Happy new year to you.
For me 2019 hasn't really seen me get proper excited for any of fishing matches apart from Whiteacres in September with the boys, but I feel that's more of the atmosphere rather than the fishing.
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| Neil Richards asleep at Whiteacres |
Festivals
The first festival of 2019 was at Todber Manor, 3 dayer. I did poor, learnt a few things for 2020.
One of my highlights was winning the
Manor Farm Festival in May. First time I won it, the draw bag was incredibly kind. I normally have one bad result that ALWAYS costs me.
My final festival was our private one at
Whiteacres, great banter, caught a few fish and was lucky to win that. It was mega close, all decided on weight.
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| Really enjoyed Mawgan Porth |
Team Fishing
Devizes MG is the team I'm with and have no interest in anyone else. I haven't fished any Winter league matches again, fished one open at Horton, really enjoyed it, but got battered. Fished the Spring League on the canal, proper match over 80 anglers fishing. But OMFG it was tough. Hungerford was awesome for most. Had a couple of decent results and a couple of bad ones!!
Favourite Venue
Alvechurch. Horseshoe and Canal. The Canal is unreal for bites
Best match venue in the country.
Todber Manor, unreal. Maybe not everyones cup of tea catching loads of fish. But for me, its awesome. Sensible rules and catch loads of fish. Can't ask for more. But two hours from my house, just wish it was closer, and I would be there all the time.
Facebook Results
I always would like to pride myself as giving the WHOLE picture of results on Facebook. Good or bad it goes on. Always used weight boards, where possible, to prove the number of anglers fishing and where the fish have been caught. However, I found this has had an negative impact on my mate, as lads started taking the pi$$ (banter) on Facebook and he got quite upset. So maybe, I think I'll stop using weight boards, as some anglers may feel pressured that people will see their performance. It was never my intentions to upset anyone. So for years I have used weight boards on match reports. But now I won't. So maybe, next time you use social media to broadcast your match or results maybe only list performers.
I will improve my write ups, as they are poor on how I caught. So the "last" will stop, unless I do come last!! (Hope not). I said it before, but will do some videos for 2020.
Plans for 2020
Number one, isn't fishing related, but I need to loose some weight.
Normally I set myself targets, but this year I am going with the flow. I definitely only wanna venues where normally you can get loads of bites. Enjoyed catching silvers on the commercials, but only had a couple of matches in December. Looking forward to Manor Farm Leisure Silvers League. Should be worth a few bites.
Thanks to
Mosella,
Hinders and
MK Quattro for their individual support.
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