Another good turnout of 38 anglers found fishing a bit patchy, with good weights of Carp and bream taken on method feeder dominating the main prizes, but with some handy weights of small skimmers and roach taking two of the sections and generally small fish showed quite well.

Carl Barnfield (Swan Baits/ Cobra Feeders) 93lb 11oz 8drm, Peg 66 on the Bluebell bank, Method feeder with bread and Meat hookbait. Carl had 2 carp for 20lb and the rest Bream to 3lb.

Alan Walton (Lanes Bait) 57-10-0 , peg 30 method feeder with bread and meat hookbait casting to the corner of the big island on the Shakespeare bank, 4 carp for 27lb plus bream.

Mark Hemming (Lodge Park AC) 56-11-0, peg 54 , 5 carp and 18 bream, method feeder

Roger Bayliss (Highbury AC) 38-12-0, peg 55 Method feeder for bream , red maggot hookbait

N. Franklin (Earlswood) 33-1-0 peg 58 Method feeder , bream

Section Winners:

Section A – Peg 7 Joe Roberts, (Starlets) 20-15-0

Section B – Peg 29 Martin Tremlett (Redditch) 29-8-0 this was the best Pole weight of the day and comprised well over a hundred small skimmer bream.

Section C – Peg 37 Keith Woodhead (Redditch) 21-0-0

Section D – Peg 56 Trevor Wyse (Match Fishing Scene) 18-9-8

Section E – Peg 61 Maurice Williams (Match Fishing Scene) 27 –11 -8

John Bushell Arrow Valley Lake match organiser, Phone no. 07879624248.