PLEASURE FISHING,and GLOUCESTER ANGLING CENTRE;S WINTER LEAGUE.

PLEASURE FISHING.

Dick Lewis,and myself fished Drummonds Dubb yesterday.

We wanted to try different baits,so we could use, or elliminate them from using on
Sunday, for our winters league 2nd round.
I fished the pole with pellet, Feeding two small balls of fishmeal Grounbait.
With 4mm pellet on the hook. Dickie was on the feeder, and tried the bread punch,
with breadcrumb in the feeder. For 3 hours neither of us had a bite.
We decided to change to the humble maggot,with me staying on the pole,and Dickie
alternating betwen feeder,and pole.

Dickie was using chopped worm,and caster in is Groundbait feeder,
with double red on the hook.
As for myself, i balled in two more balls of groundbait,and fished double
red maggot over the top.
We fished for a further two,and a half hours.

Dickie finishing with about 9LBs, mostly skimmers.

I finished with two perch, one roach, one chub,and 21 skimmers for about
13LBs.
 So we came to the conclusion that it was sod the pellet, and bread.
We will stick with the maggot on Sunday.

Dickie fished peg 9,and i was next to him on peg 8.Both on the far bank.

As for me being a lazy sod, i dumped my kit on peg 8 as that was the
closest peg on the far bank. Steve Bee had this peg on the first match
of the winter league, and it was slow for him, he's a good angler,
so Steve if your reading this, the fish are there now.
Buggers probably won't be there on match day though.

My wish for the draw on Sunday is:-

Road bank peg 7 or 6. Being greedy i prefer peg 7.

(hope your reading this God)
Far bank side, peg 14 would be nice.


Just a couple of pics of our day.

Need more shot on that.

Here it comes.

Its snowing.

The tow on the water was quite strong.

You can make out my float on the left of the picture.

Yellow tip  on an angle.

Nice little bag for 2 and a half hours.

13LBs

GLOUCESTER ANGLING CENTRE;S WINTER LEAGUE.

January 31st 2010.
Gloucester Canal.
Round 6. Result.

1st. R.Wood. 4-13-0.

2nd. R.Mackensie. 2-3-0.

3rd. T.Davis. 1-7-8.

4th. J.Farrant. 0-10-8.

5th. J.Ferneyhough. 0-6-0.

6th. M.Brear. 0-5-0.

7th. D.Malpass. 0-3-0.

8th. J.Parnell. 0-0-0.

8th. D.Blake. 0-0-0.

Didn't turn up.

R.Davis. 4pts.

J.Howe. 4pts.

P.Howe. 4pts.

Section Results.

Section 1. T.Davis.1pt. J.Farrant.2pts.
                D.Malpass.3pts.

Section 2. R.Wood.1pt. R.Mackensie.2pts.
                J.Parnell.3pts.

Section 3. J.Ferneyhough.1pt. M.Brear.2pts.
                D.Blake.3pts.

OVERALL POINTS AFTER ROUND 6.


1st. M.Brear. 9pts. 130-0-0.
2nd. D.Malpas. 10pts. 227-13-0.
3rd. T.Davis. 10pts. 207-7-0.
4th. R.Mackensie. 11pts. 165-11-8.
5th. J.Farrant. 13pts. 203-2-0.
6th. R.Wood. 13pts. 130-13-0.
7th. R.Davis. 16pts. 204-9-0.
8th. P.Howe. 18pts. 113-2-0.
 9th. J.Parnell. 19pts. 51-4-0.
10th. J.Ferneyhough. 19pts. 36-5-0.
11th. J.Howe. 20pts. 137-5-0.
12th. D.Blake. 21pts. 16-15-8.

Dale's had another disaster, he only managed third in section again.

Mark Brear is now on top.With Tony Davis level on points with Dale.
There's only 4 points between first, and sixth, i have a feeling
this will definitely go down to the wire.

Thanks for reading my blog, can't wait till Sunday.

I will try, and get some more pics of the weigh in this Sunday
as well. Until after the weekend, see you for now bye bye. STEVE.

P.S Dave Hoare as sent me some more good fun pics, so i will
upload them sometime,and share them with you.

GLOUCESTER ANGLING CENTRE;S WINTER LEAGUE.

January 24th 2010.


Mill pond, Painswick.

Round 5. Result.

1st. T.Davis. 6-9-0.

2nd. R.Davis. 5-13-0.

3rd. R.Mackensie. 3-14-0.

4th. R.Wood. 2-13-0.

5th. M.Brear. 2-8-8.

6th. J.Farrant. 2-8-0.

7th. J.Howe. 1-8-0.

8th. P.Howe. 1-0-0.

8th. D.Blake. 1-0-0.

10th. J.Parnell. 0-13-8.

11th. D.Malpass. 0-9-0.

12th. J.Ferneyhough. 0-4-0.

Section Results.

Section 1. R.Wood. 1 pt. M.Brear.2pts.
                D.Blake.3pts.  P.Howe. 3pts.

Section 2. T.Davis. 1pt. J.Parnell. 2pts.
                D.Malpass.3pts.J.Ferneyhough.4pts.

Section 3. R.Davis. 1pt. R.Mackensie.2pts.
                J.Farrant.3pts.J.Howe. 4pts.

OVERALL POINTS AFTER ROUND 5.


1st.D.Malpas. 7pts. 227-10-0.
2nd.M.Brear.  7pts. 129-11-0.
3rd.T.Davis.   9pts. 207-7-0.
4th.R.Mackensie. 9pts. 163-8-8.
5th.J.Farrant.  11pts. 202-7-8.
6th.R.Davis.   12pts. 204-9-0.
7th.R.Wood.  12pts. 126-0-0.
8th.P.Howe.   14pts. 113-2-0.
9th.J.Howe.   16pts. 137-5-0.
10th.J.Parnell. 16pts. 51-4-0.
11th.J.Ferneyhough.18pts. 35-15-0.
12th.D.Blake. 18pts. 16-15-8.

Dale's had a disaster, he only managed third in section.

He misses one match so that 3 pointer will count.
So at this stage you can now say it is between the top
four,with only three more to fish. Getting very interesting.

Round 6 was fished on 31st january so i will upload these in the
next couple of days. So all the best for now STEVE.

Daves results.

Hi all Dave Hoares results from spain below, also good to see spain gets crap weather as well as us.
Me, and Dickie did'nt have any fishing this weekend just gone, so we went to Drummonds Dubb,and dug out three more pegs. Had a foreman visit us, so i took a couple of pictures of him,(or her). The local Swans put an appearance in also.

So first here is Dave's results.

MAGGOTS END.



RODS and REELS.

This weeks match was fished on the Rio Segura at the Eden canal stretch.
The match was an open match.

The day started with a heavy frost, never a good thing anywhere, even more so here.
In saying that the day turned out a bit better with some sunshine and people fishing in just a shirt.
The fishing on the other hand was awful, with half the field failing not only to catch,
but could not even register a bite.

And to think we left the UK for sunnier climes and no frosts!!!!.
I have been in the UK this week and that was probably the best decision.

Quality anglers on the day as follows.

1st Clive ( Golf no more ) Cleghorn 3.600kg

2nd Harold ( H ) Clark 3.370kg

3rd Ian ( From the darkside ) Houghton 2.670kg

All the above fished a long pole to the far bank and used maggot.

Just a reminder to say that it is best not to fish on your own.

If you do fish on your own then find a prominent position so that
you can be seen by all if help is required.

IMPORTANT NEW MESSAGE:

The friday Campoverde meetings will now be held at Marys bar/ restaurant.
Taking the CV 925 from Pillar de la Horadada turn right at the 1st roundabout
into Pinar de Campoverde,then first left and following the slip road, up
( past Fibber Mcgees and Lounge bar 6 ) until you get to the next parade of shops.
Mary's bar is the 3rd / 4th unit up.The next meeting will be held on
friday 5th March at 12 o clock.

The Puerto de Mazarron meetings remain at Los Galayos bar/restaraunt on the
paseo adjacent to the beach.

Next meeting will be held on the 6th March at 12 o clock.



Work is still continuing on the Rio Segura at Murcia but is still fishable.
Embalse de Pedrera the water level has risen dramatically and is over
the road at the broken bridge.
Sweetwater the final dredging has taken place and the works personnel have cleared
the surrounding road of all the silt that was deposited there.
The banks are now angled and swims need cutting in!!!!!!.

Anglers Together continues to grow as a club with many friendships

formed over the past 3 years.
Many members fish together regularly and say they are pleased that they have taken up
a sport that they once followed in their youth.
We have the occasional organized outings but the main aim is to introduce members
to find fishing companions and to assist in finding the fishing venues.

The joining fee is 10 euros for new members and 5 euros 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 Dave. ( Alan is away on his annual trek to Oz ).
anglerstogether@gonuts4free.com or telephone Dave Hoare on 968199279.

TIGHT LINES.


DAVE HOARE.

Cheers Dave thanks a lot mate, here from you soon.

Here's a few pics of our new pegs, and the wildlife.

Dickie posing for the camera.

There was a  big pile of gravel there.

So we helped ourselves.

View from the water.

nice and flat.

Even got Steps.

Another view from the water.

They will do.

THE FOREMAN.

This Robin watched us from when we started

digging until we finished. (click on image for larger pics).

Another advantage point.

Up the tree,and out of the way.

Is mates also put in an appearance.

Two way traffic.

Staring at me fatty.

Thats what Australia looks like.

2nd Round of our winter league is this Sunday coming.

So looking forward to that. Still got Glos Angling's

winter league to upload yet, will see Jerry hopefully

tomorrow. So its bye for now,and all the best STEVE.