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Winter League R7 2015
Winter League R7 - Sunday 8th February With the Second Basin frozen and only 16 fishing it was decided to peg both sides of the Lower Basin to give everyone a chance to catch. The decision paid off with good nets of silvers filling the top eight places. It was...
Dennis Chapman
It is with sadness that we learnt of the passing of our angling colleague and long time member Dennis Chapman. Dennis will have been a familiar sight to many of you, either fishing or walking the towpath and talking to all the anglers. Dennis had been fighting illness for a...
Winter League R6 2015
Winter League R6 - Sunday 18th January This was winter fishing as we know it! Whilst you could say it was all in the draw, the old adage goes that you still need to catch em. It was not surprisingly the Lower Basin that filled the first four places with...
Fur and Feather 2014
Fur and Feather - Sunday 13th December With the water the colour of a cup of coffee it was not going to be a day for the punched bread. League Leader Simon Allen eventually found the slabs on pole fished worm and a succession of fish in the last here...
Winter League R4 2014
Winter League - Sunday 30th November Simon Allen found the big beasts as the clear water and cold weather put the smaller silvers completely off the feed. A 9lb carp and three slabs taken on the quiver tip from the Lower Basin boosted his catch to a winning 25lbs and...
Winter League R3 2014
Winter League Round 3, Sunday 16th November: Apologies for the late posting. I have been busy giving the French chub a hammering! It was the Bird Hide section that came back to the fore with carp being the main target. Peter 'Tacker' Giles landed three of the beasts for his...
Winter League R2 2014
Winter League Round 2, Sunday 2nd November: Bream Master Nathan Underwood was back in baggin mood as his trusty 10 metre pole found a succession of skimmers and a welcome slab to ease into victory with a 12lbs+ bag from the Lower Basin. Len Hancock found a couple of slabs...
Winter League R1 2014
Winter League Round 1, Sunday 19th October: Simon Allen was into the carp again after only 10 minutes, taking a 5lb common on quiver tipped bread soon after the start. Fishing peg 13 he backed this up with a number of skimmers throughout the day to amass over 20lbs and...
Summer League R10 (Final) 2014
Reg Howard Trophy: Summer League Round 10, Sunday 5th October: The final match of the Summer league finished with the two main protagonists finishing 1st and 2nd with the champion elect Simon Allen coming out on top. Simon drew the fancied Bird Hide section and within 10 minutes had a...
Pairs League Final Round 2014
Pairs League Round 9 Sunday 21st September With the Indian Summer continuing everyone enjoyed another very hot and still day. It was the Pairs League Champions elect the Halwill Hustlers who were making all the hay as for the second match running they topped out both sections to score maximum...
Summer League R9 2014
BR Auto Spares Trophy: Summer League Round 9, Sunday 14th September: This Wag 'n' Mag only contest always produces a close finish and Sunday's match was no exception. Peter Horton persevered on the distance waggler in the lower Basin to build up a creditable 14lb 8oz bag of silvers that...
Pairs League R8
Pairs League Round 8 Sunday 7th September A wedding reception and the Headland Reunion at the Bullers Arms the previous evening took its toll on Ady Larkins and Adrian Hill respectively (with the latter not making the draw at all!). The expected big weights did not materialise as the skimmers...
Summer League R8 2014
Phyllis Turner Trophy: Summer League Round 8, Sunday 24th August: The annual Rudd and Roach match saw a lot of skimmer bream swung to hand as the anglers sought to concentrate and landing only redfins. It was a very tight contest as for the first time this season the top...
Charity Match R7
Charity Match: Summer League Round 7, Sunday 17th August: Simon Allen managed to hold onto five carp between 4lbs and 6lbs from the Bird Hide section to bring a 25lbs winning haul to the scales. Simon fished the long pole to the reeds but used a 'bungee' elastic tightened up...
Pairs League R7 2014
Pairs League Round 7 (Stu Bell Trophy) Sunday 10th August The contest started in the eye of the much forecast 'Hurricane Bertha' with a fairly quiet opening two hours followed with three hours blustery conditions. Duncan Edwards of New Team Faint Heart fished the method feeder from peg 20 and...