A disappointing day fish wise, but the venue was very nice. The Greenhills lads welcomed us and looked after us well, so Thanks
After leading the convoy, literally, up the garden path, and meeting a very nice farmer
we arrived safely only for Cotti to accuse me of driving too fast for him to keep up with me....his new nickname is Miss Daisy
The pool looked very nice, and after drawing peg 2, I spoke to Don the bailiff who said it's normally stuffed with silvers.....ooooohhhh....MrV in heaven
Unfortunately the fish didn't play ball, but it was more than made up for with the banter
Fishing wise, big well done to Mick who battered me off peg 1 with a lovely Carp, and really did well to get it in. My match was frustrating. Fed caster at 10 metres straight out, chop and caster at 8 metres to the right, Corn and hemp at 8 metres to the left. Had a couple of early Perch on the chop, then went quiet for half an hour when I hooked a Tinca about 2lb. Gave the line a rest after that and went out on the caster at 10 metres, fully expecting it to bury on the drop....nothing
. In fact I never had a bite on that line all day, or the corn/hemp line. Just picked up odd Perch on the choppie for the rest of the match
Banter wise, where do I start. With Tricast opposite, Daz opposite left in his usual corner peg, and KOD to my right, it was comedy central
. KOD started the ball rolling when he decided to plop his lead rig in front of Bullah opposite. The look on Bullah's face when the lead brushed his nose was priceless
. Daz told me and Tricast after 2 hours we would have a job switching his nets this week, cos they were both still ******* empty
. Tricast's face when he tried to sneak a few pellets into his empty bait box, and I clocked him, god did he get the Mickey took for the next half hour.
. Bullah was trying to catch Sparrows out of the trees with his feeder rig
And finally when Dead Peg went clockwise round the lake to the toilet, and Kod went anti-clockwise to see what was being caught. KOD came back and says "watch Dead Pegs face when he tries to use his roller, I have moved it" He then proceeded to sit on his box, and after a few very confusing looks around him, turned to me and says "Have you moved my box". No says me, Dead Peg did on his way to the toilet!! DeJa Vu