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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…

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 saw…

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 were…

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 three spots came…

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 as far…

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…

Summer League Round 5, Sunday 12th July: Apologies, no report as I was away fishing in France! Result as Follows: Pos: Angler Lbs ozs Peg No. 1 Simon Allen 20lbs 6oz 33 2 Ian Gray 12lbs 13oz 19 3 Kevin Hill 12lbs 5oz 13 4 Nathan Underwood 10lbs 14oz 20 5 Mike Bowden 7lbs…

Summer League Round 6, Falcon Cup, Sunday 27th July: Long standing Associate Member and visitor to Bude, Jim Escott chose not to fish against the reeds from the Bird Hide section as is the popular tactic.  Instead he fished a short pole and amassed over 23lbs of skimmers on the red worm to…

2014 – Another year of family fishing fun… The Environment Agency is once again running free introduction to fishing day at Whalesborough Lake. After the resounding success of last years events we are once again running some family introduction to coarse fishing days. During the Summer Holidays we…

Pairs League Round 6 (Evening) Tuesday 8th July It was the first maximum pointer of the pairs league season with the New Halwill Hustlers handsomely winning both sections (once again from end pegs!).  The Bream Master Nathan Underwood finally struck 'slab' and netted 22lbs of the match…

Summer League Round 4, Sunday 29th June: The Bird Hide section was the place to be with three of the top four weights coming from this section.  However, a 14lb carp and a slab taken by Duncan Edwards pegged in the Lower Basin won the day with close on 20lbs.  Peter 'Tacker'…

Pairs League Round 5 (Evening) Tuesday 24th June With a Kevin Hill and Ady Larkins both taking second spot in their respective sections it was an easy first win of the season for the Lager Louts from respective end pegs,  a feature of this season that appears to have a higher…

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 15oz 31 7…

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 day.  Reigning…

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 and this one…