from what i can remember at the half way point of the festival the group meeting town in the town square was very despondent ,we had got it really really wrong pegs were turning up with bream where the day before they had struggled 
we'd ruled out the groundbait although the feed content needed to be looked at, rigs and tackle we had all walked along the bank looking at everyone's tackle that had done well and we al thought we'd about got them right then it turned towards that old chestnut ::) ::)there's no fish in the canal ,i'm not wasting anymore time on this venue 
quick more beer ::) ::) ::) before someone tops themselves
it was time to lay the law down !!!
and i simply said there are two ways to treat the voorne canal and festival we either come for the crack and a holiday [ which i do like 10 days away from the tank commander is bliss
] or we put all our time and effort into practicing properly and start ruling things out on the days leading upto the festival then fish the practice matches on the Saturdays and Sunday and hopefully we will do a lot better well that did the trick 
straight back to the bar in the sportsmanthe weather had turned that night with heavy rain and a lot cooler
we had a thunder and lighting show earlier in the day
day three saw me on 160 next to the peg where higgy had battered me but this time i had thought about that day
cut my G/B down to 12 balls with half a tin of corn and 250ml of casters all balled in at 11mtrs
i had decided to leave my feeder rod back at the digs and just setup a straight bomb and 3 top 5s plus a short number 6 as i intended to fish a lot move on the decki feed a few maggots via cup at 12mtrs and left the 13m alone i'd clipped the straight bomb to this line
8-)feeling quite confidentagain i could see bicko and yes again he was in the middle of the section to my right one of the Belgium's [s
miley=surprise.gif] i'd never seen so much G/B GOING INTO THE CANAL PLUS HE THEN SPENT THE NEXT HALF HOUR CUPPING MORE IN 
i thought bingo that's you fu#ked
WHY-O-WHY do i think these thing
ten minutes into the match it was nil four to the Belgium
a few deep breaths and gathered my thoughts and sat there you name it it was going through my mind
when suddenly the float popped up clunk come to daddy the first of ten bream i'd caught up with mr van floss-banger 10 a piece at the end of the match and yes the first person to walk down the bank was biscuit tin bicko and when asked how many I'd caught the words just fell out all wrong ttttt ten Blair dribble ::) ::) ::)then biscuit tin said you might of done me 
yes yes yes yes !! why-o-why do i get sucked in
bicko had 20kg i think or 16kg i'd had 12kg and floss banger had beaten me by 250g still a vast improvement and 5 points
