{"id":11,"date":"2016-11-05T22:46:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T22:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=11"},"modified":"2016-11-13T19:31:37","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T19:31:37","slug":"through-to-the-pf-pairs-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=11","title":{"rendered":"Through To The PF Pairs Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pole Fishing Pairs \u2013 Qualifier No1<\/h3>\n

Round 1 of this year’s\u00a0Preston Pole Fishing Pairs was\u00a0at Barston Lakes. This was a fantastic match with unbelievable weights in every single section! I was fortunate to be\u00a0fishing with Alan Scotthorne and our combined weight\u00a0saw\u00a0us through to the Final at our first attempt!<\/p>\n

Three pairs qualify\u00a0from each qualify for the Final at Woodland View and it’s all decided on total weight, not section points. I ended up\u00a02nd overall after a great head to head battle with Andy Power. I weighed an all-skimmer 88lb (well, I had about five roach too) and was pipped by about 5lb for the overall win. I really cannot complain too much about that, though, as it was a really exciting and pleasurable day’s fishing.<\/p>\n

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Image courtesy of Coarse Fishing Answers<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

Fishing quite negatively with dead maggots over small amounts of fishmeal groundbait kept the skimmers coming freely, with the occasional look on a\u00a0bloodworm swim to keep fish coming. I definitely felt in front much\u00a0of the day but slowed right up in the last hour or so. In hindsight I should\u00a0have gone further out or swapped to chopped worm or caster.<\/p>\n

Either way, the whole place\u00a0fished its head off with 40lb probably the average weight and loads n loads of skimmers feeding. That shows what’s possible on a pole-only event. I always think it makes for a much\u00a0more\u00a0productive day for more anglers\u00a0when there are no feeders and big pellets flying out to the middle.<\/p>\n

Unusually for me, I also used just one\u00a0rig all day, which was a 0.3g Drennan Carp 5 on 0.14mm line to a 0.10 bottom and 18 Silverfish Pellet hook and\u00a0No6 Slip elastic. It seemed ideal on the day. It’s easy when you’re on ’em!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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