Spring League. Round 4. Brimslade and Farmers. Kennet and Avon Canal

• 6lb 6oz
• 8 points out of 13.
• D11
• 16th overall out of 52 anglers

I was lying in bed at 6am in bed, after a rough night, and I really wasn't looking forward to fishing the canal. the Kennet and Avon canal has been fishing very difficult and my last match saw me catch 7oz, which was worth 5 points! Just to point out, I love canal fishing if you didn't know..... my favourite kind of fishing by a country mile!!  However the canal has been really bad, the worse I've ever see if, bearing in mind I have been fishing this canal for over 20 years! Not sure what has caused this..... is it the weather? Or is it the winter league is it semi final pressure on the venue a couple years ago, broken lock at road side and therefore we didn't have any boats for months. not sure?

 

So after a little banter on facebook, which a rarely go on, and some friendly abuse from my team captain (this happens a lot, then I was on my way. arrived 1 minute to 9am. matt told me I drew D11, which would be a better area, and if it fishes hard, I should be alright.  As the fish seem to get walked down on Brimslade, doesn't matter where the end peg is, it normally wins the match.

FISHED HARD? err no.  Most people had plenty of bites and I took a "whipping" either side caught really well, catching skimmers on their 3/4 line. I had 21 roach in the first 15 mins (more fish than I caught for 10 hours on the canal in prior events). so decided to look down the peg, where a fed one big ball of groundbait and refed the other line where I caught the roach, in hope of something better, but concerned that I would destroy my roach line.

 

To cut a long boring story short, I couldn't catch a skimmer to save my life. so decided to get my head down on small fish, but fed big fish lines and had quick looks, which was a waste of time. got annoyed with myself, and had 158 fish a think, I didn't count the really tiny ones. so maybe had 170 fish.  Thought I had 4lb tops and Alan Brown took the pi$$ out of me on the long walk back.

 

A1			Nick McCartney					Browning Andover Blue						2				10.0					5						42				35					Average/Section
A2	Steve Hunter				Garbolino BV Marine				14			13.5					13		238					2			4.0				lb				2					oz
A3				Andy Britt						Maver Bathampton					2					8.0						4						40					37
A4		Rob Randell					Garbolino BV Gold				7					15.0						11			127					12				1061.5					4.1
A5			Colin Dance					Sensas Wiltshire Angling Black						2				5.0					2						37				40					16
A6				Mick Abbott						Shakespeare Team Hansford					3					0.0						7						48					30
A7				Dave Johnson						Swindon Tailisman					4					12.0						9						76					23
A8			Nigel Franks					Devizes Match Group						2				2.0					1						34				41					Farmers
A9				Mick Nowicki						Garbolino BV White					2					6.0						3						38					39
A10				Dave Micklewright						Daiwa Gordon League					4					3.0						8						67					25
A11				Daniel Webb						Garbolino Black Horse					2					13.0						6						45					32
A12				Mark Leader						Sensas Wiltshire Angling Green					5					12.0						10						92					18
A13				Bubbles						Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Red					11					2.0						12						178					7
A14						#N/A							#N/A								0							0								52
A15						#N/A							#N/A								0							0								52
A16						#N/A							#N/A								0							0								52
B1			Paul Waddington					Daiwa Gordon League						6				10.0					9						106				15					Average/Section
B2	Graham Smith				Garbolino Black Horse				9			7.0					10		151					9			5.0				lb				0					oz
B3				Andy Pritchard						Sensas Wiltshire Angling Green					1					4.0						1						20					50
B4		Matt Herbert					Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Red				3					11.0						5			59					26				1281.0					5.0
B5			Lee Triivett					Maver Bathampton						1				9.5					3						25.5				48					16
B6				Dave George						Browning Andover Blue					11					12.0						11						188					6
B7				John Atkins						Garbolino BV Gold					6					1.0						8						97					17
B8			Simon Hebditch					Garbolino BV Marine						14				1.0					13						225				3					Farmers
B9				Steve Cousing						Shakespeare Team Hansford					5					4.5						7						84.5					20
B10				Alan Hillier						Sensas Wiltshire Angling Black					1					13.0						4						29					46
B11				Liam Bradell						Devizes Match Group					5					1.0						6						81					21
B12				Paul Harrop						Swindon Tailisman					1					8.0						2						24					49
B13				Mark Saunders						Garbolino BV White					11					15.0						12						191					5
B14						#N/A							#N/A								0							0								52
B15						#N/A							#N/A								0							0								52
B16						#N/A							#N/A								0							0								52
C1			Mark Lloyd					Sensas Wiltshire Angling Black						19				1.0					13						305				1					Average/Section
C2	Brett Coopper				Shakespeare Team Hansford				2			7.0					6		39					38			3.0				lb				6					oz
C3				Jamie Cox						Garbolino BV White					3					6.0						10						54					28
C4		James Carty					Devizes Match Group				1					15.0						4			31					45				856.0					3.3
C5			Nigel Russel					Swindon Tailisman						2				2.0					5						34				41					16
C6				Andy Curless						Garbolino Black Horse					2					14.0						9						46					31
C7				Shaun Bryant						Daiwa Gordon League					2					11.5						7						43.5					34
C8			Carl Eland					Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Red						1				13.0					3						29				46					Brimslade
C9				Nick Johns						Sensas Wiltshire Angling Green					0					0.0						0						0					52
C10				Ian Madden						Browning Andover Blue					1					0.0						2						16					51
C11				Mike Berntsen						Garbolino BV Marine					4					15.0						11						79					22
C12				Gary Etheridge						Garbolino BV Gold					2					13.0						8						45					32
C13				Nathan Hawke						Maver Bathampton					8					6.5						12						135					11
C14						#N/A							#N/A								0							0								52
C15						#N/A							#N/A								0							0								52
C16						#N/A							#N/A								0							0								52
D1			Richard Chave					Garbolino BV Gold						5				8.0					7						88				19					Average/Section
D2	Alan Brown				Swindon Tailisman				2			10.0					3		42					35			4.0				lb				11					oz
D3				Troy Weaver						Daiwa Gordon League					3					5.0						4						53					29
D4		Dean Rowden					Shakespeare Team Hansford				6					11.0						9			107					14				1204.0					4.7
D5			Steve Long					Garbolino BV White						2				2.0					2						34				41					16
D6				Paul Passmore						Devizes Match Group					8					7.0						11						135					10
D7				Simon Dennis						Sensas Wiltshire Angling Black					2					0.0						1						32					44
D8			Carl Steffan					Garbolino Black Horse						4				6.0					6						70				24					Brimslade
D9				Graham Hunt						Maver Bathampton					3					8.5						5						56.5					27
D10				Tom Moretti						Sensas Wiltshire Angling Green					7					1.0						10						113					13
D11				Chris Telling						Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Red					6					6.5						8						103					16
D12				James Hillier						Browning Andover Blue					9					11.0						12						155					8
D13				Richie Tomola						Garbolino BV Marine					13					8.0						13						216					4
D14						#N/A							#N/A								0							0								52
D15						#N/A							#N/A								0							0								52
D16						#N/A							#N/A								0							0								52
Results by Nigel Franks

Team	1		2		3		4	Total		Pos		lb		oz
Garbolino Black Horse		1		1		9			3		14		1
Daiwa Gordon League		5		3		2			6		16		2
Garbolino BV Gold		6		7		4			2		19		3
Devizes Match Group		2		1		9			10		22		4
Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Red		3		13		2			6		24		5
Maver Bathampton		4		11		1			9		25		6
Garbolino BV Marine		13		4		8			1		26		7
Browning Andover Blue		11		6		11			4		32		8
Shakespeare Team Hansford		10		8		14			5		37		9
Garbolino BV White		9		15		7			8		39		10
Sensas Wiltshire Angling Black		14		10		5			12		41		11
Browning Andover Green		8		8		13			14		43		12
Sensas Wiltshire Angling Green		16		5		12			11		44		13
Swindon Tailisman		11		14		6			13		44		13
Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Blue		7		12		14			14		47		15
Results by Nigel Franks

 

All Winners Final - Woodlands View

• Peg 16 Arles
• 52lb 10oz (21lb of skimmers, F1's and big roach)
• 3rd in section (sections of 9)
• Team was 6th

Well done to Preston Innovations Thatcher's for winning the event.

Also James Dent who won the match with over 140lb.  The guy is on fire!

see link

http://www.woodlandviewfishery.co.uk/Home.html

Spring League Round 3 - Kennet and Avon Canal

 

 

Peg by Peg......

 

I didn't fish

Results In Peg Order Round 3. 19-May-2013.																Venue
Peg				Team				Name			lb					oz				Pts			total oz				Ind Pos
A1			Jamie Cox				Garbolino BV White			6				2.0			15				98			3				Average/Section
A2	Andy Britt				Maver Bathampton			4		8.0			12			72		7			2.0		lb			10				oz
A3				Andy Pritchard				Sensas Wiltshire Angling Green			1					15.0				7			31				25
A4		Dan Varney				Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Red			3			1.0			9				49			16			678.5				2.7
A5			Simon Dennis				Sensas Wiltshire Angling Black			5				2.5			14				82.5			5				16
A6				Steve Nadin				Garbolino BV Marine			1					3.0				3			19				31
A7				Andy Curless				Garbolino Black Horse			1					5.0				4			21				29
A8			Mick Craddock				Browning Andover Green			1				7.0			5				23			27				Wolfhall
A9				Steve Pierce				Browning Andover Blue			1					9.0				6			25				26
A10				Richard Chave				Garbolino BV Gold			3					4.0				10			52				15
A11				Lawrence Glynn				Shakespeare Team Hansford			0					5.0				1			5				49
A12				Carl Eland				Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Blue			1					0.0				2			16				35
A13				Liam Bradell				Devizes Match Group			2					7.0				8			39				21
A14				Dave Johnson				Swindon Tailisman			4					13.0				13			77				6
A15				Paul Waddington				Daiwa Gordon League			4					5.0				11			69				8
A16					#N/A					#N/A						0					0					61
B1			Martin Phipps				Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Blue			0				13.5			9				13.5			38				Average/Section
B2	Nigel Franks				Devizes Match Group			1		4.0			11			20		30			1.0		lb			1				oz
B3				Paul Harrop				Swindon Tailisman			0					2.0				2			2				58
B4		Mark Gaylard				Daiwa Gordon League			0			4.5			5				4.5			51			264.5				1.0
B5			Tom Moretti				Sensas Wiltshire Angling Green			0				7.5			7				7.5			44				16
B6				Steve Long				Garbolino BV White			0					0.5				1			0.5				60
B7				Bubbles				Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Red			0					8.5				8			8.5				43
B8			Graham Hunt				Maver Bathampton			3				9.0			15				57			12				Potters
B9				Richie Tomola				Garbolino BV Marine			1					2.0				10			18				33
B10				Colin Dance				Sensas Wiltshire Angling Black			0					6.0				6			6				47
B11				Les Thirlaway				Browning Andover Green			0					3.5				3			3.5				54
B12				Carl Steffan				Garbolino Black Horse			2					6.5				12			38.5				22
B13				Nick McCartney				Browning Andover Blue			2					9.0				14			41				19
B14				Mick Abbott				Shakespeare Team Hansford			0					4.0				4			4				52
B15				John Atkins				Garbolino BV Gold			2					8.0				13			40				20
B16					#N/A					#N/A						0					0					61
C1			Daniel Webb				Garbolino Black Horse			0				14.0			5				14			37				Average/Section
C2	Simon Hebditch				Garbolino BV Gold			1		0.0			6			16		35			2.0		lb			10				oz
C3				Ian Ross				Browning Andover Blue			0					4.0				3			4				52
C4		Ian Madden				Browning Andover Green			3			5.0			10				53			14			679.5				2.7
C5			James Pitman				Shakespeare Team Hansford			0				3.5			2				3.5			54				16
C6				Paul Glenfield				Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Blue			0					1.0				1			1				59
C7				James Carty				Devizes Match Group			0					10.0				4			10				40
C8			Shaun Bryant				Daiwa Gordon League			4				1.0			13				65			9				Iron Bridge
C9				Martin Kirk				Swindon Tailisman			2					15.0				9			47				17
C10				Nathan Hawke				Maver Bathampton			12					15.0				15			207				1
C11				Mick Nowicki				Garbolino BV White			2					4.0				8			36				23
C12				Jeff Lewenden				Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Red			3					6.0				11			54				13
C13				Mark Leader				Sensas Wiltshire Angling Green			1					7.0				7			23				27
C14				Alan Hillier				Sensas Wiltshire Angling Black			3					13.0				12			61				10
C15				Kevin Abigale				Garbolino BV Marine			5					5.0				14			85				4
C16					#N/A					#N/A						0					0					61
D1			Tony Hobbs				Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Red			8				10.0			15				138			2				Average/Section
D2	Mike Berntsen				Garbolino BV Marine			0		9.0			7			9		42			1.0		lb			7				oz
D3				Mick Withey				Sensas Wiltshire Angling Black			0					7.5				6			7.5				44
D4		Graham Smith				Garbolino Black Horse			0			10.0			8				10			40			374.0				1.5
D5			Dave George				Browning Andover Blue			0				5.0			3				5			49				16
D6				Gerry Blunt				Browning Andover Green			0					2.5				2			2.5				56
D7				Brett Coopper				Shakespeare Team Hansford			0					11.5				9			11.5				39
D8			Rob Randell				Garbolino BV Gold			1				2.0			10				18			33				Bayside
D9				Nick Johns				Sensas Wiltshire Angling Green			0					2.5				2			2.5				56
D10				Matt Herbert				Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths Blue			0					6.0				4			6				47
D11				Dave Micklewright				Daiwa Gordon League			3					11.0				14			59				11
D12				Phil Harland				Garbolino BV White			2					0.0				12			32				24
D13				Darren Gillman				Maver Bathampton			1					3.0				11			19				31
D14				Paul Passmore				Devizes Match Group			0					7.5				6			7.5				44
D15				Alan Brown				Swindon Tailisman			2					14.5				13			46.5				18
D16					#N/A					#N/A						0					0					61
Results by Nigel Franks