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.