Lots of action throughout the week at Lincolnshire's Westwood.
Westwoodlakes match reportTuesday OpenOctober 18Skylark LakeTuesday’s open though, Tony Evans topped the field with 29lb 6oz ahead of steve lane. Tony used maggots and pellet at 11. 5m on the slope to take small carp, tench and a couple of bonus bream.
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Renowned for their quality, Tri-Cast rods are among some of the finest available. Editor Alex Bones takes a close look at three of their latest 14ft and 15ft models. Recognising the increase in demand for long float rods on river venues like the Avon, Severn, Trent and Wye, Rochdale-based Tri-Cast has had these three rods in development for just over 12 months. Designed primarily for stick float and waggler work on rivers, they are nothing short of a pleasure.
Great start to the Fossdyke league with plenty of roach and big perch showing.
Harrisons Tackle Fossdyke league39 FishedWith the previously unfished Woodcocks length being pegged alongside the more commonly used section at Odder, nobody was sure what to expect for the first round of this popular series. As it turned out fish showed up right along the match length in what turned out to be one of the best matches the Fossdyke has seen in recent years. The winner on the day was Maver Bait Tech rod Chris Jenkinson.
Report from the Sunderland FAC winter league match at Silksworth Lake, Sunderland. Silksworth Lake, Sunderland | 16/10/2011 | Number of pegs/anglers: 12Robbie Schindler won the match fishing pinkie on the pole at 10 metres and on the waggler feeding next to nothing. He ended his match with approximately 70 small roach and perch. Second placed Bob Nash had a net of roach and perch again on either feeder, pole or waggler, but using maggot.
21lb of dace takes the top spot on a low river Isle.
Ilminster AA, 23/10/11River Isle, Somerset7 fished Round two of the Royal Oak winter league saw the anglers on the Isle again but the river desperately needs rain. The weights were once again decent and everyone caught with lots of small dace and chublets featuring in catches. Justin Charles had a cracking day catching 21lb of mainly dace on the stick float and caster from peg 126 (Barney's Bend) at Isle Brewers.
The strong field was greeted with a strong and variable wind which made presentation difficult at times at the Monmouth fishery. Welsh Federation of Coarse Anglers Veterans National ChampionshipRed Hill Fishery, Monmouth | Number of pegs/anglers: 40The winner on the Day was local man, Tony Summers (Cardiff Nomads) with an excellent weight of 91lb 8oz taken from the middle of the lake on 14 metre pole. Tony finished almost 20lbs clear of the field and is enjoying a good run of results at the prolific Red Hill venue. Earlier in the month he had finished runner-up in the Senior Welsh National.
Poor weights blamed on bad river conditions, but results were still close.
A worrying red tinge has returned to haunt the Severn once again which was thought to be part of the blame for the poor results last year and once again the weights were low. Top spot on the day went to Shrewsbury rod Guy Jones, drawn on county ground peg 25 he adopted a stickfloat approach two rods out, feeding and fishing bronze maggot on the hook he had two large perch and some bits for a 6-9-0 winning weight. Five pegs above the winner on spinny peg 20 was Total Angling’s Rob Brennan who decided on a groundbait and pole to hand attack which resulted in one good chub and some small dace to put 6-3-0 on the scales for second overall.
Winter league action on the river Isle hots up.
Ilminster AA, 16/10/11River Isle, Somerset9 fished This week saw Ilminster AA members start their V. E. S.
Some exciting new tackle awaited us at this weekend’s Tackle & guns show extravaganza. We got the exclusive insight into what will be hitting your local shop shelves in 2012, so don’t miss our December issue, on sale the last Friday of November to see some of the highlights. There’s new tackle and bait from MAP, Dynamite Baits, Shimano, Preston Innovations, Sonu Baits, Nordik, Berkley and the all-new Matrix to name but a few. In addition it’s the Drennan Knock-Out Cup Final at Docklow pools, Herefordshire, where just two anglers remain to fight for the 2011 title.
