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Summer League R4 2011
You know the canal is fishing well when 4lb of silvers does not even see you get into the top ten let alone feature in the sections. On the day Nathan Underwood ran away with the match as he settled onto a shed full of skimmer bream and picked up...
Pairs Result R3
Two slabs for Guy Pessel and another for partner Duncan Edwards would normally see any team breeze to victory but Dave Allen also took a slab and Simon had a top weight of silver fish to see Me and my Boy tie with the Good, Bad and Ugly for first...
Summer League R3 2011
It looked as if the 'bad luck', traditionally associated with drawing the golden peg had struck again when Dick Turner dropped his landing into the canal, luckily for Dick, Stuart Pinn of Waterfront Shooting and Fishing was passing by and able to quickly supply a new one (now thats service!)...
Summer League R2 2011
New club member Nick Blight from Bideford marked his match debut by winning this Sundays contest with an impressive 19lb 4ozs from peg 34. Nick's bag included four slab bream, all of which fell to double maggot on the pole. Also using the pole at the other end of the...
Pairs Result R2
It was an evening for the longer established teams as some familliar names filled the leading positions on Tuesday evening. New Team Faint Heart won on the evening with Dick Turner and Pete Cummins finishing second in thier respectave sections. The larger bream began to feed in the Upper Wharf...
Monica Jones Cup 2011
Persistent rain from start to finish ensured everyone ended up with a good soaking at the whistle in this traditional Summer league opener. The top weights all came from the Lower Wharf with ounces separating the top three who all fished the wag and mag against the far bank to...
Pairs Result r1
A slab bream apiece for Ady Larkins and Ross Bate saw the Lager Louts win the opening round of the pairs league on a very blustery evening. Ross was standing in for Kevin Hill and put in a creditable performance from peg 27 in the Upper Wharf. Nathan Underwood had...
New Association Secretary
Popular and long serving Association Secretary Brian Powel decided to stand down at this year's AGM. Those who know Brian understand why he has chosen to stand down at this moment and I am sure all of the membership will join me in thanking Brian for his committment to the...
Fake Rod License Web Site
Non EA Rod Licence Website Applies Unneccessary Charges to Anglers The Angling Trust is warning all anglers NOT to buy their licence from the commercial fishingrodlicence.com web site, unless they want to pay an unnecessary extra charge of £14 for checking over their application. This service is of no real...
Membership Renewals Due
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL Annual subscriptions must be paid by the 31 st May deadline. Membership fees must be made by POST or handed ONLY to the Membership Secretary: Mr Phil Davis. Subscriptions for the 2011-12 Season are: Seniors: £30 Juniors: £15 OAP’s: £15 (Cheques payable to Bude Canal Angling Association.) Address...
2011 Jan Pethic and Jonny Coney Memorial Match
Sunday 13th March The Bude Canal Winter league ended with a large turnout for the annual Jan Pethic & Jonny Coney memorial match. In contrast to the previous week it was the Upper Basin that produced the weights with anglers banking only ounces from the Lower Basin. Nathan Underwood landed...
Fur and Feather Report
Only seven ounces separated the top three in Sundays Fur and Feather contest which was re-arranged after being iced off in December. Simon Allen pole fished his way to victory from peg eight in the Museum stretch with a 6lb 9oz mixed bag of small roach and skimmers boosted by...
Close Season to be Retained
The Committee has decided that we should retain the close season for one more year despite an almost unanimous vote at the last AGM to open all year round. The reason the Committee have reluctantly decided to retain the close season was the insistance of Cornwall Council on revising our...
Opening of Whalesborough Lake
Whalesborough lake will be open to members for fishing from Friday April 1st. There will be some specific rules regarding the lake and these will appear on the website at a later date and in our annual communication to all members that will go out in March. We have been...
Results 13-02-11
Sunday 13th February The fishing on Bude Canal is still by no means fast and furious but the end of winter is in sight with some' double figure bags' appearing in Sundays contest. Fishing the Lower Basin and switching between the pole and the quivver tip throughout, Simon Hockerday out...