{"id":884,"date":"2017-06-01T08:08:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T07:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=884"},"modified":"2017-07-28T08:15:33","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T07:15:33","slug":"a-perfect-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jonarthur.co.uk\/?p=884","title":{"rendered":"A Perfect Start"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A\u00a0great start in this year\u2019s prestigious UK Championship saw me bag a nice match win with\u00a0102kg (225lb)\u00a0at Lindholme Lakes.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Newly sponsored by\u00a0Cresta and Gamakatsu, 80 of us were spread all around the complex. I found myself on peg 4 on Loco\u00a0and with just one 10-man section spaciously pegged around this pool and a nice breeze blowing my\u00a0way I\u00a0half fancied it.\u00a0As I was setting up there were loads of big carp on the surface and I was fully expecting it to be a \u2018mugging\u2019 day on the pole and pellet waggler. However, once the match got underway those dark shapes soon drifted away and I reverted to fishing casters shallow for F1s.<\/p>\n

I had just one proper carp, a roach, a skimmer and a rudd, and all the other fish I caught were F1s from 1lb to 4lb. I ended up fishing between 12 and 14 metres out, loose feeding six pints of casters and catching anything from eight inches to 3ft deep.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I had a very occasional look down the margins but most of the time was spent fishing shallow. Although I caught a few fish later on with a homemade Crystal jigger float, the most successful rig was a standard fixed setup. This consisted of a 0.2g Crystal Dibber shotted with a simple bulk just above a 6in hooklength on 0.18mm Supplex to a 0.12mm bottom and a size 18 Kamasan B911 hook.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s fantastic getting off to such a good start, although it will be touch and go whether I can fish all four rounds this year. My wife and I are expecting our first baby, which is due sometime between the second and third round!<\/p>\n

Round One Result:<\/em><\/p>\n