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<\/a>It’s frustrating being sat less than six metres away from one of the best pegs on the lake but that was my destination for Round 5 of the Tunnel Barn Winter League.<\/p>\nI was on High Pool 14, which I think is put so close to flyer 15 just to help slow it down! My peg is about 12m wide with reeds opposite. Next door there are two islands to go at plus\u00a0loads of open water in the gap\u00a0where\u00a0I counted 30+ fish rolling before the start!\u00a0So, it was definitely a day for popping the blinkers on\u00a0and trying to\u00a0catch as best as I could.<\/p>\n
Next door ended up with\u00a057lb. I felt I did ok for a half-decent\u00a044lb winter weight. Sadly that was just below halfway as the whole lake fished its nuts off! I had beaten everyone from peg 3 round to me but the 30s and 40s fished\u00a0unbelievably well with 80lb+ weights and two 100lbs! In fact I think six\u00a0of the top 10 came off High, which shows just how good this lake can fish\u00a0on its day.<\/p>\n
Mild weather really switched the fish on, so pegs with a decent bit of shallow water all scored. Sadly, my peg\u00a0was 5-6ft all the way to the base of the far shelf and then\u00a0a shear slope up to the reeds. Even tight to these reeds I’d surprisingly still got 4ft. The slope ruled out\u00a0pellets and I caught almost all my fish on maggots, which is the bait I wanted to catch on anyway.\u00a0I searched up and down in the water to keep odd fish coming. Directly in front was black with little roach. The best spot was 13m towards peg 15 and as far that way as\u00a0I could push it.<\/p>\n
I ended with\u00a030+ F1s and a load of small roach and skimmers plus a 2lb foul-hooked common. A 0.2g rig was best early doors until I thinned out the roach, then I swapped to a lighter 0.1g rig, fishing single and double maggot on a 20 Silverfish Maggot to 0.09mm. I also fished with\u00a0doubled-up No3 solid elastic\u00a0through a shorter Double 2 Kit\u00a0and, although I’m still experimenting, I really like this combo at the moment.<\/p>\n
One minor disaster was stupidly knocking off a 1lb+ F1 with\u00a0my landing net towards the end, which cost me at least one place.\u00a0It was a kind of decent day’s fishing as at least I had plenty of bites. I just never felt I was in the same race as some of the other pegs on the lake.<\/p>\n
Teamwise we also had an average day, but are still hanging onto 3rd spot in the league. Paul Bick had a mare on Extension 38, Joe did well on New 19 but, as expected, most of\u00a0the anglers on\u00a0Jennys Lake beat him in that split section. Super sub andy Power won his section off Top 26 \u2013 don’t ask me how he managed that from there!<\/p>\n
Surely we\u00a0must be\u00a0due some\u00a0flyers over the\u00a0next few rounds. I’m fed up of saying\u00a0I’m\u00a0one off a flyer. I want to be on it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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