Harescombe thursday open

With it being ages since ive been here I was looking forward to fishing this place again. Nothing big in here but you can expect lots of bite...usually!!. nice breakfast, though i only had the small one as all my shirts are getting too tight lol. into the draw and out pops number 12. Not fished that far down before and the wind was coming from that end of the lake. That was ok as the top end was pretty blustery. Next to me was Phil Auger, i think thats how you spell it. Opposit in the corner was Ray Bazeley and i could see Paul Haines next to the landslide. The weather looked good and i was hoping for a few, but the lake didnt exactly fish its best. I started off on the meat line at 2+2 and after about 10 minutes i had a skimmer about 6 ounces, follwed, after a wait,by an F1. but then it went quiet. Phil started on the same line and was catching bits so i gues he was on maggot or caster. Ray was still quiet, thats a first lol. the wind dropped for the first time so i went across to the far side were id been pinging 4mm pellets and fished with banded 6mm. wasnt long before a had my first carp on but it was a fouler and it pulled out. I was getting loads of indications but it was snot fish messing around and when i lifted into the bites i was foul hooking fish. this was a problem for a couple of hours when i went over after swapping lines. It wa sa case of get a fish or two then nothing and mov lines.ray had started to catch short and paul had a good start but his peg died and was struggling. Phil was now fishing over long and was catching regularly on caster. lots of bits but decent fish in btween. I tried my margin but nothing was happening except all baits being dragged around by fish DNA. too small to get a maggot in thier mouths. so i mainly stuck across for the second half of the match shallow, but it was slow going. The meat line had died completely and the only place i could get a bite was against some hanging grass. Phil never stopped catching allsorts all day so i was convinced he`d won by the end as little was coming out elsewhwere.At the weight in Phil stuck a mixed bag of 65-4 on the scales. Stuart Graham on flyer 2 was second with 38lb. and i squeeded in for last in the money with 34-12. it was a bit of a frustrating day as conditions looked cock on, but thats fishing for you. Onto the next one. Might give Landsend a go Saturday.