R Yare – 44lb 1oz of roach on pole wins

[TF_Waveney One]

The colour had dropped out of the river over the last few days and even at high water there was only 2 foot of clarity on my colourometer a few weeks back it was 10inches! Still, with a nice ebb tide all day the prospects were always good for a few roach to show.

I managed to draw the upstream end peg which was 23 on the day and 4 weeks ago it would have been THE peg to draw for a good weight of skimmers. I had 14lb 6oz of feeder caught roach and should have fished the pole.~sick

Some of the 46 people fishing got it right though :-

1st Malcolm Runacres on peg 141 had 44lb 1oz of prime roach on the pole and caster over groundbait at 10 metres.
2nd Brian Gooch on peg 106 had 38lb 12oz of roach on the pole.
3rd Tony Anderson on peg 62 also fished the pole for 36lb 5oz of roach
4th Rodney Finch on peg 107 had 32lb 1oz on peg 107

Sections
23 to 26 Mick Bartrum who worked all night for the Post Office and only just made the draw – pole fished roach for 20lb 9oz
47 to 51 Wayne Anderson 28lb 13oz
52 to 57 Jeanette Halliday 18lb 8oz
62 to 67 Martin Caldecote 23lb 7oz
68 to 78 Keith Ford 17lb 7oz
86 to 90 Mark Pollard 19lb 4oz
92 to 97 Mick Mirgaux 22lb 6oz – on the tip and had half skimmers and half roach
105 to 109 Doug Bottley 23lb 3oz
140 to 144 Reggie Bryanton 28lb 3oz

All of the weights shown above except for Micky Mirgaux’s were roach on the pole.

The league is still very close and including today’s weights only 8oz seperates first and second and only 10lb between 1st and 4th which over the 8 counting matches is incredible

1st Nick Larkin – 240lb 9oz having only added ounces today
2nd Robert Hubbard – 240lb 1oz increased his weight by 10lb
3rd Brian Gooch – is still 3rd and increased his overall weight by 16lb to 234lb 8oz
4th Tony Anderson 226lb has got into the top 4 knocking out both Andy Moss and Steve Clarke.

Next week is the last match in the series so there is all to play for but to add to their scores both the top 2 need over 20lb.

[TF_Yare Rod]

Richard, excuse my ignorance, but what is a colourometer? is it a technical term for throwing a few maggots in before the start? I’m intrigued?

[TF_Waveney One]

It is a lot more technical than that Simon but works on the similar basis but with accuracy.

Take a Nisa Feeders plummet, drill out the rubber eye and insert some white fly line backing that you can then mark off in inches. Tie in a piece of red cotton or whatever at each of the foot depths. Paint the plummet white and when you get to the Beauchamp Arms lower it slowly off the front into the river. When you lose sight of it measure off the distance between the surface and the plummet. Much more accurate than the old maggot trick.

Platto christened it my dickometer and asks ‘how is it hanging’ on Saturday mornings. Earlier in the season when my reply was between 8 and 10 inches the girl behind the bar looked interested but last week the look was more incredulous when I said 2 foot!

Congratulations for Sundays result by the way!

[TF_Waveney One]

Update – by Sunday the little colour there was Saturday had gone and I was told that there was 3 foot of clarity and it fished really hard. Nick Larkin won the match with over 20lb of roach on the pole but weights were generally well down from Saturdays results. I don’t have all the detail but I got this from the Anglers Mail web site.
Nick Larkin (Nisa Feeders) 26-10-0, peg 55 above Beauchamp Arms, roach nuggets of groundbait, caster, 9m pole; Simon Newman (Daiwa Angling Direct Blue) 26-9-0; Danny Grimsey (Lewis Anglers World) 24-10-0; Robert Hubbard (Daiwa Angling Direct Black) 18-6-0; Steve Clark (Lewis Anglers World) 17-2-0; Ade Hindry (Daiwa Angling Direct Gold) 16-4-0.

Just shows how the river can change at this time of the year! These weights do not count in the Saturday series.

[TF_Waveney One]

How did you catch your fish Simon and where were you?

[TF_Yare Rod]

Feeder caught Roach from peg 24 – included some real dogs. Lovely end to a season where i have only caught less than 20lb three times!

[TF_Waveney One]

I know mate it has been incredible hasn’t it?

I can’t say that I have done that well but I have been up 14 out of 15 matches and had double figures on 10 of them, including a 33lb and 20lb+ on the opening day which of course didn’t count in the league. My lowest weight was a 6lb but I should never have gone. I had flu and barely made it to my peg. Then sat on my peg and watched Tony Anderson win the match off the next peg! How I made it back to the pub again, I am not sure.~sick

If it improves again next year as much as it has done for the last few years we will need to book in now for ticket! Let us just hope that it is as good, that will do for me.

[TF_Yare Rod]

We need a motorway built from the A1 through to Norfick, ending at the Beauchamp, to attract sell outs.

[TF_fishphone]

@Yare Rod wrote:

We need a motorway built from the A1 through to Norfick, ending at the Beauchamp, to attract sell outs.

I’ll second that. The A17/A47 is a joke

[Kagger]

@Yare Rod wrote:

We need a motorway built from the A1 through to Norfick, ending at the Beauchamp, to attract sell outs.

No! No! No!

What you need is to fill the Yare with blue circle and turn it into a road to Yarmouth, where you can do some proper fishing on the beach.

Enjoying catching big bags of roach smacks of a lack of intelligence. It’s a repetetive exercise, suitable only for window lickers and the elderly…

[TF_Yare Rod]

I’ve had such an intellectually draining experience catching some great bags of bream this summer it was a welcome relief to dis-engage the old brain cells 🙂 I see your still keen to make a come back mate, dont worry you’ll always be made to feel welcome.

[Kagger]

I’m sure I would be.

If ever I feel a bit skint, I’ll make a come back… 🙂

Anyway, well done on the 2nd mate. It must’ve been solid, haha

[TF_Waveney One]

Karl, I heard that you had turned to the real dark side and taken up camping and trapping during the summer. Any truth in that rumour and if so, will you be using your bait boat to reach the 4oo yard mark off Orford Island this winter?~think

[Kagger]

Hi Richard.

I couldn’t possibly contaminate freshwater kit with salt water. You know how I like my kit to be 🙂

I am looking forward to the cod season tho’. Thought i’d invest in a couple of new rods which i’m taking to a top builder this week. At least when I’m blanking on the beach I’ll look as tho’ I know what i’m doing….

All the gear, no idea lol.

Sounds like the river’s fished really well.

Maybe one day….

[TF_Waveney One]

Been even better today!

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