ATWL 3rd round, Parbold :)

So to the third round and we're off to sample Carol's bacon butties down at the Water's Edge in Appley Bridge. Today's match was down as Parbold and would you Adam and Eve it, it was at Parbold! The weather was ok but the wind was set to be quite strong which would make presentation across a bit tricky.

I suppose all in all it didn't fish too bad, either that or we're all gettin' used to strugglin' for a pound.

The very popular individual on the day was good old Wompy, Sam's Tackle, who weighed a creditable 4-5-6 from down the dog kennels end of the match length. Ste Wilson, TCP, and S. Crossley, Maver, tied for second with 3-15-9 with superstar and all round good egg Sir Gary Marchant strolling in to fourth spot with 3-14-7, must have bin an aquarium, hehe :) Well done to you lot on the day!

On the team front you have to hand it to Sam's Tackle who put in a crackin' effort to win on the day with 27 points. That was just one point too good for TCP who also had a good day coming second with 28 points. Rochdale were third with 39 then came our Octoplus Standish mob with 41, our best score of the series but not good enough to pick up any dosh. The league so far therefore shows that Sam's are once again the team to beat and their running score of 6 points is looking pretty good for a semi final place just now. It's never over 'till Big Sammy sings and you all know that I'm the eternal optimist but pulling back that kind of a lead is a fairly tall order. But you never know and stranger things have happened in the past so we'll keep going wi' y'eads down as they say in Wiggin :)
I've had a 4 and two 2's so far in the three matches so I'm doin' ok. Today I drew first peg through the narrow going towards Culvert and it's a peg I've fished plenty times before. It was pegged a bit closer to the narrow than usual but I still fancied it for a few. First dob on the big butty and it sailed away and I bumped a good fish. Chuffin' typical. Couldn't buy a bite then on the bread line for a while but slowly but surely they came back and I nicked a few. It was hard going and I ended up catchin' on bread, squatt, shell and of course wazzum. That's what I like to do, try everything and keep four or five lines going all day long. You have to keep busy and every bite is crucial so concentration is vitally important. If you miss a bite it can cost you points, it's such a tight league. I ended up with 2-5-0 and second in section. Oh, and I should just mention that I had a sniggery on the old worm line down the track, it gave me a bit of a tussle as I got it on a very light rig aimed at billies and tommies but I managed to get it in and at about 12 oz it was a welcome bonus on the day. I think Derek was proud of me, hehe :)
So that's it for me for a couple of weeks. Can't fish next week on my favourite venue, Burscough! Such is life, so if I get back in the team I think it's Appley Waz the week after. Hopefully I'll get the result up here for you next week as usual.
'Till next time .... tight lines :)