20th July 2021 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes
During this hot weather lots of fisheries countrywide have seen swimmers arrive in numbers and aside from some causing damage and leaving large amounts of rubbish the sad thing is that some have lost their lives through drowning. Our hearts go out to their devastated families. However, members can help by ringing the police and reporting swimmers by either dialling 101 or 999. Please make the call and ask for an incident number.
Jason Phillips had a great evening's roach session on the Macclesfield Canal at Scholar Green on Sunday. He started on the pole and maggot and fed a second swim regularly with a few grains of hemp. After catching half a dozen fish, he changed to his hemp swim and the float vanished on the first cast, from then on it was non-stop action. Jason ended up with about twenty-five roach with a good few around the pound mark.
I saw a video this week of roach being fed with bread opposite our Association owned Wide Hole fishery which really is a 'part' of the Macclesfield Canal. Judging by the number of feeding fish it is definitely worth a visit but please take a pair of disposable gloves with you and a bin-sack as it looks like poachers have been having a field day whilst our bailiff has been laid-up as a result of a car accident. Let me know how you fare.
Mike Pritchard sweated it out on the Mersey on his usual peg four during the scorching Saturday sunshine. He fished the waggler and started catching roach on maggot and later changed tactics feeding caster over hemp which attracted a better stamp of roach. He ended his session with fifty-eight fish, all roach except for a brace of perch and a skimmer bream. Mike reckoned that he had not used his landing net so much for ages.
The Dynamic duo Dave Gardner and Ken Hewitt were on the river at Paddington Bank last week where ken caught thirty-eight perch to 1.5lbs fishing maggot in the margin. Dave tried a few methods; the feeder and maggot brought an eel and a couple of perch, a change to method feeder and micro-pellet brought another few perch plus a bream of 6-5-0 on a plastic worm. On the waggler in the margin he had a further nineteen perch to 1.5lbs. He commented, "All in all a great morning session and a big thankyou to the lads for clearing the pegs."
Our Briars Cup Open Match on Sunday was fished on one of the hottest days of the year along the Victoria Park stretch of the River Mersey. Jimmy Byrne was the comfortable winner with almost 3lbs to spare over second placed G Kennerly. Jimmy started on the tip with groundbait feeder with worm and caster which brought him five skimmer bream and a few perch for around 5lbs but when bites dried-up he changed tactics to pole and maggot that saw him add around thirty roach and perch for a total weight of 9-11-0. G. Kennerly weighed 6-15-0 taken on the tip which included a bream over 3lbs plus roach and perch. Twenty-one anglers fished.
The Disabled & Over 60's Monday match was fished again this week on the Bridgewater Canal at Pickerings Bridge. It was hard going but local rod George 'The Breadman' Barber repeated his winning performance of the previous two weeks to achieve the treble for the first time in his life with 2-14-0 of small roach on his secret meat bait (if you believe that you will believe anything). It was definitely a George's day as G. Hollis from the next peg took second place with a similar roach net of 2-6-0. Fifteen fished.
Our friends at Warrington Rowing Club are holding a regatta on the Mersey downstream of Kingsway Bridge this weekend so better if members fish upstream of the bridge.
Our WAA Headquarters at 52, Parker Street, Warrington WA1 1LT remains closed on Friday evenings but members can simply post to this address or put their book or request in an envelope with their payment and a stamped addressed envelope, through our HQ door where mail is collected and dealt with most days. Alternatively, you can post to Warrington Anglers Association PO. Box 71, Warrington WA1 1LR where mail is collected weekly.
Catch reports from members, pics, or funny stories are always welcome. Email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk or give me a ring on 01928 716238
Frank Lythgoe
Results:
Disabled & Over 60's
1) George Barber 2-14-0
2) George Hollis 2-6-0
3) Jimmy Byrne 2-3-0
4) Alan Clarke 1-13-0
Briers Cup Open Mersey Match
1) Jimmy Byrne 9-11-0
2) G Kennerly 6-15-0
3) Pete Jones 6-12-0
4) Jonathan Green/Jeff Shaw 4-14-0
Coming Events:
SUNDAY:
Tom James Open Mersey Match: Draw 8-45am Mersey Walk pegged 75 back. Non-members £5 peg fee, £5 and £5 optional pool Exact money only, no change given. Covid-19 rules apply.
MONDAY:
Disabled & Over 60's Bridgewater Canal, Daresbury Labs peg 144. Draw 9-45am. £5 all-in, exact money only, no change given. Covid-19 rules apply.
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