Boldings report
SPORTS DESK.
It was another good week for Dave Brown (Maver) Tony Foster (OB Wolves) and Andy Williams (
Dave Brown started things off with top spot on the Wednesday open, which was held on the back pools. Dave pulled Stock peg 11 from the draw bag, where fishing to the stumps with maggot, saw him netting carp to 8 lbs on his way to 66-10-0.
Tony Foster followed with a middle pool best of 54-13-0 on shallow fished pellet from peg 10, with Andy Williams joining them in third, with 44-7-0 form Stock peg 10, and Carl Foster (OB Wolves) joined brother Tony in the frame by scaling 40-3-0 at peg 4 on the Stock.
Foster and Brown swapped places on Thursday, both hitting the ton. They were on different pools again, with Tony on the Ash this time, and Dave on the Sycamore. Tony went out to 12 metres to fish pellet up in the water at Ash 16, and was kept busy all through the match with carp in the 1lb to 3lb range making up a winning total of 110-3-0.
Dave fished maggot down the shelf, alternated with corn close in at Sycamore 24, and was helped to an even ton (100-0-0) by carp to 9lbs.
Back on the Ash Graham Evason (OB Wolves) netted 59-11-0 at corner peg 9 to beat Colin Reynolds (Bilston Ang Cent) to third spot. Colin was Ash 7 and finished one fish short on 56-1-0.
Andy Williams saved his best for the Saturday open when he made the top catch of the week. Drawn on form peg 33 on the Sycamore, he went to work with corn and maggot to outstrip the opposition with carp to 9lbs, some from the 5 metre line and some close in to put together 121-11-0.
On the opposite bank, at peg 20, John Francis (Rod & Gun) offered pellet at 4 metres and corn close in for a mix of carp and bream for 71-12-0 to grab second, just ahead of Kev Williams (OB Wolves) on 68-9-0 at Sycamore 24. Carl Foster recorded another 4th with 61-0-0 from Sycamore 48.
Sunday produced a fresh crop of names in the frame and a ton up winner for Dave Craggs (OB Wolves). He was on peg 11 on the Larch and operated with maggot and corn in the margins for carp to 9lbs. When the scales arrived they added up to 111-10-0 and a clear margin over runner up Nigel Ball (Mosella). Nigel was on peg 32 on the Sycamore where similar tactics to those used by Saturdays winner failed to get the fish moving to the same extent, leaving him on 70-1-0 at the finish. Over at Sycamore 2 Dave White (Maver) scaled 52-11-0 to squeeze in front of a Willows best of 51-8-0 from Paul Evans (Storeys).
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