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The Final Fling
By
Fred Davis.
A club match by Fred Davis
The final fling, while harrow herons fishing club fish in the west middx winter league they also have a thriving club scene, the good thing about all of these matches is of course the payout, only paying first and second and the fact that in normal circumstances you are only competing against the club anglers, the only difference is that quite a few of the anglers in this club fish in the div 1 national for London postal so the standard is quite high, however I digress the club fishes from march to December and then shuts down, the final match is in march after a 3 month layoff hence the final fling which was to be at the south east match Mecca Lake john, The matches are run by Ray, Toby and Allan Bellamy, yep you've guessed it the harrow mafia, anyway after quite a lot of success last year fishing these matches I was again looking forward to taking the dosh which I split with me mate Steve. Anyway with regular matches running at lake john info is not hard to get, the carp were not feeding yet matches were being won with tench and skimmers with weights 40 to 70lb feeding pellet fishing waggler. Now it just goes to show how the best laid plans can count for nothing when on the wed's before the match I get a phone call from Ray telling me pellet is banned for club matches, yep you can use them in the opens and if you pleasure fish! but not in club matches, anyway not to perturbed I attend the match to find that we are over subscribed by one, no problem the peg in the corner by the boat house can be put in, well after a hearty breakfast at lake john the lads were ready to draw which started at 8.30,now being a mathematical genius and recognising such things as the law of diminishing returns, I decide that it is best to have an early draw imagine my horror when I discover I have drawn peg 31, the boat house in the corner hemmed in on both sides now this peg can be good in the summer but a grueller in the winter rest assures it aint no match winner, the match on the previous Wednesday had been won by bagging machine Kenny Farrell from peg 14,anyway there was still me mate Steve to drawer so 50% of the winnings was not to be sneezed at, unfortunately sod's law he had drawn next to me on the right hand side peg 30,needless to say that our match was uneventful but I did manage to beat me mucker 5lb to a dry net, well he did have two sprats but tipped them back, however the real battle had been on the other side of the lake pegs 13 & 14 Sean Brennan (the lucky B******) had drawn the flyer (ok, the Wednesday match winning peg) and had fished a tidy match on the feeder catching tench and skimmers on the feeder for 23lb sitting facing into an atrocious wind, but unfortunately remained bite less for the last 1/12 hours, meanwhile potty (Rob Pottinger) who I have never ever known draw a bad peg and given half a chance will take what I consider to be my pools money had again done enough to win the day, how's this for luck, (and no this is not sour grapes, Oh alright it is what the heck!) first of all he draws the area, next first cast on the waggler he catches an 8lb carp, then after a few tench and skimmers he catches a 2lb perch, and in the last half hour while the majority of us remain bite less he catches a couple of tench and some skimmers to weigh in 23lb 10oz beating Sean by 10oz's to say the lad was distraught (well almost as distraught as me) is an understatement. Needless to say potty went home with a smile on his face ,Steve went home vowing never to fish said cesspit again, Me well I can't wait for the next match which can't come too soon, as they say cometh the day cometh the man, Oh where is it Oh Lake John!!! Bye the way does anyone know who Bob warren is I am told he's a star!!!!
colin the fishery owner who serves breakfast but beware using carp pellets on club matches
part of the harrow mafia
The distraught Sean Brennan with the other half of the mafia looking on
And of course Arch enemy Rob (potty to his mates) Pottenger
And of course he is wearing the final fling presentation medal I wouldn't mind but ray made me present it to potty!!
who's this feller could it be B W
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Fred Davis.
Thanks Fred, Gary
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