T ight lines fishing

Abbey Anglers

Neil M cB ernie at the double

O N T uesday, F ebruary 1 5 , we, yet ag ain, fished our winter v enue at E l B osq uet. H ig h winds made the fishing a little trick y but the weig hts in the main were q uite g ood.

W inner on the day was the local leg end that is Neil M cB ernie. I would back him ag ainst anyone on this v enue and he really does produce a masterclass week in week out. K ey to Neil’s success is without doubt his v ery accurate feeding with a catapult, whilst holding a long pole. H e inv ariable fishes ag ainst the far back with mag S g ots at this time of year and usually up in the water. T his he did once ag ain from peg 7 to catch 2 6 .2 4 k g of carp and mullet. P ictured is the famed end peg 7 at E l B osq uet.

S econd was another top ang ler inn H arry B illing . D rawn on unfancied peg 2 4 on the old back channel he caug ht carp and mullet on bread for 2 2 .1 8 k g .

In third place was mere mortal B ill C annon who caug ht carp mainly on the method feeder from fancied peg 1 for 1 3 .0 6 k g .

O ther section winners were J ack ie B reslin on peg 4 with 4.78kg,PaulBurton6.28kg from peg 2 7 , J ohn W aples 1 0 .5 8 k g peg 3 5 and leag ue leader, R ichard

mith with 1 1 .8 6 k g from peg 3 9 .

T he pairs ev ent was won by H arry and J ohn W aples.

Rods N Reels

T he following day we fished the same v enue with the same result.

W inner on the day from peg 2 6 was Neil M cB ernie with 1 6 .4 6 k g . S econd was B ill R eade from peg 5 with 1 6 k g and third was S tev e H ig g ins from peg 7 with10.02kg.

T he pairs ev ent was won by B ill and J ohn W aples.

Nex t week A bbey A ng lers v isit the R iv er S eg ura at M urcia and a g ood match is ex pected.

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