April 16, 2005

• Kennet & Avon Canal at Devizes.

   Western Intersite Match.

  Well I travelled down to Sells Green just outside Devizes today for The Westen Intersite Match and arrived at around 7am.
  Into the 3 Magpies pub for breakfast and the draw. It was a Top Breakfast and along with Coffee and top ups cost just £4 .
  As always it was nice to meet up with some old friends again and put a few faces to those that had previously been only names on a computer screen.
  
  One of the lads in our team had been kind enough to share his info with me via PM, and as I hadn’t ever seen the venue I went with it .
  As a result of the draw Peg C1 saw me faced with a gap between 2 moored narrowboats at 14½ mtrs, and I fancied it for a few fish, despite it feeling like a winters day .

  Looking up the towpath from my peg.
  
  

  

  5 hard balls cupped in containing chopped worm and caster, and then just loose fed squatt over the top. A small piece of worm, caster or red maggot on the hook, caught me small Skimmers and Roach steadily for the first 2 hours until the occupants of 1 of the the narrowboats opposite decided on a spring clean, killing it stone dead . Just 1 small Perch 10 mins from the end was added, at which point the chap polishing the brass decided to lean over the end of the boat to watch my float !!
  
  My weight of 3lbs 2ozs at the end of the match gave me 2nd in section, with Slider (Mark), on his home water winning it.
  Unfortunately the team didn’t fare so well, finishing 4th on the day, but hey it was still a good day out in good company.

  

  

   

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