2014 Monkey Tennis Cup Festival Spring Lea

Official rules for the 6th Festival 2014 Saturday 30th August 2014 PLEASE READ CAREFULLY 1. Start 9am each day 2. £6 entry fee 3. Pegs drawn both days 4. Minimum of 3 hours over two days on feeder 5. 1 point for each of the following - total weight - most species - largest fish - carp weight - silvers weight Max 5 points over the day - total Maximum score 10. 6. All out agreed before start of each session. 7. Two nets required - carp and silvers.

Nico managed to snag a few bream late on to avoid the blank. Coot catcher with a long hard fought battle with this 13.5lb carp plus a few bream. Highlight of a generally poor session for Butterley given the conditions and time of year.

Smelt like teen spirit

Butterley res pegs in the corner. Early jack pike 2lb Smelt Good to branch out into something new with Nico New area of tackle purchasing A big one will come rather than these small teenagers.

Nico 1 Run Nicholls 0 Runs

Fished the high bank and the rocks. Only some movement on rocks - was it a run? Nico went for a 10 k run and I had nothing. Tested new kit. My time will come!!

Wind down and hit it

Butterley Very mild January day - around 10 degrees At points very bright. Fished high bank about an hour then moved along to the small outlet Fished into the bay and had this 3lb pike fairly quickly

Exciting stuff - float buried - could have been a monster. No one else doing anything Baliff advised fishes better for pike when colder!! Good confidence boost that more can be had. Only fished for 2 hours tops. Enjoyed it I'll be back to tempt that creature from the depths. Wheres Nico? Wearing that thermal suit to bed? 2014 - Personal best carp, pike and roach from Butterley.

Breaking Bad

Butterley Cold as the images shows. Really basic kit. 2 hours. Fishing through ice.Good to test kit. Wrong pegs due to match on res. Lesson learnt. Aim at least one pike this winter!!

2014 It's a start!

Cudmore - 2nd Jan 2014 - fished Drumble briefly and then Milo. Fished to Island on Drumble. Chub, roach and skimmers. Knew the approach so quickly bored of it. Didn't want to chase all day without a little competition from the rest of the Monkey Tennis collective. Milo next fished to island - plenty of bits. Moved to overflow. Tench and a bit a chuck. Few hours and home called.

chub