November 3rd – 9th
128 anglers caught 669 fish of which 391 were returned.
28 fish over 4lb
Best Fish
Rainbow
9lb 12oz Gavin Cairns, Newmarket, minkie, boat
9lb 0oz Boris, Stanion, black minkie
8lb 4oz Gary Howe, Bedford, cats whisker
8lb 0oz John Caldwell, St Ives, grhe
5lb 9oz George Brock, Corby, yellow dancer
5lb 8oz Dave Miles, Wellingborough, orange blob, boat
Brown
4lb 6oz Gordon Macvinish, ginger bits, boat
4lb 0oz Matt Harris, Cambridge, wet hopper
4lb 0oz Brian Carter, Peterborough, grhe
Best Areas
Bank – brookside, dam, boat bay
Boat – anchored off dam, brookside bay, west arm
Best Patterns
wet or dry black hopper, small black buzzer, red diawl bach, red cruncher, grhe, small damsel, white/green lures
A cracking week for both boat and bank anglers. Most fish continue to be caught on or near the surface with a variety of methods. On windy days lures will work but in calmer conditions the fish can be tricky when feeding on very small black buzzers when an imitative approach is needed.
Water clarity is superb and the fish are fighting fit. Along with buzzers the main food source at the moment is daphnia, corixa and immature damsels.
Saturday Nov 8th
Two clubs fished Elinor from the bank and despite the wet weather enjoyed good sport.
8 members of Invicta fly fishers fished C&R and shared 83 fish including 2 over 8lb!
7 members of Tunbridge Wells fly fishers made the long journey pay off:
1. Micky Heasman 6 fish 15lb 2oz
2. Ray Burt 6 fish 11lb 4oz
3. Martyn Gray 5 fish 11lb 2oz
Sunday Nov 9th Dave Hughes Memorial Fur & Feather
Fantastic weather and a good turnout of 40 anglers (15 from the bank and 25 from boats)
A total of 153 fish were taken for a rod average of 3.8
Bank and boat were equally as good with 5 of each filling the top 10
13 anglers managed to get their six fish limit.
Barry Chillingworth took 6 fish for 16lb 6oz + time bonus on a goldhead damsel anchored off the dam
1. Barry Chillingworth, Northampton, boat, 25lb 13oz
2. Geoff Alsop, Tamworth, bank, 24lb 9oz
3. Steve Johnson, Raunds, bank, 20lb 13oz
4. Keith Fairey, Northampton, boat, 19lb 5oz
5. John Thomson, Corby, boat, 18lb 8oz
6. Ian Donaldson, Huntingdon, bank, 18lb 6oz
7. Adam Gumby, Leicester, boat, 17lb 15oz
8. Geoff Makin, Leighton Buzzard, bank, 17lb 10oz
9. Paul Haskey, Rugby, bank, 16lb 10oz
10. Dave Roadley, Chapel St Leonards, boat, 16lb 5oz
Best fish 5lb 3oz Gary Martin, Corby
A total of £506.00 was raised to be shared between the Warks/Northants Air Ambulance and the British Heart Foundation.
Many thanks to everyone who supported the event.
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