20 Jul 2023

Fishing For Life – Volunteers Required

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Fishing For Life with Wistlandpound Fly Fishing Club at Hawkridge Reservoir in 2021

Fishing for Life, based at Wimbleball Lake, are looking for a few volunteers to help our ladies fishing. You would be under the supervision of a qualified coach who would be in overall charge of the session.

https://www.southwestfishingforlife.org.uk

We have several venues and are looking for help at Wimbleball, Kennick, Hawkridge and Blakewell.

Duties could be helping carry tackle, netting fish, recommending flies, advice on casting etc. Volunteers would have to be sympathetic to the ladies needs, their well being is paramount.

If anyone is interested please contact Patrick on [email protected].

16 Jul 2023

Bideford and District Angling Club Junior event No. 3

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Bideford and District Angling Club
Junior event No. 3
Results:
1st Brodie Allen 14lb 8oz
2nd Lewis Hathaway 9lb 4oz
3rd Leo Davies 7lb 14oz
4th Eric Snudden 3lb 9oz
4th Hector Snudden 3lb 9oz
6th Willow Davies 2lb 10oz
7th Imogen Babb 1lb 14oz
8th Albi Clements 15oz
The forecast for wind and heavy rain kept some of our regular youngsters away for this,the third event of the summer series ; however the weather wasn’t as bad as predicted and pegs 7 to 14 offered a degree of shelter.
Some nice catches were made with Brodie’s net of pole caught carp top wieght on the day,
Second place went to Lewis on peg 7, sweetcorn on the pole tactics.
Leo fished pellets on a method feeder for third.
Our next event is on Saturday August 5th.
15 Jul 2023

Bideford and District Angling Club Evening competition No 9

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Bideford and District Angling Club

Evening competition No 9

Results:
1st Keith Mountjoy  30lb 5oz
2nd Richard Jeffries 29lb 6oz
3rd Warren Thornton  28lb 12oz
4th Craig Crash Lamey 22lb 4oz
5th Kevin Shears  18lb 8oz
14 fished
Our members enjoyed another very close match, this evening. It was the penultimate competition in the 10 match series, Keith has come out on top , from peg 18, fishing the pole to the edge of the lilly pads, fed heavily with dampened micro pellets and using a small soft pellet on the hook.
Richard has moved into joint second,in the league , paste on the pole in the weedbed on peg 15 secured second in the match.
League top three are Nathan Underwood on 115
Martin Turner and Richard Jeffries on 105.
oger Ackroy remains in fourth on 85.
15 Jul 2023

Jamie Steward – Big Fish and fundraising

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Combe Martin SAC member Jamies Steward is having a good run at the moment tempting this fine specimen smoothound of 13lb 3oz on his latest trip to the coast. He also caught a specimen thin lipped mullet of 4lb 14oz from the Taw estuary.

Jamie and his family have been raising funds for the RNLI following a near miss on the coast during the winter. Jamie has organised various events including two raffles and a 100km charity walk that have raised over £1700 for the Ilfracombe RNLI. The local angling community have been generous in supporting Jamies efforts appreciating the wonderful work undertaken by the RNLI.

Rescued Angler Launches Crowdfunding for the RNLI

15 Jul 2023

Stafford Moor Carp Catches

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The South Westerly winds and unsettled conditions are perfect for carp fishing.

(Above) Dean and Gary banked  25 fish  from the beach swim on Beatties lake glad you both had a fabulous time especially after driving all the way from Kent !

(Above) Pete Lilley who banked 6 fish from Beatties lake including a new pb  stunning 28lb 4oz common.

 

14 Jul 2023

Estuaries of Opportunity

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Combe Martin SAC member Jamie Steward tempted this fine specimen thin lipped grey mullet of 4lb 14oz whilst using baited spinner tactics.

The Taw and Torridge Estaury offer many miles of accessible angling where light tackle and varied tactics can be employed to tempt a surprisngly wide variety of species. Bass to double figures hunt the estuaries and can be found surprisingly high up on the confluence with freshwater as well as at the estuary mouth.

On  the lower estuary school bass can be seen in a feeding frenzy as they smash into whitebait behind this angler lure fishing on a flooding evening tide.              

Gilthead bream are a more recent visitor to the Taw estaury with specimens tempted as far up as Fremington Quay.  All three species of grey mullet can be found throughout the estuary and can be caught using bait, fly fishing and baited spinners.

Where the estuary meets the sea smoothound to double figures can provide excting tussles as they grab baits often intended for bass or gilthead bream.

( Above) The vast estuary at Fremington Quay offers plenty of scope to explore and use different tactics.

( Above) Mullet will push up into the many creeks along the estuary offering a challenge that few anglers are prepared to accept.

The vast estuary with its many mudbanks, creeks and sandbanks offers a wealth of opportunities for anglers with the chance to glimpse a diverse variety of wildlife. The scene is ever changing as the tides ebb and flow beneath everchanging skies. As autumn approaches flounder enthusiasts will line the banks at popular venues. Codling can often provide a decent meal as the nights pull in during late autumn.

13 Jul 2023

Summer Trout – Gammaton Reservoir

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Gammaton Reservoir near Bideford is well run by Torridge Fly Fishing Club who arrange regular stockings of rainbow trout to 4lb throughout the season. I recently visited the lake with six fellow members of the Wistlandpound Fly Fishing Club. We had been warned that the fishing would be difficult as on most Stillwater trout fisheries at this time of year but with the date in club diary of events we decided to go ahead.

Club member Robert Chugg kindly met us at the fishery car park at 5:30pm and sorted our permits that are excellent value at £25.00 for three fish.

We all walked up to the top lake which had been fishing the best of the two. Most elected to use sinking lines with reports indicating that what fish were caught recently fell to lures or flies fished deep.

The conditions seemed ideal with a light westerly breeze and occasional sunny spells. The view from the lake is truly spectacular with the vista of the Taw & Torridge estuary basin stretching out to Saunton Sands and the hotel that is clearly visible. Lundy Island is also visible on the horizon far out in the Bristol Channel.

I set up on the West bank of the lake and started searching for a fish. Colin Combe opposite caught a fish early on which was an encouraging sign.

I tried various set ups and after an hour had a solid take whilst fishing a damsel booby fishing back with a pull and pause retrieve. The rainbow was around 1lb 12oz and a pleasing result considering the recent catches. I noted that fellow members were not catching any trout just a few small perch. After a while with no further takes I changed to a Montana on the point and two small dark flies on the droppers. I fished this slowly and to my dismay lost three fish before close of fishing at 9:30pm. Colin opposite landed one more trout.

As the light faded we walked back to the car park. The friendly club sortie had been highly enjoyable despite just three fish being landed. Colin Combe was the winner with two rainbows for 3lb 4oz and myself runner up with 1lb 12oz.