Hi James you and I don’t agree on everything . I remember you were incensed to find Evesham lost to Eckington . Anyway your right about long walks . Also many years ago there were some stiles to navigate . Kit off trolley and back on again . Doubt if it’s changed . All of it is 12 to 15 Feet deep and I could only imagine Bream on feeder winning all 3 zones . However if it’s as dirty as I think it could be , Bleak may win something . Years ago Chub were as rare as rocking horse shit but if you got one it should be big . When we used to fish winter leagues there , Roach were the target for points . Low double figures Ocasionaly came out , mainly to straight lead tactics . Realisticly 3to4 lbs was always good . We ain’t team fishing and Bream in the 3 to 6 lbs region should win . If it were low and clear some big Perch may have shown amongst the boats above the lock . It was never much good for float fishing but we didn’t pole fish it back in the eighties . Someone with a big flat float or Pole feeder may show us the way . But I doubt it . Last chance Saturday . :rolleyes:

I agree on that , 🙂

At the end of one access , there is a lock . Turn right and go upstream to the moored boats , area called the covers , then on to the sewerage plant on the far bank . This is two fields !!! Turn left at the end of the lane and you can see the weir . Two more fields and you reach the lower yaught club , but if you draw here there is another access . The third access will be the car park over the road bridge and on the left just short of Eckington village . Over the road and head downstream . There is a Railway bridge a field down , followed by the upstream yaught club . Followed , I think by the stump pegs . Me thinks them stumps must now be trees . If you get to the above mentioned sewerage plant ???? You took the wrong access . Take a long rest !! 😀 : 😀 😀

As someone who cheered for Eckington as a venue ? With wonderfull hindsight it was far removed from match fishing . My 20 peg zone was won with one carp!! The middle 20 zone took 1st , 2nd and third in a row . Then the end peg won the bottom 20 . Before anyone cries bitter and twisted ! Well done all that qualified . Fishing aside Colin Harvey runs a match like a well oiled machine . Thanks Colin . furthermore the local club members spent loads of time and effort , raking weed , attempting to gain some slightly better access . ?? Where possible . And free for all of us . Well done all of you . My next post will say what I am thinking . 😉