Rookery Waters at Pidley and the venues Jay Lake for today’s match. This was the last commercial venue of the 2022 Summer calendar, with only one more still water to be fished before the switch to the Rivers. 10 Anglers made the trip on a warm Autumn day. Fishing for the John Harris Cup, which was donated by the owner of the former tackle shop and general stores in Deeping St James.
Making it 2 wins out of 2 Dave Preston made the most of the end peg and finished in first place with an impressive 76 lbs from peg 15. Dave fished to his left targeting the platform of peg 16. Fishing Sweetcorn over micros on the pole for the whole match.
Second place went to Pete Wray on peg number 14. Pete finished with 67 lbs 1 oz using multiple methods including maggot close in and 4mm hard pellets over pellets and expanders on the pole to the far bank.
Third place to Ray Morland who finished with 57 lbs 15 oz from corner peg number 11. Ray fished to the far bank at 14.5m using hard pellets fed over small amounts of hard pellets.
Full Result
1st Dave Preston 76 lbs 0 oz – Peg # 15
2nd Pete Wray 67 lbs 1 oz – Peg # 14
3rd Ray Morland 57 lbs 15 oz – Peg # 11
4th Ray Torrington 37 lbs 14 oz – Peg # 2
5th Trevor Walker 32 lbs 9 oz – Peg # 3
6th Nathan Grech 31 lbs 15 oz – Peg # 8
7th Phil Price 26 lbs 4 oz – Peg # 12
8th Jason Chatham 26 lbs 3 oz – Peg # 9
9th Ron Needham 13 lbs 15 oz – Peg # 6
10th Joe Price 8 lbs 2 oz – Peg # 5
