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Boldings report    12-4-17.

 

Ralph Johnson [Preston Inno Boldings] squeezed into first place in a tight finish in the Wednesday open at Boldings Pools, when his shallow caster tactics at Beech peg 5 gave him the edge over Steve Hall [Oswestry]. Ralph ended the match with 115-15-0 of carp to 6lbs and bream to 3lbs.

Steve was round at peg 18 and offered maggot and pellet at 10 metres and down the side to finish just over a pound and a half behind on 114-5-0, having netted carp to 7lbs. Mick Jameson [PI Bold] claimed third with a level       105-0-0at peg 26, leaving Paul Evans [PI Bold] to pick up fourth with his 87-12-0 at peg 20.

 

          Dave Brown [Maver] used his favourite shallow maggot and caster tactic to full effect on Thursday to win the open on the Sycamore Pool. Carp to 7lbs homed in on the bait at peg 24 to give figures of 126-9-0'

          Dave Doughty [Woodend] was over on corner peg 30 where he worked corn and pellet down the sides and out at 5 metres to find 113-7-0 of carp to 8lbs. Gary Steele [Swan] and Steve Owen [Monkhall] had a close race for third spot, with Gary scaling 83-13-0 at peg 13, just ahead of Steve on 81-11-0 at peg 33.

 

          The Sycamore came up with the goods again on Saturday when Clive Wynn [Tricast Weston] recorded the top catch of the week, 158-6-0 at peg 25. Clive bagged up on shallow maggot, with carp to 8lbs making up the catch.

          Matt Eggerton [Oakengates Ang Cent] had carp to 7lbs, with barbel and bream to 3lbs in his 122-15-0 runner up at peg 48. His fish fell to maggot, pellet and corn. Round at peg 39 Morgan Davidson [Monkhall] scaled 118-9-0 in third, with Dave Lloyd [Maver] one fish behind on 115-1-0 at peg 36 on the Chestnut Pool.      

 

          The high average frame weight continued on Sunday when Andy Williams [Vespe] made Willows peg 9 outshine the Sycamore. He took victory with 148-14-0, which constituted a mix of carp to 7lbs and hard fighting barbel to 5lbs, all caught on maggot and corn fished down the sides.

          Carp to 8lbs and bream to 2lbs made up the second placed 137-4-0 from Bob Baker [Wolves] at Sycamore peg 33. Bob worked with maggot and pellet at 6 metres and in the margins. At peg 4 on the Sycamore Colin Reynolds [Bilston Ang Cent] put 130-14-0 on the scales for third, and at peg 49 Dave Bowater [PI Bold] weighed 115-10-0 in fourth.