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Pairs League R2 2015
Pairs League Round 2 - Sunday 19th April After a poor response from Whalesborough Lake last week it was decided to use the Stock Pond which despite the pressure produced some creditable bags. Simon Allen won the section with an 'end peg' 27lbs but senior partner Dave Allen failed to...
Pairs League R1 April 2015
R esult (Whalesborough Weights First) Bude Bay Pirates A Hill 7lb 10oz P Giles 3lb 12oz......... 19pts New Team Faint Heart D Turner 11lb 5ozs P Slade 2lb 9oz......18pts New Halwill Hustlers N Underwood 6lb 1oz I Gray 3lb 9ozs.. .14pts Me and My Boy S Allen 5lb 3oz D...
Winter League R10 2015
Winter League - Jan Pethick and Johnny Coney Memorial Trophy- Sunday 29th March Adrian Hill avoided the 'Last Chance Match' with a brace of carp (one at 10lbs) taken on tip fished bread flake from the Lower Basin to win the final match of the winter league. With gale force...
Winter League R9 2015
Winter League R9 - Sunday 15th March Many anglers have complained about peg 31 and how hard it is to fish off that peg in the past. I don't know what you are all complaining about and to prove my point Ian Croxton blew that myth away and amassed a...
Winter League R8 2015
Winter League R8 - Sunday 1st March When a few bags of silvers can be eaked out of the Second Basin it is a sure sign that winter is coming to an end. However, until it warms a little more the deeper Lower Basin is still the place to be...
Winter League R7 2015
Winter League R7 - Sunday 8th February With the Second Basin frozen and only 16 fishing it was decided to peg both sides of the Lower Basin to give everyone a chance to catch. The decision paid off with good nets of silvers filling the top eight places. It was...
Dennis Chapman
It is with sadness that we learnt of the passing of our angling colleague and long time member Dennis Chapman. Dennis will have been a familiar sight to many of you, either fishing or walking the towpath and talking to all the anglers. Dennis had been fighting illness for a...
Winter League R6 2015
Winter League R6 - Sunday 18th January This was winter fishing as we know it! Whilst you could say it was all in the draw, the old adage goes that you still need to catch em. It was not surprisingly the Lower Basin that filled the first four places with...
Fur and Feather 2014
Fur and Feather - Sunday 13th December With the water the colour of a cup of coffee it was not going to be a day for the punched bread. League Leader Simon Allen eventually found the slabs on pole fished worm and a succession of fish in the last here...
Winter League R4 2014
Winter League - Sunday 30th November Simon Allen found the big beasts as the clear water and cold weather put the smaller silvers completely off the feed. A 9lb carp and three slabs taken on the quiver tip from the Lower Basin boosted his catch to a winning 25lbs and...
Winter League R3 2014
Winter League Round 3, Sunday 16th November: Apologies for the late posting. I have been busy giving the French chub a hammering! It was the Bird Hide section that came back to the fore with carp being the main target. Peter 'Tacker' Giles landed three of the beasts for his...
Winter League R2 2014
Winter League Round 2, Sunday 2nd November: Bream Master Nathan Underwood was back in baggin mood as his trusty 10 metre pole found a succession of skimmers and a welcome slab to ease into victory with a 12lbs+ bag from the Lower Basin. Len Hancock found a couple of slabs...
Winter League R1 2014
Winter League Round 1, Sunday 19th October: Simon Allen was into the carp again after only 10 minutes, taking a 5lb common on quiver tipped bread soon after the start. Fishing peg 13 he backed this up with a number of skimmers throughout the day to amass over 20lbs and...
Summer League R10 (Final) 2014
Reg Howard Trophy: Summer League Round 10, Sunday 5th October: The final match of the Summer league finished with the two main protagonists finishing 1st and 2nd with the champion elect Simon Allen coming out on top. Simon drew the fancied Bird Hide section and within 10 minutes had a...
Pairs League Final Round 2014
Pairs League Round 9 Sunday 21st September With the Indian Summer continuing everyone enjoyed another very hot and still day. It was the Pairs League Champions elect the Halwill Hustlers who were making all the hay as for the second match running they topped out both sections to score maximum...