With about 2m of rain water on the river, the first round of the Summer League was never going to be easy. Although the day kept dry right to the end of the match, the river was highly coloured and going through like an express train, but dropped about a foot during the 5 hour match. Eventual winner was our Match Secretary, Will Carr from Peg 113 on the Buildwas water. Taken on feeder, Will put 5 barbel on the scales for a respectable 29 Lbs 15 Ozs, given the conditions. Second, from peg 13 in Cressage Meadow was Gary Stinton with 17 Lbs 8 Ozs consisting of 3 barbel and a roach taken on similar tackle. Third from peg 114 was Jason Owen with 16 Lbs 15 Ozs also taken on the feeder. Early days yet, but let's hope the rain Gods see fit to let the river drop to nearer normal Summer levels for round 2! For the full resuly, click on the link.

Summer League - 1 - 2016 Sheet1.pdf (34.86 kb)

New member, Dave Height, went to the "Salmon Run" on his first visit to our water on 24th June and fished for a salmon with worms. He managed, after about a 30 minute battle, to land this hen fish that measured 35" and estimated at 15/16 Lbs. Not a bad start eh? Well done Dave!