Sunday 14 August saw yet another very dry day with the river lower than I have ever seen it. Consequently, match weights were poor. But Dave Wilton made the best of the conditions to put 5 barbel for 19 Lbs on the scales to win from peg 88, with Graham Jones second with 14 Lbs 2 Ozs from peg 76 and third was Gary Stinton with 9 Lbs 7 Ozs from peg 103. Graham Jones now leads the league with 27 points, with Reg Ford second on 26 and Carl Duckett third on 24. So we are now half way through the Summer League matches and it is wide open for anyone to win. Let's just hope we get some rain before the next round! For the full result, just click on the link.

LEIGHTON RESULTS 2011-5.pdf (43.64 kb)

With the river still out of sorts and running low and clear, it was always going to be a tough match. But, Tony Randall came prepared and set his stall out to catch "bits" on the whip from peg 27 to put an impressive 16 Lbs 4 Ozs on the scales to win! Second was Reg Ford with two barbel from peg 88 for 12 Lbs 8 Ozs and third was Nick Bastock with 7 Lbs 8 Ozs. Carl Duckett now leads the table with 24 points, just one point ahead of Reg Ford and Ken Arnold on 23. For the complete result click on the link below.

LEIGHTON RESULTS 2011-4 Leighton 2011.pdf (41.78 kb)

Leighton Angling Society v Weston Under Lizard Angling Club “The Return”

The return match in our pair against WULAC was fished concurrently with LAS’s 4^th Summer League match on Sunday 31^st July 2011. LAS were looking to overturn the result from 20^th February on The Church Pool where home advantage saw WULAC easily beat the LAS team on a bitterly cold and windy winter’s day.

The day was set fair, being very warm, largely overcast with a brisk southerly breeze for the 10 WULAC and 10 LAS anglers. Weights were down on expectations and consistent with our match weights so far this season. Eventual winner was WULAC’s Simon Marvin with a haul of 8 barbel for 41lb 6oz from unfancied Peg 97. Simon fished 2 x 8mm halibut pellets together with a ground bait feeder on the far bank and even had the ‘luxury’ of losing 3 fish at the net in what he later described as ‘one of his best ever days fishing’. Back up weights were at best disappointing, LAS’s Nick Bastock took 2^nd place with 7lb 8oz from Peg 72 and Pat Nolan 3^rd with a late 6lb 6oz barbel off Peg 22. Congratulations to the WULAC team who amassed a winning total weight of 46lb 0.5oz comprehensively beating LAS’s 25lb 9.5oz.

An interesting one-that-got-away-story was a 4lb grilse hooked by Ken Arnold on Peg 90 on float fished double caster. It wouldn’t have counted anyway Ken!

An enjoyable day, hopefully for everyone, - I for one hope that these matches become a regular part of our match calendar.

Carl Pavey