Esthwaite pairs

Today me and John Macintosh fished in the Esthwaite pairs qualifier. We knew from practice that 3-5 fish would be enough. We also knew that we were against some of the best anglers in the country including Trout Master ace Richard Landsbury and past winners Ali Tait and Sandy Roberts.

At 2 o'clock we only had one fish and were starting to worry whether we could snatch a win. We then found pods of fish in Strickland bay were we stayed the rest of the day and managed to get to 5 fish. these came to a variety of methods including drys and pulling.

After reaching the dock it was clear that we had done enough with most pairs getting 1 or 2 fish. It was finally announced that we were the winners with 5 fish and Richard Landsbury and Blythe Palmer in second. It was a god day all round and I cant wait till the final. 

EYFA vs Prison Service

On Sunday the 3rd of April we arrived at Grafham Water. We were preparing to fish a very difficult and testing Grafham but after team briefing it was decided that we were going to pull blobs on the North shore. I immediately found that the fish had left G buoy so moved to deep water point which had been a hotspot the day before, but still no luck.

I then got 1 fish 10 seconds down on a DI7. It then went quit again so I moved to Pylon Point. This area had been rested all day so I was quickly into fish on a Denis the menace blob. I carried on fishing here for a few hours and caught 5 fish. So overall it was a good but hard day.

After a tense weigh in, it was confirmed that EYFA team A were the winners with 87 pounds and EYFA team B second with the prison service in third place.

Thanks to all of the guys for a great day.