Sedges, Brick Lake, 25 April (17 pegs)

Fishing the tip ..... a method enjoyed by numpties and employed in times of desperation in order to avoid a "blank" when all other normal fishing methods have failed to produce.
(see also "fishing the paste")




As always at the much improved Sedges fishery we received a warm welcome from owners Denise and Jamie. With all nets provided and collected from the bank, the weigh-in taken care of and free refreshments before and after matches there's little left to amuse the moaners.
Unfortunately though, the fishing didn't quite match the quality of the reception as the lake appeared to be having an "off" day for some!
The best of the action was to be found at the top of the left hand bank, away from the worst effects of the wind and tow where Simon (disabled when it suits) Belcham on peg 10 fished paste and 4mm pellet at 11m to weigh in 60lbs 13oz and take top spot and a £65 payout.
Next to Simon, in peg 9, and only 4 ounces behind with 60-9 was the ever-consistent Caig Trigger Edmunds.
Trigger fished hard pellet on the deck at between 14 and 16m and also managed one of his better fish on the pellet waggler out towards the centre rope.
Third place went to self-confessed Sedges expert, Darren North on peg 6 with 46-14 followed by Paul Elmes on peg 4 with 36-15.
Paul Reed continued his decent run of form by taking 5th place and the best weight on the right-hand bank with 31-10 from peg 12.The Silvers honours went to Bob Warren with 17-13 of skimmers taken on soft pellet at 12m on peg 2.

Overall Result:

1. Simon Belcham ....... peg 10 ... 60-13
2. Craig Edmunds ......... 9 ......... 60-9
3. Darren North ............ 6 ......... 46-14
4. Paul Elmes ................ 4 ......... 36-15
5. Paul Reed .................. 12 ....... 31-10
6. Adam Caswell ........... 11 ........ 25-6
7. Adam Woodland ....... 8 ........ 24-11
8. Bob Warren ............... 2 ........ 22-13
9. Brian Shanks ............ 15 ........ 19-11
10. Chris Szakacs ........... 16 ........ 17-1
11. Yan* .......................... 18 ........ 8-0
12. Derek Lucas .............. 11 ........ 3-2
13. Alan Healy ................ 5 ......... 2-15
14. Steve Burgess ............ 14 ......... 1-2
15. Ady Crawley .............. 3 ......... dnw
16. Mike Smith ............... 19 ....... dnw
17. Ron Hardiman ......... 17 ........ dnw

Silvers:

1. Bob Warren ........ 17-13
2. Chris Szakacs ...... 13-3
3. Craig Edmunds ... 13-0
4. Brian Shanks ....... 12-8
5. Simon Belcham ... 10-3
6. Adam Woodland .. 4-6
7. Yan ....................... 3-7
8. Alan Healy ........... 2-15
9. Adam Caswell ...... 1-15
10. Paul Elmes ........... 1-14
11. Steve Burgess ....... 1-2
12. Derek Lucas ......... 0-8