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Commentary by Stan:
Carlton Road.....it looked beautiful, gin clear water, reedmace, streamer
weed, cabbages etc. on a beautiful English Summer day. Kigfishers were
zipping back and forth and the sheep were busying themselves in the meadow
behind. Loverly
That's the highlights over....there was something missing....fish.
Difficult enough to get to the water on almost all the pegs - very overgrown
and any sensible fish over 1oz was going to stay well away from anglers and
other threats. With only 11 turning up (fortunate really as there was no
room for more) we elected to have a walk-off. After a false start when Cliff
Myles turned up late we eventually got away.
By the 9.30 whistle I was still looking for a swim and after 30 mins with
weedcutters I managed to cut a gap and used a 7m whip to pluck out loads of
chub to about 3/4oz and bleak to 1/2oz. I had one chub that was genuinely
just 1 inch long. Numerous plans B to F were tried, a great chance to use my
Normark Titan and Abu closed-face etc. without a nibble in return. In the
end even catching a 1/4oz bleak was hard work.
Winner on the day was Paul who fished to plan with worm over chopped worm
to weigh in 5-09; one tench and 8oz of small perch. Some might remember that
Paul caught a tench here two years ago. Same fish perhaps?
Roger stretched his legs on the day...first he walked it to check out the
pegs. Then he opted to walk to the far end peg - complete with fully laden
barrow and enough tackle for two. Then he walked back to his car for
something then, back and forth for the weigh-in. In between all that walking
Rog plucked out some proper fish; roach, perch and dace to at least 3oz.
Fishing the pole to a clear spot at the back of a fallen tree was the
successful method.
For what it's worth Cliff was the only other person to break the pound
barrier with 50 or so micro fish. Somehow I don't think we'll rush back
there again at this time of the year. |