After pasta, 3 black sheep, a meeting with Cecil and Clarence it was time to hit the canvas andcatch some Z's....
At 6.07am after a dream about stealing a push bike? it was time for the decider in the SVC...
Nicholls Snr rolled down the soddened track at 6.18 and it was a swift tent clearance and shower before hitting Orfe. ("its rammed - " 50lb easy" - "Mixed bag" - "boiling when you feed")
With the rain holding off it looked promising as we made our way up to the lake full of anticipation. With hindsight we picked the wrong pegs ( shocker) and should have foreseen gods plan of very very heavy showers in... ohh the next 30 mins.
Poles for Matt & Mick and feeder for JN it was to be with a worrying breeze skipping across the lake...Within 30 minutes Nicholls Jnr had taken a skimmer and a elastic stretching Carp of 6lb putting pressure on the two anglers from very early. 
The heavens then decided to open with raining lashing down as all the anglers held onto their brollies....the peg selection was looking shaky at best as the breeze turned into a wind and bright skys turned into a dark dark mass of rain and cold.....it was like the first day on the Somme sometime later as the soldiers came out shellshocked and wanting pipes of peace...
In between times Nicholson had sneaked 3 x carp to push Nicholls solitary effort, and Nicholls response was to bizarrely fish maggot in a force ten gale on a top three? Nicholls Snr had stuck with the feeder and with the exception of a Perch , and Skimmer or three was struggling
a tad....
Nicholson kept the Meat & Corn faith and took another two skimmers and a small stockie. It was looking very very tight....
The rain was determined to spoil the day and all three anglers surrended by 12.30...it was hard to hold the pole
At the weigh in Nicholls started to regret the maggot as nicholson pulled the net out....Nicholson took a damp classic for 2009 .....Roll on Summer...( oh it is)
Regardless of win - Banter and friendship played a bigger part....maybe we should have gone to Horseshoe again
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