by Bernie Jones
15 August 2013
Sunday 11 August saw 29 matchmen turn out for our 5th Summer League match. The river was low again after very little rain, but was carrying a little more colour than of late. The blustery wind made for tricky conditions on the lower pegs, which are more exposed, especially for float anglers. The eventual winner was Brian Tinman, who didn't mind the long walk to peg M, as he managed to weigh in 38 Lbs 2 Ozs of barbel caught on pellet and feeder. Second, from peg 102 was Will Carr, who really should have won it, as he lost four barbel, but the six he weighed in tipped the scales at 27 Lbs. In third place from peg 13 was Clive Biddulph with an all barbel weight again of 19 Lbs 3 Ozs. Fourth from peg 5 was Ken Arnold with 15 Lbs 10 Ozs. With Colin Morris, Reg Ford and Nick Bastock failing to score, it meant that Graham Jones has sneaked into a 3 point lead of the league at the half way point with 23 points. Colin is second on 20 and Reg and Nick equal third on 19. Nobody is stretching away with the league at present, so there's everything to fish for. For the full result, click on the link.
Summer League 2013-5 Sheet1.pdf (43.48 kb)
by Bernie Jones
14 August 2013
Our colleagues in the WULAC club have invited LAS members to fish their annual match on Tong Mere on Sunday 15 September 2013. This mere holds good bream to over 8 Lbs, Carp well into double figures and tench to over 6 Lbs. There is also a good head of roach, skimmers and perch. In a new move this year, there will be a £20 pool to be split £10 per 5 angler section and £10 individual first 5 places. As those of you who have fished here before will know, being drawn on the shallower side of the mere means that you normally will not be able to compete with the guys on the deeper side. So having a section to fish for will make things a little more even.
If you want to fish it, you need to book in. So please either let me know, or better still, contact George on 07792 516467.
Bernie