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come on then weres the results or any info off this match

They're still fishin'... its first one to catch

Or has TK the hangover to end all hangovers ?

No ..i've got it...

TK is building up the tension ! No holding back this master of suspense !!!

Perhaps it was all three Tigerbay

so give us a clue the tk to what happend and how it all went

Here you go ME - hot off the press

THE DIFFERENCE A ROACH CAN MAKE

A delayed draw greeted 15 expectant fool hardies for this first match thru The Wedge and Golden Balls having an extra round or two of toast with their breckie.

Resident expert MrV had carefully selected a coincidental 15 of the most productive pegs on the pool.

Those in the know were eager to draw the ‘Aquarium’ peg – no 19 but this soon fell into the clutches of Ball it in Baker.

Nearly all done and dusted, 2 pegs left in the bag for MrV and BDM – 20 & 25. BDM had struggled off 25 before so didn’t fancy it and with newly acquired PMA switched on full power managed to pull out 20. This left MrV will yet another end peg……….but this one wouldn’t do any damage this time………………would it?

The whistle blows (later than usual -!!!! tut tut The Wedge) and all get their heads down for a good day.

BDM feeds 3 punch lines – 1 at 7  mtrs at the back of some pads 2.5 ft deep, same depth at 9 oclock at 11 mtrs under overhanging willow and straight out at 11mtrs in slightly deeper water…………….well about 3ft deep.

5 mins pass

Nowt

10 mins pass

Nowt

15 mins pass

Nowt off all three lines

Time for method B.

A little bit of carefully mixed and riddle groundbait with a few offerings cupped in all all 3 lines.

Double pinkie starts causing some damage at the back of the pads…………………….1/2oz (or less) rudd are coming at 3 minute intervals

A call from SS offering a bit of advice, keep putting the caster in.

A few more bits, but nothing on the scale of Zorro (one of only 3 in BDM’s gaze due to bushes and islands)  who has been catching steadily from the off.

Ball it in Baker has been given crack info from HaHa – main tip is to feed sparingly from the off and feed to bites. However his nerve had cracked after 20 mins and he reverts to his nickname and starts balling it in. As a result of the feeding BDM on next peg has to shallow up two inches.

Disaster………..at 12 noon. BDM is seen off by a beastie at the back of the pads. The creature was hooked, ‘walked’ into clear water, before realising it was hooked and making its bolt for freedom. How costly would that prove,

Now I’ve tried to make this report as interesting as possible but it is extremely difficult – because not a lot happened next. Reports were mixed from ‘they are bagging up the top end’ to ‘it’s a load of DW’

Vestie was dry when he snared a bream with an hour and a bit to go. Zorro had stopped catching and Ball it Bakers best endevours with his favourite hot dog sausages had failed and he was still dry off the cock peg. HaHa also next peg to BDM was owning up to 3 oz when he also snared a get out of jail bream followed by a couple of bits.

Whistle goes for the end. Despite it being ‘hard’, the 4 hours have fled by.

After the first few pegs it’s all looking tight………ounces are making big differences in the grueller points.

Half way round it’s the same………….

With only one left to weigh, MrV, its as tight as a gnats……..

Well let’s spill the beans……..

1. MrV (peg25) 4-2-0
2. Zorro (peg16) 2-14-14
3. Vestie (17) 2-12-2
4. BDM (20) 2-11-12
5. HaHa (19) 2-9-9
6. Yamo (24) 2-5-6
7. Heinzer (7) 2-2-0
8. The Wedge (8) 2-1-15
9. Cotti (3) 2-1-12
10. The Worminator (23) 1-13-4
11. Golden Balls (11) 1-11-4
12. KOD (12) 1-8-5
13. Brambles (5) 0-9-11
14. Phil B (6) 0-8-6
15. Ball it in Baker (19) Dry

It just begs the question – who will turn up for Grueller No 2

Grueller Match 1 Pictures

if im not working, but i will need some advice on if you fish the cut the same as Drayton Rezza

Sos for being late sirs, I will bring a note next time .
wish i'd been 4 hours late, nice pool, would be better with proper fish in it.

It all kicked off in true grueller style then  
Well done Paul  
Looks like a cracking place, shame I was plastering  

Here are your pictures.......

Grueller Match 1 Pictures

Here you go ME - hot off the press


5 mins pass

Nowt

10 mins pass

Nowt

15 mins pass

Nowt off all three lines

Time for method B.

A little bit of carefully mixed and riddle groundbait with a few offerings cupped in all all 3 lines.

TK should be disqualified!  Newts dont count.

Oh hang on, I've just cleaned me glasses!

Ta for loading the pickies SS - by the way - I'll have to reset the time & date on that camera again - if I can find the instructions and my glasses

Have you seen them features on the high number pegs
no wonder the weights were all up that end :(

tk aint there any venues with more than 2 dozen fish in and bigger than 2 oz

if im not working, but i will need some advice on if you fish the cut the same as Drayton Rezza  

Do they use half a squatt on a 32 at Drayton ?

tk aint there any venues with more than 2 dozen fish in and bigger than 2 oz  

Not on my fixture lists

What more do you want - I used to fish Sneyd Ressa all day when I was a kid and if I had four roach I'd bagged up

If anybody had a go of your rod and managed to fluke a fish, you counted that as yours too, just cuss it came off your rod

I did forecast if it was flat calm it would be a "grueller". On top of that there was no fresh water being pumped into the lake which also affects it. Both wind and pumping make the lake tow, which the fish seem to prefer. With neither it was standing still. :(
By twitching and dragging float regularly, I managed to snare a few roach. 25% of them on squatt/pinkie, 20% of them on choppie and the rest on caster.
I was on the shallowest peg on the pool, which I have drawn in Power Station matches a few times, so I suppose local knowledge paid off in the end ::)
It was hard work, but, hey, its the grueller series, what did you expect

Well just before the day I was losing my bottle. Very nearly posted to say I was going to revise my fantasy fishing weight for grueller 1 down from 8lb to 6lb, but I refrained and remained well and truly in fantasy land .

But hey, I do find those weights comforting, down to my level those.  

Feel much more at home now about fishing a grueller !  

All in all Tigerbay it wasn't a bad 'match' - at least a fair contest, rather than someone walking away with it and the rest scratting around.
Less than 1lb covered a lot of the weights which makes it a decent match in my eyes

Yeah, I'd have been happy fishing it TK. Another thing that only occurred to me yesterday was that, when there are small weights like that, there's much more chance of anyone being able to win it. A couple of decent fish, anyone could land on, could do it. So its a fairer match in one way.

I know its nice to catch loads but there's always a sliver lining / the other side of the coin if you look for it.

If there's loads of fish about the better anglers will normally always cane everyoone else. Just a thought that came to me yesterday, as they do lol ::)