29th September 2020 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

29th September 2020 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Ted Small visited our Frodsham stretch of the Weaver Navigation on Tuesday for the second time. It took him an hour to get the fish feeding but in the next three hours Ted ended up with twenty-seven fish and pulled out of a few more. Half were perch up to about 8oz plus eight roach and six skimmers with the best fish a 12oz roach. He reported that all the fish were in fantastic condition and fought really well. He fished a waggler just over a rod length out with a single red maggot.

Stephen Wharton managed to fit in a couple of hours fishing at Appleton Reservoir on Wednesday and soon spotted showing carp which he targeted. He baited with a light scattering of 14mm boilies with a white pop-up on the hook and was soon rewarded with a cracking carp which he didn't weigh, but the photographs do the fish justice.

Craig Lynskey had trouble booking our popular Appleton Reservoir for Saturday night as it was full so decided on Rixton Claypits as a second choice. Craig reckons that it must have been fate as he first caught a decent bream followed around 11pm by his personal best common carp about 15lb which after a fifteen-minute fight lay in his landing net. "Well chuffed."

Ian Johnstone reports fishing Worthington Lakes on Thursday with a small groundbait feeder and double maggot to end up with a net of thirteen bream, some chunky roach, and a bonus lower double figure carp which was the last fish of the day and took some time before it lay safely in his landing net.

Our Sunday Mersey Championship was held on the Mersey Walk stretch of the river and  saw a slight drop in weights from the previous week but nevertheless it still produced the goods for the 2020 Mersey Champion John Green who put 8-5-0 of roach and skimmers in the weigh basket to clinch the title. John fished maggot on both feeder and float tactics. The next three weights were much closer but Alan Faulkner took second place with 6-12-0. Twenty-one fished.

This week our Disabled & Over 60's Monday match on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Billinge was won by local rod George Hollis fishing the pole using worm and red maggot. He included a cracking perch which was only a few drams short of 2lbs in his mixed catch of roach and perch for a total of 6-2-0. Ray Boden was the runner-up with 4-5-4. Nineteen fished.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street remain closed on Friday evenings until further notice. Members renewing can simply put their book or request in an envelope with their payment, a stamped addressed envelope, and post it through our HQ door where mail is collected and dealt with most days. If you need any further information please give me a call or email as below.

Please keep those catch reports coming; they are all very much appreciated by fellow members. Email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:

Mersey Match Series:

1)      John Green        8-5-0

2)      Alan Faulkner    6-12-0

3)      Dave Hill             6-5-0

4)      Derek Bibby       6-1-0

Monday Disabled & Over 60's:

1)      George Hollis    6-2-0

2)      Ray Boden         4-5-4

3)      George Barber  3-15-0

4)      Richard Baker    3-4-0

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY

Mersey Match Series, Members only (23 pegs) MUST BOOK ON. Draw 9am Victoria Park Peg 34 back. (Please Note £5 pool or £10 all-in, no coins and exact money…no change given).

MONDAY

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 9-45am Bridgewater Canal, Granthams Bridge, Stage Lane. (Please Note £5 all-in, no coins, exact money….no change given.

22nd September 2020 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

22nd September 2020 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

It is with sadness that I report the passing of Peter (Pete) Cummings this week. Pete served on Warrington Anglers Association management committee from March 1990 to September 2004 until he moved to enjoy retirement in Cornwall.  Pete was a modest man full of fun and always doing some job or other for our club even before he came on our committee. He was responsible for affixing match pegs to the edging stones every fifteen yards or so along the Bridgewater Canal from Preston Brook through to Altrincham, no mean feat for one man. He was committed to match fishing and he took charge of both organising and managing ladies angling for the club along with being involved with the senior national squad, and even finding time to help out with the juniors. Pete ran weekly matches for our lady members and even stretched to organising both national and open contests such as The Queen of the Cut. His lady's teams had many wins under his guidance, one notably headlined 'The Golden Double' when our team retained the Embassy Ladies National Championship for a second consecutive year. He also managed the Senior National Squad for a period and his hand-picked team which included two of his children Kev and Trev came up trumps when they won the 1999 Embassy Division 2 National Championships to gain us promotion back into Division1. We send our condolences to his family.

Sam Brennan fished our Grey Mist for the first time on Saturday and was rewarded with an altogether personal best carp of 27-4-0. He caught the lump using an 18mm boilie tipped with a piece of fake sweetcorn using a PVA bag. Well done Sam, I think this is one of the biggest in the fishery, hope this is one of many.

It was like 'Ground Hog Day' on the Bridgewater Canal on Friday when my daughter Wendy took my granddaughter Francesca for a practice session at Grappenhall Trees in preparation for the Canal & River Trust Cadets National Event the following day on the Shropshire Union Canal. As I was sitting observing the proceedings my mind flashed back over thirty years to when I was sitting behind Wendy 'encouraging' her to do the very same things she was teaching Francesca, including the vitally important 'watch your float.' Oh, the next day's result, well she didn't win, but the same competitive spirit has definitely passed down through the genes and I was very proud of her efforts on her very first match.

I chatted to a few members fishing the Bridgewater who were 'drop-shotting' travelling light and well kitted out with the necessary unhooking mats although they were mainly catching perch. An hour later word came back from a passing dog walker that he had witnessed one catch a decent sized pike which amazed him that any such fish were even in the canal!

Sunday's Mersey Match Series was held this week at Victoria Park where Bob Campbell fishing 'bolo' and maggot put together a cracking net of roach from 'lucky for some peg 13' for a winning weight of 10-7-0. John Green drew peg seventeen at the opposite end of the match and fished the same method to take second place with 8-11-0. 

This week our Disabled & Over 60's Monday match on the Bridgewater Canal at Delph Lane was won by Alan Brown fishing the pole using pinkie and caster for a weight of 3-14-8 made up of a skimmer, small roach and perch.  Ron Durr took second place with 2-11-10. Nineteen fished.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street remain closed on Friday evenings until further notice. Members renewing can simply put their book or request in an envelope with their payment, a stamped addressed envelope, and post it through our HQ door where mail is collected and dealt with most days. If you need any further information please give me a call or email as below.

Please keep those catch reports coming; they are all very much appreciated by fellow members. Email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:

Mersey Match Series:

1)      Bob Campbell 10-7-0

2)      John Green        8-11-0

3)      Neil Buist           6-12-0

4)      Jimmy Byrnes    6-5-0

Monday Disabled & Over 60's:

1)      Alan Brown      3-14-8

2)      Ron Durr           2-11-10

3)      Jimmy Byrne    2-7-0

4)      Rod Frazer        2-4-10

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY

Mersey Championship, Members only (23 pegs) MUST BOOK ON. Draw 9am Mersey Walk Peg 45 up. (Please Note £5 pool or £10 all-in, no coins and exact money…no change given).

MONDAY

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 9-45am Trent & Mersey Canal, Billinge. (Please Note £5 all-in, no coins, exact money….no change given.

15th September 2020 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

15th September 2020 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Terry Dunn enjoyed a fly-fishing session on the River Alyn on Wednesday where he caught seven grayling and six trout. A couple of the Grayling were over a pound with good numbers of fish seen in the deeper runs. The trout included fish of 2lbs and the biggest just under 3lbs. All were taken on 'the black spider'. He even had a bite from a passing cocker spaniel which he passed off until he waded into the river and ended up with a wet leg😊

New member Ed Prior was dropped off by his wife at our Wide Hole Fishery at Poynton for his first visit to the water. Ed didn't know what to expect from this much underused fishery which is connected to the Macclesfield Canal. He set up a waggler and loose-feeding maggot had his first bite and landed a small roach after about half an hour. This was followed by a dozen others before he struck into a better fish, a bream around 2lbs. In the next three hours he had landed eight others plus roach before it was time to call it a day.

Our Sunday Mersey Pairs Match which is a normal match plus a secret pairs event where nobody has a clue who is their partner as this is drawn separately. It was fished at Mersey Walk and fished downstream of peg 34. Ray Boden was the clear winner of the individual match with a cracking weight of 14-9-0 made up of skimmers, roach, and perch. Bob Campbell took second place with a similar net for 10-13-0. The secret pairs win went to Ray Boden and Jeff Shaw who added 7-11-0 to Ray's weight for a total of 22-4-0. Ade Green and angling legend Kevin Ashurst were runners-up with their respective weights of 8-9-0 and 5-13-0 and a total of 14-6-0.

This week our Disabled & Over 60's Monday match on the Bridgewater Canal at Daresbury Labs was won by Neil Buist fishing maggot and pinkie with a weight of 5-12-0 made up of a skimmer, small roach and perch, plus a bonus 2lbs bream. George Barber aka 'The Breadman' fishing on home ground took second place with a skimmer and roach catch taken on 'the white stuff' for 5-9-0. Nineteen fished.

Last Thursday thieves stole fishing tackle from a member's car that was parked in his drive opposite the Police Station in Birchwood. It had taken him years to get it together and included a Shimano Reel bought for him in the USA by a friend, bivvy chair, camera, one rod protrudes 6" out of the top of the rod bag.  Bag 5' rod 12', (6ft broken down). He has asked if anyone hears of someone selling a job lot of tackle if they would ring me at the number below.

There is a working party on The Mount on Sunday morning, anyone who wishes to help will be more than welcome. Ask for Derek Cowell or Brian Jones.

There was a working party on Phoenix Park Lake last weekend where another peg was put back into service. Thanks guys. Any member who would like to become involved and help please get in touch either by email or phone as below.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street remain closed on Friday evenings until further notice. Members renewing can simply put their book or request in an envelope with their payment, a stamped addressed envelope, and post it through our HQ door where mail is collected and dealt with most days. If you need any further information please give me a call or email as below.

Please keep those catch reports coming; they are all very much appreciated by fellow members. Email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:

Mersey Individual Match:

1)      Ray Boden       14-9-0

2)      Bob Campbell 10-13-0

3)      Ade Green         8-9-0

4)      Neil Buist           8-6-0

Mersey Secret Pairs:

1)      Ray Boden/Jeff Shaw           22-4-0

2)      Ade Green/Kev Ashurst      14-6-0

3)      Bob Campbell/Paul Davies 11-15-0

Monday Disabled & Over 60's:

1)      Neil Buist          5-12-0

2)      George Barber 5-9-0

3)      Roy Brown       5-6-4

4)      Jimmy Byrne   4-13-8

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY

Mersey Match Series Members only (23 pegs) MUST BOOK ON. Draw 9am Victoria Park. (Please Note £5 pool or £10 all-in, no coins and exact money…no change given).

MONDAY

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 9-45am Bridgewater Canal, Delph Lane Peg 101. (Please Note £5 all-in, no coins, exact money….no change given.

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8th September 2020 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

8th September 2020 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Dave Connor reported an enjoyable Wednesday session on The Mount where on his first visit he fished the pole alternating between double red maggot and caster for a cracking catch of over thirty roach to around a pound plus a tench. He played a carp for ages but just when he thought he was winning the fish had other ideas and snapped him.

Our Wigan bailiff team report that Mowpin despite being a small fishery is producing single figure carp, crucians, and small rudd. Local angler Chris Roberts can personally back this up as on Thursday he fished pole and maggot for five carp, best around 6lbs, a crucian, plus plenty of small rudd. Although on this fishery youngsters need to be a member accompanied by an adult member from the same household, they can take one aged 12 years or under to our Woodshaw Reservoir Fishery on a one to one basis for free. Sport there may be a bit patchy at present but roach and skimmers usually oblige.

Mike Pritchard went for his usual Saturday session on the Mersey, setting up on peg 6 where he initially struggled with only a few roach and perch so he moved down a couple of pegs and started catching immediately. The river was carrying a tinge of colour and he fished waggler close in alternating between maggot and caster to end up with over thirty roach and perch plus a skimmer.

Our Sunday Mersey Match Series was drawn this week at Victoria Park and fished downstream of peg 34. Local rod Jimmy Byrne who is rarely out of the prizes was the winner with 8-13-0 of roach and perch. He started on bolo loose-feeding maggot but after an hour and a half bites slowed and a change to the tip and groundbait feeder saw him start catching again. He added a bonus skimmer of 1.5lbs and more roach and perch and a late change back to bolo brought a few more and fifty plus fish overall. Second placed Ray Boden had the same mix of fish, a few on the pole, but caught his fish mainly on the feeder and maggot for a weight of 6-3-0.

This week our Disabled & Over 60's Monday match on the Trent & Mersey Canal saw local angler Rod Fraser the winner with 6-2-0 of roach and perch plus a solitary skimmer taken on pole and maggot. Match organiser Jimmy Byrne was the runner-up and not too far behind the winner with a similar catch taken on maggot or caster for a weight of 5-14-14. Seventeen anglers fished.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street remain closed on Friday evenings until further notice. Members renewing can simply put their book or request in an envelope with their payment, a stamped addressed envelope, and post it through our HQ door where mail is collected and dealt with most days. If you need any further information please give me a call or email as below.

Please keep those catch reports coming; they are all very much appreciated by fellow members. Email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:

Mersey Match Series:

1)      Jimmy Byrne    8-13-0

2)      Ray Boden        6-3-0

3)      Alan Faulkner  6-2-0

4)      Jim Gannon     5-6-0

Monday Disabled & Over 60's:

1)      Rod Fraser       6-2-0

2)      Jimmy Byrne   5-14-14

3)      George Hollis  5-11-6

4)      Alan Brown     4-8-10

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY

Mersey Pairs Match. Members only (23 pegs) MUST BOOK ON. Draw 9am Mersey Walk. (Please Note £5 pool or £10 all-in plus £2 pairs entry, no coins and exact money…no change given).

MONDAY

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 9-45am Bridgewater Canal, Daresbury Labs Peg 144. (Please Note £5 all-in, no coins, exact money….no change given.

 

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1st September 2020 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

1^st September 2020 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

Ben Haughton aged 12years has been a member a few months and his catches so far only included tench and bream despite targeting carp which had eluded him. This Bank Holiday however whilst fishing at Grey Mist with his dad Darren his luck changed when using Sticky Baits krill boilies, he struck into a fish that when it started taking line, he knew without doubt was his target species. The fish fought hard but with some encouragement from his dad and an aching arm he landed his first ever carp which sent the scales round to 20-4-0. When the fish was finally in the net Ben was shaking with excitement and will never ever forget this catch and neither will his dad because it also smashed his own PB. I understand that parental envy was only momentary😊   A round of applause from the member fishing opposite also added to the occasion. Well done Ben….this is just the start.

Working party volunteer Terry Stringer went out for a well-earned days fishing on Wednesday choosing the Weaver Navigation as his chosen venue. However, on arrival he spent the best part of an hour before setting-up making room in his car for the tent and associated rubbish left by morons who aside from poaching had no regard whatsoever for the countryside. Terry was later justly rewarded with a catch of roach, perch, skimmers, gudgeon, and rudd. Nothing big but nice fish and plenty of them on float fished maggots. Thanks Terry.

Canal & River Trust are holding their 2020 Junior, Cadet, and Youth Canal Angling Championships which are open to anyone. The Cadet (7-10 years) and Youth (16-20 years events are taking place on the 19^th September Shropshire Union Canal Little Onn & Church Eaton, Staffordshire. The Junior Champs (11-15 years) are taking place the next day on the same canal near Soudley, Market Drayton. The entry fee for all events is £5 but everyone taking part will receive an Angling Direct £10 voucher. Closing date for entries is 10-30am 15^th September. Please note there is also a free entry for teams of three in both the Cadet & Junior Comps and the deadline for this event is 12noon the following day. Please visit the site for more info or booking your place:-  https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/fishing/matches-and-competitions/junior-canal-angling-championships

Our Sunday Mersey Match Series was fished this week at Mersey Walk upstream of peg 45 and saw some divine intervention from the Angel of Prosperity for Jim Gannon who was the clear winner with 10-8-0. Jim fished a ground-bait feeder and maggot for his catch of skimmers and small roach and included a bonus 5lbs bream in the last 5 minutes of the match. It was a Jimmy's week as it turned out with Mr Byrne taking second place with 7-13-0. Twenty-three anglers turned out but bites were definitely down on previous weeks and there were a few DNW's (did not weigh's).

Bank Holiday Monday saw our Disabled & Over 60's match held this week on our Association owned Woodshaw Reservoir Fishery where plenty of room was left for other members not taking part.  This week saw a tie for first place between Ron Durr and Jimmy Byrne when they both put 10-6-12 on the scales. They both included a decent crucian each with the remainder made up of roach and skimmers taken on pole and maggot. Third placed Ray Boden was only a skimmer light from an outright win with 10-2-8.

WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street remain closed on Friday evenings until further notice. Members renewing can simply put their book or request in an envelope with their payment, a stamped addressed envelope, and post it through our HQ door where mail is collected and dealt with most days. If you need any further information please give me a call or email as below.

Please keep those catch reports coming; they are all very much appreciated by fellow members. Email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:

Mersey Match Series (Victoria Park):

1)      Jim Gannon       10-8-0

2)      Jimmy Byrne        7-13-0

3)      Derek Bibby          7-5-0

4)      Eddie Frangleton 5-10-0

Monday Disabled & Over 60's (Woodshaw Reservoir)).

1)      Ron Durr/Jimmy Byrne   10-6-12

3)      Ray Boden                         10-2-8

4)      Derek Bibby                        7-5-0

COMING EVENTS:

SUNDAY

Mersey Match Series members only (23 pegs) MUST BOOK ON. Draw 9am Victoria Park peg 34 back. (Please Note £5 pool or £10 all-in, no coins and exact money…no change given).

MONDAY

Disabled & Over 60's Draw 9-45am Trent & Mersey, Billinge. (Please Note £5 all-in, no coins, exact money….no change given.