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Summer League Round 8, Sunday 14th August - BR Autospares Trophy: The use of wagglers and whips made for a very close contest with less than 2lbs 8ozs separating the first six places who all banked double figure bags of silvers. Simon Allen netted a winning 12lb bag of skimmers from peg 16 for…

Pairs League Round 6 - Stu Bell Trophy Sunday 7th August  2016 A 5lb carp hooked on the whip and light tackle with 15 minutes to go and landed with only minutes extra playing time remaining saw the Tiscott Boys win the coveted Stu Bell Trophy by 3 points.  The carp gave Paul Braund 3rd…

Summer League Round 7, Sunday 24th July - Falcon Cup: A 6lb carp landed in the last 15 minutes of the competition kept Simon Allen's title hopes alive as it effectively moved him from 12th to 3rd place on the day.  This was doubly important as current leader Nathan Underwood amassed a 17lb bag…

Summer League Round 6, Sunday 10th July - Charity Match: Apologies, no report as I was away fishing in France.  Simon informs me that we raised £105 on the day, well done everybody. Pos: Angler Lbs ozs Peg No. Points 1 Nathan Underwood 24lbs 1ozs 46 20 2 Peter Giles 16lbs 12ozs…

Pairs League Round 5 Tuesday 5th July 2016 lts (Lower Basin Section Angler 1) Team Angler 1 Weight 1 Peg Angler 2 Weight 2 Peg Pts 1 Hey Up Lad S Stenton 7lb 8oz 10 I Croxton 7lb 9ozs 31 23 2 Me and My Boy S Allen 6lb 6ozs 19 D Allen 9lb 34 22 3 Halwill Hustlers I Gray 2lb 1oz 7 N…

Summer League Round 4, Sunday 3rd July: Simon Allen banked 18lbs bag of silvers form 'shallow peg 27' and saw off the inevitable Bird Hide Carp challenge as 17lbs of Carp (+ a big Perch) from Nathan Underwood, and solitary 12 pounder from Pete Horton were only good enough for runner up and third…

Summer League Round 4, Sunday 26th June: With no Bird Hide section it was a close run match with less than 2.5lbs separating the top three places.  Matt Sampson took a chance and held out on the paste to net three slabs for a 12lbs winning weight.  Simon Allen on the next peg kept banging…

Pairs League Round 4 Tuesday 21st June 2016 With the indifferent fishing conditions of late no one was sure what to expect other than good returns from pegs 33 to 35.  In the end it was a tight finish with four teams picking up at the payout as there were ties for first and third places. Not…

Summer League Round 3, Sunday 19th June: Drawing the Bird Hide section is fast becoming synonymous with victory on the Canal.  Sundays match was no different with first and second places coming from that section with two bags of our hard fighting friends topping 28lbs.  It was a close…

Pairs League Round 3 Tuesday 7th June 2016 It was a welcome return at the top of the podium for Tony Johns and Paul Braund as the Tiscott Boys secured a rare victory in the first of the three evening pairs league matches.  It looked bleak for the Tiscott Boys as Ian Gray hooked a carp with 60…

Summer League Round 2, Sunday 5th June: Tom King Memorial Trophy Two identical carp of 13lbs 10ozs sorted out the first two places whilst a fish of 9lbs 11ozs secured third place.  Not surprisingly the two larger lumps came from the Bird Hide, but it was Nathan Underwood  with a better…

Bude Valley Management Group are organising a a work party on Thursday 21st July to carry out a Balsam pull in the vicinity of the bird hide on Bude Marsh. Meet at 10:00 at the TIC in the Crescent Car Park.. Please wear old clothing and stout footwear and a pair of working gloves would be…

Summer League Round 1,  Monica Jones Cup, Sunday 22nd May: The opening contest turned out to be a repeat of last year with the winner coming from the fancied Bird Hide peg 47 with a shed load of carp! (is that 'blanket weight' I hear some of you call, or is it just me?) Matt Sampson pole…

Pairs League Round 2 Sunday 8th May 2016 It was hard work for most anglers, particularly in the Lower Basin where the warm weather has yet to get through to the fish and anglers struggled to find even bites. The anticipated haul of bream from the Second Basin failed to materialise with only…

Pairs League Round 1 Sunday 24th April 2016 Whalesborough Lake and the Hele Bridge Stock Pond provided the two sections for this opening competition of the new season.  Whilst the large predicted bags of carp did not materialise from the lake there was plenty of action with four weights over…