48lb 6oz of roach wins today

[TF_Waveney One]

What a day on the River Yare it was. Some of the colour had dropped out but there was a tinge at high water when the match started – 18 inches on the colourometer but it dropped out as the tide ran down.

The bream and skimmers are not showing anywhere near what they were but the roach are hitting the peak and with the neap tide and an all match ebb the pole was always going to score well – and it did!
50 fished

1st Tony Anderson – Peg 86 – 48lb 6oz of prime roach on the pole with a number of fish over 1lb
2nd Adi Hindry – Peg ?? – 41lb 6oz of roach
3rd Chris Vandervleit 38lb 6oz – Peg 99 Chris had a bream and a couple of skimmers early doors on the feeder and then fished the pole for roach. To go with his brand spanking new pink Bait-Tech T shirt that he turned up in, at the end of the match presentation as well as his brown envelope Chris was also presented with a brand spanking new pink disgorger ;D
4th Reggie Bryanton Peg 124 with 38lb 1oz of pole caught roach

Sections –
Pegs 22 to 29 John Taylor peg 23 with 33lb 13oz
Pegs 47 to 54 Andy Moss peg 52 with 33lb 13oz – there were 2 other 28lb weights in this section
Pegs 61 to 67 Malcolm Runacres with 26lb 13oz
Pegs 69 to 78 Simon Newman with 20lb 14oz
Pegs 86 to 92 Steve Clark with 36lb 9oz – This section also had Simon Colclough weigh in 31lb 3oz which was 3rd in the section. The lowest weight in the 7 peg section was 26lb 13oz and all the weights were roach!!!!
Pegs 93 to 99 K Redgrave with 30lb 11oz
Pegs 104 to 109 Mick Bartrum with 22lb 14oz
Pegs 124 to 143 Brian Gooch with 26lb 10oz.

All of the weights shown above were 95% all roach catches with the odd skimmer, perch and dace

What a river – If there is currently a better river in the whole country then I would love to fishing it.

Me – 18lb 8oz of the tiniest roach you could imagine (for the Yare 1/2 to 2oz!). In hind sight perhaps I should have ditched the 7 metre whip and fished the long pole but I was convinced the larger roach would show – they didn’t. But I have had a fish almost every put in, no frap ups and I finished the day on the same rig that started with, even the same hook! Like a whirling dervish I was with the old G/B balls going out and roach coming in!

[TF_Waveney One]

Of all 50 anglers – everyone weighed in and there were only 2 weights below 10lb – both on the Boards.

[TF_carpcruncherParticipant]

Great top weight , but most important what superb backing weights~clap

[TF_MICK THE BOOKIE]

Brilliant days River fishing.Envious anglers my end.Congrats to all who fished.~clap ~clap ~clap ~clap ~clap

[triplel]

Any idea of the likely tides and prospects for the Pontins week?

Im happy at Barford BUT the Yare is a mystery to me now…

I used to fish there with Brian Gooch 30 years ago (he was catching then.. and things dont seem to have changed from looking at the results now!)

[TF_Waveney One]

@triplel wrote:

Any idea of the likely tides and prospects for the Pontins week?

Im happy at Barford BUT the Yare is a mystery to me now…

I used to fish there with Brian Gooch 30 years ago (he was catching then.. and things dont seem to have changed from looking at the results now!)

Brian is still catching well and the river is whole lot better than 30 years when one smelt won a winter league of 120 anglers!

It is a little too early to tell the tides as they only do a month ahead on the website I use but this is it http://www.norfolk-broads.org/tides/broadstides.asp. Loads of hemp, casters and groundbait.

I’ll pm you Brians phone number if you want to give him a call.

[triplel]

Cheers!

I actually bumped into him in Gorleston a year or so ago not having seen him for nearly 15 years… and in the tackle shop in Beccles the week after..

I mananged to speak to the young guy in there a couple of weeks ago who fishes one of the leagues with him so I have his contact details… a bit nearer the time I will give him a bell!

Actually I miss fishing the rivers.. and remember fondly lots of great matches on the Waveney at Beccles in the winter with Mr Runacres and Finch to name but 2, winning all the cash.

I now fish mostly commercials with a small club. Commercials are great BUT its a totally different skill set….

Next year… now my internet business is running itself to some degree… me and my brother are going to fish a few Opens rather than club matches.. finding the time to practise is finally a possibility!

Mind you getting him away from Barford and onto the Yare might be a problem since his last 4 open results there are..

2nd
1st
2nd
and 4th!

[TF_Waveney One]

Those results at Barford are pretty good aren’t they, no wonder you don’t need any info for there!

Rodney and Malcolm are on the Yare every week!

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