26th December 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

26^th December, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Ian Smethurst sent me the first report for some months from his visit to High Legh Fisheries last week. He wasn't expecting much action and was pleasantly surprised when after three casts his float dipped and soon a tench of about 1.5lbs lay in his landing net. This was followed by four further smaller ones until he hit unto a much bigger fish that took him around the back of the island before parting company. Ian was soon fishing again but after an hour nothing was happening and decided it was time to pack up and was just sorting his bait out when he was in again. Another better fish, but thankfully it stayed in open water and a mirror carp he reckons was 10lb…ish lay on his unhooking mat. Method was a method feeder and dead maggot on the hook.

Last week Ade Green decided on a fresh attack on the roach population at Appleton Reservoir following a recent session when fishing the tip using a small ground bait feeder and maggot he found the going slow with a few small roach for his efforts. This time he fished a different peg and a change of method to a waggler, loose feeding maggot, caster, and hemp at around five rod-lengths. After an hour and a half watching a stationary float he was just about to change to a ledger set-up when the float dipped and it was game on. He ended up with forty-seven roach averaging around three to the pound witnessed by England International Kevin Ashurst who spent some time chatting to him.

Our Sunday Mersey match was another win for match ace Jimmy Byrne with a catch of thirty-eight small roach taken on ground bait feeder and maggot for a weight of 3-0-0. Alan Morris fishing the same method took second place with 1-0-8 made up of a solitary perch and fifteen roach.

Just a reminder that 2017night permits expired on the 31^st December 2017 and must be renewed before further bookings may be taken along with the 2018 membership subscription.

Happy New Year to all members and those who both read and contribute to this column/blog.

Come on guys somebody must be out trying out their new Christmas presents send me your catch reports, please. Email to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for 2018 night permits/membership renewals, new members, subscriptions, and any queries.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Sunday Mersey Series:

1)      Jimmy Byrne     3-0-0

2)      Alan Morris       1-0-8

3)      Ed Frangleton      12-6

4)      Jim Gannon/Pete Jones 0-10-0

 

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY:

River Mersey Series, Draw 9am Victoria Park.

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's No match until 8^th January 2018.

 

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19th December 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

19^th December, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

If angling is a drug bailiff, Chris Connell is a self-confessed addict. On Saturday he found himself on the banks of our Woodshaw Reservoir fishery which unfortunately was covered in a coating of ice and the dilemma was he either broke the ice or went home. Well, predictably in no time at all there was a fishable channel in front of his peg and in his words "I went for it" and was certainly glad that he did. Using a tiny pole cup, he fed every twenty minutes or so with micro-pellets capped in brown crumb groundbait and fished caster taking a gudgeon on his first put-in. during his three-hour session he added twelve nice sized roach. Happy days.

On Monday our Disabled & Over 60's Match was held on this same venue by which time the ice had melted leaving very cold-water conditions and bites few and far between. Weights came from pegs 1 to 3 were made up of mainly roach and perch. George Barber fished pole and maggot to take a win with 2-15-4. Jimmy Byrne was the runner-up and not too far behind with 2-6-3.

Regular contributor to this column, Mike Pritchard visited the 'Dead Length' which at this time is literally stuffed with silver fish and as you would expect fair numbers of pike and perch who can't believe their luck. With so many fish present and protected from any major cormorant threat by overhanging trees, Mike reckoned he could cast virtually anywhere and with any bait and get a bite. Now, I know it's vastly different in a match, but on your own; so, a few catapulted casters and the float was away, result a roach. It was the same for pinkie or maggot and he ended his session with thirty plus fish which included a decent sized perch.

Only a handful of anglers turned out for our Sunday Mersey match to be faced with a very out of sorts river. Jimmy Byrne was in the money again with ten roach plus a skimmer of four ounces for a winning weight of 1-2-8. He fished a groundbait feeder and maggot.  Ade green put two roach on the scales to take second place with 7ounces. Again, the only current method catching any fish was groundbait feeder and maggot.

Anyone who is a night permit holder be aware that they expire on the 31^st December 2017 and must be renewed before further bookings may be taken from 1^st January 2018. They are currently available at HQ on payment of 2018 subscription.

Merry Christmas to all members and those who both read and contribute to this column/blog.

Catch reports, catch reports, catch reports, please. Email to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for 2018 night permits/membership renewals, new members, subscriptions, and any queries.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      George Barber     2-15-4

2)      Jimmy Byrne        2-6-3

3)      Joe Garry             1-1-6

4)      Jim Johnson        0-12-4

Sunday Mersey Series:

1)      Jimmy Byrne     1-2-8

2)      Ade Green         0-7--0

3)      Ray Boden         0-6-0

 

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY:

River Mersey Series, Draw 10am Kingsway Allotments.

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's  No match until 8^th January 2018.

12th December 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

12^th December, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Neil Plunkett has set himself a challenge for the last couple of years to try to winkle out a tench from Grey Mist Mere during December. The weather forecast this past week didn't look too promising however on Wednesday Neil managed to time his visit just before we had our first taste of the winters snow. Casting a small maggot feeder around midway to try to find fish that had woken up resulted in a tentative bite and soon a grumpy 5.5lb tench lay in the landing net. One bite, one fish, but good fun and mission accomplished.

It is not very often that both Bridgewater Canal and Mersey matches don't take place but the freezing weather conditions this week saw both cancelled. Although matches are advertised it is wise to check with the organiser that they are still on until this weather improves.

Committee members Ade Green and Mike Dench decided to give both the above venues a miss and set out instead for Appleton Reservoir. Targeting roach they both fished a small ground bait feeder with maggot or double pinkie on the hook and soon started catching small roach. A change by Mike to corn on the hook with a few grains in the feeder saw him up his catch rate with a better stamp of fish. Ade had to leave early but Mike was still catching and stayed on undeterred by the sudden snow squalls. He reckoned he had thirty plus roach, the majority between 6-8ozs for a weight of between 12 to 15lbs.

I really would welcome a few more catch reports, please email to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for 2018 night permits/membership renewals, new members, subscriptions, and any queries.

Frank Lythgoe

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY:

River Mersey Series, Draw 10am Victoria Park.

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10am Woodshaw Reservoir

 

 

5th December 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

5th December, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Dylan Coyle aged 9 years is now coming up to his third year as a Warrington Anglers Association member and from those early beginnings he has become an avid angler and caught a fair selection of different species. Although he had as yet to catch his first pike. After trying for the past two months a recent short session and change of venue to Statham Pool finally brought success. Dylan's sprat dead bait was taken by one of these toothy predators and after a brief fight the pike lay in his landing net. It is one of those angling milestones that will be in his memory forever. Well done Dylan.

Twenty-two members fished our Annual Disabled & Over 60's Prize Match held on the Bridgewater Canal at Houghs Bridge on Monday. Catches were made up of mainly roach and perch with the better results coming from pegs between Houghs and Walton Gardens Bridges. Lennie (end peg) Dutton took the winners purse for the second week in succession and weighed in 8-4-10 which is a cracking catch for this time of the year. Barry Chambers on the adjacent peg was in second place with 7-12-11. Everyone received a prize.

That well known saying that 'age is but a number' certainly holds true for octogenarian Norman Gannon who had the fish of the day and the biggest weight during our Mersey Sunday Series and failed to get in the money. Unfortunately, his catch which gave a good account of itself on light tackle was a salmon around the 5lbs mark which do not count in matches. Jimmy Byrne took the winners purse with 3-6-0 of small roach taken on a ground bait feeder and maggot. I expect it was some consolation that Norman's brother Jim took second place as rumour has it that they share winnings.

A reminder to text Tom Fahey and Geoff Cropper 07538 494353 with your cormorant sightings on our fisheries. This is vitally important and the duo are collating all your information. Also noisy scaring measures may be employed where required.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for night permit/membership renewals, new members, subscriptions, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Lennie Dutton    8-4-10

2)      Barry Chambers 7-12-11

3)      Jimmy Byrne       7-4-11

4)      Ronnie Durr        5-14-10

Sunday Mersey Series:

1)      Jimmy Byrne     3-6-0

2)      Jim Gannon       2-9-0

3)       Ed Frangleton 1-3-0

4)       Ray floor 1-0-0

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY:

River Mersey Series, Draw 10am Kingsway allotments.

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10am Bridgewater Canal, Cliffe Lane Bridge.

 

28th November 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

28th November, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

I mentioned in last weeks column that there were good numbers of pike that had moved in on the shoals of small silver fish between Houghs and Walton bridges, well, Dave Higgins followed this up and fishing soft lures on a light drop-shot road he managed three of these toothy predators. There were no record breakers with the biggest at 11-2-0, but they made his visit on a cold frosty morning worth the effort. Mike Pritchard fished the same area targeting the roach and caught mainly smaller fish with a few better specimens when he changed to caster.  Pike were continuously attacking his keepnet after an easy feed, so much so that a pike angler obliged and caught a pike alongside the net!

A move to the Trent & Mersey Canal at School Road saw Lennie Dutton chalk up a win with a net of small roach for 3-9-0. Famous for his end peg draws Lennie fished pole and punch. Second placed Jimmy Byrne caught a bonus perch well over a pound to which he added some small roach.

Somehow last week my reported Mersey results went awry and several angler's efforts went unreported, including this Sunday's winner Ade Green. In less than ideal angling conditions when bites were hard to come by he managed to winkle out 1-3-0 of tiny roach and a small skimmer using a groundbait feeder and maggot….when the going gets tough the tough get going, or something like that. In joint second were Ant Higham aka 'the King' and Roy Everson with 1-2-0.

Members Tom Fahey and Jeff Cropper have volunteered to collate all cormorant sightings on Warrington Anglers waters with the intention that where there is a problem and all other measures fail they can submit an application for control measures. So, it is vitally important that members report every sighting by text to 07538 494353 which is solely for recording cormorant numbers. It would be ideal if members put this number in their phones. Anglers should be aware that noisy scaring measures may be employed where required.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for new members, subscriptions, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Lennie Dutton  3-9-0

2)      Jimmy Byrne    3-0-0

3)      Ronnie Durr     2-5-12

4)      George Barber 2-4-6

Sunday Mersey Series:

1)      Ade Green         1-3-0

2)      Ant Higham/Roy Everson  1-2-0

              4)      Ray Boden         0-9-0

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY:

River Mersey Series, Draw 9am Victoria Park.

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10am Bridgewater Canal, Houghs Bridge.

21st November 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

21st November, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Reg Lewis who was one of our long serving Committee members sadly lost his fight with cancer earlier this week. He joined the management team on the 4^th July 1988 and served for 29 years until recently. Reg motivated a team of volunteers and tackled the majority of the peg construction work around our fisheries and was also a past member of our netting team. Our condolences go out to his wife and family.

Thank goodness that a move to a known winter fish shoaling up area on the Bridgwater Canal at Walton saw weights improve dramatically from the previous week for our Disabled & Over 60's Christmas prize match. Whereas last week the winner only needed twelve ounces, on Monday Alan Brown put an impressive 6-7-5 on the scales to take the main prize money. He fished the pole alternating between bread punch and pinkie for a mixed net of roach and perch. George Hollis was in second place with 5-10-10 fished the same method. The fish were concentrated between Houghs and Walton Hall Bridges so that's where I would be looking for a spot of predator fishing this weekend. Twenty-two fished.

Martin Lenihan won our River Mersey Christmas Fayre match on Sunday with a weight of 5-10-0 of mainly roach plus a few hybrids taken on groundbait feeder and maggot. In joint second were Jimmy Byrne and Alan Morris with 2-15-0. All of the eighteen anglers who fished received a prize.

Martin Harrison reporting on his first fly fishing season with WAA had some very enjoyable game fishing on the Alyn, Dee and Dane. On his seven visits to the Alyn at Rossett fishery he reports seven brown trout, fourteen grayling and solitary chub. A change of scenery to the Dee at Worthenbury saw him catch four grayling and nine salmon parr. On the Dane at Holmes Chapel three decent grayling and three small ones that bodes well for the future of the species. Successful flies were, Klinkhammer, Olive Jingler, Pink Tag, Greenwell's (beadhead), Griffith's Gnat, Pheasant Tail Nymph, and Waterhen Bloa (tungsten bead).

Chorley based Anglers Mail photo-journalist Ian Chapman was joined on the WAA stretch of the Dane with Steve Collett where they created an autumn feature which will appear in this weeks paper. Steve put his stick float skills to the test and was rewarded with some fine grayling and chub.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for new members, subscriptions, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Alan Brown      6-7-5

2)      Geoge Hollis    5-10-10

3)      Ronnie Durr     5-6-11

4)      George Barber 5-0-7

Sunday Mersey Series:

1)      Arthur Plumb    6-5-0

2)      Ray Boden         6-3-0

3)      Jim Gannon       5-10-0

4)      Alan Morris/Jimmy Byrne 4-10-0

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY:

River Mersey Series… Draw 9am Kingsway allotments.

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10am Trent & Mersey Canal, School Road

14th November 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Column

14^th November, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Chris Connell enjoyed a good session at Worthington Lakes on Monday after bringing his old Shapespeare Graphite Glass Dennis White Clubman waggler rod out of a twenty-seven year retirement following a 're-fit'. Chris bought the rod with his paper round money from George's Tackle in Frog Lane, Wigan and coupled with his classic Mitchell Match reel using a slider float set-up he varied baits between caster, worm, maggot, and pinkie to catch some quality perch and roach. He followed this up with a return visit on Tuesday when using casters he caught some more clonking roach and perch. He is giving his old rod a rest tomorrow, well, actually Chris's arm was 'dropping off' so its back to more modern lighter tackle to give his aching muscles a chance to recover.

On Saturday I took fellow committee member Ade Green for a stick-float session to my favourite stretch of the River Dee at Worthenbury. Obviously, I gave him the best swim where he managed a couple of grayling in the first hour, and yours truly zilch. So, we ended up moving swims leapfrogging each other to find the fish until there were only two possible swims remaining. Bingo, Ade had four grayling in quick succession and like a true angler let me know, so I dropped in the other swim. I ended up with lucky for some thirteen fish, a trout and a dozen grayling whereas Ade won the day with two trout and seventeen grayling. We both fished the stick-float and fed hemp and bronze maggot. No records broken, but nevertheless an enjoyable day.

I have received an email today from the Angling Trust:-  They have been advised by Jelf Insurance Brokers that the cover provided under the Sportscover Sports Liability Policy in as far as it applies to individual members of Angling Trust member clubs and syndicates, covers your members only when they are engaged in activities connected with the member club or syndicate. We would respectfully ask that your club committee or syndicate leader takes action to ensure that your members are aware of this limitation to the cover. Individual anglers who wish to ensure that they have the benefit of public liability insurance for all their angling activities worldwide, whether connected with a member club or not, can join the Angling Trust as an individual member and receive this cover as an automatic benefit of membership.

A heavy frost on Monday morning put paid to any chance of decent weights on our Disabled & Over 60's match on the Bridgewater Canal at Preston Brook. Roy Rogers put his pre-match practice on the venue to good use and fishing pole and bread punch he caught small roach for a winning weight of 12-4. It was ironic that fishing in the same area only six days before he had enjoyed a fish every put in; that's angling. An and peg draw saw veteran angler Ronnie Durr take second place with 9-10.

On his first visit to the Mersey this season Arthur Plumb edged ahead of match organiser Ray Boden by a few ounces to put 6-5-0 of roach and perch on the scales to take the win. He fished bolo and maggot whereas runner-up Ray Boden went for a groundbait feeder and maggot attack catching a bonus brace of hybrids plus roach and perch for 6-2-0.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for new members, subscriptions, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's

1)      Roy Rogers       0-12-4

2)      Ronnie Durr     0-9-10

3)      Jimmie Byrne   0-2-12

4)      John Dagnall    0-2-4

Sunday Mersey Series:

1)      Arthur Plumb    6-5-0

2)      Ray Boden         6-3-0

3)      Jim Gannon       5-10-0

4)      Alan Morris/Jimmy Byrne 4-10-0

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY:

River Mersey Series… Annual Christmas Fayre Match, book in with Ray Boden. Draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10am Bridgewater Canal, Houghs Bridge

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7th November 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

7^th November, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Our annual carp stocking last week brought out the usual clutch of spurious comments, the main one being that we should have selected our own carp as other clubs do. So, whilst I trust Viv Sheers from VS Fisheries implicitly, I rang him to double check regarding travelling down to 'choose' any future C6 carp. His answer was that they only produce 200 such fish per year for the whole of the country and nobody is allowed to 'rummage through' and risk damaging such expensive fish. This option can take place with smaller fish, but they are not part of our stocking program. At least the members who attended and helped with the stocking were well impressed with the fish. Many thanks to you all.

There has been a fish kill on the Trent & Mersey Canal around the vicinity of the new marina at Billinge Green back towards Northwich. The oxygen levels are very low around the 4% mark and up to now the casualties seem low and it may be that the fish are running before whatever is the cause. The Environment Agency Fisheries Team are investigating. If any member has any information please ring the EA on 0800 807060 or myself on the number below.

Graham Belton swapped his last week's runner-up position in our Disabled & Over 60's match on the Trent & Mersey Canal for a win this week at Woodshaw Reservoir. Graham fished the pole at 8metres alternating between pinkie and red maggot for a mixed net of skimmers, roach, perch, and gudgeon weighing 4-8-0. There was a tie for second place when both Gordon Ramsden and Alan Brown put 3-10-0 on the scales.

Mike Pritchard defied the predicted Mersey high tide on Saturday and set up on a peg near Kingsway allotments where fishing a quiver tip he missed two immediate bites. These were followed by two roach followed by a quiet spell despite lots of fish topping. A change to waggler saw him end his session with around thirty mainly roach and three perch.

Please note the Sunday Mersey Match Series is back on the 12^th November. Also, would members please book on with match organiser Ray Boden asap for the annual Christmas Fayre match.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 8-30pm for new members, subscriptions, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's

1)            Graham Belton  4-8-0

2)            G Ramsden/B Chambers 3-10-0

4)            Tony Thomas     3-8-0

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY:

River Mersey Series… Draw 9am Sunday 12^th November Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10am Bridgewater Canal, A56 bridge towards Preston Brook Tunnel

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31st October 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

31st October, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

We will be carrying out our annual carp stocking on Saturday starting with Grey Mist Mere around 10am and then Moore Quarry followed by Sandiway Lakes. The fish are from VS Fisheries are all C6's (six summers old) and should be twenty pounders. Any members who fancy turning up are more than welcome.

Ian McGrath on his fifth visit to our stretch of the Ribble at Hurst Green on Monday just managed to net a cracking salmon before the end of the season the following day. Taken on fly the fish weighed between 16 and 17lbs but a low phone battery deprived him of a really top bragging photo. Ian released the fish to breed and hopefully return a bigger specimen.

On Monday Anthony Rough enjoyed a short session before work on the River Alyn at Hope where he fished a small stick-float and double maggot on the hook. Loose-feeding maggot and fishing one of the deeper bends he caught nine brown trout and seven grayling up to a pound. Not huge fish but a nice couple of hours with plenty of bites before work.

George Hollis made the most of his bridge-hole draw on our regular Monday Disabled & Over 60's match which was fished this week on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Northwich. George fished pole and maggot to catch a mixed net of roach, skimmers, and a few chunky perch for a weight of 5-15-8 that gave him over 1lb buffer over second placed Graham Belton. Graham fished the same method but missed out on the perch for 4-12-0. Nineteen fished.

Predictably low weights on Sundays Mersey Match Series but local rod Jim Gannon fishing a ground bait feeder and maggot just kept ounces ahead of second placed Mersey devote Paul Harding. Jim put 3-4-0 of roach on the scales against Paul's 3lbs dead. No match until 12^th November due to high tides.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's

1)            George Hollis     5-15-8

2)            Graham Belton  4-12-0

3)            Jimmy Byrne      4-9-8

4)            Geoff Brooks      4-0-0

Sunday Mersey Series

1)            Jim Gannon        3-4-0

2)            Paul Harding      3-0-0

3)           Ant Higham        2-15-0                

4)           Alan Morris        2-13-0

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY:

River Mersey Series… No match due to very high tides. Next one 12^th November.

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10am Woodshaw Reservoir

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24th October 2017 Warrington Anglers Guardian Notes

24^th October, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Mike Pritchard intended to fish the Mersey on Friday but conditions were not ideal and quite windy so he decided to stay local and visit Ackers Pit. He set up in a sheltered peg and caught from the off using light waggler tactics and alternating between bronze maggot and pinkie plus feeding a few grains of hemp every cast. He caught plenty of roach in the 3 to 6oz range however a late change to caster brought a better stamp of roach in the 10/12oz bracket plus a few chunky perch. In all a decent days fishing and he went home a happy angler.

If you weren't a 'B' you were out of the frame on our Disabled & Over 60's match fished in the 'Dead Length' on Monday. Graham Belton enjoyed his first win for some time despite regularly knocking on the door. Committee member Graham fished the pole and alternated between pinkie and caster for a silver fish net of 5-6-0. It was Derek Bibby who took the runner-up spot with only a whisker separating the winner and himself with a weight of 5-6-2. Two further B's completed the prize line-up (see results below) and eighteen fished in an almost all roach event.

The king is back!!! Aka Ant Higham 'the King of the river' who after an absence seems to have got his Mojo back. By winning our Sunday Mersey series with a weight of 5-13-0 which included a mega-bonus bream of 3lbs that alone would have given him the winners money. Fishing a ground-bait feeder and maggot he also added a 12oz bream plus twelve tiny bootlace eels to over double the weight of second placed Ray Boden. Ray fished the same method for a net of 2-4-0 made up of fifteen tiny roach, two eels and three small skimmer bream.

Something to whet your appetite is that a new water should be coming online in the next few months, although obviously I cannot divulge details it is one that should give rewards to those members who like a challenge.

If you have received a recent subscription reminder and you think that our information is incorrect please get in touch as soon as possible. It is too late to resign now according to rule; however, you have until the end of November to pay.

It is that time of the year when reports are getting scarce so anything of interest is more than welcome.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's

1)            Graham Belton 5-6-12

2)            Derek Bibby       5-6-2

3)            Jimmy Byrne      4-9-8

4)            Geoff Brooks      4-0-0

Sunday Mersey Series

1)            Ant Higham       5-13-0

2)            Ray Boden         2-4-0

3)           Alan Morris       2-3-8                 

4)           Ade Green         1-13-0

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY:

River Mersey Series, draw 9am Kingsway Allotments

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10am Trent & Mersey School Road.

 

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17th October 2017 Warrington Anglers Guardian Notes

17^th October, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

This Saturday should have been our annual carp stocking on Grey Mist, Moore Quarry, and Sandiway Lakes but due to the increased water temperatures in the holding ponds this has now been postponed in the interests of fish welfare. I will let members know when we receive a new date.

It is rare to get reports from this area due to limited parking but this did not deter Ian Swain who reports a lively piking session on the Trent & Mersey Canal this past weekend between Black Prince boats and Lodge Lane. Travelling light with a drop-shot rod he ended his session on Saturday with seven fish, a perch being the best specimen at exactly 2lbs, along with five pike to 9lbs.

And its pike again but this time from the Bridgewater Canal at Timperley where despite the threat of adverse weather on Sunday John Bradford set up float tackle with sprat sea-baits. The result in a three and a half hour session was three runs with two fish on the mat, 11.75lbs and 14-7-0.

Geoff Brooks won our Monday Disabled & Over 60's match on the Trent & Mersey Canal with a weight of 4-8-0 of small roach, perch, and skimmers. Pip Woodier was in second place just an ounce lighter with 4-7-0.

Our Saturday Mersey Series have been discontinued until further notice, however the Sunday event
is still very much live and this week committee member Ade Green notched up another win with a weight of 6-10-0 made up of perch and roach caught using pole and maggot. In joint second place Roy Everson and Paul Harding fished the ground bait feeder to tie with 4-13-0.

Subscription reminders have been sent out over the past few days to members who have not as yet paid their 2017 subscription. Your stamped-up membership card is your receipt so if you think our records are incorrect please get in touch as soon as possible.

It is that time of the year when reports are getting scarce so anything of interest is more than welcome. Thanks' in anticipation.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's

1)            Geoff Brooks     4-8-0

2)            Pip Woodier      4-7-0

3)            Graham Belton 3-12-12

4)            G Hollis/J Byrne

              G Barber             3-9-0

Sunday Mersey Series

1)            Ade Green          6-10-0

2)            Paul Harding

               Roy Everson       4-13-0       

4)           Ray Boden          4-3-0

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY:

River Mersey Series, draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10am Walton Church, fish Dead Length.

 

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10th October 2017 Warrington Aglers Association Guardian Notes

3^rd October, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Arley Reservoir, the middle one of the three lake Wigan area complex produced the goods last Friday for Del Chapman. With water levels well down due to maintenance works and the feeder stream pouring into the reservoir at a great rate on knots conditions were very different from normal, however on the plus side the incoming water was putting some colour into the water. Del  fished a feeder and maggot but only caught a suicidal perch every cast. Eventually after an hour a change of bait to a 10mm white boilie brought some real action as his tip shot round signalling that the bream had found his pellet mix of offerings. Casting between 40 to 50yards he caught eight bream, ranging from 4 to the biggest one at 7.5lbs. After a few 'last casts' he had to leave but an enjoyable four hours fishing which included the biggest fish he had caught from the water.

It's that time of the year again on the Bridgewater Canal when predator fishing starts to come into its own. Reports this week of some decent sized perch to soft lures and a few lower double pike have been caught. As the temperature drops and the clarity improves sport will only get better.

Keeping my ear to the ground I have heard whispers of a number of quality 'thirties' coming out of our small lake at Sandiway and nearer to home although not that size fair numbers of carp were caught last week from Grey Mist Mere. If members are 'publicity shy' it would still do no harm to let your committee know of catches as the information could shape our ongoing stocking policy.

Our Association owned Woodshaw Reservoir fishery hosted the Monday Disabled & Over 60's match this week. Despite a few DNW's local rod Alan Brown produced the goods with a mixed net of roach and crucians for 10-6-0. Another local rod John Mills took the runner-up spot with a weight 7-12-0. Back on the Trent & Mersey next week for a reality check.

Not my ideal type of fishing, but with bites very scarce on our Saturday Mersey Series due to heavy rain and high tide conditions Derek Bibby was more than happy to add ten slippery slimy small eels to his catch of the same number of roach for a winning weight of 2-10-0. He fished a heavy groundbait feeder and maggot as did second placed Ray Boden with 1-5-0.

A day later our Sunday Mersey match saw a rise in weights when Alan Morris added six skimmers, best a pound to a net of small roach for a winning weight of 6-7-0 taken on ground bait feeder and maggot. Derek Bibby was in the frame again with 5-12-0.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's (Woodshaw Reservoir)

1)      Alan Brown    10-6-0

2)      John Mills         7-12-0

3)      Jimmy Byrne    6-11-0

4)      Alan Birchall     6-6-0

Saturday Series (River Mersey)

1)      Derek Bibby    2-10-0

2)      Ray Boden       1-5-0

3)      Chris Wray       0-2-0

Sunday Mersey Series

1)      Alan Morris     6-7-0

2)      Derek Bibby    5-12-0

3)      Ant Higham     4-0-0

4)      Jimmy Byrnes  3-9-0

COMING EVENTS:

SATURDAY:

River Mersey Series, draw 9am. Victoria Park

SUNDAY:

River Mersey Series, draw 9am Kingsway Allotments

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10am Trent & Mersey Canal Farm Road.

 

3rd October 2017 Warrington Anglers Guardian Column

3^rd October, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Tony Williams and his friend went to Budworth Mere on Saturday for a piking session but it didn't produce the result he was hoping for, in fact no action in 7 hours fishing on their four rods using methods found to be very productive on other waters. Their dead baits were taken, although not by anything with fins as several mink were bold enough to come up the bank in order to steal them. So, the big question is can any members throw any light on the pike situation on the Mere as both Tony and I would be very interested in any reports.

Catch reports around our Wigan fisheries are nothing to write home about and even on the normally productive Woodshaw Reservoir sport is up one day and down the next, although some locals seem to regularly find the fish. Let's see what happens next Monday when our Disabled & Over 60's try their luck on the venue. The gate to C & D Pools is at present locked by the farmer as he has cattle on the field and nobody I am sure would want their car paintwork licked by them. It is unbelievable the damage they can cause.

Our Monday Disabled & Over 60's match this week was fished on the Bridgewater Canal at Pickerings Bridge. Predictably on this stretch weights were lower and local match ace Jimmy Byrne was the winner for the second week in succession with 3-2-6 made up of small roach and perch. The 'breadman' George Barber took the runner-up spot with 2-11-9.

Tuesday saw Ray Boden start the weeks match proceedings with yet another Mersey win with 8-4-0 of roach and perch taken on pole and maggot. Dave Brooks wasn't too far behind in second place with 7-14-0 using the same method.

Two out of three isn't bad, yes Ray Boden backed up his Tuesday Series win and doubled the weight of the next angler to boot on our Saturday Mersey Series. He fished his usual pole and maggot tactics for a catch of three perch, one dace, and the rest roach for a weight of 11-5-0. Alan Morris in second place fished a ground bait feeder and maggot for 5-1-0. It is that time of the year when sport can be unpredictable.

Sunday's match saw Ray's protégé Ade Green take his fourth Mersey win this season from an unfavoured peg. He fished bolo and maggot for a weight of 9-4-0 of roach and perch with the majority being caught at the far end of his swim. Jimmy Byrnes took the runner-up spot and included a bonus 4lbs bream to add to his net of perch and roach for 8-12-0.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's ()

1)            Jimmy Byrne       3-2-6

2)            Geoff Brooks      2-11-9

3)            Lenny Dutton     2-10-6

4)            Roy Rogers          2-5-9

Tuesday Series (River Mersey)

1)             Ray Boden         8-4-0

2)             Dave Brooks      7-14-0

3)             Derek Bibby       4-2-0

4)             Jim Gannon        3-11-0

Saturday Series (River Mersey)

1)            Ray Boden            11-5-0

2)            Alan Morris             5-1-0

3)            Jim Gannon             3-1-0

4)           Pete Jones               1-14-0

Sunday Mersey Series

1)            Ade Green               9-4-0

2)            Jimmy Byrnes          8-12-0

3)            Jim Gannon              8-3-0

4)           Ray Boden                6-8-0

COMING EVENTS:

SATURDAY:

River Mersey Series, draw 9am. Weir Lane

SUNDAY:

River Mersey Series, draw 9am Kingsway Allotments

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10am Woodshaw Reservoir.

 

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26^th September, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Alan Coles reports visiting our stretch of the Dee at Shocklach last week and because the river was carrying extra water decided on a heavy maggot feeder approach. Casting only a couple of rod-lengths out Alan caught nine chub, not big fish, but was especially pleased with his five grayling which ranged from 1lb to 1.5lbs and fell to red maggot. Not too bad a session considering it was only two and a half hours.

Many thanks to those members who turned out for the working parties on our Sandiway Lakes fisheries and the Mount at Buckley this past weekend. Unfortunately, because of health and safety we had to close the latter but it was advertised on our Facebook page and my blog which is the only viable option as it would be prohibitive to inform members individually.

Last week I mentioned the lilies at Grey Mist, well, EA permission was given and they are being treated on Wednesday 27^th September so there will be a boat and operatives on site and small degree of disruption whilst they spray the plants. A few quality tench around the 6lbs mark have been reportedly showing up in catches so perhaps worth a visit.

Our Monday Disabled & Over 60's match this week was fished on the Trent & Mersey at Billinge produced some decent canal weights. It was won by Jimmy Byrne with a net of roach and perch, plus a bonus skimmer for a weight of 6-5-0. Geoff Brooks was second with 5-4-4.

Ray Boden showed his mastery of river pole fishing when this past week he won our Tuesday Series, Saturday Series, and our Sunday Mersey Championship matches for good measure. He started his treble on Tuesday, winning with a weight of 9-10-0 of roach and perch taken on maggot and almost 6lbs ahead of second placed Jim Gannon who fished a ground-bait feeder for 3-11-0.

Ray stuck to his favourite pole and maggot tactics on Saturday and his weight of 14-3-0 saw him again heading towards a 6lbs margin over second placed Alan Birchall who weighed 8-10-0 using the same method.

And Sunday saw Ray become the 2017 Mersey Champion, pole again, and a weight of 12-11-0 made up of a bonus eel and perch around the 1lb mark, plus roach and a sea-trout of 2.5lbs that stretched his pole elastic to the limit but sadly they don't count and it went back hopefully to spawn upriver. Dave Hill fished a waggler and maggot for second place with 7-9-0.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's ()

1)            Jimmy Byrne       6-5-0

2)            Geoff Brooks      5-4-4

3)            Alan Brown         5-2-2

4)            John Dagnall       5-1-0

Tuesday Series (River Mersey)

1)             Ray Boden         9-10-0

2)             Jim Gannon       3-11-0

3)             Ed Frangleton   3-7-0

4)             Alan Smith         3-2-0

Saturday Series (River Mersey)

1)            Ray Boden            14-3-0

2)            Alan Birchall           8-10-0

3)            Jimmy Byrnes         6-14-0

4)           Jim Gannon             3-3-0

Sunday Mersey Series

1)            Ray Boden             12-11-0

2)            Dave Hill                  7-9-0

3)            Alan Morris             5-6-8

4)           Ade Green               5-3-0

COMING EVENTS:

SATURDAY:

River Mersey Series, draw 9am. Kingsway Allotments

SUNDAY:

River Mersey Series, draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10am Bridgewater Canal, Pickerings Bridge.

TUESDAY:

River Mersey draw 9am Kingsway Allotments

 

19th September 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

19^th September, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

The water levels are down on Worthington Lakes but that did not affect sport for Ian James whilst fishing Arley Reservoir (the middle fishery) on Monday. He used a groundbait feeder and double maggot to target the lakes bream but all he could catch for the first two hours were roach up to a pound. Eventually his tip shot round and Ian struck into a better fish and a bronze beauty of around 3lbs soon lay in the landing net. This was followed by eight more fish around the same stamp, all in all an enjoyable days fishing.

It is more years than I care to remember when we stocked tench into the Bridgewater Canal from the old Neptune Club car park at Preston Brook. Well this week my neighbour showed me a photograph of a cracking olive coloured beauty around 3.5 to 4lbs he had caught the day before from the very spot. He has also been catching quality roach and bream from the same area.  His tip, early morning or evening when there is less chance of boat traffic.

There are several working parties on our waters this weekend, the first on the large lake at Sandiway, some areas where the work is being carried out will be closed during Saturday and also members on the small lake may have some slight disturbance whilst volunteers remove line.

The Mount fishery will be closed for dangerous tree removal works from Friday evening over the weekend until late on the Sunday 24th September (depending on when the job is completed).

We have had a few grumbles regarding the lilies at Grey Mist, well, they are being treated in the next week or so, but it will be an ongoing job as we are restricted to the chemicals that we can effectively use thanks to an EU dictate.  Many thanks to the Council who will be treating the Japanese knotweed that has spread over from their refuse site.

Our Monday Disabled & Over 60's match was on the Bridgewater Canal at Acton Grange Bridge where a good number of years past if you drew on the Moore side you were in with a chance of a win. That's not the situation nowadays as the top four weights came from the opposite side and Vice President Geoff Brooks was the top weight in a hard match with 3-7-12 of pole caught roach and gudgeon taken on pinkie and caster in the last hour. Graham Belton was the runner-up with 2-12-0.

Derek Bibby won our Saturday Mersey Series match using feeder tactics and maggot for a weight of 6-2-0 made up of three skimmers, roach, and perch. In form Jim Gannon was in the money again taking second place with 4-8-0 on the same method.

Derek Bibby followed his previous days success by also winning our Sunday Mersey match with 6-4-0 taken on the pole and groundbait feeder. Jimmy Byrnes was second with 5-11-0. Don't forget it is the Mersey Championship on Sunday.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's ()

1)            Geoff Brooks      3-7-12

2)            Graham Belton  2-12-0

3)            Stu Patterson     2-5-10

4)            Jimmy Byrne       1-14-5

 

Saturday Series (River Mersey)

1)            Derek Bibby          6-2-0

2)            Jim Gannon          4-8-0

3)            Ray Boden            3-9-0

4)           Jimmy Byrnes       3-3-0

 

 

Sunday Mersey Series

1)            Derek Bibby           6-4-0

2)            Jimmy Byrnes        5-11-0

3)            Ray Boden             4-3-0

4)           Jim Gannon           3-0-0

COMING EVENTS:

SATURDAY:

River Mersey Series, draw 9am. Kingsway Allotments

SUNDAY:

River Mersey Championship, draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10am Trent & Mersey Canal, Billinge

TUESDAY:

River Mersey draw 9am Kingsway Allotments

12th September 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

12^th September, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Congratulations to Dan Anderson who caught a cracking mirror carp last weekend from our Association owned 53acre lake at Sandiway. The stunning looking fish weighed 36lbs, but unfortunately when the report of this memorable catch was posted onto our Facebook page it brought some adverse comments from some members as to why it was made public. Well, it may come as a surprise to these people but as a club such good publicity not only encourages existing members but helps bring in new members to help pay for such fish and fund our ongoing stocking program.

Stuart Peters fished our stretch of the River Wye on Saturday and reports catching only one barbel using halibut pellet but a change to maggot and hemp in the feeder brought a bite every chuck. Loads of dace, chublets, grayling, and a handful of larger chub plus a couple more barbel for good measure. Worth the trip.

On Monday, our Disabled & Over 60's match was on the Bridgewater Canal at Preston Brook and Lenny Dutton famous for his end peg draws put his hand in the bag and drew yet another.  Lenny made it pay with a winning net of roach and skimmers for 6-15-0. Bread man, George Barber took second place using pole and punch for 5-6-6.

Our Tuesday Mersey series match this week was won by Baz Chambers with 8-5-0 on roach and perch caught fishing the pole and casters. Only an ounce behind Rod Frazer and Derek Bibby shared second place with identical weights of 8-4-0.

Jim Gannon tackled a flooded River Mersey on our Saturday Series event using his favourite groundbait feeder and maggot method to take a well-deserved win with 5-7-0. Jim who does lots of work keeping the clubs fishing pegs and undergrowth in trim included skimmers, roach, and perch in his catch and could easily have doubled his winning weight had he not lost a 6lbs bream at the net…that's fishing. Alan Morris fished the same method to take second place with 4-1-0.

Bob Clough had 5lbs to spare when he won our Sunday Mersey match with a weight of 11-6-0 that included two 3lbs bonus bream plus roach and perch taken on groundbait feeder and maggot. Jim Gannon was in the frame again following on from his previous days win to take the runner-up spot with 6-6-0.

For a trial period, the committee has increased the night fishing at Worthington Lakes to two consecutive nights with immediate effect to encourage more members to fish this excellent fishery.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's ()

1)            Lenny Dutton     6-15-0

2)            George Barber   5-6-6

3)            George Hollis     3-15-4

4)            Jimmy Byrne      3-1-0

Tuesday Series (River Mersey)

1)            Baz Chambers                    8-5-0

2)            Rod Frazer/ Derek Bibby  8-4-0

4)            Ray Boden                           7-5-0

 

Saturday Series (River Mersey)

1)            Jim Gannon           5-7-0

2)            Alan Morris           4-1-0

3)            Jimmy Byrnes       3-10-0

4)           Ray Boden             3-9-0

Sunday Pairs Match (River Mersey).

1)            Bob Clough            11-6-0

2)            Jim Gannon             6-6-0

3)            Derek Bibby             6-3-0

4)           Roy Everson             5-3-0

COMING EVENTS:

SATURDAY:

River Mersey Series, draw 9am. Kingsway Allotments

SUNDAY:

River Mersey Series, draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10am Bridgewater Canal, Acton Grange Bridge

TUESDAY:

River Mersey draw 9am Kingsway Allotments

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5th September 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

5^th September, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

After being confined to the house for several days due to a stomach bug Tony Rough was getting cabin fever and as all dedicated anglers know a well-known cure for this is an urgent fishing session. So, he headed to the River Dee at Worthenbury for some much-needed fresh air. Fishing an Avon float with a centrepin reel he loose fed maggots with the same on the hook.  His first grayling soon lay in his landing net followed during the session by another nineteen and one salmon parr. On this occasion dace were conspicuous by their absence but watch this space. For the game anglers, my local source reckons that there are a few fish showing.

On the carp fishing scene, there are good numbers of fish coming from Rixton Claypits, Grey Mist, and Appleton Reservoir with a good number of twenties from the latter. On the negative side is the discovery by bailiffs at Appleton of some 'death rigs' where in the event of a line break carp would be dragging leads with the inevitable result of being tethered. There is absolutely no excuse for such tackle and if caught those using it would be almost certain to lose their membership. Ignorance in this modern day and age where you can 'Google' anything is no excuse.

On Monday, our Disabled & Over 60's match was held at our Woodshaw Reservoir fishery at Aspull where Alan Birchall enjoyed a decisive win with a mixed net of roach and crucians for a weight of 16.5lbs. Second place went to Joe Garry with a similar catch for 13-10-0.  This popular pocket-sized fishery is definitely worth a visit.

Rod Frazer repeated his win of last week's Tuesday Mersey series match with half the weight but had to share it with Ray Boden as they both put 5-2-0 of roach and perch on the scales. Both caught on the usual pole and maggot. Ed Frangleton the runner-up with 3-14-0. 

Ray Boden took the winners spot at our Saturday Mersey event with 8-5-0 of roach and perch using pole and maggot tactics. Chris Wray was second with 4-4-0 with the same mix of fish and method.

Our Pairs match showed the benefit of an end peg draw as the winners both seemed to have the magic touch and drew accordingly. Ray Boden and Bob Clough combined their weights of 13-5-0 and 10-2-0 totalling 23-7-0. Due to there being an odd man left at the draw it was decided to double the weight of that person which just happened to be Roy Everson who weighed 5-11-0 doubled up to 11-6-0 for second 'pair'. Catches were made up in the main with roach and perch plus a few chub.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's (Woodshaw Reservoir)

1)            Alan Birchall      16-8-0

2)            Joe Garry           13-10-0

3)            Geoff Brooks     11-8-0

4)            Ged Ramsden     8-11-4

Tuesday Series (River Mersey)

1)            Rod Frazer /Ray Boden 5-2-0

3)            Ed Frangleton    3-14-0

4)            Ade Green          2-5-0   

 

Saturday Series (River Mersey)

1)            Ray Boden            8-5-0

2)            Chris Wray           4-4-0

3)            Alan Morris /Jim Gannon  2-6-0

Sunday Pairs Match (River Mersey).

1)            Ray Boden/Bob Clough   23-7-0

2)            R. Everson/R Everson      11-6-0

3)            Neil Davies/Jim Gannon    8-15-0

Individuals: Ray Boden 13-15-0, Bob Clough 10-2-0, Roy Everson 5-11-0

COMING EVENTS:

SATURDAY:

River Mersey Series, draw 9am. Kingsway Allotments

SUNDAY:

River Mersey Series, draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10am Motorway Bridge, Preston Brook

TUESDAY:

River Mersey draw 9am Kingsway Allotments

29th August 2017 Warrington Anglers association Guardian Notes

29th August, 2017 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Mike Dench is an all-round angler enjoying all aspects of our sport, last week he was salmon fishing on the River Ribble and Bank Holiday Monday saw him targeting the bream on Budworth Mere. He started off his session by introducing half a dozen Jaffa sized balls of groundbait which he topped up regularly whilst waiting for the bronze beauties to find his feed. Casting a heavy slider and double maggot he was soon into roach to just over a pound and then out of the blue bingo, his first bream, soon followed by another. Changing over to a feeder everything went quiet, nothing, not a twitch. Thankfully a change to worm saw eight more bream in the net, all between 6 to 8lbs.

Paul Bibby reports having 'a field day' at Ackers Pit on Saturday catching mainly small roach in the 2 to 6oz bracket. It was back to basics using his favourite method of running line with a flat one-inch peacock like we used to years ago. As Paul said, he enjoyed a no hassle, easy fishing, and relaxing day, despite having to watch a pair of feeding cormorants that rested occasionally on the footpath undeterred by people or dogs walking past.

On Monday, our Disabled & Over 60's match was on the Mersey as a change from the Bridgewater Canal and saw Alan Brown make the most of an end peg draw. He fished pole and maggot to secure a win with a net of roach and small skimmers for 5lbs exactly. Bud Lee was second with 4-1-7.

Weaver veteran Rod Frazer won our Mersey Tuesday series match with 10-9-0 of roach and perch caught on the usual pole and maggot. Ray Boden was the runner-up with 10-3-0. Ray upped his game and won our Saturday Mersey match with a weight of 10-9-0 of roach, perch, Runner-up Ade Green was second with a weight of 6-4-0. Both anglers fished pole and maggot.

Weights were well down on our Sunday Mersey Series which was won by Neil Buist with 3-10-0 made up of half a dozen skimmers, roach, and perch caught on both feeder and pole methods with maggot at the business end. Ed Frangleton was second with 3-7-0.  

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street are open as usual every Friday between 7 & 9pm for new members, subscriptions, night permit renewals, and any queries. Please email catch details to frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

MATCH RESULTS:

Disabled & Over 60's (Mersey)

1)            Alan Brown        5-0-0

2)            Bud Lee              4-1-7

3)            Ed Frangleton    3-10-2

4)            Lennie Dutton   3-9-6

Tuesday Series (River Mersey)

1)            Rod Frazer        10-11-0

2)            Ray Boden        10-3-0

3)            Bas Chambers    6-8-0   

4)            Ed Frangleton    4-5-0

Saturday Series (River Mersey)

1)            Ray Boden          10-9-0

2)            Ade Green            6-4-0

3)            Barry Chambers   5-7-0

4)            Chris Wray            4-4-0

Sunday Series (River Mersey).

1)            Neil Buist               3-10-0

2)            Ed Frangleton       3-7-0

3)            Ray Boden             3-3-0

4)            Dave Hill                 2-5-0

COMING EVENTS:

SATURDAY:

River Mersey Series, draw 9am. Kingsway Allotments

SUNDAY:

Pairs Match, River Mersey, draw 9am Victoria Park

MONDAY:

Disabled & Over 60's draw 10am Woodshaw Reservoir

TUESDAY:

River Mersey draw 9am Kingsway Allotments