{"id":7546,"date":"2025-09-17T09:44:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=7546"},"modified":"2025-09-17T09:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:44:13","slug":"wet-wet-wet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=7546","title":{"rendered":"Wet Wet Wet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A rather wet and windy weekend plus a lovely hailstorm to sit through on Saturday! The fishing has been pretty rubbish as it&#8217;s suddenly gone a bit colder. However I managed a nice bonus 7lb barbel on the official Riverfest Final practice match to help me to 5th place overall and a nice pickup. The whole river had switched off, other than Brad Titmus who obliterated the field with 60lb of barbel, which is what we&#8217;ll all be praying for next weekend! The Rack dominated the rest of the frame for those lucky enough to get some bites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday I was hoping for a nice draw on the final round of the Matrix Commercial Champs, but sadly found myself on peg 40. I couldn&#8217;t have drawn much worse really. Still felt confident with my PVA bag tactics, but there was clearly not a lot in our area in open water and the fish I caught were all at range and on the small side. Ended up with six carp, five F1s and six skimmers for 52lb and 3rd in section. Needed a 2nd to keep me in the top eight prizes, but it wasn&#8217;t to be this year. Still a great and really well run league with some top anglers fishing it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Wayne Sharman for running it and a very big well done to Neil Carless for winning the match with over 200lb from peg 123, which secured him a well deserved league title. My fishing kit&#8217;s almost dry now&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/matrix-rd6-barston-640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"377\" data-id=\"7547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/matrix-rd6-barston-640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/matrix-rd6-barston-640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/matrix-rd6-barston-640-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/riverfest-practice-hail-640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"373\" data-id=\"7548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/riverfest-practice-hail-640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/riverfest-practice-hail-640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/riverfest-practice-hail-640-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7-3-barbel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"7550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7-3-barbel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7-3-barbel.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/7-3-barbel-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rather wet and windy weekend plus a lovely hailstorm to sit through on Saturday! The fishing has been pretty rubbish as it&#8217;s suddenly gone a bit colder. 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