British Young Carp Anglers Competition

British Young Carp Anglers Competion
August 30th, 2008

We recently sponsored a couple of young carp anglers in the BYCAC, here’s a report from David Cunnington.”I first arrived at the lake at about 6:30am. The sky was overcast and a South Westerly wind was blowing across the lake. After a walk around the lake I had a few reasonable pegs in my mind, peg 24,36, and peg number 42. Then at 7:30 we were allocated our peg numbers I was given peg 41 just one away from the one I was hoping for. After moving my kit into the swim the starting horn sounded. I was using a Korda Longshank x hook and Korda Soft Coated Braid de-coated about an inch from the hook these were put in a solid pva bag along with pellets and a Richworth White Chocolate Boilie as the hook bait. On the other rig I was using a magi-liner with 5 or 6 maggots. After a feel around with the marker float I found a clear patch around 60 to 70 yards out. After I had got my rods in the water and I decided to get some well deserved sleep. I was awoken by my right hand mag-aligner rod screaming off, I struck but nothing was there and after close inspection of my half eaten maggots obviously it was a nuisance fish probably a roach or small bream. With my spare maggot rig out on the spot I hoped for better luck but all around me it seemed to go quite for the next few hours until a few people started to catch a few low doubles but nothing higher than 16lb this continued until the end of the session. Then we discovered that only nine of 42 anglers had caught all day so a cast off was required for the last spot up for grabs. Unfortunately I did not get through but this only made me more determined to have another shot next year. I had a great day at the beautiful linear fisheries and I shall definitely go again.”

That was a nice concise report from David and it shows the determination you need for competitive carp fishing. It also shows that despite your best efforts you are not always going to catch.

Best fishes,

John

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