Would ALL members please note that our Riparian Land owner and President, Mr Malcolm Corrie, has entered into an Environmental Stewardship Agreement. This agreement includes a 14m margin from the river bank to the crop edge. However, the Society has been granted an extra 2m for vehicular access. It is therefore imperative that VEHICLES ONLY DRIVE OVER THIS SET TRACK AND NOT ON ANY OTHER AREA OF THE MARGIN OR CROP, otherwise we will be in breach of this agreement. See the attached shot of my car on the track we are to use and note the "new" ploughed and tilled soil to the left of it that WE MUST NOT DRIVE OVER.

It's quite straightforward really, if you want to be able to park your car behind your peg on Cressage Meadow to fish, DON'T stray from the vehicle track. 

PLEASE LET ANY MEMBER NOT ON THE INTERNET KNOW ABOUT THIS. I will put up notices on the entrance to the meadow as well.

Bernie

WULAC have, once again, invited LAS anglers as guests to a match on their Norton Mere Pool on Sunday 1 May, draw 0800 Hrs fish 0900 - 1400 Hrs. There will be a £3 peg fee for non-members, so you need to make yourself known to George, their Match Secretary, as an LAS angler. This is the venue some members fished last year at a Charity match and has a good head of bream, some tench and some good carp as well as roach and perch.

Please let other LAS anglers not on the 'Net know about this, as all are welcome.

On one of the hottest days so far this year, Keith Bowers and myself set about removing the large tree just at the bottom of peg 1, downstream from Cressage bridge. This was not an easy task, but putting our new tractor to good use and also employing a very good block and tackle (see picture) we managed to remove most of it. We now just need to cut the remainder in half with a chain saw and haul the two pieces out with the tractor.

An update: At the second (very soggy) work party on 12 June, those who turned out managed to get half of what was left out of the river, after cutting it off. By the time we had hauled the remaining stump to the top of the bank, we were all exhausted and when we tried to pull it clear with the tractor, it just rolled back down the bank! Never mind, once we get another decent day, we will get it completely out.

As the river was, at long last, at about it's normal level, the Scramble Match scheduled for the last Sunday of the season, 13 March, was fished in conjunction with the sixth and final leg of the Winter League.

Carl Pavey was the eventual winner with 64 Lbs 9 Ozs, 14 Barbel and one chub (Click on DSC00085.jpg below for a picture of Carl with his winning weight). Second was Tony Randall from peg 80 with 33 Lbs 11 Ozs and third was Eric Rimmer from peg 88 with 24 Lbs 2 Ozs. Carl's 64 Lbs was not enough to stop Tony Randall from taking the league with just 10 penalty points, leaving Carl in second place with 15 and Dave Upton and Ken Arnold on 16. But Dave edged third place on weight. For the full Winter League result, click on the link.

Winter_League_2011 - Final Leighton 2010-11.pdf (40.08 kb)

DSC00085.jpg (2.02 mb)

17 members managed to turn out to the AGM on 19 February, which was 7 more than last year! To read all about it click on the link to see the minutes.

AGM MINUTES - 19 FEB 11.pdf (43.98 kb)

As the river had been over its banks for some days, the WULAC guys offered to fish the return match of this challenge on their Church Pool on 20 February 2011. So a team of 12 LAS anglers turned out on a dour morning to fish this match. There was a stiff and very cold East wind which really put the fish down, except for WULAC's Andy Wheeler, who had a sheltered spot where the carp fed close to the bank. He managed to bag 8 of them for a weight of 44 Lbs 12 Ozs, which would have beaten the LAS team total of 37 Lbs 1 Oz by itself! Although WULAC had 5 blanks to LAS's 2, they still amassed a total weight of 66 Lbs 15 Ozs to win comfortably. There was some consolation for the LAS team though, as Terry Thompson managed second place with 12 Lbs 12 Ozs, Ray Armstrong was fourth with 7 Lbs 6 Ozs (one carp taken first put in - then never had another bite!) and Bob Smith fifth with 5 Lbs 4 Ozs.

It is hoped that we can fish the WULAC team on our river before the end of the season - possibly combining it with the Scramble Match on 13 March.

Just to update all members on Graham Davis's progress. I had a telephone conversation with him just after the match last Sunday (17 July) and he is now home and has been able to walk round his fishery. He was completely exhausted when he got back and showering tires him out too. But this is good progress, as the doctors reckon it will be 3 - 6 months in total before he gets back to as good as he is going to be.

The reason he 'phoned me was to enquire about the match result, wanting to know who caught what from where. He does hope to be fishing the river before the end of the Summer League matches. However, he was worried that he would not be able to lift the landing net out of the water with a barbel in it, so I assured him that it would be fine for Pam to help him with this, as all the lads want to see him back on the bank.

I know you read these web pages regularly for the match reports Graham, so get well soon mate, as we all miss you and Pam on the banks at Leighton.

After being frozen off Bayliss Pools carp lake last week, 14 of our Winter Leaguers were just about blown off it today! High winds and an overcast sky made for tricky conditions to see those tiny bream bites, but Tony Poolton managed to find some good size ones to win with 33 Lbs 12 Ozs.  Second was local lad Tony Randall, with 18 Lbs 13 Ozs and third was Terry Thompson with 17 Lbs 4 Ozs.  All three used a groundbait feeder and red maggot to tempt mostly bream, skimmers and some quality roach.  For the full result and league standings after selecting the best 4 from 5 results, click on the link below.  The final leg will be fished on the river - as soon as conditions allow!

Winter League 2011 - 5 Sheet1.pdf (38.01 kb)

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After all the bad weather, we finally got to fish the postponed third leg of our Winter League series on Withy Pool, Telford. Despite the pool only having been completely ice free for barely 24 hours, the 12 members who turned out to fish this match on a really wet, mild day, had a good day's sport. Eventual winner was Nick Bastock with an impressive 14 Lbs 2 Ozs net of bream, skimmers and roach all taken on the long pole and red maggot. Second was yours truly with 8 Lbs dead, which consisted of 3 small bream, some cracking roach and rudd plus skimmers all taken on the tip with red maggot and a 2 Lbs carp caught on the long pole and a 22 hook to a 1 Lb bottom! Third was Ken Arnold with 7 Lbs 7 Ozs. Everyone caught on this new-to-us venue and were very pleased to do so after such a long enforced break. I think we will book the venue again - when its not raining please!

This means that Ken Arnold is now leading the League with just 9 penalty points, followed by myself, Dave Upton and Tony Randall all on 12 points.  Three matches to go and all to fish for!

Click on the link to see the full results so far.

Winter League 2011 - 3 WINTER LEAGUE 2010-11.pdf (37.99 kb)