Nielsen Jefferies Reports:-
Last Sunday’s open at Clawford Fisheries was held on Fletchers lake. It was great to see some new faces and one being our winner Graham Coleman from peg 11 with 63lb 6oz, second was Fred Jones from peg 15 with 52 lb 12 oz and I managed to sneak into third place with 45lb 14 oz from peg 9. Many thanks to John Ray and Wanda Ray for their hospitality, and hope to see you all again soon.
Below is the latest result from Stafford Moor as sent to me by Joanne Combes:- Never do understand the points system perhaps someone could explain and I will put explanation on the site as an article!
The Pairs festival at Stafford was a 2 day festival with 78 guys fishing . Winners were the same winners as last year who were Ben Hagg & Lee Werrett who won with just 4 points the perfect score ! In second place was Martin Preston & Scott Puddy with 5 points , in third place with 7 points was Peter Upperton & Robbie Taylor , in forth place with 9 points was Steve Ford & Chris Cameron.
Norman Martin and Jim Lawries won this years Continental Pairs Match at Upper Tamar lake. Norman putting together a fine net of mostly roach totaling 48lb 12oz and JIm a net of 43lb again mostly roach a paired total of 91lb 12oz. The runners up had a total of 77lb.
Stewart Lister had the biggest individual net of the day at 51lb.
Andy Seery also commented on the match result where the two anglers used his new bait to great effect.
Norman Martin and Jim Lawrie fish Simon Poynters first ever continental pairs comp,the two boys fished an incredible match just 6ft apart and landed an incredible 93lbs of silvers at 3.6m to hand ,both lads fed small balls of GB sprinkled with our Little Red Devil Micros! This outstanding performance won them first place in the pairs! All of these new baits are now available direct from myself ,the Little Red Micros are a 2.3mm slowbreak down bait ,ideal for the summer and hot weather when you get pestered by small fish and you want a bait not to just dissolve,it has good holding powers of the Go-nut smell and attractant ,when you damp they release bright red plumes when entering the water,they seem to be working really well with the carp and better skimmers!
The lasted images from Furzebray show some of the best looking carp I have ever seen. Well done to Tony Kingdon and his father Martin on running such a splendid venue. With another lake due to open next spring with even more specimen carp to target.
Jason Tee found the carp on the feed at Furzebray where he landed several stunning carp including the mint common below at a weight of 31lb.
Jason also landed Blackspot at 35.10 and a stunning mirror carp of 27lb.
Stunning 27lb mirror
Andrew Parkinson has also enjoyed success at Furzebray landing a superb mirror of 27lb ( Below)
Bideford & District Angling Club Monthly Coarse Match at Tarka Swims
1st John Lisle 28lb 10oz
2nd Matt Cross 15lb 11oz
3rd Steve Bailey 13lb 8oz
4th Ian Owen 10lb 15oz
5th Colin Gorman 10lb 4oz
John had, 5 good carp on the long pole using sweetcorn , Matt used similar tactics for 3 carp in the margins.
Rory Hewitt and Henry Gayton won Bideford and District Angling Clubs Junior Pairs Match at Tarka Swims. Bideford are to be congratulated for all the sterling work they have undertaken to encourage young anglers. The club lake has been a huge benefit providing an ideal location close to Bideford at a very reasonable cost.
I called into Blakewell Fishery on the way home from Barnstaple just in time to meet Roger Ackriod weighing in a four fish bag of quality trout to 4lb 2oz tempted on blood-worm imitation.
Roger Ackriod
The fishery re-opened today September 10th after extensive weed clearing work on the lake that has certainly paid dividends with the water now crystal clear and the bank-side vegetation still lush and green. After a cup of tea and coffee Pauline and I took a walk around the lake to capture a few images on re-opening day. The early autumn sunshine shone into the clear water giving glimpses of several fine trout that I feel sure would have seized a well presented nymph. John Nickel informed me that several double figure rainbow trout have been stocked along with some pristine brown trout. The next few weeks will see some fine trout landed by visitors to this fine still-water with small imitative patterns most likely to succeed.
The weather forecast was far from good with strong winds and heavy rain forecast but it was a Friday night and after a week at work the coast was beckoning. A phone call from my good mate Kevin Legge sealed the decision and a short session was planned to coincide with high water. We knew a sheltered spot and with top quality waterproofs there was no excuse not to go.
One of the beauties of bass is that they can be caught on a wide variety of methods and one of my personal favorites is to free-line holding the rod to feel that electrifying pull as the bass intercepts the bait. First cast I had a good pull and missed it. Second cast and I connect with a pleasing bass of around 3lb 8oz that is carefully returned. I expect more takes but that is the only take I get all evening. A couple of hours later Kev gives a shout and I scurry over to slip the net under a bass that we estimate at around 6lb. The fish gives a good account of itself on the light tackle and rounds off a pleasing excursion. The fish is tempted on a large flapper of Ammo mackerel.
Joanne Combes reported on the open match on Tanners and Woodpecker lakes. Stating “Was hard fishing today as we have a lot of rain in the last 24 hours so a lot of cold water which affects the fishing.”
Any fishery that can produce top three bags on a hard day has to be pretty good in view!!
SUNDAY OPEN – September 4th
1st BEN BROXSON Peg 1 Woodpecker: 165lbs 1oz
2nd DAVE STOCKTON Peg 34 Woodpecker: 163lbs 1oz
3rd JOHN MCGAN Peg 32 Woodpecker: 109lbs 10oz
Zenia at Anglers Paradise sent me this story and picture of a first fish. Great to see the futures anglers getting started.
Just been sent this adorable picture of the beautiful Chloe Wyatt that just caught her 1st Ever Fish, she overcame her fear of Maggots, chose her own hook and reeled in this lovely Mirror from the Pixie Lake, she will be 3 at the end of this Month! She is on holiday with her Mummy, Daddy and Grandma.
Zenia Gregorek “Love it! So great to see the younger generation enjoying the sport we all know and love”
