soar valley winter league 2008 first round

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Quick someone get that screaming take on the right hand rod!!!

[Woodhouse]

I think we'e going to need a bigger boat

[joffmiester]

:oWHATS GOING ON HAVE I MISSED A BITE

[joffmiester]

Big perch live on their own and can show up anywhere.....


Chub shoal up on certain pegs and are vermin..

bill this is the caliphate that dangled the worm in front of you mate he thinks hes on total fishing again

[joffmiester]

chub are brilliant on canals you still have to get them out it attracts lesser anglers to fish for them
roach shoal up
skimmers shoal up
perch ball up yes they move but normally in groups
whats the differents
chub pegs don't win every match on our canal
i love them

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Fished the last semi on the Loughborough (am i the only person on here that actually likes this canal other than Mr Arkwright?) and remember one angler on a rock-hard practice day at Pillings (where hundreds of eyeball sh1ts were the only thing feeding) hooked what he thought was a bloomin great chub on a proper rig. It wouldve been worth 200+ skerrits so imagine what he said when a trout popped its head up!

[lloydy]

I like it Jon , just not walking 50 pegs

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Last semi on there it blew a hooly and i bust my pole plumbing up; think i ended up 4th in match with 5lb of mostly gudgeon. Dont think i saw a gudgeon in practice! Used to fish the Fur & Feather on there and always won a turkey or bottle. Lost the biggest ever roach Ive hooked at the net on the factory wall section too. Drew one of the mega 50+ peg walks (halfway between Pillings and Scrapyard) and lightened off my load to avoid a heart attack. Got to my peg and had a bush I couldnt reach as id took my extra extension out the rod bag to save weight! Still hooked a chub 1m off it which broke me and cost me the section. Think Rocco won it with a chub. Only thing I didnt like about the last semi on there was we were fishing the official practices on a Sunday and finding out teams were having line-ups on the same pegs the day before. Thats what 'flattened' it!

[lloydy]

finding out teams were having line-ups on the same pegs the day before. Thats what 'flattened' it!

And then walking the bank on the sunday

[Woodhouse]

50 peg walks?


You better be having a f*ckin laugh.

£4.50 a peg to walk two mile is not on.

[lloydy]

50 peg walks?

You cross 3 counties walking pillings

[Woodhouse]

50 F*cking pegs I cant see that far!

[diddy]

50 F*cking pegs   I cant see that far!

you can't see 11mtrs.

[joffmiester]

keep it up lads love it
now will i give everyone two spare pegs or not
or should i just flatten the venue and make it a perch match no the trentmen would love that
now we have cleaned the canal up a little i might have to import more dog sh#t seeing how you all like it so much
i might just put the town in every peg
decisions decisons

or i could just put it on the river

[Woodhouse]

Joff...

run all the practice matches in the town then have the semi where your lads know it.

[joffmiester]

by the way how long ago was the last semi on the loughborough canal jon

[lloydy]

by the way how long ago was the last semi on the loughborough canal jon

5 years

[joffmiester]

Joff...

run all the practice matches in the town then have the semi where your lads know it.

NOW THATS A GOOD IDEA

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by the way how long ago was the last semi on the loughborough canal jon

5 years

Yep, it was quite good actually. If I recall one of Ropa's Quaker boys won it on the day. Practices started great then it got seriously peggy up to the day. You could actually see the roach topping wherever there was a gap in the pegging or a peg not drawn! I'm still surprised how fast the venue recovered after that much pressure.

[ropa]

2004 , 13 teams

1st D.Bickerton Daiwa Trentmen  19-12-0
2nd A.Billington Drennan N.W 11-7-0
3rd J.Parkinson Shimano Quaker 9-5-8
4th T.Gouldby   Lincs County 7-6-0
5th J.Arthur Shimano TiptonV.D.E 6-3-0
6th B.Greenbury Leicester Sensas 5-9-8

Top 4 teams through

1. Leicester Sensas 44pts section wins
2. Colmic Osset 44pts
3. Shimano Tipton V.D.E 48pts
4. Drennan N.W 56pts

That year it was scheduled to go ahead on the Dams and Locks controlled water on the Birmingham/Fazely Canal, but practising anglers refused to pay day ticket money and were abusive to a bailff, so they refused to let the A/T have the water