30th January - Friday Match at Gold Valley

The Hopeful Match Fisher

So off today to Gold Valley after a two week lay-off.  I would have gone for the Saturday match but it's on Syndicate Lake, which has been very peggy of late.  Some of the anglers are avoiding it and I'm one of them.

Anyway today's was on Gold Lake pegs 40s-50s.  The wind was quite blustery from NW and at tides downright cold.  The sun was in and out too.  The main thing to mention about weather is that there was a 'dumping' of hail and snow on Thursday and that cold water has made the fish a bit frigid.

I've generally done well on Gold Lake in recent times, so I was confident to use methods and baits as before.  Last time I fished I was second in section from peg 37, all corn with lead.  This time I was on peg 49, known to be a winnable peg from previous matches.  I took a rather simple approach which was to setup two identical lead rigs and then tune the rigs as the match progressed.  

It must be said that few matches are won without carp on Gold, and I honestly didn't see the point of fishing explicitly for a bag of skimmers.  I knew I might pick a few up though, so kept my options open.  Peg 49 has a tree to the left and so casting care is required.  There is an island directly in front at about 50m although the centre rope cut right in front of it (as far as I can see).  I could have tried fishing right up on the island but I was a bit worried about catching on the rope, so fished off the island by about 10m.

Also I had the theory, although not proved, that the deeper part of the lake would be the warmest.  I'm expecting that the lakes is mainly below 4deg water temperature, so the deeper water would be better.  On that basis I also fished into the middle water as a second line.

The whistle I fished into the middle water and fed a little, but nothing was showing at all - not even liners.  I went on tour around the peg long and short and either side with the two adjacent pegs clear.  At around 90 minutes I had a decent whack from a carp around 3lb and followed half and hour later by a reasonable skimmer.  Towards end of the third hour I had another similar skimmer.

The guy in peg 51 had nothing, and after his walk up and down the bank the news was that there were a few skimmers but no carp.  I felt reasonably confident that I might be somewhere in the frame with three hours gone and about 7lb in the net.

I decided to try a pop-up over the the island and rigged-up accordingly.  A simple setup popped-up about 8 inches with a yellow Ringers Allsort.  Three minutes after the cast I got a tentative pull that looked like a liner but kept on nudging around.  I struck into nothing as I expected and reeled-in only to to find after a couple of couple turns there was a very good lump on!  In actual fact it came in fairly easily and I netted it to see a very good fish that later turned out to be 17lb!

I now felt as though I could be sure of the frame, and if I could net a couple more skimmers I might be guaranteed of it.  More or less the story of the rest of the match was of nothing at all, not a squeak.  I weighed in 25lb 2oz for a section win and second overall.  Remember what I said about the bream?  A guy at the far end had 10 bream for 30lb on dead maggots and micros.  That is the first time I've known a Gold Valley match won with silvers over carp.

Maybe next time I'll rig a bit better for a bream option :)

Hopeful 

The Bloke in the Next Peg

The Hopeful Match Fisher

I think there is an interesting psychology with match fisherman about the bloke in the next peg, or either side.  I'm trying to work this one out, but I've noticed a few things about myself recently that I've found surprising.  I'm sure that if some psychoanalysis was done across the range of match fishermen, successful or not, interesting patterns would emerge. 

One of the things I often read about in articles is 'confidence'.  So I might be confident on a particular water, or method, or I might be confident about a peg I've drawn or how I think I will do against the anglers either side of me. There is also confidence in the equipment you use or a certain bait.  For example, I'm always confident with meat and 8mm pellets, but that has only evolved through experience and use.  On the opposite side, I'm less confident with paste and boilies.  My point is that regardless of which water, peg, method or bait I've got there is a feedback loop going on which might effect how I fish.  What gets affected is my attitude towards making changes in the match or just sitting on a certain method.  Less confidence could also mean less concentration and alertness.  However for some less confidence might mean extra concentration!

In a recent match I fished there were eighty-one anglers at Gold Valley and, as many commercial fisheries are, there were anglers fishing back-to-back on two different lakes.  On my own peg, on Gold Lake, were were catching carp and generally having a great time whereas on Middle Lake, to my back, they were having a nightmare.  Even by halfway in the match anglers were strolling, packing-up and chatting. We all know that feeding fish can switch on and off during the session and indeed they did on Gold Lake, but that didn't seem to figure.  

The only other sport I've ever had any sort of competence in is snooker, although many years ago now.  With snooker you just play the table in front of you.  In fact the general advice for a snooker player is to switch-off your opponent in your mind.  Stephen Hendry was a great one for staring at the floor when his opponent was at the table.  But have you noticed how as match anglers our actions are affected by the angler in the next peg?  Switching swims, feeding, picking up odd fish often make us follow the bloke next door, or they follow us. 

I had the frustration once of getting well ahead of a superstar angler to my left on pellet waggler while they sat on a method feeder.  With three fish in my net he could stand it no more and soon joined my on the surface - the trouble was he then started catching steadily whereas I fretted and tailed-off as he caught me up and overtook.  At the end of the match he had double my weight. Now what happened there in my head?  It's interesting to speculate.

Obviously to win your section or the match you need to beat the anglers on either side.  I find all too often that I don't manage that but that adjacent anglers win the section or get in the frame.  Now I'm not saying that I only lose to match and section winners, but I do wonder if an angler doing well next to me brings up my own effort and performance?  Is it good to fish next to superstar angler or those who go on to win?  I've noticed a lot of anglers, particularly in team matches, are on the phone to others on the lake and seem to 'fish the lake' rather than fish their peg (if you know what I mean).  Watching what is going on is surely important, not only what other anglers are doing but also what signs there are from the fish.  

All sorts of thoughts and ideas here, but one thing is for certain - there is a bit of a mind game going on in a match which seems to affect performance regardless of the peg and fish.

Hopeful

The Christmas Match at Gold Valley - 20th December

The Hopeful Match Fisher

Back to Gold Valley today and hoping for a better result than last week (a blank)!  It was a coldish day with some sun, but a fairly blustery west wind.  

The Christmas match at Gold Valley is a jolly affair with 81 anglers this year.  There are no fees but you need to provide a raffle gift (in my case three bag of groundbait :)  With that many anglers the pegs were from Syndicate, Middle and Gold.  I knew it would be all about the draw so my hand went in to grab peg 53, which I was an unknown quantity.  I've hardly fished Gold lake this year, so it nice to throw the line into a different spot.

Considering the wind and the swim itself there was little option than to work the method or bomb.  As it turned out it was all bomb, which didn't really surprise me.  Now peg 53 is near the clubhouse end and the lake is quite wide at that point.  A chuck-out to the centre rope is possible but I saw no reason to concentrate only on that line.  Personally I recon it's better to cast around and try various spots to seek where the fish might be.  Recently I've taken to timing my casts and bite, and I've found that 10-15 minutes is about right before casting onto a new patch.

I began on the pellet feeder because I can control the amount of bait much better than with a straight method.  I used my trusty old Dynamite Betaine Green micros, with a 8mm pellet on the PR36 hair.  Forty-five minutes  in I'd had a few liners, so the fish were there, and the guy in the next peg was getting the same treatment. I switched onto a pop-up and that got more liners, but just after the hour I got a reasonable pull-round and took a carp of around 7lb.  The next chuck-in followed up with similar fish, and so I was pleased to be two carp up after 90 minutes.

I'd been feeding a short line, about 20m out, with pellets but I didn't want to switch onto it too early so threw out a pellet on a bomb with a small PVA bag attached.  After an hour or so that I got pretty good wack-round and another carp of about 3lb.  As time went on seemed that the carp had just switched-off.  Other anglers who had been having a few were also now looking bored on their boxes.  Now the short line came into play, and it gave a decent response quite quickly.  A 12oz skimmer, another carp and another 12oz skimmer were added to the weight.  Beyond that a final hour was completely dead, almost as if the fish had just switched-off.  

At the whistle I had 26lb to put against my name, which got me 11th from the 81 who fished - not too bad and I feeling happy enough.  Someone on middle lake had 80lb to weigh-in, so I was not in the frame on anything like that.

Learning points are that I think I need to refine down my terminal tackle a bit more.  I'm going to try a lighter pattern of hook (PR434 or 456 with a hair) and better ways to attached leads.  It all just feels a bit too heavy.  Anyway I'll see.

So that's me signing off another year, what with a week away in Devon after Christmas I'll not be on the bank again  for a few weekends.

Hopeful

 

Winter League Match - Saturday 29th November

The Hopeful Match Fisher

I was very pleased to be out on a match on Saturday, which was a lovely in the sunshine.  13deg in November was just fine for me :)

If you have read any of my other posts you will be aware that I'm concentrating on Gold Valley at the moment, purely to bed down my skills in a reliable way.  I figure it's better to go that way than dashing around all over the place.  

So back on to Syndicate in the peg next door to the last time I was on Syndicate - 115.  Funny how the draw goes sometimes.  Once again I was making up the numbers as a sub for whatever team needed one.  This time I was dropped into Perry Stone's SPRO team.  

I knew the sunshine would bring the fish up in the water so I was first in on the big float, which very quickly grabbed me two fish in the first thirty minutes before there was a slowing down and the topping fish seemed to get wary.  Onto the bomb with pellets was the obvious next move, and I was into action once again.  The problem was that the next three fish were all lost - two to line breakages and on to a hook pull.  I was rather pissed-off about that.  

Those losses precipitated a change.  I'd fished a bit lighter for the bomb (0.15 main) considering colder water, but I think it may have been too light.  I changed up to a 0.20 Drennan Supplex line, but that seemed to have pretty negative effect.  The bites dried up and I had only another three fish until the end of the match.  At the weigh-in I had 35lb, which got me fifth in a ten man section.  

The line issue needs a bit of thought.  I don't know if the thicker line was at fault or the visibility.  Perhaps both, or it may have been a slow down for other reasons.  I'll swap the line anyway, and see how it goes.    

One thing which was an eye opener was that the peg to my left was an end peg.  The guy the frame in second with 104lb.  I couldn't believe the difference to my weight.  He was vastly more experienced than I was, but even so it the biggest difference I've known in a match between myself the and my neighbours.

So onto the next match, probably next week.

Hopeful
 

The Probabilities of Match Fishing

The Hopeful Match Fisher

Last week I caught up on a few old back editions of Tight Lines, which I get as an edited video podcast onto my computer.  I've been a fan of the program mainly because they cover some of the big match events and also get some decent guests in to talk about their experiences.

On one such recent episode Callum Dicks was on and Keith Arthur was talking to him about the recent Parkdean Masters match, which is considered one of the most prestigious titles in the match fishing game.  As far as I know, in order to fish on the Parkdean Masters you have to qualify by good results at the White Acres Festival, which runs the week before.  I think they take the top twenty-four anglers, based upon results in their sections.  By all accounts there are something like five matches to gain qualification points, about 180 anglers each all in.  Now here comes the rub: according to Callum Dicks you cannot finish less than second or third in your section on any of the five matches and then expect to qualify for the Parkdean Masters.  Sounds tough!  Yet what I found when I looked at who had made it through to Masters was a list of mostly the same faces who seem to do consistently well in the commercial match fishing world. 

Now if you are still with me, what I'm aiming to work out here is not the obvious (the best guys always do well), but rather how it is that these characters manage to do it so consistently.  There are so many variables to take into account when match fishing (or any sort of fishing for that matter).   So how is it that these few are yet able to rise to the top so regularly?  

There is of course a simple answer: 'experience'.  Or perhaps it could be 'ability', but these basic answers are just too simple for my inquiring mind.  I'm sure we have all heard that preparation is the key to success: it's that old 'fail to prepare - prepare to fail' adage.  I believe that is true, but it's still to generalised for me.  In a previous life I was software engineer and I so I'm just always trying to discover how things work by reverse engineering them!

It seems to me then that the best match anglers are able to achieve consistency by lessening the odds of success in a number of key areas of preparation and performance.  By doing so they improve their chances over other anglers.  There are of course some random factors involved, such as the peg draw, over which no amount of preparation and performance can influence the result at the point you put your hand into the draw bag.   However, many other factors might be predicted to be within certain limits so that an angler could make preparations to cope with the range of possibilities.  I believe that it's good decision making within this array of possibilities which gives one angler an advantage over another.

So what are these key areas?  Well to be fair I'm not sure I could find them all, but here is a go:

Weather

The weather has a huge effect on fishing.  It's not just a case of basic temperature, but also temperature change.  That of course is linked to air pressure, which can determine the direction of the wind.  All of these can make a huge difference on the day.  There is a practical angle to this.  For example turning up for a match on a very windy day prepared only to fish a long pole is not a good decision.  But as we all know, sudden changes in temperature can be devastating, even in the height of summer.  These days we have good weather forecasts to ever greater levels detail, and they are becoming ever more localised.  Surely having some idea of the weather trends can help in preparation.  For example, if there is to be a lot of rain overnight then a lot of cold water, which is denser then warmer water and therefore sinks, is going to mean deeper swims may not be popular with bottom feeding fish.   Yet as we know the forecasters can also get it wrong, so packing rigs and tactics to be able to cope with a sudden change can be a good move.  The point is that the successful angler won't leave it until the whistle before deciding how to fish the match.

Fish Behaviour

An understanding of fish behaviour can also lessen the odds - sometimes called watercraft.  It's amazing how apparently similar days can fish entirely differently on the same water!  What is it that makes fish go on the feed, or puts them off?  How are fish governed by their body clocks?  How do carp, caught multiple times, react to a common bait like pellets?  How can fish be made competitive, to seek out feed in a sort of frenzy?  What puts fish off?  I'm sure most of these factors can vary from water to water, yet there are some common patterns species by species.  A successful matchman will be able to make some good choices to rule out or rule in certain approaches on any given day, to improve the odds.

Bait

I think bait choice works in two directions: positively and negatively.  It's about offering acceptable baits and avoiding unacceptable ones.  We all know that some baits seem to work well for certain species, and we also know that some will help us to avoid others.  So when approaching a water where a good head of bream exists, or carp, roach, tench, etc, there will be some choices that can narrow down and improve your chances.  But I think that in commercial waters the choice is less about what the fish are happy to eat and more about what makes them feel safe to feed.  It's also worth noting (again in commercial waters) that there is likely not enough natural food to satisfy the fish population.   Also, just like animals reared in captivity, if they are released to rely on their natural state they may not have the experience to cope.  My point is that fish have to eat, and therefore make subliminal decisions about risk verses need. 

I like to increase my chances of a good catch simply by carrying a variety of baits to the peg.  I've got a decent size bait bag, which usually gets packed with various pellets, meat, corn, worms (sometimes) and premixed paste.  In my garage I've got two large plastic crates overflowing with baits and groundbaits because I like to prepare my baits at home.   I prefer to keep a stock of many varieties ready to pick and stuff in the bag.  I never leave bait choice to the point I get to the water or buy my ticket. 

Clearly experience, local knowledge and confidence will come into play here.  Decision making about when to change baits is also key on match days.  Perhaps one of the most important and critical skills is loose-feeding behaviour, which is another whole article in itself, but we all know that the volume of feed and timing are the main variables.  I think this is area where the top matchmen can pull away from the rest of the field - not simply by employing dry knowledge of what works, but rather because they can 'feel' and interpret what is happening in front of them and then make good decisions.

This is a complex area, perhaps the most complex of all the areas considered, but a lot of the probabilities and uncertainties can be narrowed by carrying a variety of baits and by having some local knowledge about what has or hasn't worked well in recent matches.

Angler's Effort 

We have all done it.  You sit bored on your box after lobbing out a method feeder hoping for something to happen, which it hasn't done for the last three hours!  Patience is not a virtue for the match angler.  My wife still thinks I go fishing to relax.  Hard work is surely a part of match fishing, linked to making decisions and taking risks.  If you don't put in an effort then you are not going to improve your chances by trying alternative methods and approaches.

Equipment

Equipment can mean options - options for methods and approaches. But for me the point here is good use of equipment.  It's about technique.  A few weeks back I fished a match where I had an island at about 60 yards to fish up to.  The guy next to me had much the same to aim at, except he seemed to have a more suitable feeder rod for getting an accurate and consistent drop-in where it made the most difference.  I was hitting the sweet-spot less than half the time.  His equipment and techniques were a big difference between us and in the end he was a decent way ahead of me at the weigh-in.  Having the right equipment in our boxes and bags is important, but more important is learning to use it well.  Practice is a big deal in this area. 

Freedom to Innovate

I'm sure this is an important factor. Anglers follow each other where gear and techniques are concerned, for reasons of 'tried and tested' and fashion (I'm well guilty of the second of these).  But I'm sure there is an edge to be had by trying new things.  Sometimes it can be a tiny change or maybe a whole new approach.  Steve Ringer always seems to be talking along these lines: he often seems to be experimenting with some new way or other.  Obviously when you work in the tackle industry you have to be innovative, but new idea shouldn't be the preserve of the professionals.  I'm sure that those who are prepared to take risks and think out of the box can improve their odds tremendously.

Confidence

  

Everyone knows that practice can help.  A trip to the water to have a look, ask some questions and walk the match length can surely narrow the probabilities.  Internet searches might highlight results and often some information about what has worked well for the winner.  The Angling Times is also a mine of match intelligence waiting to be dug through.

I find that confidence comes from good preparation and some familiarity with what has happened in the past, by me or by others. We've all had the experience of throwing our tackle together at 10:00pm the night before.  I’m sure that leads to a 'oh well whatever happens' mindset, which just ends up hoping for luck. 

Multiple Probabilities

Let me sum up a bit.  If you have ever bet on a six horse accumulator or played the National Lottery then you will have come across the effect of multiple probabilities.  For each 'ball' there are many different possible outcomes, just like for each of the factors I've outlined here.  If there are several possible baits, or way the fish might respond, methods and rigs, then these can work together to give  whole range of possible approaches on the day.  Perhaps only a few of these approaches might get an angler into the winning weights, and perhaps these will have to change at different points in the match.  So for example, fishing a long range method with a certain mix and hookbait might catch some fish, but perhaps on the day more can be had up in the water on a 14m pole, with light feed.  Or it could be both, or some other of the hundreds of possible approaches!  The best match anglers will be able to narrow the possibilities down, and therefore give themselves the best chance.  

As I've already written, some factors, such as the peg draw, seem to be random.  But even then there are ways to improve your chances.  In a recent 40-peg match I fished the draw could have put you on either of the two lakes reserved for the day, which are quite different and need a different approach; I prepared accordingly.  Yet most of the other factors are under much easier control.  I'm sure that with experience and bit of planning you can help yourself a lot.  You almost need a planning checklist to force yourself into asking some key questions the night before.  The most consistent anglers get themselves into the winning lane even before they get to the water!

So if you think it through, there are actually very few truly random factors in match fishing.  Certainly that is a very long way from complete certainty, but somewhere in between is a scale of predictability which can be improved by thought, planning and experience.   Whenever I have done well or badly in a match I can see how other choices could have improved my chances, or indeed did so.  It's about turning those understandings from hindsight after the match, into preparations before, and good decisions during the five hours by the water.

Well there are a few thoughts!  I just hope if can put them into practice to improve my own results.

Hopeful

The Saturday Open at Gold Valley 16th November

The Hopeful Match Fisher

So back to Gold Valley today for an open match, on what was predicted to be a miserable day by the weather girls.  Actually it turned out to a fine day to be out.

The match itself needs a little explaining.  It was a Winter League 4-man team match (which I think is every week or two?)   Now I'm not in a team, but when I booked in John Raison said to turn up anyway and he would drop me into a team which was under manned.  I ended up in a team which seemed to be some of the guys from Daiwa Dorking.

The match was split between Middle Lake and Syndicate, and I expected it would be a mostly a pellet/method/feeder job.  It has been most of the time recent and was again today.  I decided to work with micro pellets rather than a method mix, which seemed to work okay on the day.  It was the first time I was using the Matrix Evolution feeders, which I've converted onto recently from the Preston feeders.  Following some inspiration from Steve Ringer I prepared a batch of nice bright yellow 6mm pellets, which contrasted well against the darker Dynamite 3mm Green Betaine pellets.

I drew peg 116 on Syndicate, which is approaching the far corner on the near bank.  I was happy enough with that draw, having been on the far bank a lot recently.  There seemed to be a lot of fishing topping, so like most other anglers I set up a waggler, along with the method and a pole margin rig.  I started on the method, but clearly my pellet mix was too loose, as I scattered 3mm pellets all over the margins on the first cast!  After a few adjustments I was in for the first drop, which after a couple of minutes thrashed round the top for a carp of about 4lb.  A decent start.  I kept on the method and happily picked up four fish in the opening ninety minutes.  The guy next door had much the same and I think between us we led the way on the section.  

One rather irritating occurrence was the loss of two fish and two method feeders, both at the point of pulling into the fish.  Not sure why, but it was to happen again towards the end of the match too.  My only explanation is that it was failing in the quick change bead, but I don't know what the matter was or why it happened so consistently.  I'll have to keep an eye on that.  Over the whole match I lost four fish I would otherwise have expect to net.

Into the third hour it all quietened off, so I put on a heavy pellet feeder in order to bang it out to the centre rope, which runs right-to-left.  It was a good move because I grabbed another three fish in quick time.  But then it slacked off again so I dropped into the margins, which was just as dead.  So back out onto the pellet feeder which yielded only one more fish until the all-out.  

I put 45lb 7oz on the scales which put me in the middle of the section, about half the section winning weight of 90lb. I wasn't 100% happy because the lost fish would have put me at 65lb - good enough for second or third in section.  It's annoying because the losses were down to terminal tackle failure alone.

Another thought was that I found my feeder rod struggling to get a decent distance accurately, so I might be in the market for another feed rod better able to drop a feeder better on a 50-60 yard cast.  

Until next time.

Hopeful

Back to Gold Valley 31st October

The Hopeful Match Fisher

Three times a week the guys at Gold Valley run a 'cost cutter' match for £15.  I ran along today for the Friday match, which was on Syndicate Lake.  

With the clocks back for GMT the draw was at 8:30am for a 10:00am whistle.  The day was very fair; a little wind from the south put the temperature up to 18deg and the sun was out all day.  Sixteen hands went into the pot and I pulled out 141, which is an end peg.  Strangely, the last match I fished on Syndicate had me on the end peg at the other end!  John Raison, the owner, had assured me that the same peg at produce 117lb to win the just two days before.

Recent matches on Syndicate have been dominated by feeder tactics, supplemented by lead and margins.  I didn't expect it to be any different today, so I set up accordingly.  Bait-wise I've done quite well lately with Krill flavourings, so I brought along some pellets and flavoured meat.  Half a pint of dead maggots and some ready mixed paste completed the side tray.   Then I made a mistake.  

In my garage I have a crate full of groundbaits from which I pulled a bag of Dynamite Baits Red Krill, a favourite of mine.  It's quite a fine mix so I added in half a bag of Sonubaits Match Method in order to make it a bit more compliant for a method feeder.  At the whistle I went in for a chuck to the centre rope, but found that I couldn't keep the mix on the feeder too well.  Adding in a bit of pellet binder it settled down for a while but it soon became rather sticky and wouldn't come neatly out of the method mold.  I realised I'd messed up the mix just because I want to use my favourite groundbait - which isn't designed for the method feeder!  Idiot.  I switched to a cage feeder, but felt like a bit of a twit.

As a second swim I kept a few 8mm pellets dropping into the far left margin to try and stir up a bit of interest.  It's tactic that's worked well on end pegs for me before.  The usual margin setup completed the set. I honestly felt happy and confident.

The first hour was very quite, which is another way of saying that it was completely dead.  The guy to my left had about the same level of excitement.  Undaunted, I kept on making various tweaks and tunings.  There was a few pleasure anglers opposite who had a few fish, so I was not too concerned.  Well into the second hour I had yet to see a proper bite, and the guy on the next door peg came over to compare notes.  He toddled off down the lake to see what was happening further along.  The news was that it was all about the first two or three pegs at the far end and little else for the other anglers.  Into the second half of the match not much else happened as I began to feed the margins.  

Into the last 90 minutes I saw a tell-tale fish tail following a few cubes of meat I'd plopped in.  I dropped in with some paste and had a firm bite within ten minutes.  A decent fish fish ran off and struggled for a couple of minutes before the hooked pulled.  On such a quiet day I didn't need that.  Frustratingly that set the tone, as I failed to connect to at least three other decent bites.  That is a problem I need to look into.  As a final throw of the dice I dropped a method feeder into the near margin and almost instantly had a solid pull-round and a 6lb carp in the net.  It was to be the only fish of the day.  

At the weigh-in there were plenty of dry nets, and silvers made a significant difference for most of the lake.  I think 100lb-odd won it from one of the end pegs.  We all know that fish move around, but for them all to go off the feed or congregate in one place seems unusual on such a well stocked lake.

So to pick the bones out of the day there are a couple of points I think:

1. Use a method mix for a method feeder!
2. Find out why I was connecting so badly with fish in the margins.

I was never on the fish, but it was nice to be out anyway.

Until next time!