I feel that James had a moral victory there. When the weights are so close, and one angler has put many small fish in the net, the skill and endeavour ought to favour the many fish rather than the one big one. My other thoughts are that unless the same person, with the same set of scales, weighs every single angler along the entire stretch, then the result might actually have gone the other way. How do you call four drams of difference? It is nigh-on impossible without the same person and the same kit. I have fished, organised, and competed in many a match (not as illustrious as the Evesham matches) and have always been a stickler for making the weigh-in as fair as possible. I once took over the scales on a match at Saxonmill on the Warks Avon and the organiser passed me the scales after weighing his own section. My first act was to check the scales for zero and I found them a good six ounces out. By this time it was too late. All the fish in the previous section had gone back in. Needless to say the winner of the match came from the section the organiser was in. This was very many years ago, and the 'culprit' is hopefully long gone, but I found I could never trust the weigh-in again unless I did it myself. James is a very good bloke, with a great personality, and he would never voice dissent like that, ... so I will do it for him. Did he really lose that match? Really?
Love it. Just like a big family at a gathering. Same faces every year, and it's great to see them. Well done Tom on reaching 3rd.
Great video, well put together
I feel that James had a moral victory there. When the weights are so close, and one angler has put many small fish in the net, the skill and endeavour ought to favour the many fish rather than the one big one. My other thoughts are that unless the same person, with the same set of scales, weighs every single angler along the entire stretch, then the result might actually have gone the other way. How do you call four drams of difference? It is nigh-on impossible without the same person and the same kit.
I have fished, organised, and competed in many a match (not as illustrious as the Evesham matches) and have always been a stickler for making the weigh-in as fair as possible. I once took over the scales on a match at Saxonmill on the Warks Avon and the organiser passed me the scales after weighing his own section. My first act was to check the scales for zero and I found them a good six ounces out. By this time it was too late. All the fish in the previous section had gone back in. Needless to say the winner of the match came from the section the organiser was in. This was very many years ago, and the 'culprit' is hopefully long gone, but I found I could never trust the weigh-in again unless I did it myself. James is a very good bloke, with a great personality, and he would never voice dissent like that, ... so I will do it for him. Did he really lose that match? Really?