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Boldings report 21-9-16.
For the second Monday running Ralph Johnson [P I Boldings] took the honours in the first open of the week at Boldings Pools when he recorded the first part of a winning double for this week. Having won from the Beech last week, this time he was on the Oak Pool, where shallow fished caster accounted for 116-9-0 of carp to 6lbs.
Stefan Davies [Shrewsbury] kept the winner under pressure all the way to the finish, and at the end was only one fish him with a weight of 111-3-0. He was on the Willows Pool, at peg 7, and caught carp to 7lbs and barbel to 4lbs using maggot and corn at 6 metres and down the side. Mick Keene [ABC] and Keith Powell [PI Bold] couldn't be separated and shared third place with 100-14-0 each. Mick took his catch at Oak peg 22 and Keith was on Willows 4.
Dave Brown [Maver] added to his long list of wins by pulling clear of the field in the Wednesday open, in which he was drawn on Beech peg 7. Shallow fished caster and maggot, alternated with close in tactics, brought a succession of carp to 7lbs sliding over the rim of the net to give final figures of 167-9-0.
Just round from the point at Beech 5 Paul Evans [PI Bold] offered caster at 5 metres to find carp to 7lbs and bream to 2lbs, which gave a 101-1-0 total for second place. Opposite the winner, at Beech 23 Steve Owen [Monkhall] scaled 81-6-0 for third, while the best weight from the Ash, 70-5-0 from peg 7, gave last Wednesdays winner Mick Jameson [PI Bold] fourth.
Carp to 7lbs and barbel to 3lbs made up the winning catch for Andy Williams [Vespe] on Thursday's open on the Sycamore Pool. Andy was on peg 24 and combined corn and maggot to net 80-14-0 to win a close encounter.
Graham Roberts [PI Bold] was three pegs along the bank at corner peg 27 and used caster and corn to bank 78-13-0 of carp to 8lbs. Paul Evans was in the prizes again, his 67-0-0 from peg 36 putting him in third, ahead of Colin Reynolds [Bilston Ang Cent] on 58-1-0 at peg 13.
Ralph Johnson completed his double for the week with victory in the Saturday open, and it was shallow caster tactics which secured success again. Carp to 7lbs and bream to 2lbs responded to the bait at peg 30 on the Sycamore, and at the end of the day Ralph slipped 100-2-0 of them onto the scales.
Terry Edwards [Swan Elite] opted for maggot and pellet at Sycamore 13 and had 84-10-0 of carp to 8lbs from close in to finish in second. Colin Reynolds moved up a place to take third with his 75-7-0 at Sycamore 47, with fourth going to a Chestnut best of 66-0-0 by Graham Roberts, who added to his Thursday runner up finish.
The top performance of the week came from Andy Kyte [Middle Severn Angling] on Sunday when he had the fish at corner peg 50 on the Sycamore lining up for his shallow fished caster and maggot to give the best weight of the week, 192-6-0. Carp to 9lbs featured, alongside barbel to 3lbs in a fine net.
Second came from the chestnut when Nige Clarke [Monkhall] recorded 149-8-0 at peg 21, a catch of carp to 8lbs and bream to 3lbs, which came to maggot and corn on the close in line. Third, at peg 33 on the Sycamore was Gareth Emlyn [Oakengates Ang Cent] who weighed 141-11-0, and back on the Chestnut Steve Roberts [Oak Ang Cent] had 120-12-0 for fourth at peg 32.
