Glebe Update

Such is the quality of the place, 22 names and deposits hit the book in the first week alone to effectively sell out the Glebe so we have agreed to extend the numbers to 24 to allow two more anglers who fished last year to book in.

So John H and Pete W let us know asap if you are going and get Keith a deposit as we need to limit the numbers to 24. Anyone else interested will be booked down as a reserve should anyone drop out or John and Pete decide not to go.

WL6 - Conway - 21st Jan

"I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your pole in" seems to be the theme at Conway as the gales returned and more pole sections went for a swim along with a floater, sorry diver......but more on that later.

Ian Simpson drew one past the point and couldn't get the roach to settle but stuck with carp and pellet to snare 9 mainly F1's and some skimmers to add to his roach to weigh 27.9lb to just pip Billy Gore who drew first past the staging and stuck to 6m for his now customary dog roach net along with some carp for 26.2lb and second. Dave Gentile was 2 past the tree on the left and snared a few late carp to add to his silvers for a respectable 21.4lb net and third place.

It really was a grueller with heavy rain and wild conditions which resulted in Steve Brew having 6 sections of pole go in.......4 were rescued before that glug glug glug feeling ensued and Conway swallowed his Tourney Pro 4&5 section. It happened as we were packing up and Steve knew we had Trevor already in the water as our club diver with all the gear, air tank, flippers and the works already in the opposite side looking for Ricks 12m section from a fortnight ago........Trevor was walking up and down feeling for the section for a good while before trying to dive down for a closer look.......problem was he didn't have enough weights on and simply splashed around on the surface........after a bit of barracking he gave up and tried to no avail for Steve's section as well. Conway really is proving to be the pole graveyard with at least 4 x no4's, a no5 and a no9 that WBAC have lost this year.

Result
1st - Ian Simpson - 27.9lb
2nd - Billy Gore - 26.2lb
3rd - Dave Gentile - 21.4lb

14th Jan - Mouldsworth Mere

Greeted by the first few real white out this year it was always likely to be a hard day and for most thats exactly how it turned out. The venue looks super fishy and there are some great fish but they take some catching.
Jeff Grantham mastered the conditions at the top end on the left bank fishing long pole and pellet for an odd carp and mainly skimmers and roach net for an easy win with 20.5lb. Billy Gore drew the island with the sunken lillies and went 'banzai' again fishing in amongst the lillies but managed to extract 12.4lb for 2nd. Rob Dickenson took third with a mixed bag again on pellet for 5.7lb from the deep water on the left bank.
Sections were a little low with Rick Keeley taking the island section with 4.5lb having trashed rig after rig in the lillies. Ian Lloyd took the right bank section with a hard earned 2.8lb having never seen the sun all day behind the hill.....he was blue at the end of the day. Ian Simpson took the left hand section with 9 carp including 1 lump of a 1lb for 1.8lb.....mainly small stuff!!!!

Result
1st - Jeff Grantham - 20.5lb
2nd - Billy Gore - 12.4lb
3rd - Rob Dickenson - 5.7lb
Sec A - Rick Keeley - 4.5lb
Sec B - Ian Lloyd - 2.8lb
Sec C - Ian Simpson - 1.8lb

Reminders

Just a few: -

1. The first meeting of the year and confirmation of current members and new member nominations is next Monday 16th 8pm at the Wallasey conservative Club.

2. Sat 14th there will be the first club match of the year at Mouldsworth Mere. Meeting is 8am Morrison's at Ellesmere Port.

3. If anyone is after TJ PTFE nose cones www.protectapole.com to protect your pole let me have your order by 16/1 and I will send in 1 order and save the combined postage.

4. The same with Hillbilly Handmade Floats www.hillbillyfloats.co.uk I am ordering some next week so if you want some let me have the details and the again we can save on the combined postage.

5. Anyone with a spare 13m ProX section going cheap I may have a buyer for you!!!!! haha!!!

Glebe 2012

Just a quick note to confirm Keith has opened a book on the Glebe to allow members to pay in installments for the option they want. See the Glebe tab at the top of the blog for further details.

Deposits are required asap to book your place as we have restricted places to 24 maximum, members only. Full payment will be required by 25th August, the final match before the Glebe.

WL5 - Conway - 7th January

Another windswept day in the valleys and 11 brave souls (stupid fools, you pick!) were at the draw for Conway. With recent form being so varied and not knowing whether to go for roach or carp it seemed to be everyone simply wanted a draw out of the wind for a comfortable days fishing but that was not to be the case for many.

Ian Simpson was left with the final peg in the hat and it was on the bottom bank out of the wind with Graham Aveyard who eventually drew somewhere other than Peg 1!! Ian started with his customery roach up and down in the water approach at c11m but they were not playing and the stamp was very small on maggot with very few better samples. After Billy Gore and Rob Dickinson had caught some mid match carp on pellet Ian decided to sit it out at 14.5m for the last two hours on pellet taking odd better roach and skimmers along with four vital carp to record 24.0lb and a second win of the series.

Rob Dickinson drew well, as is becoming the norm, next to the point where the concrete tower is and managed to secure second with a hard fought 22.7lb of pellet caught roach and skimmers and four or five carp. The point has just not woken up this year at all yet. Jeff Gratham was in the brunt of the wind one down from the old staging on the right hand bank and struggled for a few roach at 6-8m until the wind eased enough for Jeff to go 16m+ to the island where we had five carp in the last hour to take 19.6lb and third spot.

Only two other double figure weights suggests Conway is not as prolific in 2011/2 as previous winters with no F1's caught and very few skimmers again. The weather clearly didn't help and Rick Keeley had a match to forget and then some. He had his 13m ProX section blown straight in and nearly lost the 4/5/6/7 when that also went in.......he managed to save that but only just and in doing so snapped the no7.......an expensive day in the swirling wind when you also add a broken landing net pole to the list of "Keeley Katastrophies"........lets hope 2012 improves mate!

Result

1st - Ian Simpson - 24.0lb
2nd - Rob Dickinson - 22.7lb
3rd - Jeff Grantham - 19.6lb