{"id":5236,"date":"2022-12-30T23:57:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T23:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=5236"},"modified":"2022-12-30T23:57:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T23:57:37","slug":"last-match-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=5236","title":{"rendered":"Last Match Of The Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d be able to get out again before the New Year, but was allowed to fish a match today for good behaviour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I booked on the silverfish-only event at Barston Lakes late last night and fancied catching a few skimmers to hopefully end the year on a high. Well it\u2019s fished rock hard and the skimmers have really backed off, but I\u2019ve still had a lovely day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I drew my obligatory end peg (had nowhere near enough of those this year!) and was the best weight on my board and 3rd in the match with 17lb 2oz. A 17lb 12oz and a 22lb in the 20s were 1st and 2nd on a really close day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a tad windy with very cold and coloured water to deal with. I fed Sonubaits F1 and Supercrush Expander and caught best on pinkies. I caught skimmers of all sizes at 22m and 40m and five really late ones ligging on with the pole at 10m, plus one 10oz perch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Had to really chase around to keep bites coming and felt I fished a half decent match in the tough conditions. I don\u2019t get to use my Ethos XR-S feeder rods half as much as I\u2019d like, so it was nice to get them flexed and I never pulled out of a single fish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A big thanks to Simon Farmer for running the match. A really nice one to end the year on. See you on the other side!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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