This was an interclub match with Twyford which was won by a Twyford member.
Derek won his section with Roach on maggot for fourth overall, and Brian got his section on treble default as the top 3 were from his section.
He blames it on a bad draw not the fact that were better than him (oh yeah).
There was only 5 of our members fishing as there were a lot of holiday commitments that week.

Don.

Once again Derek showed us how to do it on the lake with a skimmers and roach winning bag again.

We allowed other members to fish as well as committee members and Cliff got in his normal swim in Cliff Fox corner, he also had bits for his weight

I had 1 bream and bits for mine, once again the venue fished well with all others who attended having a few fish.

Don.

I cant do much of a write up on this one as i was on holiday.

Steve seems to do well on this venue each time we fish it, i spoke to him and he said it was feed and presentation, nothing to do with him drawing a flier then.

We were a bit short of numbers and the 2nd and 3rd went to guests who filled in on the day.
It fished very well with nearly all anglers over the 20 pound mark on the day.

Don.

This was our yearly trip to this venue on the Thames and as usual we got it at the wrong time with it going through like a train, or faster than some trains if you have been on British Rail lately.

Derek drew at the top end of the section and had most of his fish on a big stick float in about 12 feet of water, about 6 BB was needed to get any control with the pace, he fed mainly with the bait dropper and had 1 Chub of about 2-0-0 and the rest was made up of mainly Roach and Perch. I watched him for a while and it was hard work, who said fishing was relaxing.

Pete was further down the stretch and had a lot of pike trouble all day, or he may have been closer to Dereks weight, he had mainly Roach on the pole and stick float.

Willy had his weight from the bottom section aswell, he also had Roach and Perch.

It fished very hard otherwise with some slack areas unfishable due to weed, and other areas 15 feet deep so you were forced onto the feeder but needed grip leads to hold bottom.

Never mind we may hit it right next year.

Don.

This venue fished very well as you can see from the result,we also had quite a few boys with seventy and sixty pound bags on the day. Dickie fished close to the edge for most of his fish and they seemed to like Willies peg better as that is where they headed when Dick hooked them on the next peg, he also lost a lot of fish and said they should come with a health warning as they really do put up a fight on this lake, he had some on the pole then switched to running line to get them in a bit quicker, i think he could scratch his ankle without bending down after the match his arm was that stretched.

Corn and pellet was the main bait on the day. We knew Richard must of started getting fish as he went quiet in the last hour and a half,which is unusual, and you just saw his elastic coming out from behind a bush as he was getting his fish on the pole with paste, he had one that was close to 18 pounds so you can see you dont fish light. He only had 1 fish at 2,o,clock and was moaning across the lake that it was not fishing well.
Brian had all his fish on the feeder with pellet. I think we all lost a few fish, Geoff French was adamant he was not going to lose his second fish of the day after waiting a fair while for a bite, he lent out to stop it going in the reeds and slipped on the platform, i only heard the splash and the swearing, then the others laughing as he walked to his car for a change of clothes, he still got the fish in though. He should have let it go and said it was so big it pulled him in.

Another turn up on the day was sat nav cooper never got lost, he also had 2 pound of perch again with a carp of 6 pound, and the best thing was he got his priorities right as it was his fortieth wedding anniversary, she must love him to send him fishing, unless she had done a runner when Bob got home.
I must thank Dave Dorsett, Richard Smith and Alan Lainie who i think pegged the lake just right on the day and once people had sussed out the best way to fish the swims most had a good day.
Also thanks to Willy who fed me from Mc donalds on the morning,and Dan for copping the rubbish in the back of his van.

Don.

This match was transferred from the Cherwell to the Colne in Uxbridge as the Cherwell was somewhere in the field.
Brian fished on the main river and had 8 Chub on maggot for his weight, all on the pole, when i weighed him in the fish were spitting up hemp and tares but Brian never fished them so it goes to show how they munch on what we think was thrown in the day before.

I was on the point and had 8 Chub also, i dont think i would have had any if Bob Hawes had not come up and told me how to fish the swim, as it can be a bit difficult, he only told me because we go half each on the pools.

Brian was on the back water down from the lawn and had mainly bits for his weight, he nearly started early and would of been thrown out the match, that must be why he does well, he gets an extra 30 mins on us, lucky Bob put him straight.

Martin had a good bag of fish just below the bridge for 11-3-0, he said that he had 4 barbel that all together only weighed about a pound, this is a good sign for breeding in the river.

Neil drew no 1, and was first away,and went to a peg he has fished this season, he has got a golden arm that boy he draws the flyers on other matches.

I have not seen someone go to a peg with as much fervour, than when my mates jack russell tried to mount a lion in Trafalger Square, it did not do him any good he only had a few bits.

Cliff gave Bob a parking ticket for bringing along someone too short to be in the front seat, namely me, i bit and was ready to phone the council, nice one Cliff.

Don.

Wraysbury fished well again this week with big fish needed to get in the frame.

Bob fished one of the island swims and had 2 nice Tench the best going 8-10-0 (see pic) and also a lot of skimmers and roach, bobs old pacemaker went into overdrive when he hooked the big Tench on 4 pound line and it took him all over the place before he got it in, He fished red maggot and corn.

Brian also had big fish with his weight being just 2 fish, a carp of 10-0-0 and a bream of 7-5-0, he was on the road bank and fished pellet and red maggot.

Cliff was on the shallow bank on the right of the lake and had a carp, 2 tench and some bits, again mainly on the red maggot.

Derek put together a good weight of 13-7-0 of skimmers and roach, he just pipped me as i had 2 bream for 13-7-0 one of the bream going 8-1-0.

Some areas fished a bit hard,which included some swims that had produced really well in the week but if you go to wraysbury there is some terrific sport to be had if the fish play the game.

Don't forget you can rake your swim, just remember to put any weed pulled out back away from your swim as it mings a bit when it rots down, bit like my socks.

Off to first match on the rivers next week, thats if the rain allows, this time last year you could walk across the rivers in trainers and not get your ankles wet, i think i may take the dry suit in case its a bit up..

Don.

Dave done well from a section not normally favoured on this venue, he had 10 Carp for his weight, with some coming to the feeder and a few to surface fished dog biscuit. Ross fished similar tactics,again from a swim he did not fancy. Martin had mainly Bream in his bag for 3rd spot most coming on the pole, with a few foul hooked fish spooking the swim for long periods i think he would have done a lot better.

Bob sat nav Cooper done his usual and got lost, he also wants us to let the person with the most fish win the match, i wonder if that is because he fished for little perch all day and had 1 bream of 2-0-0 and the rest of his 10-0-0 weight was perch.

Willy did his normal with taking his top off to catch the sun, i dont think anyone ate their dinner after that sight.
The score for lost gear was carp,1 top 3, and 1 rescued rod, i sat next to Richard Smith all day and he must have set up 5 different rods to fish, lucky he can make his mind up and stick to it (not)

We had 17 fishing on the day and we could have had 22 but this venue is a bit cramped for that.
This is a nice fair venue and can be fished on day tickets go to Cemexangling.com for details.

Don't forget next weeks match at Wraysbury, dont turn up to fish or you will be asked to leave if not in the match.

Don.

At the start we had to ask 3 member to leave the venue, so please look at your venue sheets
to make sure you dont turn up until the match on that day as finished.

We were shown how to do it by Mark, it was his first match with the club and he fished a swim he had fished the day previous, out went the bait , rod in the optonics, read book, wait for bite, how easy is that.

But really Mark done very well with his weight being a lake record for this venue, he feeder fished on the road bank, with red maggot, and fed with a spod, he had 6 tench to 7-0-0 see photo, and 1 bream that was not far off that weight.
The match was a walk off, i dont think his peg will be vacant if he draws number 16 next time.
Derek was on the shallow side of the lake and had skimmers and perch for his weight.

Stuart had his one bream late on and put me into fourth place, he told me it was a skimmer, some skimmer.
At least we all had fish this week after last weeks disaster.

We now have Neill Payne fishing with us, he is now affectionetly known as brains,as he looks like the guy from the thunderbirds when he has his fishing hat on, he weighed in 4 ounces and put it down on the result sheet as a bad day at the office.

Fishermans Cabin where Mark gets his bait are doing a deal for the members who fish our matches for optonics and spod rods, as Steve Hardy said if we cant beat him we may aswell join him, books are optional.
This venue is fishing well at the moment and is well worth a visit.

Don.

We went to this venue after good reports from the tailend of last, what a mistake.
It fished terrible with only 7 out of 15 anglers catching and even then it was only 13 fished weighed in total.
Bob had 2 bream for his winning weight and Richard had 2 just a bit smaller, Dave bagged up with 3 fish.

The food was great, you ordered it when you got there and she brought it to your peg.
I had a sausage roll,it was the only bite i had all day.

It was blowing a gale and raining all the time we were there, it got really muddy, Steve Hardy went for a walk around the lake and came back 3 inches taller with all the mud sticking to him.

John Deane hit it on the head he stated that it was so muddy the fish were stuck to the bottom.
We will not be going back in Sept, if we did i would be sitting there like billy no mates.

Don.

Nobby was drawn on the point at the top of the sluice and lost a big barbel early on and was swearing a bit,
but then proceeded to have 5 chub up to 5-0-0 with a small barbel for his winning weight. He fished the feeder with bronze maggot. I was 2nd with 2 chub from the millpool 1 of which went 5-6-0 and lost a bigger one in the morning, i never swore like naughty Nobby, also to bronze maggot. Cliff drew on the lawn and had the best weight from there for a while, with 3 chub and a few bits, he done enough to win the king of the colne trophy, he gave me the brown envelope i asked for but he forgot to put anything in it, silly boy.

It was a bad day with pouring rain and very windy, the main river fished very bad with a lot of extra water pushing through, and bits were hard to come by in the backstream. Willy said i have to say something nice about him for a change, seeing as he went down to mc,donalds for a coffee i will. He is so nice he gave me and Bob half of one of his 3 sausages in the cafe on the morning, it still left him with, double egg, double bacon,mushrooms and fried slice so thats how nice he is, he was willing to starve for us.

This was our last match of the season and i would like to thank all the usual suspects who attended over the season and helped with weighing in when drawn to, also to Bob Hawes for  always being around to help with sorting out pegs and taking the fees, and Derek Turton for going down on saturdays prior to matches on the colne to sort out fishable areas.

Lets hope we can all catch a few next season.
Dont forget the work parties, give me ring for details.

Don.

Rob had a great catch of all roach from dolphin bridge on the punch and maggot.
Dave had all chub from the mill pool, and Keith actually drew well on peg 52 on the back water and put together his weight on the punch and caster, with mainly bits

Teams of 4 winners were.
Rob Balckburn, Dave Dorsett, Steve Hardy, Garry Young. Alias the LUVVIES as Garry is a bit loved up at the moment and spent most of the day getting text messages telling him how lovely he is, pass the sick bag.
They done very well as the river fished very hard in places with ounces in some swims or blanks, then you had swims with just one fish.

For a full report on the money raised go to the news page.

Don.

Russel was fishing his first ever match and drew 44 on the apple tree, a big fish peg, he was advised to sit it out for a few bites, he did that alright with his weight being 3 fish, 2 Barbel and one Chub the Barbel to over 8 pound.
Obviously he was invited to take a wrong turn for the next match, but seriously he done very well on the day to get them fish from a peg where they are not easy to get in.

Lee was runner from the noted peg on dolphin bridge with mainly roach in his catch, he had a bit of pike trouble on the day, but his girlfriend dropped him off with his little lunch box so he never starved.
She cant love him that much as she never carried his gear to his peg.

Cliff was third from peg 13 near the point, he is leading the king of the colne at present but some members have asked me to phone him before the next one and tell him it as been changed to another date, i wont do that to you Cliff, unless the little brown envelope appears.

It was a bit of a struggle on some pegs as it went a bit cold the previous night and took a bit of colour out of the river.
But the good thing was the turnout of 27 anglers which for a club match is very good.

I drew one of the iffy pegs we had to put in so that is my excuse, i think the king of the colne is the only match trophy i have not won with the club, but with my luck in the draw bag i never will.

Don.

This was a great day with 30 anglers dipping into the bag, it was nice that Twyford come along with 20 of them as they had not fished this canal before. Bob won the match from a peg he did not want at the start, he had most of his fish on the punch over liquidised, his weight was made up of all Roach with some near the pound mark.

Vic from Twyford fished the same and had his fish at only 2 metres out. Sean of Twyford had his fish to sqautt over groundbait, all the first 5 were in the first section near the marina and the gaps which had a bit of colour in the water.

As we went along it got a bit harder with some anglers having low weights due to the water being very clear.
Brian Dart won the top section with 5-12-0 of perch on worm, and i won the middle section with 3-1-0 of roach on the punch, i did not have a bite on the punch until 2-10 and the match ended at 3-30 so it shows what a good bit of water this is for qaulity roach.

There was also a strange visitor in my peg as you will see from the photo, it was a crab which i got out with the landing net, i have been informed it may be a mitten crab so have let the E.A know. Mick from Twyford tried to take it out of the net and got a nip for his troubles, so i got it out with a size 8, hence the flattened look of the crab.

Don.

The match at Dorchester was won by Steve with a lot of small fish in a slack area near the Thame mouth, the main river was going through like a rocket and it was near impossible to hold bottom anywhere.

We was all forced to look for slacks when picking where to fish. Roy had all bleak for his weight, and i had a few bleak and perch for mine. I ended up fishing 2 feet from the bank to get steady water.

It was the G.X curse again as the river fished great the week before with 12 pound needed to get in the frame, then when we get it they run all the water off and it was nearly over the banks, oh well can't beat bad luck.

Don.

Dave done very well to get his weight as the canal was very clear, you could see almost to the other side in some areas, and some swims were very weedy. Dave fished a small waggler with sqaut, as the fish spooked very easily when he put a pole over the top of them, he had some good roach, with smaller ones and perch making up his total.

Brian was put into 2nd on the results page beacause he is older than Derek and won the senior citzens cup with his fish, ha also caught mainly small fish on the sqaut.

Derek lost a couple of good fish, one of which was a lumpy perch which he lost at the net, as i told him staight away as he swore, you cant beat bad luck, i dont think he agreed, as i ducked from a ball of grounbait.

Bob (sat nav ) done a good one, he never put his lid on properly on his bait tin and the whole lot went over in the back of Phils new 56 reg motor. Bob said it was alright though as he counted how many he had in there, and he thinks they were all back in the box,yeah right.

So if Phil has a buzzing noise in his ear in the next few weeks at least he will know what it is.

Don.

Due to not a lot of information re the venue some of the regulars gave this one a miss, which was a pity as Derek had Roach, Dace and Perch for his winning weight, mostly on the maggot.

Our president Barry Abbott also had small fish for his weight, nice to see Barry has not forgotten how to fish a river as he as been doing a bit of time on lakes this year.

Bob (sat nav ) Cooper only had a couple of fish for his weight, but at least he found the place.

Don.

This match got off to a bad start, with it pouring with rain and Brian Dart in control of the brolly over my head trying to keep the draw board dry, and my flowing locks, he did not get a lot of help from our fellow anglers trying for the record of how many anglers under one umbrella. When we actually started fishing it got very hot.

Dan (who is a new member) and beat me with big fish again, had 2 Chub of about 3-0-0 each in his winning weight, he had to stand on his box to land one of them as he was on no 2 elastic, for non pole anglers that is very very light.
He also had a few bits for the rest of his weight, its nice to see new members attending and doing well.
I did not have a bite until 11-30 then caught some quality roach on the punch, then a pike got hungry and my swim died a bit. I was also feeding hemp, and the roach were spitting it up ,but i could not get a touch on it when i put it on the hook.

Keith was 3rd with all roach on the punch, he caught nearly all day but they were quite small, except for the perch he had take a small roach, and head for the other side of the canal. The top section did not fish very well, which is strange as that is normally where you need to be. I have put a photo of my roach on the web, this is not sore grapes to Dan, it was just that i forgot to take the camera when i weighed him in, honest. And also you can see my flowing locks as mentioned earlier in the picture, i combed my hair from memory as Dave Allen reminded me last week.
Dan and Keith won the pairs trophy with a combined weight of 13-3-0

Don.

This venue fished poorly with a few people catching a fish in the first 20mins and not having a bite for the rest of the match.
It was nice for Dave to finally win a match as he has supported the club on many of the carp venues. He had 8 carp on the method feeder, lucky i let you stay in that peg Dave, he did not have a fish until 12-00, then Geoff French went around to see his oppo, and Dave started catching when he was there, obviously Geoff thinks it was something to do with him, Dave thinks otherwise, he put it down to skill.

Kevin was in a corner peg and only had 4 fish for his weight on the pole, he also lost a few lumps, no not sugar, Carp. Lee had 6 fish on the feeder, and done his normal strip off to his undies as it got hot, when he turned around i thought i saw a ghost,but it was not Ivan Marks, it was his brother skid.

This venue had a fish kill in july, which was probably why it fished a bit grim.
The problem being with these places is i have to book them a year in advance so we have to take pot luck when we turn up. Still we all had a laugh as usual.

Don.

Willy had mostly Roach on the hemp and tares, with a few Perch on the red maggot. If you believed him halfway through the match he was supposed to have had 30 pound, i think a new rule about little white ones needs to come in. Still it stopped him walking about and throwing groundbait at me.

Garry Young came along to show us how it should be done but Willy just pipped him,Garry being match group captain and drawing a flyer on the day (oh dear). Garry had mainly roach aswell, also Dave Dorsett another match group member whos swim was around 14 foot deep had Roach and Perch.

Derek had a few skimmers in his weight of 7-9-0, there was also some other good weights, if the river had a bit of tow on i am sure twenty pound would have been needed to win this match.

You can get a day ticket at the Marina for this venue,it is well worth a visit for some nice Roach fishing.

Don.

Ross must have had aching arms after this match which saw him beat the previous club record by about 30 pound.
He fished pellet on a big waggler to keep the carp coming, as did Willy and Kevin. Again some of the areas were bad on the day with a few blanks from good pegs normally. There was a lot of jumpers on the day, by which i mean people jumping in to rescue there rods. Steve Molloy was first with a little hop to catch his as the water was up to his knees, 5.5 points. Ross also had a close shave with a rod that wanted to go walkies,5.0 points.

Willy got up to answer the call of nature and i was next to him and went to warn him, but i was to late, and he just got hold of his rod, so it seems he was holding 2 rods as he was going to the toilet, 6.0 points for degree of difficulty, or was he showing off. Bob Cooper was not so lucky,right at the end of the match his rod and reel were last seen going parallel with the M25, but at least he gets 7.0 points as he would have needed scuba gear to get it back, and also his comment that (at least the fish were now feeding), after sitting for most of the match without a bite.

This venue is day ticket, but make sure you hold on to your rod as i wont be there to give you points.

Don.

This match proved to be a bit of a let down considering how well the venue had been fishing.
I caught some nice roach early, on the punch over hemp, i then lost a good tench and foul hooked and lost a bream, then the wind got up really strong and i only caught a few more skimmers.

Bob had a lot more small fish, on the red maggot for his weight, and Martin was similar. Terry Burgess hooked  a carp on the waggler, but after 15 minutes the carp got fed up and went for the other side of the lake, so Terry nil Carp 1.

It poured down just after the weigh in and we had to wait to get out, the water running under the culverts could have been trotted with a stick float to the middle of the lake. This venue will produce in the Autumn with maybe a good bag to be had if the bream shoal up in the deeper water on the road side.

Don.

Steve drew the 1st peg on the right hand bank and did not fancy it at first, then the wind pushed the fish into the corner to his left in an empty peg. He had a few carp to approx 7-0-0 on the method with hair rigged corn, and 1 broken rod,must be one of the cheap ones he sells in the cabin.

Bob drew the far end of the lake and caught mainly on the feeder tight to an island, and fished red maggot, again for mainly carp with a few skimmers.

Richard fished similar tactics and just pipped Kevin Bourroughs, who had been paid out for third until we realised Richard had pipped him, he was nearly down the pub spending it.

This a very good mixed fishery, Derek had around 15-0-0 of rudd on the waggler, and the fish went off the feed for about one and a half hours,if they stayed in his swim all day he would have been in the 40-0-0 area This match was on the silver fish lake which is a very good venue if you fancy a few fish mid week, if you give diana a ring she will let you know how it is fishing her number is 01525-261713, there are toilets and a cafe on site.

Don.

Bob fished mainly the punch for the roach, and happened to get a stray Tench of around 3-0-0, also a few fish over on the waggler to the far side weed. I had nearly all roach for 2nd spot, on the punch over liquidised, and some late on to the hemp, also a few perch on the chopped worm down the inside. Willy also fished the punch for his fish, i was next to him and had to look at that toned muscled body all day, the bit that stood out most was the bit hanging over his belt.

The top end of the venue towards the viaduct fished best, with lower weights at the horse and barge end.
The section where the top 4 fished was a bit deeper and fish seemed to shoal up there more, also you will find a few more bonus fish, as Bob did to beat me the jammy little  !!!!!!!!!!!! . Thats twice i have been done by Tench, i think i will ban all Tench from being weighed in, unless i catch them of course.

Ross Dawson won the mystery weight, and we all had a nice pint and a fight with a wasp in the Horse and Barge after the match,the wasp was attracted to Willy, so obviously a silly little wasp

This venue will fish more consistent in the week as we had a lot of boat traffic to contend with, feed tight over to the the reeds with maggot, red seems to be best at present, and fish bread punch down the middle, feeding small balls of liquidised every other put in until the roach come onto the feed. Worm in the margins picks up the Perch, some of which can be big so don't fish too light.

Don.

Our 1st match was on Wraysbury Lake, we had a turnout of 16 members. We cut the match time due to some football game being played in Germany. There were a few big fish lost on the day, mainly by poor old me. Willy Noble had a Tench of 7-0-0 and a Bream of about 5-0-0 and a few bits for his winning weight, see photo below.
Derek was 2nd with a Bream of  6-0-0 and bits.

It fished quite hard as it was very hot and overcast, with only a slight ripple on the water, them boys never gave me a hard time when loosing the big fish,[ not much]
Keith Davidson picked up the money for the mystery weight,we tried to run away without paying him but he locked the gate.So Willy is off to a flyer, so heres hoping we can all catch a few at Kidlington Next Week.

Don.