well this was our last aggregate match of the season. so it was off to the country side, sunny small heath!
we were fishing cornerstone a.c. stretch of the grand union canal. this was also the veterans trophy match. we parked up on wallworks car park and walked back across the bridge and on to the tow path. the cut was quite wide here and there were a lot of fish topping which was a good sign. i was pegged at the top end along with dave gordon and gordon chester. gordon was into a small fish first cast and dave wasn't far behind him. there was a big gap in the pegging so i could only see what dave and gordon were catching . i was catching small roach, perch, gudgeon and a few bonus skimmers. dave and gordon were also banging out tiddlers all day long. the other lads must also have been catching as there were no bank walkers moaning about catching bugger all
the traffic on the tow path was a lot more busy than the boat traffic, never seen so many bike riders:roll:
in the end micky davis came out on top with a good bag of small fish with tony just pipping me for second place (git!
) unlike last years canal match there were no dry nets. john poole won this years veterans trophy, well done champ
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below a typical bag of fish on the day.
mark enjoying the sun.
a fine looking man , colin also enjoying the october sun.
don't mess with these boys!
blimey is he drunk ? my old man with a smile on his face!
our star man mr preece looks happy enough
stan stuffing his face before the off
mr mobbs was in peg number 1
mad pete blocks the cycle path
dave gordons mate mr herron takes a rest on his way to dave's fish pond
dave hauls out all those perch and roach
gordons turn at the scales
winner on the day micky weighs in.
big pete's turn
tony's turn to impress mark and peter
in they go from mr mobbs.
colin looks like he's had to much sun
big john struggles to pull em all out!
the old man's turn at the scales.
do you need help with that dave ?
well done stan another good day
well thats it as far as the club matches go for this season. well done all for supporting the club througout 2013.
see most of you at the riddings for the start of the winter league.
