PACKINGTON VETS (LITTLE GEARYS)
1. Ron Savage 3 -14 Peg 15
One F1 & Roach on Pole & Maggot
2. Dave Duggan 1 – 2
3. Alan Dolby 0 -12

SUNDAY OPEN (LITTLE GEARYS)
1. Alan Dolby (Lanes Bait) 5 -12
F1’s & Roach on Pole & Pinkies
2. Dave Wood (Lanes Baits) 5 – 6
2. Wendell Ward (Best Baits) 5 – 6
4. Ray Quiney (Packington) 2 -15

REPORT
Most of the pools remained covered in a thick layer of ice despite the slow thaw throughout the past week. Ice breaking on Little Gearys allowed a couple of matches to take place but even though everybody caught (24 fished on Sunday) weights were low and consisted mainly of skimmers and small roach to maggot, caster or pinkies. The aerator has cleared pegs 1 – 5 and 59 – 61 on Molands and anglers fishing these pegs caught plenty of roach to ½ pound, skimmers to over a 1lb, perch and the odd F1’s and chub, red maggot on pole or waggler was the best tactic.

The reedbeds on Willow remained open and skimmers and F1’s were being caught on small expanders or maggot on pegs 5 and 6.

The River Blythe has been popular over the past few days with anglers catching chub to 3 ½lb caught on either bronze maggot/caster with short float or ledger bread flake.

MATCHES (subject to ice)

SATURDAY 8th JANUARY – OPEN – LITTLE GEARYS

SUNDAY 9th JANUARY – CHRISTMAS MATCH – ALL POOLS

PLEASE PHONE THE FISHERY BEFORE COMING, TO CHECK ON AVAILABILITY OF FISHING.

Contact the fishery on 01676 523833 or check out our website on http://www.packingtonestate.net