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Dates for Himalayan Balsam Pulls There are three Himalayan Balsam working parties over the coming weeks.  These will be on: - Saturday 22nd June (Postponed) - Thursday 11th July  - Saturday 20th July On each date the main meeting point will be at 10am outside the Tourist Information…

The Pairs League was turned on its head as last years champions and runners up finished last and second to last in the opening round.  The best fishing was in the second basin with plenty of rudd and perch showing.  However, you needed slabs to frame and Ady Larkins alternated maggot,…

A few photo's from the successful presentation evening are now in a folder under the photo gallery tab.  I will try and work out how to get the captions to work so you know who has won what!

With a biting easterly wind only six of the qualifying anglers braved the elements for their last chance of silverware this season.  Fishing in the Lower Basin Kevin Hill ensured he would have something for the trophy cabinet with a winning 28lbs 7oz haul of bream and a 8lb 'bonus' carp …

In a pulsating final contest a succession of slabs from peg 30 saw Dick Turner bank a 37lb winning haul to take the Jan Pethick and Johnny Coney Memorial Trophy. With a hard fought winter league, five different anglers have held the lead at various times over the grueling winter calendar. …

Simon Allen with a 31lbs Winning Haul of Slabs With two sharp frosts the expected poor fishing on Sunday saw some major changes in the race for the Winter League title.  Dave Allen lost a bream that proved costly as he blanked along with nine others and fell three places in the league.…

A superb Common Carp of 19lbs 6ozs gave Len Codlin a 4o minute battle and victory in Sundays Winter League match.  Len, fishing off Peg 6 in the narrows, hooked the fish on his pole using worm as bait.  Simon Hockaday continued his good form finding three slabs and a few roach…

Conditions were the worst of the season with the paddles on the lock gates being opened and closed and the canal falling a foot and then refilling at least twice throughout the contest.  It was no surprise that only the big beasts were feeding and that the big weights came out of the…

Sunday 27th January - Winter League Sunday’s Winner Simon Hockaday The cold snap and heavy rain saw true winter conditions return to the canal with very few of the roach showing that had been a feature of earlier contests. Fortunately the larger bream were still feeding…

Sunday 13th January - Winter League Dick Turner took full advantage of Nathan Underwood and Simon Allen's absence with a victory that sends him six points clear at the top of the league.  Dick stuck to the wag and mag from peg 19 and as the big slabs were reluctant to show it proved to be the…

Sunday 16th December - Fur & Feather Ady Larkins missed out on the slabs but found the skimmers and pole fished his way to victory with a 14lb bag from fancied peg 18 in the Lower Basin.  The good folk of Bude were spared the sight of Ady jogging in just his boxer…

Sunday 9th December - Winter League Round 3 It was 'proper' winter fishing as many anglers had to choose between chasing the bigger fish or eeking out ounces on the bread punch.  Ian Gray continued his run of good form and persisted with the pole and worm in the windy…

Sunday 25th November - Winter League Round 2 With the canal the colour of an expensive cup of coffee it was odds on that the worm baits and big fish would decide where the points would be going in round 2.  It was the pole fished worm over groundbait that did the damage and on the…

Sunday 11th November - Winter League Round 1 The 'breamaster' Nathan Underwood struck again as he nailed a big slab with his first cast of the day and then managed to stay comfortably clear of the chasing pack until the final whistle.  However, it was not the trusty pole and…

The Halwill Hustlers clinched the title in emphatic style by winning the last Pairs league match of the season.  The fishing was harder than in previous weeks which gave a much closer contest.  Nathan Underwood topped the Lower Wharf section with 8lbs of silvers boosted by a bonus 2lb…