Boldings report

Boldings Report 14/10/09

John Francis (Rod & Gun) was top rod at Boldings Pools this week with a week-end double top.

The week started though with a win for Keith Powell (Wolverhampton) who took the honours on the Monday match with 62-13-0 from peg 3 on the Middle Pool, where he fished maggot in the margins to tempt carp to 7 lbs.

The Middle produced the next two weights as well, with Bob Tromans (Fiery Holes) claiming second with a corn and pellet based 53-8-0 at peg 8, which was followed by a level 53-0-0 from Karl Haywood (Sedgeley) at peg 11. Fourth placed Dave Barnard (R&G) had 51-9-0 which was the best on the hawthorn Pool.

The Ash Pool gave the best weight of the week on Wednesday when Tony Foster (OB Wolves) secured the main prize with a catch of carp in the 1lb to 3lbs bracket, which took the scales to 80-11-0. He was on peg 14 and fished pellet, up in the water and close in.

Bob Tromans was second again, this time with 56-12-0, which came to pellet at 5 metres at peg 9. Alf Taylor (OBW) had a level 43-0-0 at peg 18 for third, and Stuart Aston (OBW) completed the prize winners with 40-2-0 at peg 5.

Graham Roberts (OBW) converted a second on the Thursday open last week to a first this week after drawing peg 13 on the Sycamore. He alternated fishing the 5 metre line with close in tactics, and slipped the net under 70-3-0 of carp to 7lbs.

Ralph Johnson (Bilston Ang Cent)was over to the right of the winner on peg 33 where he alternated fishing shallow, and on the deck, with pellet to take carp to 6lbs for 62-4-0 and second spot. Fellow Bilston rod Colin Reynolds was close behind on 60-14-0, the best catch from the Chestnut, and last weeks winner John Wild (Stafford) was a close 4^th on 59-15-0 at Sycamore 25.

John Francis stepped up to the mark for the first of his two wins on Saturday. Fishing pellet half way down the shelf at Chestnut peg 30 produced carp to 6lbs and final figures of 58-12-0.

Round at peg 1 Carl Foster (OBW) offered pellet and corn at 5 metres to net 55-7-0 for second. Karl Haywood had another third with 52-1-0 at peg 21 and Stuart Aston was 4^th for the second time, weighing 48-8-0 at peg 36.

Francis finished clear of scramble for second place on Sunday when a trio of OB Wolves men filled the minor places.

‘Franner was on peg 38 on the Chestnut, and this time he fished pellet at 6 metres and at the bottom of the shelf, which brought carp to 8lbs and bream to 3lbs to the net for a final tally of 72-10-0.

Ed Turner was the best of the OBW rods, but only just. He had carp to 7lbs on pellet, 2 metres out at peg 33 on the Sycamore, finishing with 56-12-0, with gary Morris hard on his heels with 56-6-0 at Sycamore 49.

Over at peg 21 on the Chestnut Graham Evason scaled 51-8-0 in 4^th.

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