MFS - Stafford Moor - Silvers Festival, 27th February 2018
Ice, ice baby! We were greeted to the second day with ice on the lakes and a very cold easterly wind. The beast from the east was heading our way that was for sure. Animal was heading down for the night and he was cooking for us too, bonus! Yesterday was a tough day for all with Captain and Col Merce leading the festival so far. Today it was our turn for Pines that mostly had a thick ice lid on top of it! Negative feeding would be the order of the day. I was also up against Big Nige in today's knock out. The Draw Well at least I'm not on Woodpeckers! Peg 3 would be my home for the day however before I could even set up it was time to break out the ice breaker. Luckily Peg 3 I was able to access from both banks so could break the ice across the lake. It took an hour of effort however I was rewarded with a lovely clear wide channel to fish. My neighbour was John Nugent one of the new ASBO's. Set-up Pole setup today as I was guarded from the wind by the