11th Aug - Weston Pools - Canal

Well back on the Canal at Weston and with 19 attendees pegging was going to be up for debate again. With very low oxygen levels in the previous two days the levels had been increased and aerators had to be left on so it made for some splashing around at the start and the fishing was certainly slower for those not on caster or worm which beat the meat and pellet brigade hands down.

Jason Jones drew peg 20 and started shallow with caster but struggled for fish until he went to the bottom and then had a steady stream of barbel for 5 hours weighing 65.9lb for a comfortable victory. Ian Lloyd (peg 7) also fished caster and worm at 3-5m and eventually the barbel turned up and Ian was bagging for a few hours, noticably he never caught on pellet of meat in the margins as the carp were difficult to tempt.

Dave Grimes (peg 13) had to wade to his peg but it proved worthwhile with 49.5lb coming to his 5m approach. Dave Gentile took the section place with 48.2lb (which he said was 30lb!!) of barbel from peg 37.
Special mention to guest Barry Davies who can't go in the pools but took his section with 59.8lb from peg 26 all taken from the margins.

Results

1st - Jason Jones - 65.9lb (Peg 20)
2nd - Ian Lloyd - 56.5lb (Peg 7)
3rd - Dave Grimes - 49.5lb (Peg 13)
Sec A - Barry Davies (guest) - 59.8lb (Peg 26)
Sec B - Dave Gentile - 48.2lb (Peg 37)

27th July - Lloyds Meadow - Badger

After poor recent fishing and falling turnouts Rick cancelled Brookside and booked us onto Lloyds Meadow on Badger and the turnout jumped back to sixteen and the good news is the fishing improved as well.

Steve Brew ran out the winner, bucking the long pole trend and catching on the method to the far bank with 62.3lb. Ian Simpson was only a fish or two behind having caught long to the far bank on pellet and then had a run of better 4-8lb fish in the last hour from the margin made for a close finish but Steve had done enough. Billy Gore continued his awesome form with third and 45.5lb.

Result

1st - Steve Brew - 62.3lb
2nd - Ian Simpson - 57.7lb
3rd - Billy Gore - 45.5lb
Sec A - Trevor Allpress - 35.4lb
Sec B - Jeff Grantham - 44.1lb

14th July - Partridge - Spey

Not such to say here only five turned out plus a guest, but that man Billy Gore walked it again with a happy van with Dougie Walsh second.

Result

1st - Billy Gore - 49.1lb
2nd - Dougie Walsh - 40.6lb
3rd - Rick Keeley - 31.0lb

Three Club Charity Event

I have attached an email from Claire-house in response to the tremendous success of the three way charity event and a photo of the presentation on the night with a guaranteed minimum of £2001 raised.

From: Pat Faragher [mailto:patf@claire-house.org.uk]
Sent: 10 July 2012 14:51
To: colincook1878@googlemail.com; Keeley Rick
Cc: kirsty@claire-house.org.uk; jill@claire-house.org.uk
Subject: FW: Pictures as requested - Thank you

 Hi Colin and Rick,

It was great to meet you both and the rest of the angling group last night. I enjoyed the meeting and was both thrilled and amazed at the amount of money you have raised. What struck me though was the fabulous spirit of community with you all coming together to support Colin and his family when they have been through the most horrific of experiences. Colin you must feel very proud to have such wonderful friends and support in your community. I am touched by this on both a personal and professional level. Claire House exists because of wonderful people like you who have empathy for others and do something to make a difference.

If you could let me know what you decide to call your newly formed angling group we can ensure you get a copy certificate for all three locations more if required and thank you letters to those people we also discussed namely Dougie Walsh c/o Asda Ellesmere Port and Martin at Firtrees Wigan.

It really was my pleasure to meet you all and if dancing on tables is ever required you know where to find me!

Regards,

Pat Faragher

Director of Fundraising

Meeting rule amendments

At the recent meeting two, what I can only describe as 'best practices' were discussed that have bugged me personally for a while and a committee decision was taken with immediate effect to implement the details below albeit will require formal confirmation at the AGM if these are indeed permanent rule changes.

Interestingly these appear more hearsay than documented rules as looking at club records back to 2002 I can't find the specific rule number to change!!

Anyway to clarify the practices of : -

 - 'A competitors cannot fish past the corner of the next peg' will be replaced with 'a competitors peg will be deemed half way between themselves and the next angler irrespective of permanent pegs with no angler present'.

- 'Competitors are not allowed to exchange bait after the all in' will simply be dropped.

Both will take immediate effect and I will raise at the pre - AGM in September.

23rd June - Chester Lakes

Well only ten turned out at Chester Lakes on Saturday on the middle lake, Jason Connah drew on the peg near to the car park on the road side on the way in down on the slope and fished at 6m and against the reeds and caught steadily throughout, lost a few too for a winning 25.2lb. Kenny Stuart did well with the severe wind in his face all day, he caught 20.8lb at 9m and on the inside. Ian Lloyd drw the Golden Peg and was comfortable at 8m with the wind behind and I'm told should have done a little better than 3rd with 20.4lb according to our resident coach!!

Damages on the day Jason Connah broke 5th section, Rick Keeley broke 5th and 4th section as the blew his pole out of the rollers 7 times (once is an accident 7 times is Rick being a ballon!!) oh nad his top 4 blew away 5 times down the field.

Rick's thought for the day " that place has cost me more money in sections than any other fishery, including Conway" and you need a top 5 to fish to hand

Result

1st - Jason Connah - 25.2lb

2nd - Kenny Stuart - 20.8lb

3rd - Ian Lloyd - 20.4lb

17th June - Fir Tree - Three Way Charity Match

Well 24 turned out and after fishing 8 sections of 3 Rivacre ran out the winners with five section wins, two seconds and a third.

 

Ian Lloyd ran out the individual winner of the first Three Club Charity event at Fir Tree with his catch of 35.6lb of mainly Carp + silvers caught at 17m on corn. Ian fed a pot of corn and pellet on this line, but started on the inside and had a couple of bits, but after an hour or so decided to try the far line on corn where he caught steady for the rest of the match.

Second was Billy Gore with 33.0lb caught on meat and pellet at 16m mainly down the inside and over. Billy was as doubled over at the end holding the pole for that length of time, and didn’t feel too good either suffering from food poisoning (could it be Dougie poisioning his butties to give us all a chance) third was Dave Cargill from Eggy Ferry with 20.7lb again caught over on pellet but managed a few from the track as well.

The total money looks like being over £2.000 and Rick has asked everyone to collect all their sponsors’ money by the 2nd July for the WBAC meeting on the 9^th so Clair House representatives can come to collect the cheque. Keith is organising a Big cheque from the bank for the photos.

Result

1st - Ian Lloyd - 35.7lb
2nd - Billy Gore - 33.0lb
3rd - Dave Cargill - 20.7lb