Fished our North Devon Match Group club match yesterday and with spaces in even more demand than a Feedermasters ticket all 33 spaces were filled. Venue was the lovely Wooda lakes near Holsworthy. With a full turn out the usual 3 lakes were utilised and in addition 9 pegs were also put on the specimen lake. At the draw I felt lake 4 was the preferred choice but also fancied a crack at the speci lake as my one previous encounter on there produced a lake sin and match second. In went my donny and out popped peg 18 which was lake 4 so happy with that outcome.

A few chucks to the island and one missed bite and a few liners as Ian Gray to my right did the same and had 3 quick fish then I managed a small stickie. After 30 minutes I switched to the pole and had a couple of quick fish then nothing, meantime Ian Gray continued to catch on the tip whilst I couldn’t get a sniff on it. I could hear Andy Grattan catching the other side of the island out of site but kept plugging away on the pole as everyone else seemed to be struggling. It was a funny old match where you catch a couple then the vanish but it has given me an idea for another match in 4 weeks time on there. At the all out Andy Gratton had clearly walked the lake with 70lb and myself and Ian Gray had a great side by side battle which he popped by 44lb to my 40lb so well done him and those tip fish kept him just in front. Elsewhere Nathan Undereood had caught well on the speci with 60odd pound whilst everyone else had struggled for bites and the other 2 lakes had fished reall tough with Craig Lames taking lake 3 with just under 40lb I think it was and The old war horse Martin turner taking lake 1 with 20lb. Overall a great day with some good banter and a 4th overall for myself I think it was so some good league points.

 Thanks to Ian Croxton for the report .