NEW PB CAPS RED-LETTER SESH ON NEW SYNDICATE!
A red-letter session on his new Northamptonshire syndicate culminated in the capture of a brand-new UK personal best for Andrew Murphy.
Stockies dominated his initial bites on the venue, but it all came good on his most recent session, when he got through to some cracking scaly mirrors and rounded off the trip with a PB-busting mirror of 42lb 12oz.
Andrew said: “After giving up my winter ticket on Abbey and finding a decent syndicate water closer to home, a good friend of mine did the honour of offering me a ticket on a complex he bailiffs. With a bundle of absolutely truly stunning carp present, I couldn’t turn down the offer!
“After putting few nights in between work and family life, I started to map out swims and take notes, learning where they like to be in the day and at night, and their feeding zones, so I started to target certain areas to put some time in.
“My first nine bites resulted in six stockies, with me unfortunately losing a good fish in the weed, but I kept my chin up, having so much faith in my bait combination of the Bug and S7, all coated in Hydro Spod Syrup and Insect Meal, which in my opinion gives me a massive edge due to the attraction levels going through the water column.
“I turned up with my partner for my next session. I had a wander around, spending pretty much half the day looking for them and baiting a few spots, targeting a close-range firm, silty area close to a weedbed. I introduced five Spombs of the good stuff, whilst the rigs were absolutely bang on the money.
“Before long, I had an absolutely belting one-toner, resulting in a 20lb mirror. I was chuffed to have finally got into a decent fish! I quickly put five more Spombs out and got fresh rigs back on the money and within an hour was away again with a fully scaled mirror just ounces under the 30Ib mark.
“I repeated the process once again and went on to tempt mirrors of 18lb+ and 27lb, before finishing off with something a bit special! The bite came out of the blue, with the fish finding weedbed after weedbed. Eventually an absolutely cracking mirror popped up, a fish that turned out to be a new UK personal best for me at 42lb 12oz!”
