After the pool at Spring Lea Fishery freezing over in the week, which precluded practice, most of the 14 anglers who contested this round were "flying blind" The weather bizzarly warmed up to 15C on match day, but the melted ice went straight to the bottom and put the fish down and made it hard to get them to feed. Quite a few good fish were lost with small hooks pulling out; but bigger hooks did not result in bites. Winner for once was not Ken Arnold, but Nick Bastock. Nick drew the shortest walk to a peg that must get fed more regularly than others to put 18 Lbs 5 Ozs on the scales, which consisted of three good carp and some silvers. Second was yours truly (hooray! In the money for a change) with 3 carp and bits for 12 Lbs 4 Ozs and third was Ken with a couple of carp and some bits weighing in at 9 Lbs 5 Ozs. This makes the league very interesting with Ken way out in front on 38 points, but then four of us tied on 18 points in joint second place. With 3 matches to go now, the next one being at Monkhall Fishery, Swallow Pool on 14 February, it will be interesting to see who can get that runner-up spot. Draw at 0845 Hrs - PLEASE NOTE! For the full result, click on the link.

WINTER LEAGUE 2016 - Match 4 Sheet1.pdf (19.00 kb)