It was an unusually poor turn out this week but this did mean all anglers had plenty of room with two spare pegs either side, so the hope was for a good day’s fishing.  Sadly this wasn’t the case with all but the top 3 struggling.  First place went to Danny Geatto on peg 8 – Danny really struggled for the first four hours with the only sign of a bite coming from a duck!  In the final hour the Carp turned up down his margin and he made the most of it catching 14, to the frustration of all around him.  Second place went to Jonathon Leivers on peg 11. Third place went to Matt Geatto on peg 20.  Matt started fishing pellet on the deck but due to the amount of Gudgeon he switched to fishing shallow and picked off the odd Carp.

1st  Danny Geatto 45lb 10

2nd  Johnathon Leivers – 37lb 7oz

3rd  Matt Gaetto –  34lb

Another close match on Roughs pond with lots of little battles and plenty of banter.  Peg 1 won the last match on the venue and it looked like it was the peg to draw again with plenty of carp showing.

Adam Logan on peg 14 had a great start to the match – catching shallow fishing up to the floating island and on the deck.  He looked to be the man to beat but unfortunately a couple of lost fish seemed to slow down his catch rate.

Ian Shaw on peg 10 was also cursing lost fish.  Ian was fishing ground bait down his margin with either corn or worm on the hook and also pellet at 12m, catching Carp down his margin and a nice Bream at 12m.

Ian Bradley on peg 5 had been struggling for bites in until the last hour when he finally started to catch Carp fishing shallow feeding pellets.

Craig Logan on peg 2 caught over 30 skimmers fishing pellet at 14m but was unable to catch any bonus fish to add to his catch.

Ade knighton had drawn peg 22 and couldn’t wait to start calling time one minute early! Ade was sat between June Lowe and John Lowe AKA “The Treble”.  June definitely had them both worried, catching good sized Roach and Perch and the odd carp on worm before The Treble did what he does best and harpooned a carp of over 5lb, taking both the bragging rights and a section win.

Jonathon Leivers drew fancied peg 1, and caught mainly Carp, fishing pellets at 12m and 14m.

As Ade called time “on time” it was clear who was in the top 4 but it was going down to the weigh in to find out what order and who would get a section win.

1st  Jonathan Leivers – 28lb 13oz

2nd  Adam Logan – 27lb 11oz

3rd  Ian Shaw – 22lb 14oz

4th  Ian Bradley – 16lb 15oz

Section 1  Craig Logan – 15 8oz

Section 2  John Lowe – 16lb 9oz

The match this week was at Beechwood Fishery on Kingfisher.  We had a great attendance again this week which made the pegging tight but all anglers were still looking forward to a good day’s fishing regardless.  Kingfisher is normally a great match pond with large weights needed to frame and good back up weights.  The nice weather conditions meant lots of anglers started fishing shallow on the pole but with an hour gone and only a couple of Carp caught, people were soon trying other methods – however the lake was fishing hard.  Tony Males on favoured peg 13 was starting to wish he hadn’t bothered going back to his van for his third net before the start.  With 2 hours gone the only person catching was Ian Bradley on peg 28 – making the most of a corner peg – and Phil Kent on flyer peg 14.

Things were looking bleak and lots of anglers were now picking up their feeder rods.  It was hard to tell if they were fishing for Carp or  Squirrels with the amount of time they spent casting into the trees (Mick, Craig R, and Carl) much to the amusement of others.  The fishing started to improve for some anglers in the 3rd hour with Craig Logan, Carl Wilson And Dave Meakin putting a run of fish together.  The 4th hour was pretty much the same but Craig Logan found time to show the anglers around him how to play a Duck.  Finally in the final hour the fish started to feed with anglers starting to catch fish from all around the pond but it was too little too late for most.  Ady called time at exactly 14.59pm which was a good indication that his two match framing strike was over.  First place went to Ian Bradley on peg 28 – Ian fished hard pellet on the deck at 14m.  Second place was Craig Logan on peg 16 – Craig fished feeder with pin point accuracy to the far bank.  Third place was Phil Kent on peg 14.  Phil fished feeder to the far bank and pole short in the last hour.  Fourth place went to Carl Wilson on peg 37 – Carl fished feeder to the far bank (and on the bank!) catching carp to 8lb.  Fifth place went to Dave Meakin on peg 12.  Dave fished the feeder and pole, picking off the odd fish all day.

1st  Ian Bradley – 84lb 10oz

2nd  Craig Logan – 69lb 4oz

3rd  Phil Kent – 53lb 50z

4th  Carl Wilson – 42lb 11oz

5th  Dave Meakin 38lb 5oz

The match this week was rearranged to the Stanton Canal due to a last minute cancellation by Brailsford Fishery.  Turn out for the match was good considering the late change in venue, again with some new and returning faces giving the match a go.  Unfortunately the match fished incredibly hard with only three anglers catching double figures.  It soon became apparent that the Bream were shoaled up on pegs one and two, with both anglers catching them from the off.  First place went to Jonathon Leivers on Peg 2, catching Bream over groundbait. Second place was Ade Knighton on Peg 1.  Ade caught Bream feeding pellets and kept rotating hook baits – this is the second week running Ade has framed and just goes to prove anything is possible, giving hope to the rest of us.  Well done Ade 😉  Third place went to Adam Logan on peg 10 – Adam had a nice day fishing chopped worm, fishing to the lily pads catching big Tench and Ide.

1st Jonathon Leivers – 34lb 11oz

2nd Ade Knighton – 21lb 14oz

3rd Adam Logan – 21lb

4th Tony Males – 6lb 3oz

5th Ian Bradley – 6lb 1oz

Fantastic turn out this week, and as the match was on our own water some pleasure anglers joined the regulars – it’s always nice to see new faces on the matches and we welcome anyone who wants to give match fishing a try.  Roughs pond always makes for a fair match with a chance of framing off any peg, this match was no exception – anyone in the top 10 could have won the match with 30min to go.  However, this was the week for the golden oldies, showing they’re not too old to be written off just yet…  Dave Perry and Ade Knighton were both still licking their wounds, courtesy of junior angler Ollie the previous week – both had a point to prove!  First place went to Dave Perry on peg 1 – Dave fished Pellet at 12m and 16m, taking carp throughout the day.  Second place went to Ian Bradley on peg 16.  Ian fished hard pellets catching a mixed bag including a 4lb carp in the last minute.  Third place went to Ade Knighton on peg 18 – Ade fed groundbait on his pole line and caught several Bream over it.  Fourth place went to John Lowe on peg 20.  John fished paste in the margin caching small Carp. Special mention this week goes to Carl Wilson fishing for the first time in 8 months and his long absence showed with him losing numerous Carp – it can only get better Carl… 🙂

1st  Dave Perry – 28lb 12oz

2nd  Ian Bradley – 24lb 9oz

3rd  Ade Knighton – 22lb 10oz

4th  John Lowe – 21lb 12oz

5th  Adam Logan 20lb 2oz

The match this week was on the popular lake 2 at Robinswood.  Peg 18 seems to frame on most matches and with the wind blowing into the peg it looked like the one to draw.   Craig Radford was the lucky angler and I’ve never seen him move so quick to get to a peg – he can certainly shift for a man of his age.  Craig started fishing shallow, catching his biggest fish of the day – a 13lb carp – within minutes. He quickly moved to his margins fishing corn and pellets and caught carp steadily for a cracking weight of 111lb.  Second place went to Barry Dent on Peg 30 – Barry had never fished the venue before and was struggling  for the first 3 hours but finally got Carp feeding on hard pellet short for 51lb.  It was extremely close for 3rd place with 6 anglers having 30lb plus weights.  Third place went to Danny Gaetto on Peg 6.  Danny was turning the air blue with the amount of lost fish from down his margin – good job we don’t have a swear box…  A special mention to junior member Ollie Flindall who caught the biggest fish of the day – an 18lb Carp.  Ollie also absolutely battered Dave Perry and Match Secretary Ade Knighton off the next pegs to his left.

1st  Craig Radford – 111lb

2nd  Barry Dent – 51lb 5oz

3rd  Danny Gaetto – 39lb 11oz

4th  Adam Logan – 37lb 9oz

5th  John Lowe – 36lb 15oz

Another good turn out this week.  Railway is renowned for being “peggy” so a good draw is needed for a good day’s fishing. The match got off to a slow start for all competitors with plenty of Carp swimming about but not feeding.  Two hours into the match, it was turning into a real struggle for most with only a few Carp being caught and a lot of fish being foul hooked.  Despite this a few anglers were starting to put a weight together, including the Gaetto Brothers – Matt and Danny – who were matching each other fish for fish.  With 1hr left there were only a few anglers with a chance of framing with the pond still fishing hard for most.  At the final whistle it looked to be between Matt and Danny for 1st place – it turned out to be incredible close with only 2lb separating the two, with Matt winning for the second week running.  Third place went to venue expert Paul Bull who just pushed his friend Kyle Sargeant into 4th place.

1st  Matt Gaetto – 50lb 8oz Peg 24

2nd  Danny Gaetto – 48lb 8oz Peg 21

3rd  Paul Bull – 45lb peg 4

4th  Kyle Sargeant – 41lb 9oz Peg 29