GOOD LOOKING CHAP.

GOOD LOOKING CHAP.
With a nice bag of carp.

Monday 28 December 2009

Results From Dave Hoare.

MAGGOTS END.
 
MAY YOU ALL HAVE A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.

RODS and REELS.

The match this was an open match, and fished on the Rio Segura at Eden canal. 
It was transferred from Benijofar as the river had overflowed it´s bank there. 
Again, the weather playing a major influence as to where we fish. 
The day in itself wasn´t bad, temperatures up to 20 degrees. 
However come 1 o´clock the wind got up and caused some damage like, 3 people had their poles broken. 
Along with that, Bill ( I can´t get up ) Botting, who brought Jim ( The Chairman ), 
arrived some 1 hour late. Both started fishing and Jim on a good peg, 
caught one of the local animals that are resident in this stretch and after managing to steer 
it clear of the weeds and snags went for his landing net, to find the wind had blown it into the river. 
Undeterred he guided it to the bank to hand net it, only to find in the last moment a quick 
swish of the tail,  and it was gone. 
Jim has since written to Father Christmas and asked for a landing net with a magnetic handle, 
so it will stay firmly attached to his box !!!. 
Winners on the day.

1st Stan ( The Man ) Roberts fishing the pole using maggot for 6.080 kilo´s.

2nd Paul ( Poco Loco ) Baxter same method with 4.400 kilo´s.

3rd John ( aka Johnny M ) Marsh same method with 2.700 kilo´s.

ANGLERS TOGETHER


Anglers Together continues to grow as a club with firm friendships being formed over the last 2/3 years.  
Many members fish regularly and report they are pleased to rejoin a sport they followed in their youth.  
We have the occasional organized outing but the aim mainly is to introduce members to find fishing companions, and to assist in finding the venues. 

The joining fee is €10 for new members and €5 for renewing members. 
If you are interested in joining or finding out more about Anglers Together, 
then either come along to one of the meetings or contact Alan below.

SHORE and BOAT FISHING.

A few members spent each week during November/December fishing off the beaches around Mazarron 
without catching anything to talk about.  
They used bread as the bait and would have expected to catch good size Mullet at this time of year, 
but that was not to be.
Boat fishing at the start of November was good with several fish caught from Dolphin fish to Trigger and Bass, all large enough for the dinner table.  
However, at the end of November the fishing was poor with a couple of small rock fish caught.
That time of year has normally been good fishing for both boat and beach so we can only continue 
each week and see what happens. 

Derek Harrington. 

REMINDER:

No meetings will be held in January. Next meetings are February 5th and 6th - further details coming.

Contact:  Alan Roscoe at anglerstogether@gonuts4free.com – or Tel: 968 570 876

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DAVE HOARE.


Thursday 24 December 2009

Gloucester Angling Centres Winter League.

The match was supposed to be fished Sunday just gone.
The Gloucester Canal was frozen up solid, so they all decided to stay in bed. Did'nt want to get there little toes, and fingers Cold. (Bless). Well there are Anglers, and there are Real Anglers, shan't say no more.
The match as been reorganised for January. Sorry bout that.
All the best, and have a few for me over Christmas. Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year to you all.
Bye for now STEVE.

Tuesday 22 December 2009

DAVE HOARES MATCH SPAIN.

MAGGOTS END

Merry Christmas to all anglers and readers, have a prosperous New Year,
and hope to see you on the bank sometime.

RODS and REELS

The match this week was the 6th in the winter championship.
This is a series of 11 matches with the best 8 to count.
It was held on the Rio Segura at the Eden canal.
The venue being changed at the last minute from the Pedrera,
due to the inclement weather conditions.
As the match started the river was flowing with pace,
but slowly reduced during the match, with a drop in the water level of some 18 inches.
All anglers caught, although the weights were fairly low.

Top rods on the day

1st Clive ( Golf no more ) Cleghorn fishing the pole using maggot with 5.96 kilo´s.

2nd Jim ( The Chairman ) Rouse fishing the feeder using maggot with 5.42 kilo´s.

3rd Bill ( Big Truck ) Botting fishing the pole using maggot with 4.60 kilo´s.


Accumulative points after 6 matches.

1st Paul Baxter with 33 points

2nd Bill Reade with 42 points

3rd Pete Hampshire with 45 points.


ANGLERS TOGETHER

Merry Christmas to all members.

Anglers Together continues to grow as a club with firm friendships being
formed over the last 2/3 years.
Many members fish regularly and report they are pleased to rejoin a sport
they followed in their youth.
We have the occasional organized outing but the aim mainly is to introduce members
to find fishing companions and to assist in finding the venues.

The joining fee is €10 for new members and €5 for renewing members.
If you are interested in joining or finding out more about Anglers Together,
then either come along to one of the meetings or contact Alan below.
Reminder: No meetings are held in January.

Next meetings are February 5th and 6th - further details coming.

Contact:  Alan Roscoe at anglerstogether@gonuts4free.com – or Tel: 968 570 876

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DAVE HOARE

Sunday 20 December 2009

PERMALI'S CHRISTMAS MATCH.



DATE.    Sunday 19th December.
CLUB.    permali.
VENUE.   Stone End Farm.
Draw.    8.30am. Posponed until 9.30am. For ice Breaking.
FISH.    10.30am to 3.30pm.

10 Anglers Fished.

Post Match.

Brrrrr! Cold or what. Arrived at the lake, at 8-15am. Lake was frozen solid.
10 out of 10 Anglers turned up, all early as well.
So our first thought's turned to breaking the ice. 
(Mine was slipping off home).
Jason sawed a Thick branch off a tree,and tied some rope to it. 
He started to break the ice with is new invention, and was doing a good 
job in trying to sort out 10 swims. 
When he was clearing the fifth swim, i think he forgot to let go of the log 
when he threw it. Yup, one severe booty 
It warmed the rest of us up slightly though, through laughing. 
That was the second bad thing to happen to Jason so far this morning. 
The first was, he had to borrow Charlie £15, as he forgot is wallet. 
Do things come in 3's, well you will have to wait, and find out.
Anyway as Jason was busy clearing the swims, with nine Bosses watching 
on, we noticed a little rowing boat, which we quickly confiscated.
We dragged it over to the lake, and volunteered Adrian to 
get into the boat, and take over swim clearing duties. 
The not so impressed Adrian got into the boat, and we pushed it out.
He was using a kid's sand shovel for a paddle.
To be honest to our amazement it was a lot quicker, and we had the swims cleared out with'in no time.

The Draw.


In went my chubby little fingers, and out popped Peg 6.
Was this a good peg, i don't know, lets face it what's a good peg this
time of year. All i can remember about this peg, was when i was 
doing the match report for Gloucester Angling's winter league. 
Doug had this peg, which was peg 9 in there match,  and he did 
not weigh in.
It was a hell of a lot warmer then. But being optimistic, i thought we
were all going to blank anyway, so it did'nt matter where you were drawn. 
Adrian drew next to me on Peg 7, and decided to clear the ice all 
the way up to the Island. Fair play we thought he was a bit loopy, 
as there is only 2 foot of water by the Island.
I set up the Pole ,and shipped it out to the edge of the ice,which was
at 11 metres. Plummed up and found a nice depth of around five 
and a half feet. The bait i brought with me was, 6mm, and 4mm Expanders. 
2mm micro pellets, half pint of mixed maggots,and a packet of Stilton cheese. 
Set up one top, as by now i could'nt be arsed, it was bloody cold. -4 degrees.


The Match.

The all in went at 9.30am. 
Roy to my left on peg 5, could only fish out to about 6 metres, 
as that was where the edge of is ice was,and he could'nt be arsed either, 
to clear out anymore ice.(Funny how a cold day, and the prospect of 
never seeing your float go under, can get to your state of mind). 
I started on the 6mm pellet, with about 10 micro pellets potted out on my
poles toss pot.Adrian started on the pole, and after an hour changed to 
the rod, over to the Island, why not, no one had, had a bite so far.
Is casting is very accurate, and he was fishing about 1foot from the Island, 
in about 2 feet of water. None of us could get a bite in a good depth of water,
so what was Adrian expecting. Well what the hell  do we know, 
YEP! Adrian caught the first fish, a little carp of about 8oz's. 
Followed about ten minutes later by another one of the same size. 
(don't you just hate smart arses). After 2 hours without a bite,
 i changed to the Stilton cheese. 10 minutes later while the float was just sat
there admiring the sky, i was lighting up a ciggy, with my pole resting  on my 
spray bar. So now for the first time, my hands are off the pole in those 10 
minutes, Yep down she goes, by the time i reacted the float had come 
back up.Just cheers up your day no end, don't it. 
Missed three bites in total, before i hooked my first fish of the day, 
on the cheese. A nice plump carp was in the net, about 5 pounds.
(baggin machine, or what).
My peg plus pegs 7,8,9, and 10 started catching steady in the last couple 
of hours, although there was a lot of very small carp coming out.
By now i had changed back to the pellet, as the bites on the cheese were 
to few, and far between.
Brian on peg 4, and dale on peg 3 started catching now, but again only very 
small carp. Roy to my left did'nt start catching until the last hour. 
Adrian by now was back on the pole. Dickie on peg 9 was catching the fastest, 
so he was clear leader.
With 10 minutes to go dickie latched into, and landed a carp for about 6 pounds, 
and we all thought that was it, all over. Adrian then latched into 2 carp, one after 
the other, they where both 5 pounders, so now dickie was very worried.
On the whistle for the all out Adrian had another carp on, which after a minute 
he lost, he reckoned it was about a pound and a half, and he said laughing that, 
that lost fish would lose him the match. How those words would come back, and
bite him on the arse at the weigh in.

The Weigh In.


Peg 10 weighed in first, Andy had just over 10lb. Peg 9 Dickie weighed in 20lb. 
Peg 8 Nick weighed 9lb. Adrian on peg 7 The lost fish maestro weighed in 
19lb-12oz. 4oz short of Dickie, Yep that lost fish certainly did cost you mate. 
Peg 6 me, weighed in 9 and a half pound. Roy on peg 5 had 4lb. Bri on peg 4
weighed 2 and a half pound. Dale on peg 3 had 8 and a half pound. 
Remember in the post match above, how i said does things come in 3's, well on 
peg 2 Jason BLANKETY BLANKED. Fair play Jason if there was ever a 
case of staying in bed this morning, this was it?. Peg 1 Charlie weighed 3lb.

RESULTS.


1ST.  Dick Lewis.   Peg 9. 20-0-0.
Won.  £40 + Hamper.




2ND.  Adrian Davis. Peg 7. 19-12-0.
Won.  £30 +Hamper.







3RD.  Andy Salcombe. Peg 10. 10-4-0.
Won.  £20 + Hamper.















4TH.  Me.  Peg 6. 9-8-0.
Won.  A bleeding Turkey,

    and a bottle of wine.

5TH.  Nick Willis. Peg 8. 9-0-0.
Won   Could,nt care after me.
No photo.












6TH.  Dale Malpas. Peg 3. 8-8-0.












7TH.  Roy Davis.   Peg 5. 4-0-0.












8TH.  Charlie Chang. Peg 1. 3-0-0.












9th.  Brian Dix. Peg 4. 2-8-0.












10TH. Jason Wellington. Peg 2. 0-0-0.

A FEW PHOTOS OF THE DAY.

Frozen over.


















Jason With is wet foot.




















A few of Adrian.on ice breaking.















































What's this in my swim.

















My swim again.


















Trying to clear my swim.(again).

















Adrian to my right.

















Roy to my left.

















Bri Dix on Peg 4.


















Some from the weigh in.

































































































































Dickie's catch.

















The Wildlife.

















Ever see Geese up a tree.

















Torvil, and dean.


















All in all, it was'nt to bad for this time of year.
Tomorrow Gloucester Angling Centre have there 4th aggregate match
on the Hempstead stretch,of the Gloucester canal. 
I wiil let you know how they got on later, so thanks for
reading this, all the Best STEVE. 

Tuesday 15 December 2009

DAVE HOARE'S LATEST RESULTS.

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MAGGOTS END

RODS and REELS



This week´s match was an open and was held on the Embalse de Ojos at Blanca.
This venue is not well liked by many people, but I think it is a proper fishing venue
where you do have to work hard for fish. Again though, the venue did not let us down with some blanks.
In saying that, the winning weight was not too shabby.
The day started cold, 6+ degree´s but come midday, people were shedding their fleece´s.
The warmer climes of course brings out the small flies, horrid little things that crawl up your nose
in your eyes and ears. However, enough of the highlights of the day.
The normal good pegs produced, however, the winner did exceptionally well from his peg.
Top places as follows.


1st Terry ( Swing E´m ) Screen fishing the feeder using maggot with 11.220 kilo´s.

2nd Lenny ( Excultural Attachee ) Bolton fishing the pole using paste and pellet with 8.940 kilo´s.

3rd Doug ( Welsh Goldminer ) Hornblow fishing the pole using pellet with 5.980 kilo´s.

PLEASE NOTE

The membership for the club is now closed for this season.

ANGLERS TOGETHER.

Hondon Trucha.

9 Members visited Hondon for an afternoon session, but due to the Trout spawning
 they seemed reluctant to take the fly or bait as readily as usual. 
We managed to catch a few though. 
One consolation was that it was a hot sunny afternoon with no wind making fly fishing a joy. 
Everyone enjoyed the mince pies and coffee and are looking forward to their next visit in 
January or February (but with no mince pies). 
Thanks to Jan for his help in making it a successful afternoon.

 
Anglers Together continues to grow as a club with firm friendships being formed over
 the last 2/3 years.  Many members fish regularly and report they are pleased to rejoin a sport they followed in their youth.  We have the occasional organized outing but the aim mainly is to introduce members to find fishing companions, and to assist in finding the venues.

The joining fee is €10 for new members and €5 for renewing members. 
If you are interested in joining or finding out more about Anglers Together, 
then either come along to one of the meetings or contact Alan below. 

Reminder: No meetings are held in January. Next meetings are February 5th and 6th - further details coming.

Contact:  Alan Roscoe at anglerstogether@gonuts4free.com – or Tel: 968 570 876


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DAVE HOARE
 





Monday 14 December 2009

WATERSMEET RESULTS.

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Silverfish match only.


Sunday 13th December.
Venue. Watersmeet.
Club. Watersmeet.
Breakfast, and Draw. 8.00am.
Fish. 9.30am - 2.30pm.
8 Anglers fished.


We started the day with Breakfast, in the restaurant of the Watersmeet pub.
The Breakfast cost £5.50, and when you look at the photograph, after the match report,
you will see it was worth every penny.The plates are that big, you could use it, as a platform,
for your tackle box.

Took a few photos today, but had to discard most of them, as they were all blury. The camera is
my spare one,as my best one i dropped in a puddle a few weeks ago.Hopefully i will get a new one
for Christmas.
I have over one thousand people read my blog,and i have only had 22 click's on the Google ads.
So i have earnt £4.50 in two months, not going to buy me a camera at this rate. I have put the Camera on my
Christmas list, but with the recession, i ain't going to hold my breath.So i need to rely on you guys too
click the ad's.


The draw.

Everybody wanted peg 6, as this as won for the last three years on the trot.
You only need an half decent angler on this peg to win the match, so when you get an out, and out silver
fish angler draw it, you know you are fishing for second.
For some reason i did'nt get to draw a number, as i was last on the list, and had what was left.
Can't work that one out, as i was the first to turn up at the Venue. Anyway i had peg 7, one away
from the flyer. Does'nt sound to far away does it. But considering peg 6 is a corner peg on the carpark side.
and peg 7 was half way up the bank, on the far bank, it was a long way away. With the weather being cold,
and frosty these last couple of nights, we thought we were in for an hard day.




The Match.

The all in went at 9-30am. The water was coloured, which was quite a shock for this time of year,so the
liquidised bread, and punch stayed in the bag. Fished the pole at 12.5 metres in 5 foot of water.
My bait was, Groundbait, 50-50 supercup, and secret, red Squatt for feed, and flourescent pinkies for
the hook. Cupped one small ball of Groundbait, and about 20 Squatt's into my swim. Used double pinkie on the hook.
First bite came after only five minutes, and a nice skimmer of about 5oz's was staring at me from the bottom
of my landing net.I don't know who was more suprised, him or me.I decided not to re-feed, and see if there was another fish there. Waited for ten minutes, and nothing, so i re-fed with a handful of Squatts through
the toss pot. Peg 6 was starting to perform, with Barry on the Feeder.I was watching from across the lake as he was landing a decent sized skimmer. Looked back at my float, and it was'nt there, so i lifted to a nice clunk, and my number 4 elastic stretching out. A nice bream for about 2, and a half pound came to the net.
Trevor to my left on peg 8 started to catch as well. As he was setting up, he again fell over, that's three
weeks on the trot now. I suggested, probably to loudly, that we should all chip in, and buy him a zimmer frame.
That was met with a lot of laughter, except from trevor, who for some reason said he was going to throw me in. So being the Gentleman i'am, i went and gave him a hand up.(senial old sod).
But give him is due he got is own back, finishing second overall. Myself, and trevor where the only two on this side of the lake.We had  a big hedge behind us, which was about 4 to 5 feet away from are tackle boxes, a nightmare for pole fishing. The other down side to this hedge, was the Sun was behind it all day, so we were cold, while the anglers on the other bank had it shining on them for most of the match.
My match went quite steady throughout with a few decent skimmers coming to the net.
For this time of year, every one had a good day, with everybody weighing in.
Did peg 6 come through again. Bet your sweet arse it did. Just take a look at the result.
Well done Barry, 38lb-14oz's an exceptional silverfish weight  for this time of year.
(well for are standard anyway).

RESULTS.








1st. Peg 6. Barry Matthews. 38-14-0.







2nd. Peg 8. Trevor Dix.     19-3-0.






3rd. Peg 5. Richard Bowd.   18-2-0.









4th. Peg 2. Lewis Bolton.   15-4-0.














5th.  Peg 7.  Me.             14-1-0.








6th. Peg 1. Dick Lewis.      7-15-0.









7th. Peg 4. John Barnard.    7-3-0.








8th. Peg 3. Graham Pugh.     6-11-0.









Sorry but its only a couple of pics more.

THE BREAKFAST.





































Trevor tucking in to is breaky.









Some of the Lake.












































































































Watersmeet Pub.
 As its own Website, so if your looking for good fishing, and good food this is the place.
Its private fishing only. For residents who stay at the pub. The owner kindly gives us permission to fish here
once a year, so we fish it this time of year, when there are not many residents.
The watersmeet as 3 lakes. The bigger being the one we fished. It is solid with Skimmers, and bream, it also
as a good head of carp. The second lake is mainly Tench, with a smattering of other species.
The front lake, as i can remember from fishing it years ago, is mainly carp. So there is something for eveyone.
About 3 or 4 miles away is the famous Tirley Court, where the carp crawl up your rods, to introduce themselves.
So if your looking for a week or two's fishing holiday, check out there website.

Well thats it for now, i think its are Christmas match, for Permali next week, Dickie is going to phone me
through the week, to let me know. So when i Know, i will let you know.
Thanks, and a Merry Christmas to you all.
                                                                    STEVE.