River Yare matches

[TF_fishphone]

Just wondered if WavenyOne had any more results from the matches on the tidal Yare. Have seen the report from the first weekend and the one which was won with 61lb of bream, but wondered if I have missed some. This is the one place I have always wanted to pleasure fish and this summer that wish will be satisfied.

[TF_CHRIS.V.Participant]

Hello Steve.
I fished the match on the Yare saturday and caught 22lb odd of Roach and only won the section. Had to have two weighs, the last weigh consisted of 4 roach and a perch for 3lb 8oz.
Steve Clark won the match with 61lb Nick Larkin was second with 48lb. Fifty six anglers fished and the average weight was 22lb!!!

[TF_fishphone]

Thanks for your info Chris. Looks like I need to get down there very soon then!!!

[TF_moto46]

The Yare is fishing it’s head off this year and last time I was there a few weeks ago I was catching some cracking Roach on the Pole. I have also heard some good bags of Bream are coming out after dark.

[TF_Waveney One]

Went down Wednesday for a pleasure session with 3 mates and they all caught skimmers and roach well on the feeder. I fished a pole feeder and had a load of roach and perch together with 4 hybrids up to 2lb which went like the proverbial on a pole feeder!

Still loads of colour in the river and the roach are still a good average size. Not many small roach at all but I suspect that they will show once the colour drops out a bit.

Believe it or not unlike most other rivers on the R Yare, the hot sunny weather increases the colour and any heavy rain takes it our. It is the flat peaty landscape that causes that I think.

[Ketton boy]

Message for Chris and Richard – like to know how the river went this weekend please. Thinking of taking a ride out next sat but always interested in the form on this terrific venue.

[TF_Waveney One]

@Ketton boy wrote:

Message for Chris and Richard – like to know how the river went this weekend please. Thinking of taking a ride out next sat but always interested in the form on this terrific venue.

Hi mate. The river was still well coloured on Saturday. Not sure of the exact weights as I didn’t take a note but 40lb+ won the match from peg 99 at the concrete bridge, Brian Gooch. This was the first time that those pegs to the left of the concrete bridge were put in as the pegs have been used. That was 3 3lb bream and the rest skimmers from 12ounces to 2lb.

38lb? was second, Brian Weavers skimmers again. There were 2 other 30lb weights and the every 5 or 6 peg section was won with over 20lb except for mine which had 17lb of roach and perch. I know that Nick Larkin had 28lb of skimmers from peg 62 for 5th overall and a section win.

As to this coming weekend, there is no match Saturday as we have the 2 day Broads Festival. We will be using the Norwich & District, St Benets Abbey down to the Thurne Mouth stretch of the R Bure on the Saturday match as there are fewer boats on there as it is change over day. We are at Beauchamp Arms, Sunday instead

[TF_Waveney One]

Except for one match (when I drew the Boards) I have drawn in the same section all season so far (roach bay) and it has been the worst section! I have also managed to finish well down the section as well. I have still enjoyed the fishing though and still average over 11lb a match with a best weight of 20lb 4oz on the opening day ( my lowest weight has been 6lb 14 oz this last weekend and I was beaten by a lb or so either side~sick ). Next weekend watch out, the river owes me a good draw now!

[TF_geepsterParticipant]

Feel free to post the results on here if you get them….

[TF_Swimfeeder]

It’s a great shame most of the best anglers to have fished the river over the years, no longer participate ~think.

[TF_Waveney One]

Nice try Bob but there are still some excellent anglers fishing the river. Every dog has his day mate and some of those who are now over the hill seem to be happy getting 10 to 20 bites in 6 hours fishing 29 peg commercial matches.

Shame really, but that is their choice.

As you know there are still plenty of quality anglers fishing the Yare for 50 to 200 bites in 5 hours, and as I have said on these pages before, the standard of angling is getting better all the time.

[TF_Waveney One]

The first 6 places last Saturday for Geeps and others

1st Brian Gooch Peg 99, 40lb 3oz That was 3 3lb bream and the rest skimmers from 12ounces to 2lb.
2nd Brian Weavers, skimmers again. 34lb 8oz
3rd E Davidson, 33lb 3oz
4th Tony Anderson, Peg 22 32lb 7oz
5th Andy Wilson Sutter, 29lb 8oz
6th not 5th as I first thought, Nick Larkin 28lb 6oz

I believe that all those weights were skimmers with the odd bream.

There were far more weights over 10lb than there were under 10lb throughout the match length.

[TF_Swimfeeder]

@Waveney One wrote:

The first 6 places last Saturday for Geeps and others

1st Brian Gooch Peg 99, 40lb 3oz That was 3 3lb bream and the rest skimmers from 12ounces to 2lb.
2nd Brian Weavers, skimmers again. 34lb 8oz
3rd E Davidson, 33lb 3oz
4th Tony Anderson, Peg 22 32lb 7oz
5th Andy Wilson Sutter, 29lb 8oz
6th not 5th as I first thought, Nick Larkin 28lb 6oz

I believe that all those weights were skimmers with the odd bream.

There were far more weights over 10lb than there were under 10lb throughout the match length.

I rest my case!!! apart from my two ex-team-mates Brian and Tony….oh! and Nick, Andy and Eddie, none of em are worth the title ” Proper Angler”.

[TF_Waveney One]

I think that you have just said 5 out of 6 are ‘proper’ anglers so far from making a point in your favour lost your case entirely! However, I would contend all 6 are ‘proper’ anglers.

In fact I would contend 90% of the field are worthy of the odd win on the river these days. The quality of angling has moved on apace and you need to be on a lot of fish to win. A far cry from the days when you were fishing and also the commercial scene.

There is still going to be those who are head and shoulders above the rest. Robert Hubbard has consistently won matches for 2 or 3 seasons now and as of last weekend was leading the aggregate weight board. You know that there are loads of excellent anglers on the river. Chris V, Mal, Rodney and Reggie, Gary Miller, Jacko are hardly rubbish. If pushed I could probably name enough quality anglers to fill most of the local commercial matches twice over and there are a lot of pools fodder attending those matches.

I suspect that one of the reasons the stars of the past no longer attend is partly the travel and partly that they found it more difficult to win on the river.

[TF_Yare Rod]

Duce 🙂

The river is fishing very well again this year – I have managed to ave 22lb per match. I would argue that there is 10-15lb on most pegs, and you need a couple of the bigger fish to push you into the frame (20lb). Weights are made up of skimmers and dog roach, there also seems to be a number of larger hybrids in the river this year.

[TF_Swimfeeder]

@Waveney One wrote:

I think that you have just said 5 out of 6 are ‘proper’ anglers so far from making a point in your favour lost your case entirely! However, I would contend all 6 are ‘proper’ anglers.

In fact I would contend 90% of the field are worthy of the odd win on the river these days. The quality of angling has moved on apace and you need to be on a lot of fish to win. A far cry from the days when you were fishing and also the commercial scene.

There is still going to be those who are head and shoulders above the rest. Robert Hubbard has consistently won matches for 2 or 3 seasons now and as of last weekend was leading the aggregate weight board. You know that there are loads of excellent anglers on the river. Chris V, Mal, Rodney and Reggie, Gary Miller, Jacko are hardly rubbish. If pushed I could probably name enough quality anglers to fill most of the local commercial matches twice over and there are a lot of pools fodder attending those matches.

I suspect that one of the reasons the stars of the past no longer attend is partly the travel and partly that they found it more difficult to win on the river.

Firstly, I was having a laugh when I went through the list of last weeks framers, but that appears to have gone over your head…..despite the fact you are sitting on your high horse Richard.

Secondly, I could if I wished, produce a very,very long list of anglers that have won or framed regulary on the Yare but no longer fish the opens, nearly the whole of the old Tri-angle team and Ipswich Wasps for starters!!!!

I did not say any of the named anglers you have mentioned above were/are rubbish…..did I???? they were also competing when I was fishing the river??????.

Define “more difficult to win”??? , when I fished the river the matches were, on average, bigger, when I fished the river most the Essex and Hotrods teams used to compete, along with Polly, Dickie Carr, Neil Parkinson etc,etc add locals Lee Kerry, Eddie Hall, Kagger, Alan Kettle, Lol Higgins, Dave-Le Conte, Alan Tuck, Dave Gilbert etc, etc and you may start to realise I have a point.

Please inform me how fishing the feeder on the Yare has changed/evolved in the time I have stopped fishing the matches?

Ditto the pole for Roach?

If you believe it is harder to win money on the river Yare now than it was when I was turning up, that’s your prerogative, I, however, see no evidence to support your claims Richard, in fact I truly believe the reverse is true, Hell, you may as well state it is harder to win on the Trent nowadays, than when Boris,Dean,Thomas,Ashurst and Slaymaker etc were about!!!!

[Ketton boy]

Gents,
Seem to have seen this debate last year. Seems to me, speaking as pools fodder! that plenty of decent anglers still fish the Yare. Also seems pretty obvious that every natural venue can list the decent anglers who find the walks, inconsistent fishing, dangerous parking etc enough of a problem not to fish any more. Shame for those that do I suppose.

I am keen to know about this weekend’s Broads Festival. Missed my radar and I don’t mind admitting never fished St Benets and only been to Yare a few times. Be good to get this in diary next year. Does Keith Ford run this festival?

[TF_Yare Rod]

ketton boy, Tony Gibbons is running the festival. PM if you want his contact details. It will be a scaled down version of fishing the yare. The pole can be devastating on the rivers but the Bure has a distinct lack of roach this year.

The festival is on points which should keep it open and less peggy

[TF_wozz]

Swimfeeder, come along to Cross Drove and you can catch up with most of the stars you mention. Personally, and i know Yare Rod will get on his high horse as we argue about this most days, these anglers now fish good commercials as they know with their ability that they can frame off maybe 80% of the pegs. As good as catching 15lb off any peg is on a river, its no good when you need 40lb plus to win, which i would argue is only possible off 2 or 3 pegs each match, although admittedly its 2 or 3 different pegs each match.
Over to you Simon!!

[TF_Swimfeeder]

@wozz wrote:

Swimfeeder, come along to Cross Drove and you can catch up with most of the stars you mention. Personally, and i know Yare Rod will get on his high horse as we argue about this most days, these anglers now fish good commercials as they know with their ability that they can frame off maybe 80% of the pegs. As good as catching 15lb off any peg is on a river, its no good when you need 40lb plus to win, which i would argue is only possible off 2 or 3 pegs each match, although admittedly its 2 or 3 different pegs each match.
Over to you Simon!!

I know Wozz, I know, you will not be seeing me at Cross Drove or anywhere in East Anglia mate, I am relocating at the weekend!

I am still waiting for an explanation as to how it is harder to win on the Yare, when the tactics have not altered and the standard of angler has been watered down!!!

[TF_feeder]

bob now that you and daniel have gone over to the darkside where are you relocating to mate.lol

[TF_Swimfeeder]

@feeder wrote:

bob now that you and daniel have gone over to the darkside where are you relocating to mate.lol

Hi Feeder, well Dan is staying in Norfolk with his wife,Ethan and baby on the way (due November)Dan has turned into a true all rounder, last week we were catching Bass off the shore , the week before he caught a 40lb plus Catfish from Waveney valley lakes , and before that we fished for specimen Carp ,bivvied up and everything! he loves the sheer diversity of the fishing in Norfolk, he will fish the Thurne in the late Autumn and bag up on Bream and Skimmers, sadly match fishing holds very little attraction for him, mostly because of the cost of competing, and partly because of some of the “characters” involved with it around here.

Me? well I have landed a plum job surveying in Devon/Cornwall and based near Ivybridge near the border, my fishing will revolve around shore float/spinner fishing with beefed up freshwater gear for the sport of it…..I cannot wait! I will give Stafford Moore a look too.

[TF_CHRIS.V.Participant]

Define “more difficult to win”??? , when I fished the river the matches were, on average, bigger, when I fished the river most the Essex and Hotrods teams used to compete, along with Polly, Dickie Carr, Neil Parkinson etc,etc add locals Lee Kerry, Eddie Hall, Kagger, Alan Kettle, Lol Higgins, Dave-Le Conte, Alan Tuck, Dave Gilbert etc, etc and you may start to realise I have a point.

Bloody hell Bob you forgot to mention Bob Nudd in that lot.
Bob i think that you will find that the standard of angler fishing the river is still very high, Richard forgot to mention Tony Watling,John Whincup, Andy Mead, Andy Leathers, Will Freeman, Tim Nash to name a few.
Personally i still fish the river for the Roach fishing i don`t go there to win i go for a days fishing and the good company. The two matches i have fished i have only set a pole up and as you can see by the results the matches have all been feeder matches. (please note i have drawn to the left of the pub pegs 56 and 52 not feeder pegs).
I would have fished the river alot more this year but Gary and i have been trying to qualify for the Maver pairs. One of the rounds we fished was at Barford where there was only 46 anglers whilst on the Yare there was 56, now tell me that everyone in the Norfolk area has deserted the river.
As for the match at Barford it fished very well and i was well pleased for Sarah considering the venue had some problems last year.
Ps Bob fishing the Preston festival in October at White Acres make sure you pop in and see us.

[TF_Swimfeeder]

Hi Chris….How could I have forgotten the great Bob Nudd? I hope he has not read this! sorry Bob if you have.

No, not all the locals have deserted the river, the attendances are still very good Chris, but it is a fact the matches were generally larger and very tough to win coin on,and of course the Norfolk/Suffolk w/l was held there, so too, the Drennan summer League, the standard of angler in that was very high ,but you know that cos Essex used to fish that too!

I will certainly pay you a visit, it is always a pleasure chatting to you mate, best of luck in all the matches you fish …….not that you need it! Give Gary my best wishes next time you see him please.

Bob.

[TF_Waveney One]

Sorry Bob but as pointed out you are raking up an old discussion that we did on here last year with no agreement so this is my last post on the topic.

In my opinion the standard of angling has not gone down at all but improved. Some of the anglers who gave up fishing there because of some muddy pegs and the walks are returning as there are no stiles to go over the banks are better and new swims made. Trollies, just like anglers, are better now than they were as well.

Of course methods are basically the same but are always being refined as is the tackle. No match anglers worth their salt can stand still as you know.

Glad that you have found fishing outside match fishing. I have always fly fished and sea fished, well for 40 years anyway, and the variety does me good.

Good luck in your new venture.

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