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Two weeks May 17th – 30th
385 anglers caught 1494 fish of which 887 were returned
Best Fish
10lb 8oz Glenn Harwood, Chelveston, olive buzzer
10lb 4oz Ray Goodfellow, Kettering, orange blob
10lb 3oz Steve Johnson, Raunds, damsel
9lb 9oz Stuart Fowler, Crowland, orange nymph
9lb 8oz Steve Faulkner, Northampton, black buzzer, boat
8lb 10oz Mr Pateman
8lb 8oz Phil Caress, Peterborough, damsel
8lb 4oz Glenn Harwood, Chelveston
8lb 0oz Ted Hands, Newport Pagnell, damsel
8lb 0oz Mr Smalley, boat
7lb 5oz Craig Baker, Leicester, hopper, boat
7lb 2oz Mick Irons, St Neots, olive blob, boat
7lb 0oz Mr Wareham, Bedford
6lb 10oz Martin Fox, Stanwick, boat
6lb 9oz Mr Clarke
6lb 8oz Dave Crowhurst, Wellingborough, fritz damsel ( also caught a 9lb 6oz Tench)!
Best Areas
Bank – lagoon, gravel bar, east arm
Boat – west arm, east arm, down middle
Best Patterns
black or brown buzzer, small damsel, fraser nymph, green or red diawl bach, brown hopper, orange blob.
Competion news
Sunday 30th Tommy Wood Memorial buzzer only bank match.
Gale force winds cut the field to 12 anglers who caught 31 fish in difficult conditions.
1. Fen Oakley, Sudborough, 6 fish 12lb 0oz (inc 3lb 8oz brown)
2. Mark Postles, Bedford, 6 fish 8lb 4oz
3. Phil Wagstaff, Eye, 6 fish 8lb 0oz
4. Gordon Anthony, Peterborough, 4 fish 6lb 12oz
5. Steve Johnson, Raunds, 2 fish 4lb 12oz
6. Mathew Tuck, Huntingdon, 3 fish 4lb 10oz
A fantastic total of £548.50 was raised for Sue Ryder Care, Peterborough
Elinor has now got a wheelyboat. It is available for hire to disabled anglers at £9/day. This includes an electric outboard and battery. Please book this in advance as it is already proving popular.
Elinor is getting superb rises, daytime and evening. Good buzzer hatches, the start of the damsels and even a few mayfly are keeping the fish near the surface. A brown hopper or black or brown shipmans have been the best dries.
Bank anglers are doing well on cloudier or less windy days. Boats are bagging up in all conditions!
Next stocking
May 31st, June 3rd, 4th, 7th.
TF_geepster.
