14th October 2014 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

14^th October 2014 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes.

Tony Rough took a trip to the tiny River Alyn on Sunday and fished just below Cook's Bridge in one of the deeper pools. He used a small loafer style float and regularly trickled a few maggots in his swim catching small chub, dace, grayling, and superbly marked brown trout steadily throughout the four hour session. He commented, "I really enjoyed fishing another of the club's rivers. It is a privilege to have access to such quality water's, in idyllic surroundings, and right on my doorstep." Thanks Tony it is such remarks that make the committee's efforts worthwhile.

Our bailiff team at Wigan report that Woodshaw Reservoir is fishing reasonably well and a few local experts are still catching a few crucians. Plenty small Roach to maggot and pellet plus a few tench and bream. Whilst at Worthington Reservoirs anglers are having good roach catches but only a few carp.

 

Winner of this week's Mersey match on Saturday was local legend Jimmy Byrnes with virtually an all perch catch taken on pole and maggot for 4-8-0. Not too far behind in second place was Martin Lenihan who put a mixed catch of roach and perch on the scales for 4-1-0. With the colder water conditions bites were scarcer and the large bream were not feeding.

Weights were down again this week on our Mersey Sunday Series and all anglers struggled to catch on the tip. Martin Lenihan fishing the pole on peg 65 was the top dog catching mainly roach topped up with a few small skimmers on the pole. Ray Bowden was the bridesmaid again only missing out by just over 2ozs with a similar net of roach. Roy Everson did well with a masterful display of the bolognaise method for third with 4-8-8 but had a gruelling last hour.

It was a completely different story from last week's struggle for bites as this weeks Disabled & Over 60's Match changed its venue to Grappenhall Trees. Keith Wernham notched up his first win of the season with 9-1-4 just holding off Lenny Dutton who was only one tiny silver fish away from the win himself.  

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:

Mersey Saturday Sweepstake

1. Jimmy Byrnes         4 -8-0

2. Martin Lenihan      4-1-0

3. Barry Chambers     3-7-0

4. Alan Morris             2-14-0              

   Mersey Sunday Series

1. Martin Lenihan       6-2-1 

2. Ray Bowden            6-0-0

3. Roy Everson             4-8-8

4. Jeff Shaw                 3-6-0

   Disabled & Over 60's

   1)     Keith Wernham            9-1-4

   2)     Lenny Dutton                9-1-2

   3)      Alan Brown                  8-10-6

   40     Dickie Wernham         6-5-4

    

   COMING EVENTS:

   SATURDAY

   Mersey Saturday Sweepstake draw 9am on the bank at the Kingsway North Allotments. 

   SUNDAY

   Mersey Sunday Series draw 9am near allotments Victoria Park (fish 34 back).

   MONDAY

   Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10am on Mersey at peg 74. Contact John Dagnall at Cheshire Angling 01925 635486.

7th October 2014 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes

7^th October 2014 Warrington Anglers Association Guardian Notes.

Eric Smith and his grandson Callum 13 years revisited Cicely again on Sunday and both enjoyed good sport with small pike. Eric had a double around the 12lb mark and another around the 7lb mark whilst Callum had a couple around 8lb. All the fish fell to dead baits fished no more than a couple of rod lengths out.

Ralph Bennett had planned a Saturday trip to the Dee bur family circumstances forced a change of plan and he managed a few hours in the afternoon and a first time visit to Woodshaw Reservoir. He fished casters and maggot with me and caught some nice stamp roach in the 4 to 6oz bracket plus a few rudd and skimmers. He only had one crucian of about half a pound and pull out of a bigger fish. He reckoned that two locals who were catching even more fish, mainly crucians could have been using pieces of cooked prawns? I know some use a slowly dissolving paste that really gets the crucians feeding.

Chris Latham and a friend managed a trip to the River Dee at Worthenbury last weekend. His friend was on the float trotting down with maggots and Chris was on the feeder using the same bait. They had a great days fishing catching several grayling, dace, and a bonus chub of 4lb. Sadly I have not had much time to get out on the Dee this season but this particular stretch of the Dee is by far my favourite.

Winner of this week's Mersey match on Saturday saw the tip coming back into play and there is not too many better at the method than Paul Harding. Paul weighed 12-2-0 which included 2lb skimmers and had over 4.5lbs to spare over second placed Derek Bibby who had a mixed net of roach, perch, and chub for 7-9-0.

Our Sunday Mersey Series weights were down slightly from the our match the previous day but Jimmy Byrnes ignored the tip and the pole methods and opted for the waggler to put together an all roach catch of 5-12-0 followed in second place by Lee Clark who fished on the pole for 4-6-8 of perch and roach.

Bites were hard to come by in this weeks Disabled & Over 60's Match but Alan Brown followed on from last week with another win albeit not without some controversy. He weighed in 2-11-14 and had only put a few small roach in the net when he struck into yet another tiny silver only to have it snatched by what everyone thought was a pike. Well Alan played the unseen predator carefully and landed to everyone's surprise a perch around the 2lbs mark plus of course the tiny roach. Now here is the rub because had it been a pike they do not count in our matches but perch do. Lenny Dutton was runner-up with 2-9-6.

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:

Mersey Saturday Sweepstake

1. Paul Harding         12 -2-0

2. Derek Bibby            7-9-0

3. Ray Bowden            6-9-0

4. Martin Lenihan       3-15-0              

   Mersey Sunday Series

1. Jimmy Byrnes          5-12-0 

2. Lee Clark                   4-6-8

3. Roy Everson             3-4-0

4. Martin Lenihan        3-2-0

   Disabled & Over 60's

   1)      Alan Brown                  2-11-14

   2)     Lenny Dutton                2-9-6 

   3)      Geoff Brooks                2-9-0

   COMING EVENTS:

   SATURDAY

   Mersey Saturday Sweepstake draw 9am on the bank at the Kingsway North Allotments. 

   SUNDAY

   Mersey Sunday Series draw 9am through gates Mersey Walk (fish 74 back).

   MONDAY

   Disabled & Over 60's Draw 10am Star Inn, Statham. Contact John Dagnall at Cheshire Angling 01925 635486.