11th February 2014 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

11^th February 2014 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes.

Our regular Mersey Series match was back on again following its cancellation the previous week due to atrocious weather and high tides. It was fishable on Sunday but still carrying a lot of extra water which coupled with windy conditions sorted the men out from the boys. Winner Roy Everson wearing his brand spanking new Drennan waterproofs christened them in good style with 4-13-9. He didn’t have a fish in the net but with 15 minutes to go and out of the blue came a welcome almost 4lbs bream making it game, set, match. He was tempted to kiss it but was stopped by a fat lady behind him singing! Runner-up was match organiser Ant Higham on the next peg who thought that he had it in the bag with his five roach and a skimmer bream for 1-8-0.

The Monday Disabled & Over 60’s match was fished on the Bridgewater Canal at Red Lane Bridge and turned out to be probably the worst result on record. Match organiser John Dagnall put it down to a severe overnight frost which apparently suited his style of fishing as he clocked up his first win of the year with 13-4. Bob Wallwork back on the match scene following a long absence was in runner-up spot with 8-0.

In one section only two anglers actually caught but Lenny Dutton with 2-12 suffered his lowest ever result where he actually drew coin, just edging out Graham Belton on 2-4. I know a few weeks ago I wrote that it can’t get any worse, well surely weights cannot go any lower otherwise anglers will be issued with raffle tickets at the draw. 

Martin Griffiths who organises our Members Flyer matches every Saturday battled it out with Stu Hardman fish for fish on the Bridgewater Canal at Lymm. It was a close run thing but Martin ended up with 7-10-5 pushing Stu’s 7-3-0 into second place. Pole and bread punch plus a few caster fish was the winning method that consisted of roach except for a solitary skimmer.

Members regularly email or ring me asking where the current best venue where they may catch a few fish? You cannot go far wrong than watch the match results, for example this week avoid Red Lane at all costs but get down to Lymm for some silver fish action. It’s a no brainer.

We are looking for witnesses to hopefully catch the person who fly-tipped rubbish at Grey Mist Mere on Tuesday. Please ring or email me with any information.

Please keep those catch reports coming in as they are invaluable to this column and fellow members planning fishing trips. Either ring me on 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk. HQ 52, Parker Street is open as usual between 7 & 9pm on Friday, for subscriptions, new memberships/night permits, or any queries.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:

Members Flyer

1. Martin Griffiths            7-10-5
2. Stu Hardman                7-3-0
3. Mike Dench                   4-9-0  
4. Jeff Stoll                         3-6-14
   Disabled & Over 60’s

1. John Dagnall                 13-4
2. Bob Wallwork                 8-0
3. Alan Brown                     7-10
4. Paul Bibby                       5-10 
   COMING EVENTS:
   SATURDAY:
   Members Flyer Bridgewater Canal Draw 9am. Contact Martin Griffiths on 07760 204039 for details.
   SUNDAY:
   Mersey Series: Draw 9am Mersey Walk
   MONDAY:
   Disabled & Over 60's: Draw 10am (Gun Club car park). Contact John Dagnall at Cheshire Angling 01925 635486.
   
   

4th February 2014 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

4^th February 2014 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes.

Eric Smith and his 12 year old grandson Callum Postill chose Grey Mist Mere as a venue for their first visit to a Warrington Anglers Association fishery. They were impressed with this Association owned water that many take for granted, and the fishing on the day wasn’t too bad either. Callum had 4 runs missed 2, hooked 2, and lost a near double figure fish at the net. He ended his session with his first ever pike, a fish of 5lbs and just maybe thoughts of what could have been, but nevertheless a catch that he will never forget. To quote Eric, “We are new members and this day alone has made it worthwhile joining”.

Mike (Spike) Bamber reports catching a 23lbs plus distinctive mirror from this fishery on Sunday which was only stocked three years ago at 14lbs. Not too bad a growth rate, a gain of just over 3lbs per year. Currently fish are already ordered two years in advance but this is information that more members should be sharing as it can have a bearing of future stocking requirements.

Just a couple of lines to quell rumours, the latest that we have given up the Mount …… one word, NO. Also that Coppull Anglers are no longer one of our licence depots …… again total bilge. In fact Mike and Ellen are excellent ambassadors of our club.

Our regular Mersey Series match was cancelled last Sunday due to high tides but that did not stop match co-organiser Paul Harding from having a chuck for a couple of hours before the impending inundation. Fishing his usual feeder tactics he ended up with twenty roach and a skimmer.

Our Monday Disabled & Over 60’s match was fished on the Dead Length pegged from the Walton Bridge end towards Houghs Bridge. Veteran angler George Barber who is rarely out of the money elevated himself from his previous week’s second place with a roach and skimmer catch of 6-1-12 taken on bread punch. In the news again but this time in the main prizes is match organiser John Dagnall in second place with an all skimmer net for 4-11-0.

Our Members Flyer fished on Saturday at Lymm again saw cracking weights with National Squad Manager Jeff Stoll leaving the opposition in his wake with an all roach catch of 13-15-11 taken on pole and red maggot. Ste Hirst maintained his runner-up position of the previous week with 10-5-14.

Please keep those catch reports coming in as they are invaluable to this column and fellow members planning fishing trips. Either ring me on 01928 716238 or email frank@warrington-anglers.org.uk. HQ 52, Parker Street is open as usual between 7 & 9pm on Friday, for subscriptions, new memberships/night permits, or any queries.

Frank Lythgoe

RESULTS:

Members Flyer

1. Jeff Stoll                      13-15-11
2. Ste Hirst                      10-5-14
3. Martin Griffiths            9-6-0  
4. Graham Belton            6-1-0
   Mersey Series:  No Match
   Disabled & Over 60’s

1. George Barber        6-1-12
2. John Dagnall            4-11-0
3. Derek Bibby             4-5-5
4. Lenny Dutton          3-0-0
   
   
   COMING EVENTS:
   SATURDAY:
   Members Flyer Bridgewater Canal Draw 9am. Contact Martin Griffiths on 07760 204039 for details.
   SUNDAY:
   Mersey Series: Draw 9am Mersey Walk
   MONDAY:
   Disabled & Over 60's: Draw 10am (Gun Club car park). Contact John Dagnall at Cheshire Angling 01925 635486.