Paul Morris won the latest Open match at Stafford Moor with 124lb 8oz From peg 5 On Tanners fishing pellet on the pole. The competitors endured heavy rain and strong winds to make some stunning hauls.
North Devon Match Group Final Summer League Upper Tamar Devon Arm
North Devon Match Group Final Summer League Upper Tamar Devon Arm
1st Paul Elworthy 39lb 12oz
2nd Neilsen Jeffery 31lb
3rd Andy Seery 25lb 4oz
4th Martin Turner 18lb 12oz .
Paul drew on the entrance of the Devon Arm and fished the open end feeder with corn to amass almost 40lb of skimmers, Neilsen fished on the next peg with a 3.5mtr whip, for second spot and took over 300 small perch and roach, Andy had a similar net on a 4.5 mtr using maggot and groundbait for 3rd. Conditions were rather challenging with strong winds and constant rain , The Summer League concluded with this match Neilsen ran out the winner on 122pts 2nd Paul Elworthy 110 3rd Martin Turner 105 4th Chris Morris 90
North Devon Match Group Championship No 8 Darracott Reservoir Results
Many thanks to Martin Turner’s weekly updates on North Devon Match Group and Bideford Angling Club Matches
1st Paul Elworthy 19lb 10oz
2nd Neilsen Jeffery 16lb 11oz
3rd Martin Turner 15lb 1oz
4th Andy Gray 13lb 6oz
5th John Lacey 13lb 1oz .
Paul drew a peg on the far bank and made the most of the deeper water with pole and corn for a winning bag of skimmers, Neilsen drew the end peg and fished worms on a small feeder for 2nd, Martins net was made up of roach and rudd.
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Bumper Weights at Stafford Moor
There have been some stunning weights at Stafford Moor Recently with the cooler changeable weather encouraging the fish to feed hard.
The top six weights in Stafford Moors latest Mid week open all topped the ton with the top weight doubling this at 206lb 11oz.
1st DEREK BRADSHAW Peg 6 Tanners: 206lbs 11oz
2nd KEV OSBOURNE Peg 9 Woodpecker: 174lbs 9oz
3rd ADAM PALMER Peg 20 Woodpecker: 139lbs 9oz
4th ROB COOMBES Peg 20 Tanners: 122lbs 13oz
5th MARTIN HEARD Peg 7 Woodpecker: 118lbs 5oz
6th GEOFF WOODS Peg 18 Woodpecker: 103lbs 10oz
Sunday Open Match August 13th
1st ROB COOMBES Peg 10 Woodpecker: 114lbs 8oz
2nd SAM POWELL Peg 15 Tanners: 113lbs 12oz
3rd DAVE STOCKTON Peg 12 Woodpecker: 100lbs 11oz
Bidefords Monthly Coarse Match
Results
1st Keith Copland 18lb 11oz
2nd Martin Turner 16lb 9oz
3rd Martin Hawker 12lb 6oz
4th John Lisle 10lb 2oz
After a week of indifferent weather , our members were rewarded with a pleasant summers day. Keith took the honours on peg S with 2 large carp and some perch, he also scooped the golden peg for a bonus’ payday’ . Martin Turner took 2 carp and 2 bream on peg P for 2nd , Martin Hawker had 2 carp on the pole in corner peg M. The silvers bag went to John with 2 big bream and some perch.
North Devon Tackle Angling Club – Match at Jennetts
Jennetts reservoir results: 6/8/17
1st Simon Poynter 42lb – roach and skimmers on 4mtr whip.
2nd Norman Martin 30lb 11oz – bream and skimmers on whip & feeder.
3rd Barry Lee 25lb 9oz – roach and skimmers on the whip & waggler.
4th 23lb 1oz Kevin Wilton
5th 22lb Kier Durrant
North Devon Match Group Summer League Horwood Fishery Result
North Devon Match Group Summer League Horwood Fishery
Result 1st Paul Elworthy 54lb 10oz
2nd James Grogan 36lb 1oz
3rd John Lacey 27lb 12oz
4th Neilsen Jeffery 26lb 11oz .
Paul fished on peg 2 with double red maggot on the pole, James came second on the next peg using pole and tip. John took 3rd spot from the end peg on the top lake using paste on the tip.
Bideford Clubs Final Midweek Match Result.
The final midweek evening comp at Tarka Swims.
1st Craig Crash Lamey 15lb 9oz
2nd Martin Turner 10lb 1oz
3rd Cavan Patterson 6lb 13oz
4th June Hawker 4lb 4oz
A dozen hardy souls braved a wet night at Tarka for the last of Bideford Angling Clubs10 match series, Craig took the honours with 2 carp tench and roach from the un-fancied peg G , Craig caught on cheese on the lead, Martin was second on peg G with a good bream and a late carp on 8mm pellet. Cavan had a nice carp on the next peg for third.
In the final points tally Keith Copland was unable to defend his lead and Martins 11 points gave him final victory with 66 Keith 64 Cavan 60 Colin Gorman 58 Peter Slade 56. Craig 55
STAFFORD MOOR – FISHO WINNER – 209lb 3oz!!!!
Many Match anglers would be delighted to top 100lb; Steve Shaw fished a match at the Prolific Stafford Moor to double this weight!
Winner of Stafford Moors Fisho Festival 2017 was Steve Shaw (MOSELLA) who won from peg 1 on Tanners lake with 203lb 8oz!
Twenty anglers contested the competition on Tanners Lake.
Steve won £1000 and the four section winners won £295 each with second in section winners received £140 each.
Bideford Angling Club – Penultimate Summer Evening Match
1st Martin Turner 10lb 8oz
2nd David Bailey 7lb 9oz
3rd Craig Crash Lamey 6lb 1oz
Martin caught a large carp on luncheon meat on the pole plus a pound of small fish on peg B ,this result moves him in to 2nd place in the league with one match remaining, David took his mirror carp on a bunch of red maggots on peg S , Craig came third with a late fully scaled mirror carp on the tip on pellet. Keith Copland still leads the league with 60 points ,next weeks comp is the final one in the evening league.
