BABCOCKS WINTER LEAGUE.

BABCOCKS WINTER LEAGUE.(Round 3).

FEBRUARY 28th 2010.
VENUE:- TIRLEY COURT (Pete's lake).TIRLEY, GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
DRAW:- 8.30AM.
FISH:- 9.30AM-3.00PM.

10 ANGLERS.
 
PRE MATCH,and DRAW.


It was raining when all the anglers turned up.It was raining for the draw.
It was raining while the competitors were setting up.The good news the rain
had stopped for the all in,and never came back.A few brolly's stayed up
throughout the match,as the wind was sharp,and cold.Some had the wind in
there faces, and some had it blowing on there right sides.The colour of the water
was like chocolate.

10 Anglers 2 sections, pegs 1 to 5 first section,and pegs 6 to 10
second section. The draw was,as follows.

Section 1.

Peg 1. Roy Wellington.
Peg 2. Paul Jackson.
Peg 3. Andy Salcombe.
Peg 4. Brian Dix.
Peg 5. Steve Bee.

Section 2.

Peg 6. Jason Wellington.
Peg 7. Tom Warner.
Peg 8. Steve Evans.
Peg 9. Terry Reybould.
Peg 10.Graham Hurcombe.

THE ALL IN.

The hooter sounded the all in at 9.30am. The pole lines were fed with mainly pellets.
A few of the anglers starting on the feeder towards the Island. In the summer this
place can produce hundreds of pounds of carp, but with condition's like today's,
no one was over optimistic.All the competitor's had a slow start.Steve Bee on peg 5,
started to catch small carp steadily,and at one stage was winning the match quite
comfortably.For most of the lads,it was catch a couple in quick succession, then
it woild die for 20 minutes or so.As the match progressed pegs 1,and 2 started to
perform, with carp upto two pounds coming steadily to the net.
Steve Evans started catching steadily on the method,
with 2mm pellets moulded around the feeder,and 3 dead maggots on the hook.
Jason,and Tom on pegs 6,and 7 were having gruellers.
With Jason catching mainly Gudgeon.
Graham on peg 10, had a lean couple of hours where he never had a bite,but is
peg came back to life,with half hour to go.Pegs 1,and 2 never had a bite for the
last hour,but by then they had done the damage.Steve Bee had a few hours struggling,
before is peg sprang back to life near the end. Steve probably had the biggest Carp
for about 6lb. Andy,and Brian on pegs 3,and 4 never had a good run of fish, but they
both just plodded on to the whistle.Steve Evans was catching steadily throughout
the match, but the size of his fish were not going to worry the low pegs.
The hooter for the all out came at 3.00pm, to a lot of cheers from most.

Roy Wellington on peg 1, won the match. Fishing the pole at six metres.
He fed micros through a toss pot,and alternating between 4mm,and 6mm expanders on the hook.
Paul Jackson using identical tactics to Roy was a close second off peg 2,falling just 8 ounces short.
Steve Bee on peg 5 finishing 3rd, just 1lb behind Paul. Steve fished at 3 metres,
again with the same tactics as Roy,and Paul.
Steve Evans finishing 4th off peg 8. All is fish were caught on the method,with micros,
and dead maggot. He had to fish about 5 metres to the left of the Island,as any closer,
and he would have been in snag alley.

Pay out on the day was first overall,plus two section wins.

Roy Wellington picking up £50 for first, with Paul Jackson winning section 1,by default.
Picking up £25.
Steve Evans also picking up £25 for winning section 2.
Poor old Steve Bee finishing third in the match won nowt.

Overall results.

1st. Roy wellington Peg 1. 37-8-0.

2nd. Paul Jackson Peg 2. 37-0-0.

3rd. Steve Bee Peg 5. 36-0-0.

4th. Steve Evans Peg 8. 29-0-0.

5th. Graham Hurcombe. Peg 10. 27-12-0.

6th. Terry Reybould. Peg 9. 16-8-0.

7th. Andy Salcombe. Peg 3. 13-0-0.

8th. Brian Dix. Peg 4. 12-0-0.

9th. Jason Wellington. Peg 6. 8-0-0.

10th. Tom Warner. 5-0-0.

FEW MORE PICS OF THE DAY.

Roy on is way to victory.

Steve Evans catching on the method.

In the net. With Tommy looking on.

Brian netting a Carp.

Little one, but welcome.

Tommy looking a tad chilly.

Jason Gudgeon bashing.

Brian concentrating.

Not impressed Andy.

Roy between the tree's.

Another one plopped into the net.

Roy landing another for is winning weight.

Tommy got one.

You look cold Tommy.

Method caught Carp.

Don't look to clever.

We love fish.

Steve Evans looking like michelin man.

It was a cold day,and for Tirley it did'nt really swich on. But some fish were caught,

and at the end of the day, that's what its all about. I hope you enjoyed this,as i did'nt

fish myself this weekend i thought i would do this feature.

If a fishing mag is reading this, "gis a job".  One can only dream, can't one.

Roll on Sunday our winter league at Drummonds is on that day, so i can do a bit myslf.

Round 4 already, don't time fly. that's all for now folks see you soon STEVE.

DAVE'S RESULTS FROM SPAIN.

MAGGOTS END.



RODS and REELS.

This weeks match was the 9th round of the Winter Championship.
A series of 11 matches with the best 8 to count.
The match was held on the aptley named 8 foot drain.
Due to the fact that although it is only 6 meters wide the depth is
anywhere between 8 – 10 feet. 
It does seem strange fishing the top 3 sections of your pole to hand and catching fish.
The drain fished well on the day with only a couple of dry nets.
Big fish are scattered throughout the stretch, with Stu Taylor weighing
in 6+ kilo´s with 2 fish.
One being 4.300 kilo´s in old money 91/2 lbs.

Top rods on the day.

1st Terry ( Swing e´m ) Screen fishing the pole using maggot with 7.980 kilos.
2nd Lenny ( Excultural Attache ) Bolton same method with 7.00kilos.
3rd Bill ( The Master ) Reade same method with 6.62 kilos.

Accumulative points to date

1st Paul Baxter with 58 points
2nd Dave Hoare with 59 points
3rd Bill Reade with 69 points.

2 matches to go and still anybody´s trophy.
 
ANGLERS TOGETHER


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 Saturday 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 and still rising.

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,looking forward to your future matches. Thanks again for
sharing them with my blog.

P.S.


THIS IS A PICTURE OF MY GAURDIAN ANGEL.
SHE LOOKS OVER ME AT THE DRAW BAG.

Can't understand why i keep getting shite draws.

Can you?

PERMALI'S WINTER LEAGUE.

DATE:- 21st FEBRUARY 2010.


VENUE:- DRUMMONDS DUBB.
DRAW:- 8-45AM.
FISH:- 10.00AM TO 3.00PM.


PRE MATCH SUMMARY.

First of all i would like to say that our 14 man series,
as now become a 12 man series.
Charlie Chang as now decided to drop out of the winter league,
and so has Adrian Davis. What riles me is we had a back up list,
with 4 Anglers who wanted to fish it.But being the third match
into the series, there's no way they are going to fish.

Charlie's excuse is he missed the first two matches.
Adrian's excuse is our series clashes with Manor Farm's series.

So why the hell did'nt they just not bother, and say something
before the series started, that way we could have brought in the
next two on the waiting list. This affects the pay outs on the day,
plus on the overall payouts.

Well done you two, i hope you both have a shite year's fishing.
They are now both banned from fishing any future series.

THE DRAW.

If someone asks you to draw there peg number,don't do it.
Because Dickie was doing all the paperwork for the draw,
someone had to draw his peg first,and because i was standing next
to Brian Dix,who happened to have the draw bag in is hand,i
was elected.Everybody wanted pegs 6,7,8,or9,as these are in the
deepest part of the lake,and were the top weights in the
last match.Except peg 6,as it as not been drawn before.
But we all know it is on the same par as peg 7.

So i put my paw in the bag,and drew peg bleeding 6.Can't draw
the buggers for myself.
Well i thought i might be able to do the magic twice,
so put my mitt back in,and drew peg 4,my heart sank,13 ounces came
off this peg last week.That's the third match i have drawn on the road side bank.
Jeezus! i most have done something real bad in my last life.

FIRST,AND LAST TIME I EVER DRAW FOR SOMEONE ELSE.

"shock horror" MR grin from ear to ear (andy salcombe) did not draw
PEG 7.No he drew peg 10 on the far bank,the last weight off here was
12 ounces.( cheered me up a bit).
Poor old Barry drew peg 2 again.(suicidal or what).
Peg 7 went to Tommy, he seemed very happy about that.
Only two good pegs left.
They went to Steve Bee, peg 8,and Terry Raybould, peg 9.
The rest were'nt to pleased.Bri Dix again,for the third time drawing
the far bank.

SECTIONS.

SECTION A.

Peg 2. B.Matthews. Peg 3. J.wellington. Peg 4. Yours truly.
Peg 5. S.Evans. Peg 6.D.Lewis. (my peg really) Peg 7. T.Warner.

SECTION B.

Peg 8. S.Bee. Peg 9. T.Reybould. Peg 10. A.Salcombe.(tee he).
Peg 11. N.Willis. Peg 12. R.Bowd. Peg 13. B.Dix.

THE MATCH.

The water was still clear, so we thought it was going to be another grueller.
Jason had 13 ounces off peg 4 last match,he had 6 roach in the last hour.
I decided to fish the feeder for an hour,if i had no indication by then,
i was going to fish the pole,and hopefully wait to see if the roach would
turn up earlier. Jason told me that he stayed on the feederlast match,
hoping the skimmers would turn up,but they did'nt.
Thats why i thought i will target the roach,if nothing happens in the first
hour with the skimmers.So my first hour went by without a bite on the feeder.
Hell! i might as well watch a float all day,than the end of a rod.

So out went the the pole at 12.5 metres, just over the ledge.
On this line i fed a cupful of finely chopped worm, with a sprinkling
of maggots.After half an hour my float went under, and 10 seconds later a
1 ounce perch was in the net.First target of the day was accomplished, no
blanking for me today. The second hour i had 2 perch,and one roach in
the net for a grand total of about 4 ounces.Time to make decisions,
so out went two cupfuls of very finely chopped worm, fishing maggot
over the top.Within 10 minutes it was like flicking a switch,the roach
turned up in numbers.They were small, so i tried a piece of worm on the
hook, and that seemed to sort out the better one's.At the end of the match,
i had 6 perch,and 65 roach.That's 71 fish, so you can imaging how many times
i had to ship the pole in,and out.At 12.5 metres it was mental?
I tried to bring the fish in closer, but they would'nt budge, from the
bottom of the shelf.But one cannot complain, no what i mean.

I weighed in 1 ounce short of 8lb.At the begining of the match, we
anglers in section A new if you did,nt draw pegs 6 or 7 you were
fishing for third.Poor old Barry on peg 2 had had enough,he packed
up after 3 hours, without getting a single bite.Is traveling partner
Richard, drew peg 12, he did'nt even set up, so walked around for
3 hours.(can't work that out,you don't try you will never know).
Jason on peg 3, caught a 2 ounce roach, straight away, and did'nt
have another bite all day. As expected pegs 6,and 7 finished top two.
Peg 7 beat me by 3 ounces,and peg 6 by 12 ounces, so i was gutted.
Another half dozen roach,and i could of pinched the section.
Steve Evans on peg 5, had the same amount of fish as me, but
fished the maggot on the hook. So maybe my ploy with the chopped
worm worked,or i just got lucky. So sshhhh! don't tell anyone, it's our
little secret.
Steve bee in section B, won is section comfortably off peg 8,
with 17lb. For some reason peg 9 went tits up, can't be the
angler, as terry is a very good silver fish maestro.Maybe he just had
one of those days.Brian on peg 13 came second with nearly 4lb.
How did Andy do on peg 10, do you wan't to know, okay then!
He "blanked",so he is human after all.Did i laugh,only behind is back.

POST MATCH.


To be honest i thought i was in for another grueller, but had quite an
enjoyable day.(even though my arms are dropping off from shipping in,
and out all day).
Before the match i had to laugh at Dickie, i swear
the old buggers going senial.After the draw he unloaded Jason's kit
from his van.Then drove off to his peg.Leaving Jason bemused.As Jason
was only 3 pegs past Dickie.So with a 100 yard walk with is kit,
he passed Dickie,and walked on to his peg,still shaking his head.

Well done Dickie cheered me up a bit that.I would have shot him if
that would have been me.One of Dick's daughters read's this blog,
so if she is reading this,"get him checked out".

RESULTS.

SECTION A.

1ST. D.LEWIS (can't be that senial). PEG 6 8-11-0. 1PT.

2ND. T.WARNER. PEG 7. 8-2-0. 2PTS.

3RD. ME,ME,ME. PEG 4. 7-15-0. 3PTS.

4TH. S.EVANS. PEG 5. 5-8-0. 4PTS.

5TH. J.WELLINGTON. PEG 3. 0-2-0. 5PTS.

6TH. B.MATTHEWS.PEG 2. 0-0-0. 7PTS.

SECTION B.

1ST. S.BEE. PEG 8. 17-4-0. 1PT.

2ND. B.DIX. PEG 13. 3-12-8. 2PTS.

3RD. T.REYBOULD. PEG 9. 1-3-8. 3PTS.

4TH. A.SALCOMBE. PEG 10. 0-0-0. 7PTS.

5TH. N.WILLIS. PEG 11. 0-0-0. 7PTS.

6TH. R.BOWD. PEG 12. 0-0-0. 7PTS.

ROUGE'S GALLERY.

WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE

CHARLIE CHANG.

ADRIAN DAVIS.

You can down load these two's pics,and stick them

on you dart board if you like.

OVERALL AFTER 3 ROUNDS. (with worst weight dropped).

1ST. A.SALCOMBE..... 1.1.7.= 9..MINUS 7. 2PTS. 41-5-0.

2ND. D.LEWIS......... 2.7.1.= 10.MINUS 7. 3PTS. 21-6-0.

3RD. B.DIX............. 3.2.2.= 7..MINUS 3. 4PTS. 29-12-8.

4TH. T.REYBOULD.....5.1.3.= 9..MINUS 5. 4PTS. 22-2-8.
5TH. S.BEE............ 6.4.1.= 11.MINUS 6. 5PTS. 25-12-0.
6TH. S.EVANS......... 1.7.4.= 12.MINUS 7. 5PTS. 21-9-0.
7TH. T.WARNER.......3.3.2.= 8..MINUS 3. 5PTS. 18-0-0.
8TH. J.WELLINGTON. 2.3.5.= 10.MINUS 5. 5PTS. 16-9-8.
9TH. S.HAWKINS...... 4.7.3.= 14.MINUS 7. 7PTS. 16-2-0.
10TH.N.WILLIS........ 7.2.7.= 16.MINUS 7. 9PTS. 8-1-0.
11TH.B.MATTHEWS... 4.7.7.= 18.MINUS 7. 11PTS.12-10-0.
12TH.R.BOWD..........7.7.7.= 21.MINUS 7. 14PTS.0-0-0.

Andy is still top,even with that blank.

Dickies moved up the leader board with that section win.
Any time you want to thank me for drawing you peg 6,
just let me know Dickie.Anyone else wanting me to draw there
pegs in the future will have to pay £5000 surcharge.

In other words, not a chance...

COUPLE OF PICS.

Looking from peg10,ironically my peg 4 is in

the middle on this picture. (looks a bit cold that).

Did'nt take long for theses two,to find me.

The track back to where our cars are.

Tommy,and Brian having a chinwag before the draw.

Dickie dumping Jason's kit out of the van.

Jason's telling Barry that dicks dumped is kit out.

Set up,and raring to go (i think not)

My 71 fish.(I must be anerexic,because i think i look fat)

My fish going back.

Dickie with is section winning weight.(senial sod).

Well that's it for this one folks, hope you enjoyed the read.

So for now its bye,bye from me. Cheers,and all the best.

                                 STEVE.

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.