Well this festival used to be the Walls “summer” Solero Ladies festival but we are again definitely not seeing the “summer” aspect to it! In the days running up to the festival we have seen solid rainfall from Friday. These female anglers must be totally dedicated to fish in the conditions that we have been forecast. The numbers of festival entrants have been up and down from 24 down to 16, this year we nearly ended up with more than last year with 20 anglers confirmed but due to unforeseen circumstances 2 of the ladies we unable to make it so we were back down to 18 – the same number as last year!

Day One
The weekend weather has been really grim and only a few of the bravest anglers have been out there practising. Twin Oaks was used in the festival last week and fished well even though all the pegs were in, this week with the pegs being spread out a bit we have got high hopes for some top weights.

A section Twin Oaks 2-9
It was a great start for Georgina Weir fishing her first White Acres ladies festival picking up the lake win today. Georgina was on peg 5 and caught on the bomb and pellet over to the far bank for a weight of 55lb 10oz. Heather Dewey was second with 46lb 10oz, Heather was on peg 8 and caught some on the pole but most of her weight came from catching on the bomb and pellet. Val Hillier had the next best weight, Val was on peg 6 and had a weight of 16lb 8oz comprising of carp and a few skimmers caught on the pole with pellet.

Section Winner: Georgina Weir 6 points peg 5 55lb 10oz

B section Twin Oaks 11-18
A cracking weight from the England ladies star Wendy Locker taking the lake win with 71lb 6oz, Wendy was on peg 11 and caught on the bomb to the far bank with pellet and meat. Louise Brittle on peg 14, Louise weighed in with 35lb 3oz. The next best weight came from Jenny Drew on peg 17, Jenny caught mostly on the feeder for a weight of 35lb.

Section winner: Wendy Locker 6 points peg 11 71lb 6oz

C section Twin Oaks 23-33
With only one section on the high numbers the anglers have plenty of room, the lake winners today was Denise Hudgell, Denise was on peg 27 and caught mostly on the bomb and pellet and also had the odd fish on the pellet waggler for a weight of 53lb 13oz. Sandy Maney was second on the lake, Sandy had a weight of 38lb 3oz caught on the bomb and pellet from peg 31. The next best weight on the lake came from Helen Dagnall on peg 29, Helen caught on the pole at 13 meters and pellet on the bomb to the far bank for a weight of 36lb 6oz.

Section winner: Denise Hudgell 6 points peg 27 53lb 13oz

So that was the first day of the festival and lets see how our overall leader board looks.

So even though the weather is not on our side the weights are still good and it has been a great start to the festival, the ladies up in the top spots must be pleased with their first day and can only hope to pick up some high points again tomorrow.

Day Two
Well anyone who fishes today really deserves a medal as the weather is abysmal! The ladies have showed their dedication by taking to the banks today all aiming for that top position, lets see how the fishing was on day two and if we have any change on out leader board.

A section Twin Oaks 11-18
The weights today were really consistent across this section today but Heather Dewey put in that extra effort to take the lake win with 50lb 6oz, Heather was on peg 15 and caught on the pole on the inside with pellet. Second on the lake was Georgina Weir, Georgina caught on the bomb & pellet and on the pole in the margins with pellet and maggot from peg 18 for a weight of 47lb 7oz. Sue Arkel on peg 12 had the next best weight with 45lb 4oz, Sue caught a few smaller fish on the bomb and also caught 4 good sized fish on the pole in the margins with corn.

Section winner: Heather Dewey 6 points peg 15 50lb 6oz

B section Twin Oaks 23-33
Great weights again from this section today with Charlene Stevens taking the very impressive lake win with 74lb 11oz; Charlene was on peg 31 and caught on the pole in the margins with corn & pellet. Wendy Locker was second on peg 25, Wendy caught on the bomb with meat and pellet for a weight of 66lb 11oz. The next best weights came from Jenny Drew on peg 33, Jenny had a weight of 58lb 2oz caught on the bomb with meat.

Section winner: Charlene Stevens 6 points peg 32 74lb 11oz

C section Twin Oaks 2-9
Today we have seen the best weight of the festival so far with Denise Hudgell taking her second lake win with a whopping 80lb 2oz, Denise was on peg 2 and caught on the bomb & pellet and on the pole at 5 meters with worm. Helen Dagnall was second; Helen was on peg 8 and caught on the pellet waggler and then bomb & Pellet. Sandy Maney had the next best weight with 67lb 11oz, Sandy caught on the bomb with pellet from peg 9.

Section winner: Denise Hudgell 6 points peg 2 80lb 2oz

So that was day two and this is how our leader board stands.