Quest for Glory Dampened as did the weather, but still they had a few days of good fishing…

FAW Members enter the W.C.C. by Martyn Russ

Just before 2pm the group of entrants met in the car park just at the back of Hendre Lake, including our very own admins Brian Chandler and Dean Curtis, ready for the all important drawing of the pegs. At 2pm the draw was done and unfortunately Brian and Dean didn't get the peg they were hoping for but ended up on a half decent peg where they could possible work their magic and bag a few bars of gold.

  

The first day they weather seemed perfect and they we all off to a flying start and wasn’t long before everyone was catching. The hot peg, opposite the bay at the front of the island, was holding true to form and the lads that were on that peg had landed a few fish more than everyone else and ended up in an early lead. On the first day report Brian and Dean were in fourth position after both bagging a carp each and of course a few bream that didn't count. By the end of the day they had slipped down into fifth place and were in for a long night ahead.

The tactic of feeding small and often with just a couple of freebies didn’t seem to work so Brian took it upon himself to lay down a a small bed of boilies and placed his hook bait over the top and as was expected his rod ended up screaming off and he managed yet another fish. Buy this time they were into the end of the second day and the weather had changed for the worst with high winds and a lot of rain. All anglers started to struggle to get those bites but 2 swims seemed to stay alive.

   

By the last day the mood was low and everyone was sat around trying to work out if there was anything else they could do or try to gain those few extra fish on the bank. The swim opposite the bay at the front of the island continued to produce fish as did the swim in the lower part of the lake just at the entrance from the lane. This swim had a good run of reeds along the opposite bank and although it should have been fished by the guys next to Dean and Brian for some reason the lower swim was fishing that area and due to that reason they were catching a lot more fish and ended up taking the lead. It was a very close first round to the welsh Carp Championship but only the top 2 teams of people could go through from Hendre Lake and the Top one from Cefn Mably Lakes. Tony Jones & Mark Dickinson with 183 lb 6 oz came in first place and Mathew & Gareth Gronow with 175 lb 14 oz were second and went through to the final as did Gavin James & Josh Boyes with  95 lb 11 oz  from Cefn Mably. Dean Curtis & Brian Chandler finished with a respectable 34 lb 2 oz that gave them a 7th place standing on The Hendre Lake Qualifier so well done guys.

Good Luck in the Final Guys ……..

Welsh Carp Championship – Round One Results

Hendre Final whistle
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1. Tony Jones & Mark Dickinson 183lb 6oz (Through to Final)
2. Mathew & Gareth Gronow 175lb 14oz (Through to Final)
3. Carl Dummet & Jason Parry 145lb 10oz
4. James Howarth & Mike Claypole 66lb 14oz
5. Mike Elwell & Peter Jones 54lb 14oz
6. Mathew Pugh & Craig Evans 40lb 2oz
7. Dean Curtis & Brian Chandler 34lb 2oz
8. Robin Rhys & Shaun Jones 27lb 10oz
9. Josh Bowley & Dean sinikas 9lb 8oz
10. Mark Wozencroft & Stewart Jones 8lb 6oz

Cefn Mably Final Whistle
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1. Gavin James & Josh Boyes 95lb 11oz (Through to Final)
2. Graham Andrews & Colwyn Jones 68lb 12oz
3. Stewart Little & Chris Elliot 56lb 11oz
4. Craig Thomas & Philip Griffith's 53lb 3oz
5. Liam Smith & Jamie Collins 17lb 6oz

Next up is the The Fendrod 5th June till 7th June