GLOUCESTER ANGLING CENTRE'S WINTER LEAGUE.

We have come to the penultimate (big word for me) round of the series.

With eleven of the twelve anglers fishing Round 7.
Talk about an up,and down series. Dale was apparently going on holiday
during one of these matches, but now thats changed, so he will fish them all.
Bad news for the rest of the lads. Bit unconsiderate of you Dale!(tee he).

The weights were a lot lower than Babcocks weights of last week, which was
expected for the shite weather we've had just recently.
Still everyone who fished weighed in, EXCEPT one, aye! Doug.
I know i blanked at Drummonds, but its bad policy taking the micky out of
one's self.

ROUND 7.

DATE:- 14th february 2010.
VENUE:-Stone End Farm.
Draw:-9-00am.
FISH:-10.00am to 3.00pm.

11 Fished.

Result on the day.

1st. J.FARRANT. PEG 8. 37-10-0.

2nd. R.WOOD. PEG 10. 31-14-0.

3rd. T.DAVIS. PEG 11. 27-0-0.

4th. M.BREAR. PEG 12. 23-3-0.

5th. D.MALPAS. PEG 3. 14-14-0.

6th. J.HOWE. PEG 9. 4-10-0.

7th. R.MACKENSIE. PEG 2. 3-7-0.

8th. J.PARNELL. PEG 5. 2-7-0.

9th. P.HOWE. PEG 6. 1-8-0.

10TH. J.FERNEYHOUGH. PEG 1. 1-6-0.

11TH. D.BLAKE. PEG 4. 0-0-0.

DID NOT TURN UP. R.DAVIS. 4 POINTS.

SECTIONS.

SECTION 1.

D.MALPAS. 1PT. R.MACKENSIE. 2PTS.
J.FERNEYHOUGH. 3PTS. D.BLAKE. 4PTS.

SECTION 2.

J.FARRANT. 1PT. J.PARNELL. 2PTS 
P.HOWE. 3PTS. R.DAVIS. 4PTS.

SECTION 3.

R.WOOD. 1PT. T.DAVIS. 2PTS.
M.BREAR. 3PTS. J.HOWE. 4PTS.


THE OVERALL RESULTS ARE NOW COUNTED WITH THE
WORST RESULT DROPPED.


 1. D.MALPAS. 1.1.1.1.3.3.1 = 11. WORST  3. = 8.   242-11-0.

 2. T.DAVIS.     3.1.2.2.1.1.2 = 12.  WORST  3. = 9.   235-14-8.

 3. M.BREAR.   1.2.1.1.2.2.3 = 12.  WORST  3. = 9.   153-3-0.

 4. J.FARRENT.2.1.3.2.4.1.1 = 14.  WORST  4. = 10. 238-3-8.

 5. R.MACKE   1.3.1.2.2.2.2 = 13.  WORST  3. = 10. 169-2-8.

 6. R.WOOD.    2.4.4.1.1.1.1 = 14.  WORST  4. = 10. 162-11-0.

 7. R.DAVIS.     2.2.4.3.1.4.4 = 20.  WORST  4. = 16. 204-9-0.

 8. P.HOWE.     3.2.2.4.3.4.3 = 21.   WORST 4. = 17. 114-10-0.

 9. J.PARNELL.4.3.3.4.2.3.2 = 21.   WORST 4. = 17. 53-11-8.

10. J.FERNEY. 4.4.3.3.3.2.3 = 22.   WORST.4. = 18. 40-3-8.

11. J.HOWE.    3.3.2.4.4.4.4 = 24.   WORST 4. = 20. 140-7-0.

12. D.BLAKE.  4.4.4.3.3.3.4  = 25.  WORST 4. = 21. 16-15-8.

With one match to go, you could say that the top four all
have a good chance of winning it. Macker,and rob wood,
would have to catch over 80lb to have any chance,
and thats if dale finishes 4th in the section with a
crap weight.Jerry's only 4lb behind Dale so it could be done.
Dale has'nt had a 4th in section,so it probably won't happen.

So that means its probably only a three horse race.
But we all know fishing can jump up,and bite yer bum.
So who knows?.We will have to wait,and see.

Permali's winter league is this Sunday, hope its not another
grueller.Will let you know how i have done on this one,
after Sunday. Last chance God, give me a good peg Please!
or else i will become a politician (they gotta be old nick's mate).
Have a good week ends fishing, and all the best,
                    
                           STEVE.

DAVE HOARE'S LATEST RESULTS.

MAGGOTS END.


RODS and REELS.

ROUND TOWN NEWS CHALLENGE CUP.
 
This week was the first round of the RTN Challenge Cup.

A series of 4 matches over the next couple of months.
( Again, thanks to RTN for sponsoring this series).
The match was held on the Rio Segura at the Eden canal stretch.
There are 2 teams contesting with 12 anglers in each team.
One team will fish the odd numbers and the other even numbers up to 24.
There are 4 sections 1-6, 7-12, 13-18 & 19-24.
The winner of each section gets 6 points down to 1 point and no points
if you have a dry net.
Points are then added up and this denotes the winning team.
The points are then carried through the series, and accumulatively added up.
If both teams score the same points then it is decided on weight.
The day although windy in the morning, eased down during the day however,
it never improved the fishing.
As was said before, English winter league in the sun.
There were some dry nets and this really influenced the overall result.
A superb catch from John Winstanley on a grim day and against all the odds
the river would produce a good weight like this, and also he was in my team.

Section weights and winners on the day


Section 1-6 Rob ( Lenny´s mate ) Harrop fishing the pole using bread punch with 5.58 kilo´s
Section 7-12 John ( I don´t believe it ) Winstanley fishing the feeder using corn 8.64 kilo´s.
Section 13-18 Stuart ( I´m married again ) Taylor fishing the feeder using maggot with 2.240 kilo´s.
Section 18-24 Dave ( Yours Truly ) Hoare fishing the feeder using worm with 2.00kilo´s.

Overall points on the day.
 
A team 1st team


Section 1-6 11 7
Section 7-12 12 8
Section 13-18 6 9
Section 19-24 0 11

Overall points 29 35
 
A QUICK GUIDE TO SOME KNOTS .

TIGHT LINES.

DAVE HOARE.

Here's one of Dave's jokes, i thought it was good.

A teacher asks the class to name things that end with 'tor' that eat things.


The first little boy says, "Alligator."
"Very good, that's a big word."

The second boy says, "Predator."
"Yes, that's another big word. Well done."

Little Johnny says, "Vibrator, Miss."
After nearly falling off her chair, she says,
"That is a big word, but it doesn't eat anything."

Litle Johnny answers.
"Well my sister has one and she says it eats batteries like there's no tomorrow!"

Glos Anglings latest result will be uploaded towards the end of the week.
Until then bye for now STEVE.

PERMALI'S WINTER LEAGUE.

ROUND 2.


VENUE:- DRUMMONDS DUBB.
DRAW :- 9.15AM.
FISH :- 10.15AM TO 3.15PM.

Pre-Draw.

Charlie Chang could'nt turn up for this one today,as his Grandmother
is Chinese,and he had to take her out for the Chinese new year.
Thats his excuse, and he's sticking to it. But at least he did give notice,
so Dickie arranged for young Lewis Bolton to Guest for the match.
We thought great back to 14 Anglers. "Wrong" Adrian Davis did'nt
put in an appearance. Well done Adrian?.

THE DRAW.

As i said in my last post (pleasure fishing) Pegs 6,and 7 on the road side,
or any peg on the far bank is where i wanted to draw. Well God was obviously
off playing Golf somewhere, instead of giving me a decent draw.

My mitts went into the draw bag,and out popped peg bleeding 1, the worst
one to draw,as this peg blanked in the last match of the series.
The lake was gin clear, i could see the bottom ring on my keepnet,as
clear as if it was out of the water. Steve Evans said he would draw
peg 14, and the bugger did.
Now i need Andy Salcombe to do my lottery numbers, as the jammy so,
and so drew peg 7 again, with peg 6 vacant (again) because Adrian
did'nt turn up,and that was the last peg in the bag.
What's the bleeding chance of that. If shite was luck, he would
have the runs, and i would be constipated.

Myself, and Andy are now the only two who have drawn this side twice.
Mind you Andy was'nt complaining. Richard Bowd was happy, he drew
peg 12. After drawing peg 1, and blanking on the first match.
His happiness was'nt to last long though. Barry Matthews drew
next to me on peg 2, another not so happy chappy.
Terry Reybould drew peg 8, the one i pleasure fished on Wednesday.
He knew how i done on this peg, so he was fairly happy.
Bri Dix drew peg 9. On the far bank again? jammy git!.

The draw went as follows.

Secion A.

Peg 1. Me (deeply depressed). Peg 2. B.Matthews (fairly depressed).
Peg 3. S.Bee (not over excited). Peg 4.J.Wellington (Not very amused).
Peg 5. N.Willis (Better than the last four). Peg 6. Adrian dipped out.
Peg 7. A.Salcombe (ear to ear bleeding grin).

Section B.

Peg 8. T.Reybould.(All Anglers on this bank very happy).
Peg 9. B.Dix. Peg 10. T.Warner. Peg 11. D.Lewis. Peg 12. R.Bowd.
Peg 13. L.Bolton (guest).Peg 14. S.Evans. (biggest grin for that bank).

THE MATCH.

GGGGGGGRUELLER!. The all in went at 10.15pm. Fed the pole line with
two small balls of Groundbait, and a small amount of pinkies, at 12.5 metres,
over the ledge. Then went straight on the feeder, fed a minimum of chopped worm
in the feeder with groundbait, single red maggot on the hook.
Too cut a long,and painful story short, i tried single red maggot, double red maggot,
single pinkie, double pinkie, four pinkies, pellet, and corn, what did i catch,
jack poo, thats what i caught. 5 hours, not a single bite.
(where the hell have i put that rope). Jeezus thats twice this peg as blanked now.

The summary of this match is as follows.

Section A.

Barry peg 2 Blanked. Steve.B.Peg 3. One 3 ounce roach, caught 15 minutes from time.
(jammy git, one bite one fish).Jason. Peg 4 Never had a bite until the last half hour,
and then preceeded to catch a flurry of small roach up to the whisle.
Half an hour from blanking (jammy sod).
Nick. Peg 5. (the peg i had last time) caught 2 skimmers,and 1 roach.
Peg 7 MR grin from ear to ear bagged up (please do my lottery numbers).

Section B.

Terry. peg 8. Caught well through out. Brian Peg 9. Caught reasonably well through out.
Tommy. Peg 10. 1 skimmer. Dickie. Peg 11. Blanked. Richard. Peg 12. Blanked (again tee he).
Lewis. Peg 13.Blanked (guests are allowed to blank too). MR i want Peg 14, and got it. Blanked.

POST MATCH SUMMARY.

Hang on let me stop laughing, or is it crying. Must be laughing, because us big boys
don't cry do we. (Boo hoo). The water was clear as glass, it started to get a bit misty in
the deepest Part of the lake. Which happened to be where Pegs 6,7,8, and 9 were.
Thats where all the bloody fish were caught. So next week in our third match of the
series, if its still clear, is where i bet, 14 Anglers will want to be.
So whats the chances of me drawing one of them, probably the same as the pope
popping around for a cup of tea. No doubt Andy will draw one of them.
Am i bitter, and twisted. Bloody right i'am. Am i going to quit fishing, and take
up Golf, just a thought. ROLE ON SUMMER.

RESULTS.

SECTION A.

1ST. A.SALCOMBE. PEG 7. 20-13-0. 1PT.

2ND. N.WILLIS. PEG 5. 1-13-0. 2PTS.

3RD. J.WELLINGTON. PEG 4. 0-13-8. 3PTS.

4TH. S.BEE. PEG 3. 0-3-0.

5TH. B.MATTHEWS. PEG 2. 0-0-0.

5TH. S.HAWKINS. PEG 1. 0-0-0.

7TH. A.DAVIS. PEG 6. 0-0-0.  D.N.F.

SECTION B.

1ST. T.REYBOULD. PEG 8. 15-7-0.

2ND. B.DIX. PEG 9. 10-12-0.

3RD. T.WARNER. PEG 10. 0-12-0.

4TH. D.LEWIS. PEG 11. 0-0-0.

4TH. R.BOWD. PEG 12. 0-0-0.

4TH. L.BOLTON.(GUEST) PEG 13. 0-0-0.

4TH. S.EVANS. PEG 14. 0-0-0.

C.CHANG. 0-0-0.  D.N.F.

OVERALL POSITION AFTER ROUND 2.

  1ST..A.SALCOMBE...2PTS....41-5-0.

  2ND..B.DIX...5PTS....26-0-0.
  3RD..J.WELLINGTON...5PTS....16-7-8.
  4TH..T.REYBOULD...6PTS....20-15-0.
  5TH..T.WARNER....6PTS.....9-14-0.
  6TH..S.EVANS...8PTS....16-1-0.
  7TH..D.LEWIS...9PTS....12-11-0.
  8TH..N.WILLIS...9PTS.....8-1-0.
  9TH..S.BEE...10PTS.....8-8-0.
10TH..B.MATTHEWS...11PTS.....12-10-0.
11TH..S.HAWKINS...11PTS.....8-3-0.
12TH..A.DAVIS...12PTS.....9-6-0.
13TH..R.BOWD...14PTS.....0-0-0.
14TH..C.CHANG...14PTS.....0-0-0.

NOT MANY PHOTOS TODAY, A BIT POINTLESS REALLY.
HERE'S JUST A FEW.

The boys raring to go.

At least half of them are ready for the draw.

Andy ready for the weigh in.

So that's what the buggers look like.

Nice winning bag of skimmers.

 (very painful looking at this).

Andy's winning weigh.

Time to laugh at the blankers. (ready to go home).

Round 3 is next sunday, please, please be a better day.

Well that's it for this crap day for most of us.

Gloucester angling centre's 7th round was fished today as well, i will get the
results from Jerry, and upload them. They are fishing at Stone End Farm.
Last week Babcocks fished there first winters league match there, and had a
cracking day. The weather was milder then, but the weights were brilliant for
this time of year. Brian Dix won the match with a very impressive 170LB.
Jason Wellington came second with 80LB+.
There were a few 70Lb+ bags as backup weights.
Well done lads very impressive.
Back down to Earth this week though, aye boys. tee he.

Anyway how come i did'nt get an invite to join your winters league then.
You would of needed some one who comes last regular, and
i fit the bill perfect. Plus no doubt i would have drawn the shite pegs, so you
lot could of had the good ones.

Well that's a few Christmas cards i will save on this year.

Hope you enjoyed reading this,and had a better days fishing.
So for now, all the best STEVE.