 Back in February this year myself and some very old fishing mates decided to head towards Grafton Reservoir to try and catch a zander. Only two of us managed to brave the reservoir and they came back with their tails between their legs. Not wishing to give up we booked ourselves back into the same accommodation in October. This time none of us made it to the reservoir. Once again we found that none of us had the motivation. With a gorgeous bit of the great o's on our doorstep with a walking distance and a tackle shop en route the desire to head to Grafton just dwindled away. On my first visit I had a perch follow my plummet up that was probably bigger than £3 in weight. Forza recently found myself going full circle and just enjoying basic match fishing. As has my friend Ross. So we decided to have a little match. This is the new weir at the end of Queen's Walk. Guy's and Justin have caught a mixed bag. Mainly perch. Perch hole. Crystal clear water isn't it? Absolutely. Well done. Having put together a good bag of fish the previous day I'm confident that this time I may actually beat Ross for once. Very good. And Guy's finds a better standard perch. Yay! A lost decent perch. And it's time for a weigh in. Three hour match. It's going to be close. It's been dry all day until now. Ross was on the wagglet and the feeder and I just stuck it out all day with a whip. It's going to be very close. Is it? Yeah. We've both got ourselves a bonus fish. That's my bonus perch. Got the pounds I reckon. A nice mixed bag of roach, skimmers, perch. Nice big bonus on your brud. Your dace. Nine pounds. Five ounces. Nine pound five ounces. Nice. Such fine salmon, especially fish. Well, have a look at this. That is bigger than mine isn't it? That is a beauty. Do you want to weigh them separately or are you going to... Yeah weigh them separately. Would you recommend two and a half? Yeah. I think. Yeah yours is bigger. How's that? That rain has eased off. It's a nice brim. I think you've won that undoubtedly. Well done. Yeah you've won that because you've got a load of skimmers in there. Which I couldn't find. I'm going to just roach, perch and... roach and perch really. I want to say 11-2. It's closer than that. Four, ten-three. Ten pound three. Well done. I've lost quits. I've got my money back. I've got my money back.