I'm really good pals with Woody but anyone who knows me will know I absolutely hate getting battered off next peg by anyone. I had over 30lbs but still got doubled by the big man. Normally I'd have been absolutely livid and wrecked the house on my return home but on this occasion I could only stand back and applaud. I shook his hand immediately at the all out after witnessing an absolutely awesome performance. I actually thought I wasn't too bad at pellet fishing but the big man is in a league all of his own.
On the one hand I say to myself "Wtf do I have to do to beat this big so and so" but on the other hand I think he's raising the bar all the time which can only make us all better anglers in the long term.
Del-boy