This was the final round for the King Of The Colne trophy and Cliff drew the flier on the point, seeing as he was only 1 point behind Kevin going into the match he ran to the peg, Kev never turned up anyway so he was alright, he had 4 Chub and bits for his weight on maggot and waggler, this gave him the KOC title and he as reminded me that he wants the trophy to take home, i must have kept one previously.

Well done Cliff it was a good result with 174 points from a possible 180.
Derek was second and in the frame yet again, he has had some season as the results section will show you, he drew Dolphin Bridge and also had Chub with bits for his weight.

I was on the back stream which was very low and clear so i was pleased to pick up a couple of Chub and some decent roach on the waggler with maggot, i had the usual problem with the little snappy pike, this time they took a liking to my waggler and i had 2 bitten off, funny diet them pike are on.

So we look forward to next seasons matches, the full match calender for next year will be put on here shortly.
I would like to thank all the members who supported the matches as we had some terrific turnouts and good days with the usual laughs.

If you fancy it come along to them next year, you dont have to be Bob Nudd to enjoy the day out and any advice on the draw is freely given, and at the end of the day it is good fun to see the mystery weight, and also to let the boys know as they talk of the ones that got away, You Cant Beat Bad Luck

So look forward to seeing a few new faces next season.

Don.

We fished this match with the usual crew from Twyford Valley A.S, three or them were top weights on the day with 7-2-0 which came to caster over chopped worm for a better stamp of fish, also a couple of 5 pound weights.
There were a lot of weights in the 3 and 4 pound and all came to various baits, with Punch, Bloodworm and Sqautt being the most productive.

Dont forget you can fish this venue in the close season and if you want to sharpen up your skills on the pole this is the place to do it as there are loads of fish to be had.

Brian won our match, but he is down there so much he is on first name terms with the boat owners, i am sure they think he is off one of the boats.

This was another occasion when 26 of us fished, so it goes to show with the right venue and a couple of clubs doubling up it can be like the good old days with turnouts.

I would like to thank Vic from Twyford for running the matches we have with them as it lets me dip in the bag instead of having what is left, also Mick for pegging the match on the morning, that's why he is short walking up and down the canal all day.

Just the one match to go lets hope with finish with a good one.

Don.

We switched this match from Hampton Poyle as the Cherwell was still running to hard, i did not go as i was fishing and looking at another water.

It fished very hard and with a walk off all the guys who fished had good areas, Brian went onto peg 24 and had 3 chub for his weight on the pole and maggot, he was brave because that's the swim Steve Hardy broke his pole on a Barbel in the charity match.

Derek crept up to the point swim and also had 3 chub on the waggler, Dave fished on the backstream for a few bits.

The 4 or 5 others who fished blanked, it was just one of them days with the frost in the morning not helping.
Martin went to a swim he had 4 chub for 21-1-0 only 2 weeks prior and never had a bite, cant beat bad luck.

Don.

It may be me but the person running the pegging on the day just happened to get one of the pegs that is fishing most consistent at the moment, dodgy or what.

That man being Martin Harper who drew on the point peg 11, he had 7 Chub and about 2 pound of bits on the waggler and maggot.

Terry drew peg 53 on the backwater and had 2 Chub and bits, Richard was on the mill pool and he was so glad he drew well for a change, then nearly blew it by hooking and loosing a good Chub in the first 20 minutes, but they came back and he had a few for his weight on maggot.

As you know this was the charity match so go to the news page for a fuller report.

Don.

It was the same old story for round 2 of the KOC if you drew on the backstream you had a chance of a few fish, if you drew the main river which was as high as i have seen it for some years you were in for a bad day.
Dan got peg 53 down from the lawn and had small fish for most of the day with 2 late bonus chub.

Keith was on the lawn and a shoal of roach and dace seem to be just sitting there for the winter, he had all his fish on the punch which was suprising seeing the colour of the water, he alos had the regular little snappy pike taking a few fish.

Cliff was in the sluice which was going through just right and coloured, he had 1 Chub about 4-0-0 and roach, also on the punch.We tried with a few new pegs on the backstream and they all looked really good, but the fish just were not playing on the day.

Willy hooked and lost 4 big chub in the mill pool, cant beat bad luck Willy boy.

Myself and Derek drew on the main river, when i looked at it Saturday doing the pegs they were spot on, come Sunday morning and an extra 6 inches  of water they were dire, i went home at 1-00 after not a touch,and feeling not well, Derek stuck with it for 2 ounces of minnows, so that shows how hard it was.

Martin was on peg 47 and foul hooked a fish and never weighed it in, well it was a 1-5-0 Cherbumpkin, if i spelt it wrong its a big goldfish, so someone is a bit light in the fish pond department around the area.

Richard smith drew his normal flier on the KOC, then went home, he wants 4 matches next year so he can have a chance of perhaps getting 1 good peg.

Next match is the teams of 4 charity match, you can still send in to sponsor me on the day if you wish, lets hope the river is in better nick for it.

Don.

I was not on this match as a friend of mine decided to get his little cherubs christened, i ask you a christening on a Sunday, the fishing sabbath, i tried to convince him to be different and have it on a weekday but to no avail.
Still the report went like this, draw back water catch fish full stop.

It went to Brian on the day who fished next to the elliott bridge near the lawn, he had all small fish on the maggot and punch, Willy was on the lawn and fished similar again with all small fish.

Kevin was on the point and had 3 Chub late on for 3rd, the main river was a bit out of sorts again but that's no surprise as one day it is belting with rain and the next minus 2, so the fish just dont settle down with changing water conditions.

Keith Arthur fished the match and had 3-5-0 from a swim in the sluice.

There was a buffet after in the Dolphin for the prizes to be given out, and i am told that it was very good, i would like to thank Derek for getting that arranged and for Noel for doing us proud again, i hope to get at least a sandwich on the teams of 4 match, if i get in before will and no one has another christening.

Don.

Hes only gone and done again the little so and so, Derek drew one of the fliers on the day peg 11 and was the only person fishing who was out of the wind and had it to help him cast up to the tree on the point swim.
He fed the fish to down in front of him and had 6 Chub 3 of which went 13-0-0 and 3 went 9-0-0 and also 4 pound of roach and dace, all the fish coming to maggot.

I was pegged next to him on 13, the wind was so bad that i cast and the wind blew my stick float back up the river, and the bits of tress hitting your brolley did not make for comfortable fishing.

Kevin was on peg 54, the lawn, which is where Martin won from last week, he had a terrific day with all his fishing being under 6 inches and coming to the punch then maggot on the whip to hand, he though he had pipped Derek but the old fox proved just to good on the day.

Brian was on peg 53 and had 1 chub and bits for most of the day on maggot, the main river was out of sorts and all the anglers on the back water seemed to have more fish.

If it was not for the mystery prize i think a few of us would have been in the pub before the match finished.
We had to put in a few pegs that we would not normally but it seemed justified when John 2 hats Dean had some nice Roach out of the sluice swim number 7, he also had a pike keeping him company, he should of sung to it like he normally does, that would have got rid of it.

It was nice to see Nobby Bridle back up and out fishing as he had a bout of pneumonia over the past few weeks, after this weeks weather he may catch it again, nice to have you back Nobbler.

Dont forget the next match is the fur and feather, so bring along a prize and have a good days fishing, Keith Arthur may be putting in an appearance, i hope he draws well as he seems to pick some dodgy swims, well that's Keiths excuse anyway.

Don.

This match was switched to the Colne at the island due to the Cherwell being over its bank in places.
We done it as a walk off and Martin drew high so decided to go onto the lawn, a bit iffy seeing as the colour had dropped out of the river, but he had small fish all day for his weight, by small i mean nearly all bleak and about 2 hundred fish, who said there are no fish in the river.

He also had a young lady sitting behind him for most of the match reading a book, she arranged to visit him and i am sure this spurred him on to do well, it also stopped us throwing Derek in, as you can see he came second with 3 Chub from a downstream peg, he lost a couple of fish, i think on purpose so he did not go for a swim, not really.

Bob went onto the back stream and caught most of the day, he would have got more if not for the usual little snappy pike in that swim, they attack anything that moves and can be a right nuisance, still it gave Bob something to moan about as he seems to have gone quiet lately.

So the next one is the 1st round of the JIm Mullenger King of the Colne which will be more poignant this time with the sad loss of Jim and i hope we have a good turnout in his Memory.

Don.

Derek as done it again,some people ask me if he is the only one on the matches and i make the other names up.
He is just having one of those years where he is doing everything right and it is paying off. He drew low and headed above the railway bridge and fished the shallows, it was very difficult on the day with a downstream wind and it was hard to present your tackle very well. Derek had 4 chub around the 3 to 4 pound mark and a few smaller ones all on maggot, if he wins the next match there will be queue forming behind him to throw him in.

Willy went down to nearly the end of the stretch, that's some hike i can tell you, ask Roy Perry he went down there to weigh Brian in once and needed an iron lung when he got back,  he had a bream of 2 pound and a few skimmers and roach, again on the maggot.

Richard done his normal went to 3 or 4 swims then dropped in above me and had a chub of 4-8-0 and a few bits for his weight, i was near the railway bridge and had a few small fish and a pike that took a liking to my lead weights attacking them as i wound in, this was after getting home the night before at 1-30 and Bob coming to pick me up at 5-30, i must leave that fosters alone.

Ross had a pike actually attack a leaf he had hooked and bit him off, this was after Ross had got back out after falling in, cant beat bad luck Ross.

Still, heres to the next Derek Turton benevolent fund match which is at Hampton Poyle, if you want to see grown men cry when he wins why not pop along. 
Don

Don.

We fished this match with Twyford Valley and there was a turnout of 31 anglers, it was great to see the Arm never let us down.

Brian drew just past the kissing gate on the towpath and fished 2 whips to hand with various baits and had nearly all roach, he spends so much time down there i think he is on first name terms with people on the boats.

Steve was this side of the gates and did not fancy his swim at all at the start as that section was very clear but this did not put the fish off and he caught most of the day, also on different baits.

Derek fished mainly the waggler and had a bit of a lean spell because of pike trouble or he would have caught more, he had most of his fish on big maggot.

There was a Twyford member splitting the top 2 with 7-12-0 but as he was not in our club i left it off the results section.

Brian Eggleton won the senior citizen trophy with 3-12-0.

The first section did not fish very well but this threw up 2 of the first 4 the week before, so it shows how the fish can move around on this venue, it is well worth a visit even when the water turns a bit colder normally Bread Punch and squatt will do well with big maggot for the better fish.

Make sure you have your I.D. with you as there will be a day ticket charge if not.

Don.

We done our usual when we get on one of these lakes, caught it when they dropped the level by about 8 feet, and after they had a 3 day festival on there with 110 pegs a day.

To say we were a bit unlucky was an understatement, you would normally need 150 to 200 pound to win on this venue. Danny drew an end peg and had a lot of his fish before another club came along a bit later and fished the next section. He fished method feeder with different baits, as did nearly all the anglers on the day with only about 18 inches of water 15 yards out.

Sam also had an end peg, he is partially sighted so had Danny behind him to help him with tying  knots and other bits, we put Sam on the end peg to give him room, then when we drew no one drew any of the 4 pegs next, to him he was sitting there like Billy no mates.

All i saw Danny doing all day was eating, i think he got a bit peckish watching Sam get them carp in.
Sam also had his fish on the method.

Richard was 3rd with carp also, and nearly lost a rod when he had waited a while for a bite and went to grab a sandwich, off went the rod, i think it was because he could see Danny and he got hungry as well.

19 anglers turned up with 4 of them being guests, it was nice to see that no one moaned about giving Sam his peg and help him have a day out in match for a change, thanks for that lads and i know Sam would like to thank you as he enjoyed it a lot.

If he can catch like that,i am going to wear a blindfold next time i go to this lake and nick some of Dans grub..

Don.

Due to the canal being very clear we switched this match to another venue, if you look at the result i think you can guess where it was to. Yes, the one Derek dont like Wraysbury. Derek drew nearly last and where he would normally fish was taken with a few of the boys trying to beat him for a change on here, not to be out done he went straight to another swim and still gave us a tanking.

He had his usual skimmers, i think they are all on first name terms with him, and a few roach on the maggot, he was on the road bank in the deeper section. I did not mind as i drew him in the pairs.

Mike was on the island and had 1 Bream for his weight, i should have disqualified him for lying, as when i went to weigh him in he told me he had 1 skimmer, some skimmer, if Dereks skimmers were like that he would weigh in over the ton.

Dave started on the road bank at the far end and had just a couple of small fish, than moved back up nearer the culverts for his weight.

The shallow side of the lake did not produce at all, with 4 of us in row with only 6 fish between us, i blanked, nothing new there then i hear you say, i sat it out on the feeder all day.
If you are to go for a days fishing in the next week or so i would advise the deeper swims on the road side as they are producing well at the moment. my excuse.

Don.

Brian drew pretty low and heading off to the noted swim at the Thame mouth, at least he did not nearly have a fight with someone fishing the peg like i did the previous year.

He fished the pole for his weight with hemp and tares and maggot being best on the day,he had mainly roach with some of them not far off the pound mark.

Derek was just up from the houses and caught small fish most of the day, he did not bring his wraysbury skimmers with him.

Bob was just up a bit from Brian and had most of his fish on the feeder to red maggot.

We were told that the river was clear and a few of us went with liquidised and punch and did not take so much maggot, when we got there you could not see the bottom after 2 feet out so it was a bit of bum info there, well that's my excuse.

Don.

We switched this match to Wraysbury as the booked venue as been fishing really badly.
It seems that I can only spell Dereks name as he has been winning so often.

He was on the shallow bank and had a nice bag of skimmers with a few roach, he fished the waggler over groundbait with maggot, he would of done a lot better as he only had 2 fish between 1-30 and 4-00 when we finished.

Bob was on his favourite island swim and had skimmers for his weight, his tench did not show this week, I think he brings it with him, he also had darty fishing the island with him, so that was the kiss of death as he walked around to see Derek at 1-30 and read above to see what happened to his swim.
I was on the road side and had a few roach and perch for about 2-8-0 and a Tench and an eel which together went 9-1-0.

This venue is fishing very well at the moment with a lot of styles producing fish, if you are going for a visit give me ring and i will let you know what areas are fishing..

Don.