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Boldings report 6-9-17.
Andy Kyte [Middle Severn Angling] was the star of the Bank Holiday show at Boldings Pools with a 181-14-0 mix of carp to 8lbs and barbel to 5lbs securing victory in the BH Monday open.
Drawn on Willows peg 8, Andy drew in the fish with a pellet and maggot bait combination, which he offered on the 5 metre line as well as close.
Round at peg 13, Paul Hemming [Monkhall] presented maggot to each side of the peg, where he too found carp and barbel, with samples to 8lbs and 4lbs returning 134-0-0. Paul Evans [PI Boldings] was next to the winner on peg 7, but couldn't tempt as many fish, finishing on 96-7-0 in third. Over on peg 16, Matt Edgerton [Oakengates Ang Cent] collected fourth with his 70-14-0.
Matt Edgerton converted fourth to first on Wednesday when his pellet at 5 metres and close in gave him 74-14-0 of carp to 6lbs to hand over to the scales at peg 13 on the Oak Pool.
Peg 13 on the Beech provided Phil Shaw [PI Bold] with a close placed runner up weight of 71-10-0. Phil had his fish, carp to 5lbs, on close fished pellet. Along at Beech 7 Matt Stobbs [Oak Ang Cent] put his name on third with 55-15-0, and just behind him, on 55-5-0, was Mick Jameson [PI Bold] at Oak peg 8.
Number one angler on the Chestnut open on Thursday was Eric Bancroft [PI Bold] who triumphed with a paste approach. Presenting the bait to each side of peg 4 found carp in the 7lbs range, which gave a final tally of 73-14-0.
Matt Stobbs improved on his Wednesday finish by taking second this time. Matt was on peg 27 and fished to the island with pellet to net carp and bream for 64-10-0. Paul Evans [PI Bold] bagged 57-14-0 for third at peg 14, leaving Danny Boden [Oak Ang Cent] in a close fourth on 55-12-0 at peg 30.
Dave Brown [Maver] tagged another win to his considerable list with victory in the Saturday open. The Larch Pool gave the top two catches, outshining the Sycamore, which came up with third and fourth.
Brown was on peg 16 on the Larch, and worked his favourite shallow maggot and caster tactics to attract carp to 7lbs, which built into a winning total of 72-13-0.
Over on peg 28 Tony Foster [PI Bold]opted for pellet and corn at 5metres and close in, which saw him through to second place with a weight of 67-7-0. Jamie Langford [PI Bold] had the top weight on the Sycamore, 63-6-0 from peg 4, which put into third overall. Fourth went to the 58-8-0 by Steve Owen [Monkhall] at Sycamore 21.
Eric Bancroft completed the second leg of a winning double when he secured victory in the Sunday open with a pellet and paste attack at peg 9 on the Ash Pool. Presenting his bait close in put Eric in contact with carp to 9lbs, which he used to build a final weight of 129-1-0.
Paul Hemming [Monkhall] led the way on the Oak Pool where peg 13 was the best one on the pool again. Maggot, worked down the sides attracted 107-11-0 of carp to 8lbs, to put Paul into the runner up spot. Back on the Ash Colin Reynolds [Bilston Ang Cent] had a level 87-0-0 for third and close behind him, on 83-14-0 at Oak 27 was Dave Doughty [PI Bold].
