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Boldings report 29-6-16.
The average frame weight rose again at Boldings Pools this week, with all of the matches being won with well over 100lbs.
The Monday open produced a tie for first place when Colin Reynolds [Bilston Ang Cent] and Phil Shaw [PI Boldings] each put 126-10-0 on the scales. Both were drawn on point pegs at each end of the spit on the Sycamore Pool. Colin offered pellet at 5 metres and down the side at peg 8 to make a catch of carp to 8lbs, while Phil worked with shallow maggot at peg 13 to take carp to 6lbs.
Bob Tromans [Fiery Holes] had his third placed 95-8-0 at peg 24 and at peg 4 Keith Powell [PI Bold] weighed 82-14-0 in fourth.
The Oak Pool fished really well on Wednesday and came up with a 184-6-0 winner for Paul Evans [PI Bold]. Caster, fished shallow at 5 metres as well as in the margins had carp to 7lbs feeding well at peg 27.
Tony Foster [PI Bold] had carp to 6lbs and barbel to 3lbs in his runner up 162-8-0 at peg 16, his fish falling to corn and pellet of the 8 metre line alternated with close in. Phil Shaw made the list again, his 124-15-0 giving him third at Oak 29. Fourth went to an Ash Pool best of 103-10-0 by Steve Owen [Monkhall] at peg 5.
There was almost another tie for first on Thursday when only 6 ounces separated first and second places. It was Eric Bancroft [Rod & Gun] who managed to edge ahead from peg 33 on the Sycamore, but he needed every one of the carp to 9lbs and bream to 2lbs which his maggot and corn could attract to make up a net of 148-13-0.
Steve Owen was the man pipped at the post, his smaller carp, fish to 8lbs, not being compensated for quite enough by his barbel to 3lbs, which left him on 148-7-0 at Sycamore peg 8. Andy Williams [Vespe] picked up third for his 124-4-0 from peg 47.
The star of the show this week was Harry Colley [PI Bold] who blitzed the Saturday open with a terrific 235-3-0 to establish a winning margin of just over 100lbs. Harry soon settled into a rhythm of hooking and landing carp to 9lbs at Chestnut peg 39 once the starting horn sounded, and feeding corn, pellet and meat in the margins held the interest of the fish all through the match.
Darren Warden [Kings] did his best to stay with the winner, feeding maggot, corn and pellet on the 6 metre line and close in at peg 22 on the Sycamore to attract carp to 7lbs and bream to 3lbs. It was a lost cause though, and despite landing 134-2-0, Darren finished well behind. The remaining frame weights also came from the Sycamore, with Simon Christian [Sedgeley] getting third with 104-5-0 from peg 25, and 96-13-0 from peg 4 giving fourth to Dave Brown [Maver].
Point peg 16 on the Larch Pool saw Andy Williams add a first place on Sunday to his Thursday third spot. Combining maggot and corn to work to each side of the peg, and at 5 metres out, had carp to 8lbs coming to the net for a tally of 135-9-0.
Gareth Emlyn [Oakengates Ang Cent] had a lot of smaller carp on maggot down the sides of Deepdale peg 3, with fish of 1lb to 4lbs adding up to 99-6-0. Harry Colley was in the mix again, his level 94-0-0 from Larch peg1 giving him third, just ahead of Andy Kyte [Middle Severn Angling] who had a Stock Pool top score of 92-12-0 at peg 7.
