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Well this Bah Humbug was the grueller – nah match – that ‘everyone’ was looking forward to. So much so that I was surprised that more weren’t up for it, given the double figure – nah tremble figure – catch reports that were filtering out the week before

15 gruellerites finally turned up all looking forwards to a few fish.............for a change. The venue - Staffs Worcs at Four Ashes - had even managed to entice an old face back to the towpath – OBI aka CBA

Venue expert Big Col pegged out and the draw got underway. MrV – aka End peg Vernon declined his offer of a short walk and found himself at the end of the section as all the other flyers soon went with Big Col T – winner of the last grueller - feeling the pressure of finding himself on the ‘brambles’ and being the bookies favourite expected to walk it......

Peg 8 for yours truly and not far to walk. But was I up against it? Not half - for company on 7 I’d got the venue crack, Big Col with horror of horrors the dreaded KOD (Kiss of Death to the uninitiated) to my left on 9.

The usual Staffs Worcs rigs were set up..............although I wandered did I really need to set a punch rig up? ::) It had been caster, caster and more caster from those mid week reports, but I thought I’d follow Yamo’s approach on one of his secret sortie down there (you can’t beat a good tom tom) by starting on the punch and as soon as the stamp fish put in an appearance slip a caster on. In fact me bait bill had more than doubled for this Big Col Bagging fest – but what the heck.

I even set up a chub rig as Big Col confided that his mate had had a few off my peg last visit...........bloody hell, I’d only bought 1 net today, I might have to dash home for a second, such was the expectancy

Set up with 5 minutes to go, I thought I ‘d better take a couple of snaps as I wouldn’t have time later would I, ::) I’d be too busy sacking up.............

My peg for the next 4 hours



The cracks to my right........



And the cracks to my left.......




The whistle went so It was time to get my head down...........


TBC..........

So time to get my head down...........

I started feeding lines – inside and longer punch line that would soon be converted to bagging caster lines, with some gb, squatt and caster hard over. I hadn’t finished feeding as KOD to my left latched into fish no 1 ...........man was we on for a few today. In fact at this stage, was Big Col so confident that he would have a few as he was missing for the first 10 minutes...........was he giving us all a couple of pounds starter, or had he really just gone for a B C D??????????

Lines fed, out with the punch. 10 seconds passed ...........no bite. 20 seconds passed ...........no bite. A minute ..............no bite. In fact I could go on like this for the next two hours – although I wasn’t on the punch after two hours and I’d also exhausted plan B – Q..............yep you’ve gorrit - I’d had sweet fa, not a bite. ............zilcho. KOD hadn’t really set the world on fire either, he’d snared 3 small kinvers, with Big Col the other side with a couple. So off it was for a picture or two.....


KOD a study of concentration as he chased kinver no4




Topbagger who was owning up to 5 kinvers................nice box topbagger




Heinzer looked happy..........





Whilst Cotti looked in agony.....





TrevorB was over the moon – he reckoned he was on for a PB grueller record weight........





Zorro was on the dog and bone seeking divine inspiration.......






Back to me box...........

But before I did.........EPV gave me a little wry smile

The next two hours flew by as I sacked up ..............or did I not    .............the only other exciting things to report were that Tricast62 snared a kamikaze perch on the seed – must have been joker flavoured    – Mike E snared a perch reported to be knocking the lb mark,   - and the ‘cream rose to the top’ (thats a personal joke by the way) when we heard cries of excitement as big Col T finally avoided the dreaded DNW 

4 hours up – thank god we didn’t fish 5 – and off with the scales

First to weigh in was EPV who’d sorted a few out on the punch.......




TrevorB with his PB grueller weight





Topbagger with a few




And finally the tale of the scales.......


PEG
1 PHIL B 0. 1.3
2 TRICAST62 0.3.2
3 BLUES4EVA 0.10.9 3rd
4 OBI aka CBA DNW
5 MIKE E 0.9.10 Section winner

6 BIG COL T 0.1.8
7 BIG COL  0.7.14 Section winner
8 TK DNW
9 KOD 0.6.15
10 TOPBAGGER 1.9.0 2nd

11 HEINZER 0.6.10 Section winner
12 COTTI DNW
13
14 TREVORB 0.4.12
15 ZORRO 0.6.0
16 MRV aka EPV 3.13.7 1st

So that was that.........

Well done MrV.............but Big Col is still starching his head as to ‘what went wrong’   

You can even make a ball acre good reading TK  . Nice to see my old mucker OBI back out on the bank  Despite the result, and the fact I probably walked all the roach up to my end peg, I must say the outing was brilliant. The stretch does look the biz, but I think a few cold nights prior had ended our chances of a bagging session.  Great to see everyone still laughing and cracking jokes at the end, and taking it all in the friendly spirit these matches are run for.....top lads 

Big Col is still starching his head

You got predictive texting on your pooter TK

Big Col is still starching his head

You got predictive texting on your pooter TK 

After that ballacher it needs starching

I probably walked all the roach up to my end peg,

Modesty modesty EPV

On a serious note - cuss I'm always trying to analyse what went wrong on our Extension matches - what did go wrong?

The section was full of stamp roach and skimmers - according to reports......

Only the odd roach - apart from yours - put in a showing - and they were not the munsters I for one was expecting..... nearly all the other weights were comprised of a few small kinvers (perhaps I should have nicked a few choppies off you after all - but there again KOD and Big Col on adjoining pegs hardly set the world alight with em ........)

No skimmers at all

Was it the massive low air pressure that we experienced in the lead up to it that affected things Seen a few other results, they hardly set the world alight (apart from the framers)..........

well done bro another good result,
boss the deserves a 1st fo these write ups the just brill

Bout time I pulled me finger out Tricast62........


But I'm having a laff on these matches in OBI's CBA gang

Great report TK and as I managed to "marmalise" my target weight of 3oz I consider the match to be progress , looking forward to the next one

Brilliant report and picture TK
Really miss these matches

Or do I .......

Top Report TK 

Well done MrV  you looked proper posh in all that new clobber 

well done Paul...another class showing on a hard day,

1st time out properly in 6 months,really enjoyed it especially all the banter,not much to say on the fishing front coz the fish just cba as much as me really ,,
Had a good laugh beforehand ,

TK.every pult in his box with bosted elastic,,

Big Col tellin me n Blues about how his other half was on her way with his worm n mole hill coz he forgot it and how she used to carry his kit to his peg for him,so i said "bloody ell ,you must have a big un to get her to do that",reply from Col..Nope just 20 stone to push the bugger in..Blues nearly choked laffin..

Tellign Blues on the next peg during a lull in the bites ,which i think lasted from approx 10am til 2.0pm that i had 8 kids and 14 grandkids,he nearly fell off his box and told me to find summat else to do

Sorry Gaz,dont want to spoil your image of me as a super stud but i forgot to mention 4 off them are step kids ,it was just the look on ya face

Tricast doing his best impression of a Jap sniper crawling along behind me so as not to cast a shadow and spook all the fish in my peg,,,got to be summat in there to scare first buddy,Oh and i was allowing that one and only bite i had to develop into a full on sail away to make sure

some plonker not putting the full length legs on the beam scales and Tk strolling past asking which midgets are doing the weigh in

and Big Col hanging back at the end behind his car just waiting to be clamped in the stocks..never seen such a big bloke look so sheepish

enjoyed every minute of it,,thank god for Mike with the scales coz i hadnt got a clue

Catchin fish !!! who needs em when you can have brilliant banter

Cracking OBI      Just glad you C (ould) B A to pen that and remind us of those highlights of the day that made it all worthwhile

some plonker not putting the full length legs on the beam scales and Tk strolling past asking which midgets are doing the weigh in

Little Col?????

some plonker not putting the full length legs on the beam scales and Tk strolling past asking which midgets are doing the weigh in


Little Col?????  

CLASS

Obi  you got me in the top lip ya bar steward 

On a serious note - cuss I'm always trying to analyse what went wrong on our Extension matches - what did go wrong?

Reputation Intact still 

Obi  you got me in the top lip ya bar steward 

Best bite of the day

some plonker not putting the full length legs on the beam scales and Tk strolling past asking which midgets are doing the weigh in

may of been some short fat bald bloke with glasses who hadnt got a clue or just CBA