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Summer League R3 2014

23/06/2014

Summer League Round 3, Sunday 22nd June: Report To Follow Pos: Angler Lbs ozs Peg No. 1 Ian Gray 16lbs 11oz 42 2 Dick Turner 10lbs 7oz 20 3 Nathan Underwood 9lbs 3oz 30 4 Ian Croxton 9lbs 3oz 18 5 Peter Horton 8lbs 9oz 46 6 Simon Allen 7lbs...

Summer League R2 2014

16/06/2014

Summer League Round 2, Sunday 15th June: With Nathan Underwood drawing end peg 35 it was not a surprise when he netted the winning catch of close on 28lbs. Nathan used the long pole to land four slabs, a couple of small carp and a succession of silvers throughout the...

Evening Pairs (R4)

11/06/2014

Pairs League Round 4 (Evening) The first evening match of the year was fished in dry, if somewhat blustery conditions with the heavy rain from the previous night and into the afternoon putting the fish down. We all know consistency is the name of the game in a pairs match...

Himalayan Balsam Pull

09/06/2014

Gareth Cann the Ranger has advised that the Balsam is unfortunately growing just as well as all the other plants (growing fit to bust) and there will be plenty to see and pull on Thursday 26th June. The Team will meet outside the Tourist Information Centre in the Crescent car...

Monica Jones Cup

02/06/2014

Summer League Round 1: The opening contest of the season was a mirror image of last year with the Lower Basin failing to produce the expected slabs, the only difference this time was the winning peg (no.33 last year). Dave 'End Peg' Allen was on no.34 and took a succession...

Pairs League R3 2014

11/05/2014

With the continued patchy fishing at Whalesborough Lake it was decided to fish Hele Bridge Stock Pond and Middle Pound Sections of the canal. Dave Allen drew fancied peg 9 from the Middle Pound but only just took the top weight in the section by an ounce from Peter Giles...

Pairs League R2 2014

29/04/2014

For the second pairs match running it was a struggle in the Whalesborough Lake section with most of the larger weights being attributable to carp. The Middle Pound section improved on the last match with some good bags of silvers being produced. Len Codlin had top weight in the Middle...

Pairs League R1 2014

15/04/2014

The first of this years Pairs matches was fished at Whalesborough Lake and the Middle Pound. It was not the outcome expected with anglers struggling to catch on the Lake whilst Middle Pound on the whole produced the expected catches of roach. It was a last minute decision by Simon...

Website Update

07/04/2014

Colleagues, Apologies or the protracted delay in getting the website back to a useable state. It is still not fully functioning but I am getting there. However, I am using the self help and diagnostic advice available on the tinterweb so its slow going. Please stay patient and hopefully we...

Winter League R8 2014

24/02/2014

Result Sunday 23rd February. On yet another blustery Sunday it was a struggle to keep the bait in the water and yet again a few poles broke under the strain. Simon Allen amassed 11lbs of silvers from peg 20 using the short whip and maggot to good effect. The victory...

Winter League R6 2014

27/01/2014

Report From Sunday 26th The season of bad weather continued with anglers battling high winds and showers, so much so pegs 1 and 2 were located to the rear of Falcon Car Park to take advantage of the shelter afforded by the fir trees. Simon Allen managed to hang on...

Winter League R5 2014

17/01/2014

Report From Sunday 12th The canal reverted to type with a typical winter match seeing those in the Second Basin struggle all day and the slabs showing from the Lower Basin in the last hour to reward the patient and frustrate the sprat bashers. Dick Turner found two slab bream...

Fur and Feather 2013

17/12/2013

Sunday 15th December, Fur and Feather, - Winter League Round 4 No one wanted to draw the second basin but on a blustery and wet day Tony Hilias banked 5lbs of silvers on the wag n mag in the first two hours that would would see him home to victory...

Winter League R3 2013

10/12/2013

Sunday 8th December - Winter League Round 3 With 30 minutes to go and bites few and far between, Simon Allen was in the lead with a net of silvers taken on the long pole. However, in the gathering gloom Len Codlin landed a slab to see him pull clear...

Winter League R2 2013

28/11/2013

Sunday 24th November - Winter League Round 2 The match was effectively won with the first two casts of the match as Simon Allen banked a 13lb and 9lb carp on the tip from consecutive casts. However, Simon became increasingly worried as Ian Gray began to land a succession of...

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