thank god it was a nice day

#1

thank god it was a nice day i was really quite ready for this match after Saturday

it was Izzy's party she was 5 going on 15

she had invited some friends from school so we booked a party at the farm

it didn't help me being late from work

the tank commander had both barrels waiting at the door as i walked through

the little dumper truck was on top form running havoc around the house

still we got there only to be handed over to 10 screaming kids

and 10 buckets of fed

4pm seamed to take forever to come round and two or three cups of coffee later it was home time

tthen again it all started at home

so it was straight down the woodies for a few quick pints

too settle my head

#2

well sunday came around the house was silent and with the draw being 9am i had time for a brekie! bliss as everyone else was still in bed

that was about the only high point of the day

i arrived at the draw only to be told parts of the canal were frozen

so a quick look to see if i wanted to part with even more money

after the day before
NO it was only cat ice and the sun was out so the draw was made. i asked roger where would be a good draw and replied the higher the number the better ,so i drew out 5

still it had a bush on it and the sun on my back

the bush the trouble was it had a ducks nest under it and was only 8in deep

now these had been the in form pegs the willows
still i was nowhere near them

as the match started again the six top kits came out and the normal comments from the lads

about setting too much up, but thats the way i am i might not use them all but i haven't got to get off my box like some of the lads did

anyway after the first hour the writing was on the wall grumpy was the first to go these oadby anglers if they ain't on fish there off

but its funny how everybody else starts to go ::)its like they don't want to be the first but after that who cares

going into the last hour and the only reason i was at my peg was the sun on my back

bye this time a lot of the lads were standing behind having a laugh on my account

when my float went under for the first time

but like a right tw#t i'd put a piece of worm on my caster rig needless to say it came off

well you can imagine what i was called

still if they hadn't been behind me i wouldn't of lost it

then the next Chuck the float dipped this time it was a small fish a perch of about 2oz when suddenly it went solid could this be a big chub

or a big billie and by this time i'd got 6 of the lads behind me and about 8 rambles looking on it was tense i hadn't seen the fish and it wasn't massive so i played it and when it came up it was a pike

3lb 8oz

well everyone just laughed there socks off but it didn't fight like pike normally do and even the lads said that . i did shout up to tasker to see if they were allowed and because he'd caught a pound perch that was about 3lb when the news came down the back said in his best English" no they crappity smack don't " any way i had one more bite another perch 11oz i weighed 4lb 3oz but had to kick the pike out leaving me with 11oz only to be beaten for my section by 3oz

and at this point he had caught one fish on the whistle

as results go it was a white wash end peg rob jones 6lb 8oz all roach on punch and pinkies
2nd roger marlow 3lb11oz again all roach on punch and pinkie and then on the next peg pete marlow 2lb 11oz all roach i think only one other roach was caught in the whole match
still a white wash for LEICESTER SENSAS

thanks alot tasker for running it

the perch weighed a pound ::)but tasker did win his section [i think rob wootton was chatting him up to fish for oadby seeing his team mates abandon ship during the match

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#3

notice the peg to my left had Aaron on it ,just couldn't take the pressure of been next to me

#4

Nice fleece Joff

Did that mountain biker in the picture ride into you ?

#5

no they just wanted to buy the pike dodge

it was like a race track dodge with a pub at either end as the day got long your top kits looked more and more in danger

dogs walkers and boats had all come out bring back the bad weather

#6

Am all them your floats in that tree behind you Joff?

#7

never lost one

everything looked good the colour the weather ok we had a -5 frost yet you couldn't buy a bite only to be told they all had a few fish at the other end

last week this part of the canal had 2 foot on it maybe thats coursed the fish to go back into the river at our end

Muckno_Mafia · #8

No wonder you never catch anything Joff, you're always taking crappity smacking photos.......;-)

#9

I bin off work today ....... looked in on here a few times between taking the wife for a nice pub lunch .......

and joff has made 62 posts ......

put a dozen photos up ........

26 match reports .........

and run a shop at the same time !!!

#10

delegate the tank commanders running her socks off

i've got a few hooks to tie today as well

nearly forgot off to the sensas warehouse as well

#11

You've got it made Joffie

#12

TK i think i'm better off out of the way

i do all the heavy work and early mornings thats about it

the staff are brilliant but i wouldn't tell them that

i take it dodge is off this week

:-*there's a little TLC going on up there in manchester

hammo · #13

i see in the picture rob wooton is now using a walking stick must have been that family bonding on holiday.i see tasker has lost none of is skill showing you lads how its done joff its all in the presentation

#14

hammo i told tasker it was a crossed dressed perch and nearly got away with it

untill he said there's no such thing

and i said how do you know

#15

I bin off work today ....... looked in on here a few times between taking the wife for a nice pub lunch .......

and joff has made 62 posts ......

put a dozen photos up ........

26 match reports .........

and run a shop at the same time !!!

He's trying to get to 6000 posts in ONE week

Leave him alone

#16

bill i'm having a new system in the office i might not be able to get on line

i think they call it retirement