Special Spring Cup Competition

Date	13th Apr 2008
Venue	Bratton Water
Fishing Time	8:00am to 4:00pm

Panorama of Bratton Water

Report, with Pictures, below.

Name	Fished	Total Bag Weight - 1st Brace only		Fish Caught (only 1st 2 count)
Name	Fished	Lbs.	ozs.	Fish Caught (only 1st 2 count)
John Beer	No	Z	Z	Z
Terry Dymond	No	Z	Z	Z
Graham Harris	No	Z	Z	Z
Marcus Horrell	No	Z	Z	Z
John Kirby	Yes	2	0	1
Bob Langmead	Yes	4	9	3
Martin Turner	Yes (part time)	Didn't weigh-in		1

Bratton Water Fishery

Report

With the weatherman predicting dour conditions, few of the clan ventured out!
Terry also had to take his daughter back to university in London, so Bob and I felt very lonely at first.
About an hour into the competition Martin arrived, but he could only stay until lunchtime ("plenty long enough to get my brace" he said.)
Mike Williams made us feel good by telling us that it had been hard fishing, over the last couple of days, and things didn't really improve for our cup match! He also told us he had put in a lot of Browns and none had come out yet.
The weather, however, did us proud. A couple of short, very sharp showers in the morning, but mostly brilliant sunshine.
Bob was into a fish almost immediately after we arrived, worried about bagging up too soon, stopped fishing, had a sandwich and a fag, and.................
Didn't catch another fish for hours.
I caught one around dinner time, just before Martin had his fish and left immediately after. I didn't have another until just before 4pm. I played it carefully, with a well bent rod, and it shed the hook at the last minute.
'Twas one of those days which makes fishing what it is ~ a way of life ~ not really a sport at all!
The Browns?? Well we saw them swimming about, but it was left to James, who was pleasure fishing with his Grandfather, to show us how to catch them. Picture Below.
'Til we meet again,

John

Bob plays his second fish......

...and lands it

James had two very nice browns.
The first to be caught this season. a pity he isn't in our club!!