Samf masters, eastbourne/ pevensey bay

Myself and Mark Allanson are going down to eastbourne to fish the Sea anglers match federation UK masters champinoship( BIT OF A MOUTHFULL!) All the preparation has been done, the tackle is packed and the bait is in the fridge. We have all kinds! In the fridge i have - 16 packs of black; a kilo of maddies; a hundred rag; 40 blow lug and 7 crab!. Also got 40 lug thats two weeks old, STICKIES!. In the freezer i've got 6 mackerel, 3 blueys, 20 sandeel; box of squid and 30 frozen crab. I'm taking 7 rods; 9 reels; 2 tackle boxes; 2 rod rests; beach buudy; and 2 cooler boxes. I've spent all day sorting out my gear, bait ,car and rigs FED-EX nearly lost my maddies and i was stressed all day . BUT everything is now done and i am sitting down and having a budweiser Looking forward to mixing it with the big boys . Will give a full report when we get back on monday Tight lines

Jesus thats a lot of sht to be takin fishin
Just goes to show how much dedication is needed to be in the premier league.

Hope the weathrer holds up for you both,

Best of luck.

cant wait to fish this one. it's the biggest match i've fished.
just hope we do ok, will be hard against the anglers with the local knowledge on this venue.
anyway if we missed anything its too late now.
will get some pics too
mark

Steve,I've used more bait than that on the Alex Wall in a four hour session(hungry buggers those crabs)

have a great time and show them how to fish ...good luck ...barny

good luck lads lets hope all the prep is worth it.we know you can do it,,,best wishes on behalf of all the Dinghy Section

Best of luck lads for the comp.

Well, what a weekend! We drove down on friday and went straight to the B&B. It took us six hours to get down there. We met up with the other lads and lasses that qualified from the local area, Bill and Heather Lindfield, Ian and Michael Brookes and Richie Burrows. We all stayed in the same place, the far end hotel in eastbourne. We went down to the eastbourne angling associations HQ, the base for the weekend. A cracking HQ with its own bar and lots happening on the fishing and social side. We registered and tried to get some info on how the match venue was fishing. We spotted some of the southern superstars, Double world champ Chris Clark, Ian Golds, and a load of current and ex england and welsh internatiionals. It was going to be hard.
We were up early the next morning and made are way to the pegs. We were all in various zones. I was in A zone on peg 20. I set up a 2 greys tripplex with a sportsmag on one and a 65 chrome rocket on the other. 15lb line, 60lb leader and 3 up clipped down rig were the order of the day. The whistle started and icast as far as i could. The guy to my right and one two pegs to my left cast to the horizon, a lot further than me! The fish Started coming in but i could only get undersize ones. That was the case for most of the weekend. The big hitters were catching triple shots of whiting and pout, while the lesser casters caughtv a lot less! We all managed to catch but not in any numbers to worry the top guys. Bill Lindfeild did well with a 4th in his zone.
Day two went the same way, i managed to catch more fish but still not enough to worry anyone! When the match finished we had a bit of a stock take. We had taken far too much of everything, we struggled to reach the fish and we might have done a bit more homework on the venue. We both learnt a lot and despite the poor results for us we enjoyed it. We actually went out after the presentation and fished in front of the hotel for a couple of hours in the darkness. It was brillliant, doubles and triples every cast after 5 minuets in the water! a lot closer in than in daylight as well Over the weekend we caught, bass,whiting pout, poor cod,dabs, flounder and plaice. There were also codling eels and a solitary dog caught.
The top 3 were
1st Rex Palmer
2nd Dave Read
3rd George Smith

OUR RESULTS
28th Ian Brookes
42nd Bill Lindfield
80th Michael Brookes
81st Steve Trish
84th Mark Allanson
85th Heather Lindfield
86th Richie Burrows
95 anglers took part in total
It was a big learning curve that showed up were we need to improve our fishing skills but i hopr i can qualify for the masters next year when it is being held in Skegness.

TIGHT LINES........ STEVE :

well done for putting all the time and expense in and good luck for future matches ...barny

yes thats right steve great weekend, great company sh*t fishing but never mind good experience, look forward to next year.

Good effort lads.
Now you know how I feel after the F & F at Mersey Road.Plenty of effort without catching.
At least you have gained experience for future matches and fished at a different venue.
Better luck next time
Steve

good effort lads you will do better next time

Thanks lads, new experiance fishing the south coast for the first time. Learnt a lot and look forward to fishing more matches like this, its a great buzz just taking part Probably working the next couple of weekends but cant wait for the 2 day NWASAC open at Otterspool in december