Trinity, 17 October 2010 (13 pegs)

Due to an unfortunate cock-up with the pegging out  
(no doubt as a result of myself being a bit worse for wear),
the Southmead angling superstar that is Rich Jones (looking even more worse for wear than I was) found himself
on peg 5 which was supposed to have been left out due to it being one of the shallowest pegs on the lake and unlikely to produce after the overnight frost.
Not a problem though for Mr Jones, however, as he then went on to win the match although he only fished the second half of the match.
The first half was spent sulking and nursing his hangover and produced only a couple of rudd until, following a wander round the lake to see who was catching, he switched to fishing luncheon meat into the margins which produced a match-winning total of 60lbs 7oz.
It seems as though luncheon meat is fast becoming the "in" bait at psv matches as Bob Warren, fishing with a brand new hook (see the previous post), from peg 22 also used it to take 2nd place with 52-2.
Third spot went to Mike Smith with 48-5, although according to angling guru, Paul Reed, Mike had 100lbs plus after the first hour!
Mike, on peg 15, caught long down both margins and out in front on his usual paste tactics but suffered a lot of lost fish no doubt due to using poofy elastic for big fish in a peg full of snags! (But what do I know) 
Interestingly (or not) all of the top 3 places were end pegs.
Fourth place and top in the silvers went to Simon Belcham who switched between 4mm pellet and an hemp & tares approach to put 44-8 on the scales from peg 26 followed up by Steve Burgess and Darren North (pegs 28 & 24 respectively) who both weighed in 40-4 although it has to be noted that Darren's 1lb silvers weight was made up of three roach of which the biggest one was no more than 3oz!!!
Way down the list in 8th was last week's winner Alan Healy who was back to his more usual form and leaking pound coins like an old tap.

Result:

1. Rich Jones ...... peg 5 .... 60-7
2. Bob Warren ....... 22 ..... 52-2
3. Mike Smith ........ 15 ..... 48-5
4. Simon Belcham .. 26 ..... 44-8
5. (joint) Steve Burgess .. 28 .. 40-4
6. (joint) Darren North ... 24 ... 40-4 (pending Steward's enquiry)
7. Stuart Riddle ...... 34 ..... 22-0
8. Alan Healy ......... 11 ..... 19-12 (no flier draw this week)
9. Steve Wynne ...... 30 .... 15-11
10. Ryan Jordan ....... 7 ...... 14-13
11. Paul Reed .......... 13 ..... 12-1
12. Derek Lucas ....... 32 ..... 7-13 (not last)
13. Ade Crawley ....... 9 ...... 7-0 (consistent)

Silvers:

1. Simon Belcham ..... 11-0
2. Steve Wynne ......... 7-11 (including 4lb snake)
3. Steve Burgess ....... 5-14
4. Ryan Jordan .......... 5-3
5. Alan Healy ............ 3-15
6. Ade Crawley .......... 2-3
7. Derek Lucas .......... 2-0
8. Rich Jones ............. 1-8
9. Paul Reed .............. 1-7
10. Stuart Riddle ......... 1-3
11. Darren North ......... 1-0
12. Mike Smith ............ 0-4 (foul-hooked fry) 

Total Match Weight = 385lbs
Average Weight = 29lbs