Taffs v Tommys

I am very very envious. A load of my mates went off to Welsh Wales for a "Home International" match....

Some of the Leader Lines crew had a cracking time in Wales last weekend. The right honourable Abbott and John B, owner of Helwick Angling in Burryport, organised a Taff v Tommy match at Cefn Sidan beach. If anybody is holidaying round that way you’ll find JB most useful for bait, information and tackle etc. The shop number is 0155 4830866.

The fishing wasn’t a great success though socially it was a smash hit. I would’ve loved to fish it though it fell on the worst possible weekend. A year since my father in-law shuffled off his mortal saw me in Lincoln and Grimsby, for a cousins wedding reception on the same weekend. I hope to make the return match in the autumn in a social capacity at least, hopefully the same teams will make the return leg and I’ll get to “run the bank” and do the social thing. Tactics will be different from the Welsh leg that’s for sure.

Thanks to the lads for letting me skim some pictures, the ongoing Taff v Tommy report can be found here: www.leader-lines.com look for the thread on the message board called Anglo-Taff challenge under events, meetings and planning. Well done to the Welsh lads who hold a lead going into the autumn return, should be interesting with hopefully plenty of whiting and maybe some late bass/early codling to look forward to.

Rogues gallery 01. From left, the honourable Abbot, Sandy, Dicko, Andy Lawes, JB, Bri "yourang" Heritage on account of the fact he looks like Lurch.

And continuing from JB, Rog "porntash" Allerton, Yourang demonstrating mans ability to be in two places at once and Paul "where's your maddies Trev" Blyth.

There really are some classic write ups on the leader lines site, check them out when you get chance, the fishing wasn't great but the craic was mighty.

The Jolly Boys trip is looming now, bait is ordered and I can’t wait, though I won't relax until I've taken delivery of my crabs. To be honest I’m just looking forward to a break away, I seem to have done nothing but work lately. Long range forecast is OK I think and I reckon we’ll get the chance for a ray session or two on our trip this year. Karl rang tonight, he's stressing saying he might not go because "I've lost 50 fecking crabs today". He has no idea why they've died and said he didn't want to go and be a bait mump. Muppet, why should it bother him mumping bait, feck knows I've mumped enough beer, rigs, batteries and so on and so forth ad infinitum etc etc....