Spring League- Round 1

• A17 (Farmers)
• 12oz
• 5 points out of 11
• 12oz

I was gutted with my performmance and the way the canal fished.  Also the "nail in the coffin" was me losing a foul hooked 3lb bream to the net, which added salt to the wound.  I was looking for a tree and some strong rope. 
I'm not sure why the canal fished so hard, I think with a hard frost, spawning and the amount of boats (bearing in mind the locks have been shut for months, maybe steering up a lot of bottom up has unsettled the fish).  However, to be fair there was 2lb in every peg and least 3lb in mine!  I believe the issue is that our expectations are so great from this canal and we (especially me) expect to catch 6lb - 10lb everytime we go.  Therefore we blow our pegs, well I know I did, I messed it up within minutes of the match when I filled it in.  I normally fish very aggressive on this canal and it normally pays off, however not today! 
The first thing I done was got some 4mm pellets out of bag, the second thing was a tin of corn.  Inflection I should of got my flour sieve out and sieved my groundbait and got my 4x8 float float, 0.10-0.06 to 26.  But, oh no I got my 0.18 rig for non feeding carp and my 100 lobs on my 0.14 perch rig.  I should of fished a neat squatt match and looked to catch 130 fish, rather than getting bored on my 0.18 rig with double corn or a whole lob worm.  I was looking for one bite rather than loads, food for thought.

A lost bream that cost me and the team vital points

Thanks to Nigel Franks for running the match.

Peg	Team	Name	lb	oz	Pts	Ind Pos
A1	Mick Abbot	Shakespeare Team Hansford	1	6.0	7	57	Average/Section
A2	James Carty	Devizes Match Group White	2	13.0	10	32	1.0	lb	10	oz
A3	Phil Harland	Browning Andover A	2	4.0	8	43
A4	Nigel Saunders	Sensas Wiltshire Angling	0	1.5	2	87	576.0		1.6
A5	Roger Beal	Oldboys	0	9.5	4	80			22
A6	Colin Dance	Thatchers B	0	15.5	6	69
A7	Chris Rushton	Pewsey	0	5.5	3	84	Farmers
A8	Jon Atkins	Garbolino BV Gold	2	4.5	9	40
A9	G. Bales	Oakwood Black	0	11.5	5	76
A10	Mick Denton	Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths	4	5.5	11	17
A11	Andrew Quarmby	Tubertini Blue	0	0.5	1	88
A12	Steve Musitano	Browning Andover B	0	12.0	5	74
A13	Richard Rosinki	Sensas A4	2	0.5	7	48
A14	Mike Berntsen	Garbolino BV Marine	3	4.0	9	25
A15	Bob Davis	Devizes Match Group Blue	0	5.5	1	84
A16	Pete Townsend	Swindon Tailisman	4	10.0	11	14
A17	Chris Telling	Daiwa Gordon League	0	12.0	5	74
A18	R. Swann	Oakwood Blue	1	0.0	6	68
A19	Andy Curliss	Black Horse	3	6.5	10	24
A20	Martin Barrett	Thatchers A	0	7.5	2	83
A21	Steve Beeby	Tubertini Red	0	10.0	3	78
A22	Adam Carter	Devizes Match Group Red	2	15.0	8	31
B1	J Davies	Oakwood Blue	17	6.0	11	1	Average/Section
B2	Daniel Webb	Black Horse	5	14.5	10	6	2.0	lb	16	oz
B3	Gary O'Shea	Thatchers A	3	3.0	8	26
B4	Pete Harrod	Tubertini Red	2	2.0	6	44	1055.5		3.0
B5	Kevin Rowles	Devizes Match Group Red	3	12.0	9	22			22
B6	Steve Cousins	Shakespeare Team Hansford	0	13.0	3	70
B7	Darren Fordham	Devizes Match Group White	1	8.0	5	55	Brimslade
B8	Ben Bentley	Browning Andover A	3	1.0	7	30
B9	Matrl Lloyds	Sensas Wiltshire Angling	0	12.5	2	73
B10	Les Humphreys	Oldboys	0	11.0	1	77
B11	Mick Hurst	Thatchers B	1	4.5	4	61
B12	Mike Marsden	Pewsey	1	12.0	5	49
B13	Steve Nadin	Garbolino BV Gold	1	2.0	2	64
B14	M. Howells	Oakwood Black	2	4.5	7	40
B15	Bubbles	Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths	2	10.0	8	35
B16	Jasper Makepiece	Tubertini Blue	1	7.0	3	56
B17	Gerry Blunt	Browning Andover B	1	2.0	2	64
B18	Steve Pawson	Sensas A4	2	2.0	6	44
B19	Jamie Cox	Garbolino BV Marine	1	11.5	4	51
B20	Tony Scott	Devizes Match Group Blue	2	11.0	9	34
B21	Dave Johnson	Swindon Tailisman	3	10.0	10	23
B22	Paul Waddington	Daiwa Gordon League	5	0.0	11	11
C1	Les Thirlaway	Browning Andover B	5	1.0	10	10	Average/Section
C2	Gary Pook	Sensas A4	1	11.5	3	51	3.0	lb	12	oz
C3	Rich Tomola	Garbolino BV Marine	4	7.0	9	15
C4	Graham Pearce	Devizes Match Group Blue	8	4.0	11	3	1325.5		3.8
C5	Mark Hows	Swindon Tailisman	3	3.0	7	26			22
C6	Fred Bedford	Daiwa Gordon League	0	13.0	1	70
C7	I Young	Oakwood Blue	3	14.5	8	21	Wolfhall Lhs
C8	Graham Smith	Black Horse	2	9.0	6	37
C9	Nat Johnson	Thatchers A	2	6.0	5	38
C10	Richard Hicks	Tubertini Red	1	8.5	2	54
C11	Adrian McTiffin	Devizes Match Group Red	2	4.5	4	40
C12	Brett Cooper	Shakespeare Team Hansford	4	11.5	7	13
C13	Paul Andrews	Devizes Match Group White	6	2.0	9	5
C14	Keith Theobold	Browning Andover A	1	12.0	4	49
C15	Nicky Johns	Sensas Wiltshire Angling	3	2.0	5	29
C16	Tony Clawson	Oldboys	1	2.0	1	64
C17	Nathan Hawk	Thatchers B	4	0.0	6	20
C18	Simon Burden	Pewsey	1	6.0	3	57
C19	Rob Randle	Garbolino BV Gold	5	14.0	8	7
C20	Dave Myring	Oakwood Black	1	4.0	2	62
C21	Matt Herbert	Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths	10	4.0	11	2
C22	Tony Salczynski	Tubertini Blue	7	2.0	10	4
D1	Lee Trivett	Thatchers B	2	10.0	4	35	Average/Section
D2	Ian Spanswick	Pewsey	2	12.0	5	33	2.0	lb	7	oz
D3	Gary Etheridge	Garbolino BV Gold	5	13.0	11	8
D4	B. Murphy	Oakwood Black	1	9.0	3	53	854.5		2.4
D5	Carl Eland	Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths	4	3.0	8	18			22
D6	Anthony Flint	Tubertini Blue	4	1.0	7	19
D7	Steve Pierce	Browning Andover B	0	13.0	1	70	Wolfhall Lhs(1-11) & Rhs (12-22)
D8	Steve Williams	Sensas A4	1	5.0	2	60
D9	Kev Abigale	Garbolino BV Marine	4	6.0	9	16
D10	Ian Wealdon	Devizes Match Group Blue	5	10.0	10	9
D11	Alan Brown	Swindon Tailisman	3	2.5	6	28
D12	Ian Wood	Daiwa Gordon League	0	8.0	2	82
D13	Mick Sheppard	Oakwood Blue	1	2.0	5	64
D14	Carl Stefan	Black Horse	0	10.0	4	78
D15	Nick Chedzoy	Thatchers A	4	12.0	11	12
D16	Phil Rogers	Tubertini Red	1	6.0	7	57
D17	Gary Williamson	Devizes Match Group Red	2	2.0	9	44
D18	Dean Rowden	Shakespeare Team Hansford	2	6.0	10	38
D19	Nigel Baker	Devizes Match Group White	1	4.0	6	62
D20	Dave George	Browning Andover A	0	9.0	3	81
D21	Steve Hutchinson	Sensas Wiltshire Angling	0	5.0	1	86
D22	Tony Woolford	Oldboys	2	2.0	9	44

Pos.	Peg	Name	Team	lb	oz
1	B1	J Davies	Oakwood Blue	17	6
2	C21	Matt Herbert	Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths	10	4
3	C4	Graham Pearce	Devizes Match Group Blue	8	4
4	C22	Tony Salczynski	Tubertini Blue	7	2
5	C13	Paul Andrews	Devizes Match Group White	6	2
6	B2	Daniel Webb	Black Horse	5	14.5
7	C19	Rob Randle	Garbolino BV Gold	5	14
8	D3	Gary Etheridge	Garbolino BV Gold	5	13
9	D10	Ian Wealdon	Devizes Match Group Blue	5	10
10	C1	Les Thirlaway	Browning Andover B	5	1

see link

http://www.marlboroughangling.co.uk/