11th September 2012 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes.
Free open invitation to a Pike Anglers Club teach-in on this Sunday, 16th September, 2012 at Grey Mist Mere 10am to 4pm. Come and see demonstrations by Eric Edwards on pike care and lure fishing and Mark Leathwood on fly fishing for these toothy predators. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Junior member Kyle Tilbury visited Grey Mist Mere on Saturday for his first carp session on the fishery. After carefully feeding his margin swim for a few hours with 15mm boilies his efforts were rewarded with a personal best mirror carp weighing in at 17lbs.
Dave Brooks put on an impressive performance of pole and waggler fishing in Sundays Mersey Series match. Using maggot he put an impressive net of mainly roach plus a few perch and dace on the scales for 15-7-15. Ros Wightman was runner up with 11-2-12 taken on pole and caster. There were lots of weights over 6lbs and only two anglers failed to weigh claiming they only had 5 or 6lbs. Up and coming young angler Adam Harman made the frame with mainly an all perch catch of 8-12-15.
Our Disabled & Over 60's match on Monday was fished on the lower reaches alongside Weir Lane and saw George Hollis win with 5-4-0 taken on pole and maggot tactics followed in second place by our Chairman Chris Grehan with 4-12-4. I must give the fourth placed angler and match organiser John Dagnall a mention as he hasn't framed for some time. Using Dave Brooks winning rigs he set his stall out at 12 metres, carefully balling in at the start. On his first put-in his pole snapped and he fished the whole match on his top four sections!
Laurence Pearson reports him having a brilliant year on Rixton Claypits with the icing on the cake a personal best tench of 6lbs that he caught last week. Junior member Nathan Cartwright was likewise pleased with his PB bream of 4lbs caught from this popular fishery.
One of our member's quick actions on this venue alerted both our bailiffs and the Environment Agency to a group of Eastern European poachers who had set up rods and a barbeque on the opposite bank. His insistence and friendly advice that this group should leave forthwith achieved its objective and the EA and our bailiffs were stood down. I wish more members would treat club waters as their own which in reality they are.
Many thanks to those members who send me their catch reports, 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:
SUNDAY:
Mersey Series due to an event at Victoria Park the draw is 9am at peg 74 Mersey Walk. £10 all in.
MONDAY:
Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10am Star Inn, Statham. Contact John Dagnall at Cheshire Angling 01925 635486
RESULTS:
Mersey Series
1) Dave Brooks 15-7-15
2) Ross Wightman 11-2-12
3) Jimmy Byrne 9-7-10
4) Adam Harman 8-12-15
Disabled & Over 60's (Mersey)
1) George Hollis 5-4-0
2) Chris Grehan 4-12-4
3) Jimmy Byrne 4-9-4
4) John Dagnall 4-8-4
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