After 135 days I finally get to fish a match again. A trip down to Bridgewater to fish The Sedges was todays choice. Got there with loads of time to spare and it was nice to bump into Dave Ings. Not seen any of the west country boys in ages. Peg 47 was drawn out for me and I got a little bit of info on it as I have only fished this venue a couple of times. Started across against the weed bed and it was half an hour before the first bite and the one and only carp from across was netted. Never had another fish there all day. It was fishing hard and it was another hour before I got a small skimmer down the track on soft pellet. Keeping it short, I struggled for bites all day. Two more small carp from the right margin where fish had been knocking the weeds all day, three more skimmer down the middle and around 15 small barble and chub from under the tree to my left was all I had. chucked about 11lb back as i couldnt be arsed to wait for the scales. dave did well with around 40lb, but he wasnt sure exactly what he had as they weighed him in while he was taking his kit back to the carpark. We think he got second but im sure he will post it up. The match was won with 57lb in one of the pegs infront of the car park. I didnt get a photo of the weigh sheet. Too long away from matches and ive forgotten the routine. Forgotton how to catch fish too. Must do better next time.
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