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well what a difference a week makes
last week breaking ice



and after hour it looked like this


then a week later its like this


with walking the bank Saturdays afternoon a few changes were needed to be made to my orginal plans so armed with to large spray paints the job was done
the new section that we haven't used in opens yet the club anglers have used was staples the picture below shows it runs past 260 h/plant hire beyond the bridge i soon sprayed 10 pegs down there


Aaron had joined me after a mornings chub fishing up at the scrapyard section 3 chub to 3lb and a 2lb perch not bad for a mornings fishing
anyway we carried on walking down to the swingbridge section and a good job i did as the pegging had been changed a little more than i thought ;)we even sprayed a few more pegs in to finish right at the top of the section when we finished we started to see odd fish topping so i thought to myself i wonder if we started later we might catch a few fish in the last hour

so what did we wake up to a frost
i didn't think it was that bad as i arrived at the pub the canal looked good
but from that point it sort of went pearshaped
one pair didn't show and three others didn't have partners
anyway we with the draw out of the way i'd drawn 258 h/plant hire as shown in the photo my section only had four anglers in it and all four of us were what i would call good silverfish pegs .perry hubbard was on the end peg then me and to my left steve hurst and lee morley

the weather was good and the banter second to none and just before the start all three of them were behind my peg checking for joker all of us seamed pretty keen and even though we had no B/J the bait trays looked good



what happened over the next five hours isn't really worth talking about
but all i'l say is i feed a punch line for the whole five hours and a caster and hemp line along with my choppy lines i never had a bit from a silverfish nor abite on caster or bread i eneded up with 7 perch all begining to show bellies full of sprawn for 2lb9oz being beaten by lee morley with 13 perch for 3lb 11oz 2nd in the section of four

right the results
first place went to Gary smith leicester sensas with a lovely net of fish 14lb 15oz of roach and perch gaz had drawn the new section at stapples peg one and caught from the off
2nd tony marshell Quorn as 8lb11oz tony fished bread all day and had a steady run of fish thoughout the match mostly caught off bottom where most of his section struggled to keep the fish coming
3rd Alan wright long eaton one of the old school who loves his canal fishing and enjoyed a days fishing for roach ,ending the day with 6lb 3oz
and 4th stu naylor mill tackle 5lb 10oz  5th steve woolard trentmen 5lb 2oz 6th stan piecha leiceser sensas 4lb 9oz
top six pairs on the day
with another white wash darren bickerton and steve woolard  almost have the winning cash in there hands with yet another fine performance finishing the day with 7 pts and with a strong come back lee morley and rob parker are making a real surge towards a top four finish with a score of 8 points has put them well up
3 joint Aaron wells/stan piecha alan wright and pete allwood both 10 points
5th another pair surging towards the post gary smith/rob jones with 12points 6th adey reynolds /dave petch on 16
league to date 
this is now perhaps a 7 horse race taking away darren and steve its really close
1st darren bickerton and steve woolard 21points
2nd stan piecha/Aaron wells 43 points
3rd rob wootton/tom pringle 53 points
4th mark/godfrey/pete scott
      mark parker/darren crosby
     lee morley / mark parker
     stu naylor /craig naylor all 57 points
8th roger marlow/ pete marlow    
      rob jones/gary smith  63points
10th joff woodgett /mark eustace
        tony barker/andy beezley 65 points
12th pete allwood /alan wright 70 points
13th nick moss / barry jones 71 points
14th lee wright /jason scrivener 72 points  get your fivers ready boys
15th mark russel /perry hubbard 77pts
16th dave petch/adey reynolds 80
17th bob greenbury /    82
18th kev coupe /mick jelly 87
19th tony mashell /      88
20th toby bunting/gary adams 104
21st steve hurst/steve gardener 106
22nd chris marks /mark lucas 135
23rd harold the german tonnes

Leicester Sensas Pairs League, Grand Union Canal, Loughborough. Sun. 40.
1ST Gary Smith (Leicester Sensas) 14-15-0, roach and perch to 1 lb, pole, punched bread and caster, Staples 1;
2ND Tony Marshall (Quorn Van den Eynde) 8-11-0;
3RD Alan Wright (Long Eaton Federation) 6-3-8;
4TH Stuart Naylor (Mill Tackle) 5-10-0;
5TH Steve Woollard (Matrix/Dynamite Trentmen) 5-2-8;
6TH Stan Piecha (Leicester Sensas) 4-9-0.
Pairs:
1ST Darran Bickerton and Steve Woollard 7;
2ND Lee Morley and Rob Parker 8;
3RD Stan Piecha and Aaron Wells,
Alan Wright and Pete Allwood both 10;
5TH Rob Jones and Gary Smith 12;
6TH Adey Reynolds and Dave Petch 16.
League:
1ST Darran Bickerton and Steve Woollard 21;
2ND Stan Piecha and Aaron Wells 43;
3RD Rob Wootton and Tom Pringle 53;
4TH Pete Scott and Mark Godfrey, Mark Parker and Darren Crosby and Lee Morley and Mark Parker stu naylor craig naylor all 57.

And here's Gary Smith with his winning weight of 14lb 15oz







A bostin net

i wonder if dazzala will come out with another story  after yesterday 
bye the way dazzala steve is still beating your points 
not seen lee or scriv today either

Did you draw that picture of Gary Joff

no i emailed it to TK cos i don't know how to put them on here so he's balled it up

Just knew I'd cop for it

i wonder if dazzala will come out with another story  after yesterday 
bye the way dazzala steve is still beating your points 
not seen lee or scriv today either

No Joff no stories today ! It was a very difficult match for me.
I had a few skimmers early on and weighed 4 lb 5 oz for 3rd in the 20 + peg section.
Tony Marshall on the next peg caught small roach all day and doubled my weight :(
I'm not surprised Steve is beating my points the way he draws.


Steve is arguably Trentmens best and most experienced angler so I feel lucky to have him as my pairs partner
Hopefully next round will be a bit better !

I would love to get a peg with some fish in it on this league! 176, 172 & 213 My fiver is well and truly ready!

I'm not surprised Steve is beating my points the way he draws. 

 
Steve is arguably Trentmens best and most experienced angler so I feel lucky to have him as my pairs partner 
Hopefully next round will be a bit better ![/quote]

quite agree and is always on hand after the match ,always enjoy his stories
well lee i must say godfrey has sumed you to two up on sunday night
boys playing at a mans job just get yourself and scrivener ready for them results i've heard he's wrting the script as we speak

Just knew I'd cop for it     

I'm gonna give mark and pete my fiver this sunday as its gonna save at least a little embarrassment the week after! Don't think its actually possible for us to beat them anyway so might as well just cough up!

do you really think your going to get a way with that lee

Maybe not! Will have to buckle at some point so might as well start early ay....

lee it wouldn't be the same without godfrey love the man to bits and to be fare he's been a good lad this week

anyway roll on sunday ,did you get in alright

Yes thanks, as you probably found out on sunday! And well done by the way!