10th July 2012 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

10th July 2012 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes.

David Robinson and his brother had a mixed evening on the small pool at our Mount fishery at Buckley. David stuck it out for the big fish but the nice surprise was that his brother fishing the waggler and maggot had great sport with lots of fantastic conditioned rudd, roach, hybrids, and perch. Their verdict: "Lovely little pool, very peaceful too. Meanwhile the much larger adjacent water continues to provide good sport with tench and carp.

Anglers have reported that the track to the Dane at Holmes Chapel needs some repair so we will arrange a working party in due course. Also there is presently an electric fence in the field to control grazing cattle; a simple way to avoid a shock is to include a thick plastic bin sack in your kit. They fold up small and come in handy for many uses, not least avoiding a shocking sensation in the nether regions. However regular contributor to this column, Paul Edwards didn't let any of this worry him as he reported chub of 3-10-0, 4-1-0, 4-6-0, 5-5-0, and 5-9-0 all taken on ledgered meat and pellet.  

Stuart Clayton and Bob Arnold enjoyed a good session on Rixton Claypits with mixed bags of roach and skimmers to 12ozs, bream to 3lbs and tench to 5lbs for around 25 to 30lbs. Red maggot was the successful bait. A few members have complained about the muddy banks in parts of the fishery, I think the clue is in the name coupled with the amount of rain we have had recently. Of course you can always volunteer for a working party and not simply leave it to others.

In our Disabled & Over 60's match at Stage Lane popular veteran angler Jimmy Byrne had a bonus 4.5lbs bream in his winning 6-8-0 net with George Hollis having a skimmer and roach catch for 5-12-0. The junior series saw Joe Walters take top spot with an all skimmer catch for 5-1-9 whilst Jake Fowles won the intermediate event with an all roach catch of 4-9-11 taken on hemp. Bearing in mind these latter two events are only just over two hours duration the weights are not too bad at all.

It was a battle between siblings at our Woodshaw Reservoir Junior Series on Monday with Josh Dawber taking first place with 9-9-0 ahead of brother, Matthew on 8-10-0. Also well done to the WAA (Woodshaw) team of youngsters who came 4^th with the WAA team (from Warrington) in 3^rd place. I can see some healthy rivalry here in the future, but the important thing is they both are a credit to our club. Thanks to the parents and volunteers whose efforts made their attendance possible. I'm looking forward to seeing pictures in their new team strip.

I really appreciate members catch reports and so do many others who read this column or my blog, so please keep them coming. Contact me either by phone Tel 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk. HQ 52, Parker Street is now open as usual between 7 & 9pm every Friday, for subscriptions, new memberships/night permits, or any queries.

Frank Lythgoe

COMING EVENTS

SATURDAY:

Mersey National Series, draw 9am Victoria Park car park £12 all in.

SUNDAY:

Mersey Series (2^nd Association Contest ROD ONLY) draw 9am Victoria Park car park £10 all in.

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10am Star Inn, Statham. Contact John Dagnall at Cheshire Angling 01925 635486

Woodshaw Series, draw 5pm, fish 6-30 to 8-30pm.

Intermediates/Juniors River Mersey, 6pm draw Park Lane/Victoria Park

TUESDAY:

Minnows (beginners) Summer Series (Bridgewater Canal) Draw 6pm on bank opposite Euclid Avenue Contact Helen Dagnall for further details Tel 01925 635486

THURSDAY:

Mid-week Special draw 5-30pm Bridgewater Canal, London Bridge

RESULTS

Mersey National Series: Cancelled due to adverse conditions

Mersey Sunday Series (Challenge Shield)

1)      Ray Bowden      4-5-9

2)      Ross Whiteman 2-4-8

3)      Andy Morris     1-15-2

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Jimmy Byrne      6-8-0

2)      George Hollis     5-1-12

3)      Dennis Bates      4-0-13

4)      Alan Brown        3-13-0

Woodshaw Series

1)      Josh Dawber        9-09-0

2)      Matthew Dawber 8-10-0

3)      Liam Gaskell       6-14-0

4)      Lewis Turner       6-5-0

Juniors

1)      Joe Walters        5-1-9

2)      Jack Wightman  2-9-9

3)      Tom Dulson        1-13-12

4)      Morgan Adawee  1-9-14

Intermediate Summer Series

1)      Jake Fowles         4-9-11

2)      Jon Andrews        2-13-0

3)      Ryan Brown        2-10-0

Minnows

1)      Tom Bird         1-6-11

2)      Jack Eaton       1-2-3

3)      Jordan Davies   14-10

4)      Chelsea Jukes   14-0

Mid-week Special

1)      Stu Conroy      3-4-0 

2)      Bob Clough    2-11-0

3)      Steven Hirst    2-4-0