12^th May, 2009 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Choosing the 'Catch of the Month' at our committee meeting on Monday was a difficult task due to the high calibre of entries. After much debate however Luke Banks aged 10years won the junior category of £50 of BaitTech products plus a Korda carp care kit with a cracking common carp of 18-4-0 from Arley Reservoir on our Worthington complex.

This month we gave a special runner up prize to new junior member Adam Thorndell who on his first angling trip, and believe it or believe it not his first cast, he landed a tench of 6-1-0 from the Mist. That's got to be worth a Korda carp care kit. A tench won the seniors weighing in at 8-10-0 taken from Grey Mist Mere by Alan Weaver. Alan legered sweetcorn over a bed of corn and pellet to tempt his specimen that netted him over £100 of BaitTech products plus a carp care kit.

Committee member Ian Clutterbuck reports tench ranging from 6 to 8lbs and bream to 10lbs are being caught from the small lake at Sandiway. He had a brace of these bronze beauties just over 10lbs apiece. A few of the carp we stocked recently are showing with fish to 18lbs falling to a variety of baits.

Marc Dack reckons that Association owned Woodshaw Reservoir alone is worth the full hit of his £40 membership fee. With his fishing mate Andy Leicester he visited the fishery for the first time last Thursday evening after work for a quick hour. Getting lost on the way did not leave a great deal of time for fishing but they still managed 9 crucian carp to 2.5lbs plus tcnch. Saturday saw Marc make a return visit and starting with a small waggler in the margin he soon had 2 crucians before being 'pestered by bits'. A change to a leger set up saw a change of fortunes with another 10 crucians and scores of quality roach with 4 well over a pound. He had at a conservative estimate at least 30lbs of fish.

Our Sunday match fund open on Sunday was held on the furthest extremity of our Trent & Mersey Canal fishing rights at Middlewich. Martin Lenihan easily led the field with an impressive roach catch of just over 10lbs taken on pole and caster. In fact roach dominated the match that suffered somewhat from a seasonal armada of boats, still if they were not there the canal would soon be choked with weed and unfishable.

We stocked the River Alyn on Monday with brown trout, mainly small fish with some just below takeable size to prevent the annual slaughter of past times. Hopefully these fish will provide some sport for those members who like to cast a fly on this tiny river.

Please let me have your catch reports on 01928 716238 FAX 01928713898 or e-mail frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk.

HQ Parker Street will be open on Friday evening as usual between 7 & 9-30pm for subscriptions, new members, etc.

Frank Lythgoe

Results:

Juniors

1. Nigel Hankey 4-14-0

2. Nathan Rowles 3-13-4

3. Jack Swindells 2-3-0

Trent & Mersey Open (Middlewich)

1) Martin Lenihan 10-3-0

2) Lee Clark 7-7-8

3) Jim Byrne 6-1-0

4) Tony Derbyshire 5-10-0

Disabled & Over 60's

1) John Sharp 4-9-0

2) Brian Pilkington 2-12-3

3) Geoff Brooks 2-9-5

4) Harry Morris 2-9-4

Coming Events:

SATURDAY

Centenary Open Bridgewater Canal. Draw 9am on bank (pegs 610-720)

MONDAY

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10-30am Stockton Heath British Legion (Contact John Dagnall 01925 635486).

TUESDAY

Junior Summer Series. Draw 6pm on bank Bridgewater Canal (opposite Euclid Avenue) Grappenhall