24/09/2023
Today's match was The annual teams of 4 on the lovely Lydney lake in Lydney, Gloucestershire.
Our team of 4 consisted of , myself, Paul Chaffey , Seb Merritt and Tom Smith .
Myself on peg 37
Paul on peg 16
Tom on peg 2
Seb on peg 25.
So, for my part of the match I've setup 4 cr10 feeder rods from a 10ft No1 to a 12ft no3 - feeding 3 lines , 12m , 30m and a long throw to the island at about 67m.
Started long without a single indication so I've dropped back on the 30m line after having a few perch I've landed a good bream and then the pike decided to crash the swim hooking 3 and landing one , Paul on the next peg also had a good sized pike just after , the 30m line died so I've dropped. On the 12m line picking up Roach and Rudd - again I think a pike took a liking as the rod went solid again .
With 25 minutes to go and not much happening I went for the all or nothing , 3 feeder fulls of bait went out followed by 3 large red worms and then back out onto the 30m line and sat on it. Then with 5 minutes to go, the rod folds in half and I'm hanging on to it with a rather large angry carp attached to my skimmer rod on a size 14 hook to a 0.14 hooklength lol at this point all that is going through my mind is - seeing des shipp losing that carp in yesterday's feedermaster 🤦♂️.
Long story short after a very good battle I've managed to land a 15lb 6oz lump boosting my overall weight to around 22lb 😁👍
The word was coming through that our whole team did well , Tom, with 47+lb , seb with 50+lb I think, Paul with 12lb and my 22lb. With a combination of points we've totaled 24 points out of 28 and winning the teams of 4 😁🏆
Absolute brilliant day and absolutely made up with the result and an outstanding team performance.
Well done guys, same again next year.
Lydney teams of four champs 🏆
