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Summer League R9 2017
Sunday 20th August 2017 - Phyllis Turner Trophy (Roach 'n' Rudd) Simon Allen got the red fins going 'on the drop' and he amassed nearly 11lbs of our silver and gold friends to win the Phyllis Turner Trophy off peg 32. Adrian Hill banked close on to 6lbs, with no...
Summer League R8 2017
Sunday 13th August 2017 - BR Autospare Wag 'n ' Mag Trophy It was a silverfish bonanza with the top seven places all banking double figure bags and over 9lbs required to make the top 11. Jean Bowden turned the form book on its head as she brought over 13lbs...
Pairs League R6 2017
Pairs League Round 6 Sunday 6th August 2017 As predicted, the added pressure of 11 anglers on each section would not see the large bags anglers had been producing in pleasure sessions on the lake and the stock pond. The current trophy holders Tony Johns and Paul Braund both finished...
Balsam Pull Thursday 27th July
To all on the Bude Valley Volunteers distribution list. Message from Duncan Ball: There is a Bude Canal Volunteers work party scheduled for Thursday 27th July to carry out a Balsam pull in the vicinity of the Bude canal Bird Hide. Please wear old clothing and stout footwear and a...
Summer League R7 2017
Sunday 23rd July 2017 - Falcon Cup Super Emmett Nick West boosted his holiday spending money with an 8lbs bag of silvers from hot peg 34, easily enough to see the Falcon Cup leave the Duchy for Nottingham-shire. The previous days down poor and high run through of water made...
Pairs League R5 2017
Pairs League Round 5 Tuesday 4th July 2017 It was a case of 'crash bang wallop' as the Matt Peperall and Ryan Willshire upset the status quo with a shock victory on the 2017 debut for team 'Carp or Bust'. Not even a 32lb bag from Nathan Underwood could prevent...
Summer League R6 Charity Match
Sunday 9th July 2017 - Charity Match Pos: Angler Lbs ozs Peg No. Pts 1 Mark Gratton 20lbs 6oz 23 2 Simon Allen 16lbs 11oz 22 3 Pete Horton 8lbs 6oz 21 4 Dave Allen 7lbs 15oz 20 5 Tony Hillias 7lbs 5ozs 19 6 Paul Drissell 5lbs 6oz 18...
Summer League R5 2017
Sunday 2nd July 2017 Pos: Angler Lbs ozs Peg No. Pts 1 Simon Allen 11lbs 5oz 30 20 2 Paul Drissell 9lbs 14oz 35 19 3 Nathan Underwood 9lbs 13oz 29 18 4 Dick Turner 8lbs 15oz 33 17 5 Ian Gray 8lbs 3ozs 32 16 6 Steve Whitehouse 5lbs...
Summer League R4 2017
Sunday 25th June 2017 It was a good day be drawn at the Bird Hide, but unusually there was not one single carp banked by the top three weights who all came from this section. Simon Allen bagged first spot with 11lbs of rudd, roach skimmers and a 3lb slab...
Pairs League R4 2017
Pairs League Round 4 Tuesday 20th June 2017 Phew, what a scorcher! It was the tale of two Basins as temperatures nudged the 30's with 8 of the 9 anglers struggling to find any weights in the deeper Lower Basin and weighing in with less than 2lbs apiece. Upstream in...
South West Fisheries Forum Invite
South West Fisheries Forum In association with the Environment Agency 24th, June, 2017 Carvynick Country Club Summercourt, Newquay, Cornwall, TR8 5AF Tea and Coffee served from 6.40pm, Meeting begins 7:00pm This meeting is open to all anglers and fishery owners and is free to attend. If anybody would like to...
Summer League R3 2017
Sunday 18th June 2017 With blue skies and temperatures in the high twenties it was a day for chasing the fish to quietly build your bag. Ian 'Cosmic' Croxton managed to bring a succession of skimmers to the bank for the five hour duration and won with a 12lb haul...
Summer League R2 2017
Tom King Trophy - Sunday 4th June 2017 The two hours of rain (not forcast!) at the start of the match dampened a few spirits, as did the slowness of the silver fishing that only 24 hours had been good. An early doors 9lb carp taken on tip fished bread...
Pairs League (Eve) R3
Pairs League Round 3 Tuesday 30th May 2017 Nathan Underwood bagged 'a lucky slab' (quote from Si Allen) that won the Lower Basin section and kept the Halwill Hustlers championship charge alive, finishing joint first with New Team Faint Heart. As Gary Player stated,' the more I practice , the...
Summer League R1 2017
Summer League Round 1, Monica Jones Cup, Sunday 21st May: This was not the result the pre-match practice sessions were suggesting with decent bags of skimmers and a few carp showing during the week. In the end it was a struggle for most anglers to find any fish with consistency,...