Day 1. Orfe
Fished at the far end. PC first into the water feeling confident after a string of victories - but now at his home venue, on the pole and the Catcher keen for revenge after two Butterley defeats - anything could happen.
PC being first in was also first into the fish. Stockies and carp followed from the off. Princess Bride got into a flow of small fish and the Catcher had zip, nothing, diddly squatt, zilch, blank. Not looking good.
PC kept them coming for an hour or so. Catcher had a decent skimmer, then very little. PC kept ahead. Then bang Catchers elastic shot out and eventually at 6lb carp came to the net. Into the lead and never looked back. PC's catch rate decreased, Princess Brides rate increased in the margins and she could have taken victory if she had better kit. But Catcher held out. Steady but not manic. Long periods of nothing with bright still and hot weather.
Day 2 Horseshoe
Fished the end of the spit. Highlights were that there are more small carp in there and still plenty of Skimmers. Ended up with a similar bag to previous day of between 20-30lb. Again steady but ended up fishing most of the time in the worst part of the day. At one point one of my legs went on the box and I nearly fell in only to be rescued by PB. Not a good look but luckily only pellets, maggots, a bit of shin flesh plus pride lost.
Day 3 Villa Ponds - Near York
Fished a nice pond belonging to friends of the in laws. Fished with Henry on the method feeder after not getting one bite on single red maggot and realising it was a carp dominated place. Method feeder and shellfish bollie did the damage. 5 fish up to 5lb and Henry had 2 of similar stamp. Coaching could be the future.
Roll on Cudmore
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