Viaduct, Campbell, 18 April (20 pegs)

Bright sunshine and still conditions plus a big weight open on Saturday meant the odds were against us for Campbell Match Lake to show it's true potential.
Not so however for folically challenged Avon Angling superstar and part-time porn actor Craig Edmunds. Drawn on peg 116 and sporting the latest psv trend of a dodgy limp (as perfected by Simon Belcham and imitated by Ryan Jordan), Craig fished hard pellet on the deck and shallow at 14 and 16m catching steadily throughout the day to easily win the match with 133lbs 4oz of carp and skimmers. (5lbs fell foul to Viaduct's 80lb per net rule)! Over 30lbs off the pace in second place was new dad Paul Elmes. Paul pegged opposite the winner on peg 125 fished similar methods to Craig to weigh in an all carp total of 99-1 although between the two of them there was another 50lbs of bullshit flying backwards and forwards across the lake in the form of "The Trigger and Beaver show".
At one point Craig was admitting to six carp and when questioned why yards of his elastic had been stretched out for most of the day he put it down to foul-hooked skimmers!

Third place with 96-7 went to Viaduct specialist, Chris Szakacks. Pegged near the top of the Campbell / Cary causeway on 116 and sandwiched between Steve Burgess and Mike Smith, Chris took carp early on the bomb before switching to the waggler but caught most of his fish on the deck at 14m.

Over in the opposite corner, in "silvers heaven" peg 123, Derek Lucas fished between 13 and 16m up the margins with luncheon meat and later with paste to easily win the silvers pool with 40-5 of quality tench and skimmers while topping up his tan at the same time.
Today's entertainment was provided this time by Mark Radford when his tip rod was dragged into the lake, the rod and reel were a Christmas present from his wife but luckily for Mark it was later hooked by Mike Wilson saving him a proper kicking when he got home!
Also by a very red Alan Healy (was that Sunburn, embarrassment or a combination of both) who had to hand over pound coins to Steve Burgess and Paul Reed after his dismal dnw from aereator flier peg 131!
Pictures from www.toppegplus.co.uk
Overall Result:

1. Craig Edmunds .... peg 116 .... 133-4
2. Paul Elmes ................ 125 ..... 99-1
3. Chris Szakacks .......... 118 ..... 96-7
4. Neil Mercer ............... 113 ..... 85-9
5. Stuart Riddle ............ 115 ...... 84-8
6. Adam Caswell ........... 129 ..... 81-15
7. Steve Burgess ........... 119 ...... 80-8
8. Ryan Jordan ............. 128 ..... 77-6
9. Derek Lucas .............. 123 ..... 77-2
10. Simon Belcham ........ 130 ..... 68-12
11. Steve Wynne ............. 126 ..... 64-1
12. Paul Reed .................. 132 ..... 63-6
13. Mark Radford ............ 111 ..... 53-13
14. Mike Wilson .............. 110 ..... 53-3
15. Rich Jones* ............... 124 ..... 43-10
16. Bob Warren ............... 114 ...... 31-4
17. Adam Woodland ....... 127 ..... 28-3
18. Alan Healy .............. 131 ..... dnw
19. Mike Smith ................ 117 ..... dnw
20. Yan ............................. 112 .... dnw

*golden peg

Silvers:

1. Derek Lucas .......... 40-5
2. Craig Edmunds ..... 27-7
3. Bob Warren ........... 23-6
4. Steve Burgess ........ 13-4
5. Ryan Jordan .......... 11-2
6. Adam Caswell ........ 7-5
7. Paul Reed ............... 7-4
8. Stuart Riddle .......... 6-6
9. Mike Wilson ........... 3-8
10. Mark Radford ........ 2-9
11. Chris Szakacks ...... 2-6