Boldings report

MATSON MOVES UP.

Dave Matson (Maver Wolves) moved up to hit the high spot at Boldings Pools this week, claiming first place on the Saturday open with the best catch of the week, after several recent near misses.

Competitors sought the refuge of the sheltered back pools after the recent gales, and the Deepdale showed some fine form, providing Matson with a 65-7-0 winner. He was on peg 4, in the middle of the far bank, and alternated pellet at 12 metres with maggot close in, to tempt carp to 6lbs. On the opposite side of the pool, Andy Bayliss-Kyte (Rod & Gun) stuck with pellet at 10 metres to take carp to 5 lbs for a second placed 50-4-0 at peg 13.

Colin Reynolds (Bilston Angling) is something of a fixture in the frames of late, and was there again twice this week, showing up in third on this match with a Middle Pool best of 48-8-0. Mel Kitson (Rod & Gun) also put in a pool best performance, topping the Hawthorn with 35-4-0 to take 4^th overall.

Wednesday saw a close finish between two anglers on the Hawthorn and the Ash. Each was on peg 1 on their respective pools, and it was the Hawthorn which gave Gary Morris (OB Wolves) a slight advantage over the ever reliable Dave Barnard (Maver Wolves). Both caught carp to 5 lbs, Gary on corn and pellet at 6 metres, while ‘Barney’ fished close in with maggot on the Ash. At the finish, exactly 1lb separated the pair, Gary scaling 33-9-0 and Dave 32-9-0.

Colin Reynolds was third again, having 27-8-0 from peg 14 on the Ash, then it was back to the Hawthorn for 4^th, when Mick Jameson (Middy ML) put a level 24lbs on the scales at peg 7.

There was a pound between first and second again on Sunday, and again two different pools provided the catches, with the Oak getting the better of the Ash this time.

Mark Stevens (OB Wolves) stepped up to the winners rostrum here, despite have smaller fish than runner-up Paul Turner (Fosters Tipton). Mark had carp in the 1lb to 4lb bracket, using pellet at 5 metres at peg 16 on the Oak, and clinched top spot with 29-1-0.

Paul offered caster and pellet at 6 metres and into the side at Ash 14, to find carp to 5lbs for 28-1-0. Only 9 ounces behind Turner, was Jason Elwell (Wednesbury) on 27-8-0, and Dave Barnard got in on the act again, taking a Beech Pool best of 26-4-0 for 4^th.

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