Golden Reel Semi Final Wednesday 1st September 2021

Larford Lakes, Match & Specimen Lake

A dull and overcast day with highs of around 18c and a gentle breeze.
So conditions looked good and weights were plentiful on both lakes.

The winner on each lake of 24 anglers would put them in the Grand Final and a chance of lifting the crown and a massive £50,000 pay day.

Winner on the  Match Lake and certain to be a big threat in the final was Alex Walker who drew peg 24 on the grass bank.
Alex caught on the method feeder casting close to the island with banded pellet landing quality carp and F1’s.
Later in the match, he fished his edge and caught well to finish the match with a massive 243-7-0.

Second from the Match Lake was Krzysztof Frackmwiak from peg 42 on the Match Burr Bank.
Krz fished a simple match, catching a few carp on the method casting to the island and later tight down his edge, finishing the day with 230-4-0. Just two fish short of an overall finalist place.

Third to the frame was Steve Forster from peg 48 on the burr bank with 207-12-0 of edge fish to meat and hard pellet hook baits.

Match Lake qualifier for the Golden Reel 2021 September 11^th Grand Final Alex Walker.

Winner of the Specimen Lake and progressing to his second Grand Final was Stuart Fotheringham from peg 46 on the Specimen Chalet Bank.
Stuart has already had a taste of success winning the very first Golden Reel Grand Final.
Fishing the long pole tight down his edges for the full five hours, Stu landed some monster carp on pellet and meat to win the lake with a superb 193-4-0.
Well done Stuart, second time finalist.

Second on the day was Kristian Jones from peg 10 on the Specimen Burr Bank.
Kristian fished the pole long with meat catching quality bream plus some bonus carp later in the match  to finish the day with 113-7-0.

Third to the frame was Welsh rod Chris Jones from peg 44 on the Chalet Bank.
Chris pole fished meat and corn long and down his edges catching bream and carp to weigh in 106-6-0

Specimen Lake qualifier for the Golden Reel 2021 September 11^th Grand Final Stuart Fotheringham.