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Boldings report 5-4-16.
The pools at Boldings were flooded for the Monday open following storm Kate, but that didn't stop Andy Kyte [Middle Severn Angling] from beginning a successful week with a win. Things weren't easy but pellet at 7 metres combined with regular switches to maggot in the margins kept carp to 5lbs and barbel to 3lbs coming steadily to the net at Chestnut peg 21, and at the end of the Match Andy had 56-2-0 to hand over to the scales.
Rob Brennan [PI Boldings] included 30lbs of skimmers in his runner up 43-2-0 on pellet and maggot at Chestnut 30. Steve Owen [Monkhall] followed up a profitable mid week campaign of last week with another this week, beginning with a third on this match courtesy of a Sycamore Pool top weight of 40-13-0 from peg 4. Just behind Steve, on 39-12-0 at Chestnut peg 27, was Harry Colley [PI Bold].
Steve Owen moved up the listing on Tuesday, taking over top spot with a maggot based 77-3-0 from Sycamore peg 33. Carp to 8lbs and bream to 3lbs made up the catch, which came from close in and at 8 metres.
Harry Colley moved up with Owen to fill the runner up spot this time, finishing just 1lb off the pace with 76-3-0. Harry netted carp to 9lbs and barbel to 4lbs using meat and pellet in the side at Sycamore 26. Peg 42 produced 67-8-0 to hand third to Bob Tromans [Fiery Holes], with fourth going to the 55-7-0 which Mick Foan [Rod & Gun] weighed at peg 50.
Andy Williams [Colmic Vespe] blitzed the rest on Wednesday to weigh three times as much as anyone else. Method, bait and catch details were not available at time of going to press, but Andy recorded a superb 123-11-0 at Beech peg 32.
Nearest rival was Matt Stobbs [Oakengates Ang Cent] on 41-5-0 at peg 14. Paul Gadd [PI Bold] was only four ounces behind Matt on 41-1-0 at peg 5, with Clive Wynn [Tricast Weston] and Joe Brennan sharing fourth with 34-12-0 each.
Steve Owen had his second win of the week on Thursday, with a weight which was only 6 ounces different from his Tuesday winner, and it was a close finish again. This time Steve was on the Chestnut Pool, at peg 4, and he fished maggot and corn. Working the baits close in and at 6 metres tempted carp to 7lbs, barbel to 3lbs and bream to 3lbs for a total of 77-9-0.
Alun Jones [Drennan] chased the winner all the way to the whistle from peg 25 on the Sycamore, using maggot and pellet to attract carp to 7lbs and barbel to 4lbs, which saw him finish only 7 ounces short on 77-2-0. John Bates [Steve's Tackle] kept things tight from Sycamore peg 8 by weighing 75-10-0 in third, and Clive Wynn finished off an exciting frame by scaling 69-14-0 at Chestnut 32 for another fourth placing.
Dave Brown [Maver] used his favourite shallow fished caster and maggot method to collect the coin on Saturday by putting 67-3-0 of carp to 5lbs on the scales at Ash peg 20.
Dave Lloyd [Maver] topped the Larch Pool list to finish second, his 63-15-0 of Carp to 6lbs coming to maggot and pellet from peg 26. A Chestnut best of 58-9-0 from peg 39 saw Steve Roberts [Oak Ang Cent] into third. Andy Kyte was back in the frame, taking fourth with 47-12-0 at Chestnut 16.
Having started the week in winning style, Andy Kyte rounded it off in unbeatable fashion, posting the top weight of the week to win by 50lbs on Sunday. Pellet and maggot had the fish, carp to 8lbs, barbel to 3lbs and bream to 3lbs, queuing up at Chestnut peg 16, where Andy heaved out 141-8-0 for victory.
