Good evening members, todays match was yet another gruella for all concerned. We were spread up and down the whole stretch fishing the clearest swims I could pick yesterday, knowing the high pressure, full sunshine and streamer weed would still cause our anglers a good deal of bother…… It was very tough going for some…. Gareth nearly caught more small pike than fish that count.
The top five are as follows,
Fishing like a pro currently and taking first place with a nice net of Dace came Tony Sexton in peg 48 weighing in 2lb 13oz 8dr. Tone is in a rich vein of form at present, long may it continue.
2nd place in peg 48a came Nick Sawyer with 2lb 12oz. Nick had a lot of Gudgeon in his mixed bag.
3rd place the ever steady and reliable Martin Chown. Mart landed 127 fish and weighed in 2lb 11oz 8dr. Plenty of young fish to grow on.
4th position Ian Blyth with 1lb 12 in peg 38. A 4lb Pike pestered Ian until it was removed from his swim and relocated further downstream.
Joint 5th place Des Burgess and Dave Lyne had 1lb 5oz from peg 33 and 64 respectively.
Thanks to all attendees taking part today, including Nick Sawyer who we don’t see often but always removes money from my wallet, and Danny Bryant who fishing peg 32 today losing the obligatory 1.10pm Chub straightening his hook and making off with his bait. Would have won the match Danny….
Our next match is on October 1st and is the Teams of four which takes up the entire stretch. For this match we will be working on the streamer weed issue so I need volunteers for Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th morning work parties to help with this, please give up a bit of your time. Following this is the Wheatley teams of three, So this is held by our colleagues at the Oxford Waltonians, contact Tony Gee at Ace Tackle and Bait to enter a team.
Following this on October 15th is our next Open match. Please contact me if you wish to join us, it’s always good to meet members and none members at our matches.
Get out there and fish, Dave.