Artic Oasis

Two Amigos reunited on a bright but cold morning for the first time since the Nottm Festival. 4 degrees overnight, although a bright & cloudless morning raised the spirits....texts were exchanged, and both anglers were again reunited with a common goal, a dream, a desire, a fever that only eases but never disappears....

Lakeview meet up at 7.23am & without any of the usual shenanigans around peg selection it was Oasis 12&13....easy....weird...arrive ...pick peg ....fish it....how odd...?? Why cant it always be like this.

" its cold here" - 20 minutes after sitting down & the sun coming out it was apparent that the pegs could have been used as a medievil fridge.



Rigs went out and for Nicholson a bizarre thing happened....the float went under...Lakeview? Bite?.....Elastic streaming from the pole confirming a mad carp had mugged itself...!!!

Nicholls followed suit and for a brief hour....it was like we were Anglers ....feed / bite / fish.....Nicholls then hooked a wheely bin and all was well with the world again....reality

Both anglers alternated between Corn and Pellet....Nicholls mainly pellet....Nicholson mainly Corn....



Nicholls taking bits here and there with the odd carp....nicholsons swimming dying for almost two hours with no fish taken....it was neck and neck...

At the all out it was too close to call....both anglers taking two quick fish in the last 30 minutes...




Nicholls pipped it at 13lb to Nico's 12lb.....

Banter / Weather / Pegs were good....close match....Nicholls hangs on....