Open Match
Holmedale Lake
Sunday 5/1/14
19 fished
1st Craig Brazier Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 54, 91-4-0
2nd Dave Turton Sheffield Roofers peg 27, 69-15-0
3rd Simon Skelton Middy Match team peg 39, 65-11-0
4th Matt Skelton Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 23, 27-5-0
5th Mick Sills Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 9, 25-9-0
Craig fished the waggler and maggot cast to the small island in peg 54 landing carp – 7lb finishing with 91lb 4oz. Second placed Dave Turton fished a small pellet feeder and pellet on the hook cast tight to the lily pads landing carp – 4lb steady through the match.
Wednesday open
1/1/14
Holmedale Lake 23 fished
1st Simon Skelton Middy Match Team peg 54, 58-3-0
2nd Steve Binch Mansfield Piscatorial AS peg 26, 44-8-0
3rd Mick Langton Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 42, 40-12-0
4th Chris Greenside Matrix Trentman peg 32, 35-8-0
5th Matt Malia Worksop Angling Centre peg 9, 34-0-0
6th Geoff Mawby Gateford Angling Centre peg 39, 31-5-0
The strong winds and heavy rain made this new years day open hard to present baits properly with all the top weights coming on the feeder, Top rod on the day was Middy’s Simon Skelton drawn at peg 54 an end peg on the day he fished a small pellet feeder with 6mm hard pellet cast to the small island landing 13 carp – 9lb for 58lb 3oz.
In 2nd place Steve also fished the pellet feeder and pellet hook bait cast to the lily pads at peg 26 for 18 carp – 6lb.
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