{"id":789,"date":"2017-03-20T19:07:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T19:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=789"},"modified":"2017-03-20T19:28:20","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T19:28:20","slug":"poor-start-great-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=789","title":{"rendered":"Poor Start, Great Finish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tunnel Barn Farm Individual League \u2013 Round 6<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>This\u00a0six-round series kicked off poorly for me and pretty much ruled out my league chances from the off! However, my results steadily improved and a couple of lake 2nds saw me end up 8th, which is much higher than I expected!<\/p>\n

Peg 10 on New Pool stuck to my hand for the final round. This is a peg I know really well. It can be a moody winter peg but a great summer draw and with the fish waking up and near gale-force wind hacking towards my bank I had to fancy it.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0headwind wasn’t pleasant,\u00a0especially when your top kits are flying away and your hat blows off three times!\u00a0I had a small sheltered section of water slightly to my right where I felt would be my best chance of feeding a maggot shallow swim. Even with a bit of shelter I still had to feed this spot by catapult most of the day rather than by hand. For all my efforts I only had one big F1 there. I think you needed a wider and more sheltered peg for shallow fishing on the day.<\/p>\n

At the start I kicked off on a top kit and was catching little ratty\u00a0F1 stockies. Out to the base of the far shelf and it was the same story. I then pushed up towards the reedsand really tried my best to thin them out on pellets but it was\u00a0a lost cause. Everyone else on the lake said they had a similar issue, so the stockies had clearly woken up!<\/p>\n

For the remainder of the match I felt my best chances of catching a ton were to concentrate down my left and right edges. Eventually the stamp improved and I never looked back. I still caught a few\u00a0stockies plus\u00a0some much better fish on pellets and meat. I caught really steady, moving up and down the bank in about 2.5ft of water, as this peg has relatively deep edges for New.<\/p>\n

The last 30 minutes were poorest and I’m sure this was\u00a0due\u00a0to a few normal carp upsetting the peg.\u00a0I managed two nice commons and a mirror in that time, however, but it wasn’t the frantic\u00a0ending I hoped for. They didn’t want loads of bait on the day, just regular small consignments, and I soon got into a rhythm of feeding one side and fishing the other. My modified\u00a0pots were spot on for this.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As the scales arrived I really felt I might\u00a0weigh\u00a0150lb+ but that first hour of runt\u00a0bashing clearly\u00a0cost me as I tipped 137lb on the scales. That was still enough for 2nd on the lake and 2nd in the match. Paul Holland won with 150lb off a flat calm New 44 on maggot shallow and there was a 132lb off New 33 with a 127lb off Extension\u00a0\u2013\u00a0so things are definitely warming up!<\/p>\n

My best rigs were\u00a00.2g and\u00a00.3g Drennan AS5 floats on 0.16mm with a 4in hooklength of 0.10mm or 0.11mm Supplex and 10 Hollo through a Double 2 Kit.<\/p>\n

It’s always nice to end a league with a good nice pickup!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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