca that he reckons goes 3lb plus………I’m battered both sides now as Poolsfodder to my left snared a 4lb’er early on in the match

During the match I’ve heard plenty of peals of laughter and banter from Joffie and crew out of sight down on the wides……..with about 20 mins to go, the cries go up again - somebody’s hooked summat decent - now who could that be conjuring up a Houdini act to get out of jail   

I’ve been watching those clouds coming over - the Barbie outside is at risk,  JK will have to use the cooker inside at the club…………because true to form, Heinzer blows up and within a minute the JINX strikes again as it chucks it down to pack up in 

Anyway onto the tale of the scales and who got MINXED from where……….

1 Malc DNW
2 Sprucey 1.14.10
3 Mr Mossella 2.4.2
4 Budgie 3.15.0
5 Joffie 4.9.9 Section Winner
6 Poolsfodder 4.8.0

7 TK 1.15.0
8 Wezza 4.14.0
9 Bucko DNW
10 Gary Smith DNW
11 The MINX 5.5.3 Section Winner
12 KOD 0.11.6

13 Glyn 0.10.10
15 Heinzer 0.7.8
16 Dodge 4.1.0
17 Keef 4.6.8 Section Winner
18 Chockie Munster 2.3.0
19 Bill Yards 1.0.0

20 Snowie 1.5.0
21 OBI 0.14.10
22 Simps 0.6.11
23 Diddy123 4.0.0
25 Guesty 7.11.0 Section Winner and Forum Champ
26 Larry Teepot 5.4.7


So what a day for a MIXING - 22 of us - how many new names added to the list Gemma  (including mine)

Thanks all for coming - ok the fish didn’t read the script, but the banter wasn’t bad with a few laffs along the way 

Keep an eye on this topic cuss when Bill Yards gets 5 mins he's gunna post me a few pickies 

here we go just a few photos of my epic battle with budgie who i had called sprucy all day  no wonder i had some funny looks
i drew peg 5 just down from the wides nice looking peg  :-/still they all looked good



to my right was poolfoder and left was budgie
after a hour poolfodder had caught a tench and by the looks of his peg he was going to catch another  but as we know a early lead doesn't mean much ask the England squad
after two hours and a handful of Rudd and small perch i started to think the worest and when i looked up to see this



i wondered was it a snag,had budgie had enough and was about to throw himself in NO it was a fish  this fish




just look at that smile  and adding another a hour later really put me under pressure it was down to plan Z



with half a hour to go i put on a couple of lively red-worms tipped with a red maggot for that special presentation out it went and straight away a small perch not what i wanted so this i put the good old double caster on this time it berried  and with a few nerves it was netted a 4lb tench hows your luck  ::) ::)
before i could get the same presentation again the whistle went as i looked up at budgie is face said it all  sprucy was on peg two and not a happy bunnie as he knew what he was sitting on   

and after he had sorted malc out saying it was his fault it had fished sh#t poor old malc  :-[just laugh at him

sprucys fish



his face said it all
next him was mr mosselle



and then budgie who must of had more fish than the rest of the section put together [pitty he couldn't catch tench ]well fished 




thats it for my photos its over to bill after my peg

brill day good to meet you all hope we can do it again next year and 1 day i will catch some bloody fish off that common,

thought i was on a gud un 1st 4 put in,s 4 small skimmers on the punch then nowt for a bit then a few roach then did hook a good sized pike which cleared the water takin the 1 & only fish i had in the last 2hrs

also lost a good tench in the last 5 mins which was greeted with a cheer from snowie (bit of revenge there cos i did take the wee a bit when he gat smashed up 0

just 1 annnoying thing the fella on the next peg had bought along his own voo voo zala ,god knows what he is like after a curry he only had pizza the night b4

nearly filled me pants and fell off me box when that scream went up, pity you lot down @rolfs,the mighty minx was at least 300 yards away when it went off

big thanks to the ladies @ harrissons for some the food after

Like joff has said earlier this match was a nice change for me aswell from the usual intensity of open / team fishing

A big thanks to TK for the thankless task of organising yesterday luvly bit of canal , i walked with Sprucey and Bill when they pegged it out and loads of fish large and small were either blowing or topping guess if it had been overcast all day we all would have caught a few more but we cant have everything

Chopworm & caster fished on two lines caught me nearly all my fish including a 2 1/2lb tench ...... a bigger one saw me off on proper gear in the pads which could of been a match winner ::) I nearly nodded off at around 2pm , i was proper koofed after getting up at 5.15 am

Sorry i didnt go back to the social club after the match as its a long old drive up the M6 back to Manchester after a long day ....... we rarely go back for a drink on lee,s matches

Great bunch of lads and lasses thanx for a top day

dodge old keef made the most of his tench didn't he they must of been the two smallest fish in the cut

Well done Guesty. Top weight from the common

Will do my report and pictures in a bit. Gotta take the cat to the vets and pick up a bbq

thats a good swap simon

A Japanesse snipers peg - looks nice though




Apart from people walking round the style opposite - 'over' the cut

where is he TK

where is he TK

Taking the photo - it was my peg Joffie

Right..........


Time for a few pickies from Bill Yards 




Dodge with his tinca




Poolsfodder with his early tinca



TK with just a few tiddlers   



Budgie with his stripeys



Section winner Keef - all that practice paid offf    ;)



A rarity - Diddy without his shades 




A proud looking Teepot




Wezza with his tinca



Harry Houdini..........I mean Joffie with his get out of jail tinca 



A smiling MINX who's claimed some scalps  




2010 Forum Champ - Guesty with some decent silvers (and tinca)    







And last but not least

Who's this dodgy looking geezer in the middle

Some proper ugly crappity smack there !!!

Remind you of anyone ????

It looks like he's doin a bit of a jig on the towpath !!!!!!

Just a quick question..Was there only one Tench caught and you all had your picture took with it
Nice to see Keef doing the old Starlets trick and covering it in gravel so it weighs more .
Ps sounds as though you all had a good day.

Well spotted CV !!!! that's right out the Starlets book !!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice to see Keef doing the old Starlets trick and covering it in gravel so it weighs more

It was mentioned

it jumped out when bill was takeing a picture



honest