Cornwall Lure Compertition Report(its the little things)

Well we arrived at Ben Fields Art of fishing in deepest Cornwall after the long drive from the east of England its a long way but the company of Mark and Adrian seems to make the long journey a breeze talking fishing and all that,

What a polite and knowledgeable guys and girls Ben and his staff areThe Art of Fishing it was a pleasure to meet them,

So from here we set of to a mark i had been discussing all week with Joel Bass Guide From Devon he knows the North coast of Cornwall very well this was my chosen area to fish in the Festival as the weather was looking good for the North side Joels Advice was Priceless and i would recommend his services to anyone who fancies some Bass Fishing

Mark,Adrian and myself got down to our chosen spot around 8 am the Tide was just on High and the start of the Ebb the ground was as rough as rats massive crags and scars littered with boulders and deep water gullies all over was shallow Bassing ,,looked perfect for the odd bigger bass as this is what we were targeting size not quantity which Mark found hard to Digest 



First Bass of the Evening session just under size

The tactics i opted for was to follow the crags and scars as the tide ebbed as the ground suited this the bass will hold up waiting in Ambush areas the scene was set i got myself on station and started working the water with the shallow diver Tiemco sprat within 5 casts down a deep gully with boulders just tipping the surface
 i got hit by a large Bass in the area of the boulders ,stripping around 20yds of line and really getting dirty around the rocks i knew this was going to be a challenge i could hear the Braid creaking but it held after guiding the very spirited bass around the hazards what a sight as she broke surface a fish of 7lbs in the evening sunlight looking superb,i guided the beaten Bass into a calm back water gully for landing but you know whats next she gave one last lunge i brought her back to the surface and with one vicious shake of her head she was off the hook and suspended in the gully just looking back at me,i did think do i jump!!that idea went away as the Bass gave a flick of her tail and sloped off into the depths,i felt that sick feeling sinking in my gut, Adrian looking over could see the despair and sheer frustration of me loosing a  tidy fish that wont happen again i thought,,
The tide was ebbing  nice by now exposing more great looking ground as it went its so hard chasing across deep gullies and odd shaped Boulders getting out to a station eventually i got on station where i wanted to be the Tiemco flew and with a steady retrieve the lure was again Nailed at 3 rod lenghts out this fish again stripped 20/30 yds of line and was going like the devil in the shallow water ,,again after what seemed like a age the fish came to the surface 10yds out around 6lbs and this time she was mine ,Arian was on hand to help,everything was looking good I clocked a small V in the rocks and on the surge of a small wave the fish came easy ,then again that Head shake the hook came out again ,the fish was on dry land and i discarded my rod and grabbed the fish but sadly to no avail the fish thrashed and again was gone in a instant,my feelings were certainly heard by Adrian as that sick feeling came over me ,,
 

Tiemco Sprat 130

2 nice Bass in 30 mins lost ,potential winners of the comp i was fishing but hey that's fishing ,i just had to get to the bottom of what went wrong on that evening and on further inspection the hooks on the straight out of the box Tiemco were rubbish ,worse than the gataride they were like bending copper wire,so all that planning buying new gear ,working out new marks,tides , fishing times and effort put in to a event like the festival can be undone by Three sub standard treble hooks,,Lessons Learned,,
The Tiemco as a lure is simply stunning especially in the Sand Bora Colour ,,,,

The Tiemco Sprat (with changed hooks)

So the weekend was eventful and it was brilliant to meet Ben and have a weekend out with Mark and Adrian over the weekend we had a fair few fish the one above was from Kimmerage 54 cm on Sunday but nothing made up for the two fish that got away,,,