Change of date for the work parties at Denham Lake. They will now be held on MARCH 31st and APRIL 1st weekend and APRIL 28th and APRIL 29th Weekend. The Specimen Group are also to do a Charity match over the weekend of MAY 5th and 6th, further details will follow when it has all been arranged.

Don

The Specimen Group now has a group page on Facebook, the Address is GXUDAS PIT3.

So look in to see what the boys are talking about and whats being caught.

Don

Meet Nigel Botherway of Fishermans Blues.
Come along to the Meeting in Febuary, we have Nigel Botherway of Fishermans Blues returning for an informal chat. He brings a lot of experience in Angling and will be able to answer your questions on the night on angling subjects.

When Nigel appeared before it was very informative and a good night was had by all, so pop along and support both Nigel and the club. The added bonus is that the bar will be open from 7-00 so what more could you want, a good chat with like minded members and a Beer.

SEE YOU THERE.

Don

River Colne Restocking.
We have restocked the Colne at Uxbridge with a good amount of Roach and Chub of 4 to 6 inches, these fish were spread out with 1.000 going above the weir, 1,000 just below and 700 on peg 55 next to the Elliott bridge.
All we need to do now is try and catch them,

I would like to thank your Chairman Derek Turton for helping to both secure the fish and for seeing them in on the day.

Please let me know if you have a dabble over the Xmas period and catch a few of these fish.

So heres wishing you all a very Merry Xmas from the Officers and Committee, and hope that we all catch a few in the remainder of the season

Don.

Recent catches.
Derek had 4 Chub to 6-4-0 from the Colne on the day we had the freezing fog, I told you he was mad, they came to his usual waggler and maggot.

The Arm is still fishing quite well with some good weights being reported from the section near Little Britain including some decent Bream.

A pike of 32-0-0 has been reported to me from Broadwater, this was caught by a junior member and I am waiting for a photo which I will put up, you boys better watch out as he is fishing the Pike match on the 4th of Dec.

There has been a new 40 out of Denham which at present no one is claiming catching before, I think it may be named Tone after the person who caught it, I have a more private name to give it ( ask Tony in Harefield Tackle) it is a really good catch if it is a new fish, as we though all the 40s had been seen, I will have to try for that next season to have a new PB to write about for a change.

Don.

Recent catches.
Derek is now known as the new Carpy, he actually went and tried the method a few times on Wraysbury and it seems he got it right, he had Tench to 7 pound and 4 Carp from 7 pound to a belter of 28 pound, I hope to have the pic to put on the website shortly, still it is nice to see Derek join the method brigade, I may mention his PB in the Newsletter, after I have reminded members about my PB Tench.

The Slough Arm at the bottom end near little Britain is producing Bream to 6 pound and big Perch on the worm over groundbait, also Roach and Rudd in numbers from the boats. The Colne at Harefield as produced Good Barbel and a few Chub over the last week or 2. As reported in the match section the Cherwell was a bit hard but with a bit of rain hopefully going in it will be worth a visit for bags of Roach.

Don.

News.
The work party on the Colne went very well with a lot of the swims cleared of pennywort etc, thanks go to Bob Horwood for bringing the boat along which enabled us to get at some of the harder swims to clear.

If you see the pennywort starting to spring up just pull it out with your landing net, it only catches on to the bank very lightly so comes away pretty easy, then throw it right up the bank.

The weed should start to die off a bit now so the swims may stay clear for the near future.

Recent catches.
The Colne is still throwing up good bags of roach to the pound mark from Dolphin Bridge, with a lot of chublets coming out also which is a good sign, with 26 Perch to a pound and a half, again maggot and caster being the hook bait Peg 47 produced 4 Chub for Derek averaging 4 pound with a lot of roach between the 4 to 7 inch mark, and also a couple of skimmers, these came to the waggler with maggot or caster.

Hampton poyle is still producing good bags of roach from the big bend in the 3rd field, with 2 or 3 of them over a pound. They were caught on both the stick and waggler with caster picking up the better fish, the river is very low so it may pay to rove around a bit to pick up the fish. Peg 5 in the sluice produced a lot of Roach for Bob this Sunday, with a few chub of around 12 ounces to 3 pound, it seemed to fish better with a little bit of flow, if the flow drops out to much throw a lead down to the tree and the chub still seem to find the bait.

Wraysbury is still producing Carp from the willows on the right hand bank, with ones of 10 and 14 pound on the small method feeder, with 8mm pellet on the hook, bags of 5 fish plus are being caught, it seems that Derek has been getting hints from Darty as he is fishing the method on there now and catching well.

The Slough Arm is still producing well on the boats, with Tench coming out in a midweek match and a lot of Roach, the water is alive with fish, it may pay to fish in the deeper sections as the fish seem to spook a bit once you have caught a few of them, especially on the clearer sections, a lot of good Rudd were also coming out mainly on the red maggot and punched bread.

Hoping to get some reports from Broadwater now that a few of the piking boys are getting on there. just drop me an e,mail and I can get the reports put on to this page.

I would like to thank all the members and Committee who either wrote or phoned with there condolences for the loss of my Mother last week, it was very nice to receive them Thank You.

Don.

Tackle Auction.
Our regular Auction will take place on Wednesday 9th May 2012 at the Memorial Hall.
So dont throw your gear away when you get new bits, put it in the auction and get a few bob for it.
Forms will come out with renewals, if you are not a member and require a form please give me ring and I will arrange to get one to you, also if you need info on what is required please contact me.

Recent Catch reports.
Good bags of Roach and Dace from Northfields Farm on the Cherwell.

Good Roach from peg 22 on the Island, also Good Chub and a few Perch from the shooting tower, if you are a new member and finding the tactics or swims hard to sort out, give either myself or Derek a ring and we will help you out.

We have taken out a lot of the pennywort last weekend so a few more swims are opened up, pegs 23 and 24 look well worth a try, with some good Chub seen on both pegs.

Dont forget to send in any catch reports, you dont have to say what peg you were on just what you caught.

Some double figure Barbel still coming out, with one of 9-7-0 reported from the Harefield stretch.

Carp of 29-0-0 and 40-0-0 last week from Denham.

Also Carp of 21-0-0 and 17-0-0 from Wraysbury, if you are going to Wraysbury it may pay to read the match reports to see where the fish are coming from.

Don.

New match record at Wraysbury Brian Dart had 7 Carp and 2 Bream for 51-0-0 see match report for details.
Also I had a PB Tench of 8-8-0 in the same match, so get down to the lake and have a good day, I promise I wont mention the PB Tench again, not until the October Newsletter anyway.

Good bags of small fish at Dorchester on the Thames, dont forget we have a few books to fish this venue for the season, contact me for details.

Don.

There have been some excellent bags of Roach and Dace from above the Railway bridge at Northfields Farm on the Cherwell, some members are having upwards of 70 fish with roving about on the small waggler being the best option.

Bronze maggot seems to be working best at present with some fish coming to caster.
Also some big Perch and Bream to 7 pound being caught.

There have been some big Chub from Hampton Poyle with a fish of 6-12-0 being the best so far, again a lot of fish coming out on the waggler with bigger baits and a waiting game for the Chub and Bream, dont forget there are a few Carp to be had on this stretch as well.

The Colne at Uxbridge as thrown up some good Barbel with a fish of 13-8-0 falling to Bob Batchelor, there have been 2 fish of 12 pound and a few fish of 11, also 10-9-0 and 9-7-0 and one of 8-5-0 from the sluice, the other good thing is that fish of 3-8-0 and 2-1-0 have been reported and I was doing a bit of weed clearing last week in the sluice and we had 3 or 4 little Barbel of about 10 inches long swimming around when we coloured the water up.

The mill pool is now cleared of weed and will be worth a visit with some big Chub normally resident in the swim, also peg 61 near the bridge trot a small waggler along the reeds and feed light for some good fish.
The Colne at Harefield is also producing good Barbel up to 11 pound, and some good Chub.

Wraysbury is producing a lot of fish as you can see from the match reports, it is getting to be a nice and easy place to throw a line as you can park on or next to most of the pegs, and the fish seem to be coming out on all baits from red maggot and worm to boilies and pellets.

Dont ignore floaters but watch out for the birds that dive on to them as they are bit fast, also dont worry about the weed to much, just fish to the edge of it with a popped up bait and they will find it, dont fish it to light as they do seem to know where the weed is.

Derek had 5 and lost 5 last week, he thinks one was a Tench, some of the swims are producing with just a little lob out of around ten yards, so no need to throw it to the horizon.

The Slough Arm is fishing well for Bream and Perch on the section along side Little Britain Lake, also for small fish along the boats, it may pay to take a small drag to put through the swim first.

If any members have caught from the new stretch of Canal can they please forward a report to me.

I am trying to update this section weekly so any catches can be sent to me via e,mail or giving me call, we are trying to let the members know how the venues are doing week by week, so get out here and catch a few and lets all hear about it, I am trying for another P.B to mention just the once or twice in the Newsletter, as you know I will not go on about it to much (as if ).
Don.

Charity Match Colne.
J.Barnes 10-6-0 B.Dart 8-7-0 M.Harrington 6-2-0

This was our Annual match for the Shooting Stars Hospice, we had 27 fishing this year and had to put in a few swims not normally fished, the only trouble on the day was that hardly any of the river fished well.
John was a late replacement and helped me out, he then went and helped himself to peg 11 on the point again, having won the last match from there.

He had 3 Chub and also managed to drop a Barbel of about 5 pounds on the wrong side of the keepnet, he did not need it in the end has Brian managed all bits from Dolphin Bridge mainly Perch and Roach and never saw any of the bigger fish. Marks weight was just one Chub from peg 39, and he also lost one that he said was bigger so he would of walked it if he got that one in.

To show how hard it was on the day I was the only one to catch in my section with one Chub for 3-12-0 and the rest of the section did not even have a bite. There was the single fish needed to win most of the sections, with Alan Parsons bucking the trend and catching 2 Chub for 6-0-0.

Keith Arthur was left the usual dodgy peg by his fellow allstars and except for Brian they all blanked again,
Still, you cant beat bad luck. The winning team on the Day was Wallys Wonders which consisited of Dan Richardson, Kevin Burroughs, Lee White and there top rod skipper Wally Thomas, one of the team did not catch but they still managed to win as the only other team with 3 weighing in got lower section points, I wont tell you which one blanked as he might hit me, wont you Dan OOOOOOOppps, sorry mate.

Now for the good bit of the day, we were able to raise the grand sum of £3,714-00 for the Childrens Hospice.
Which considering the current climate is a tremendous amount, I think it only fair that I list all the participants and others who helped raise such a good sum.

Our thanks go to Keith who was getting a bit of ribbing from me after the match with a new name for his show, for presenting the cheque to Terry and Rita from the Shooting Stars, he highlights the clubs Charity events on his show at every opportunity.

We have now raised approx £21,000 for various Charities over the past 8 Years and I hope we can carry on getting such good backing from the members and others who contribute to the event. Thanks go to Judds and Fishermans Cabin for supplying prizes for the winner and runner up. Also to Noel for the nice spread after the match which was very welcome, has I have said it was most peoples only bite of the day. And to Martin Harper for doing the pegs which was no mean task on the day.

The people who participated and helped are as follows.
Derek Turton
Brian Dart
Keith Arthur
Martin Harper
Wally Thomas
Lee White
Kevin Burroughs
Bob Hawes
Terry Burgess
Richard Smith
Stuart Turk
John Barnes
Bob Horwood
John Taylor
Steve Pratt
Mark Harrington
Alan Harrington
Alan Parsons
Belinda Parsons
Roy Perry
Steve Hardy
Dave Dorsett
John Taylor
Willy Noble
Ross Dawson
Dickie Penn
Cliff Fox
Neil Payne
Brian Eggleton

Thanks a lot Gents and Lady for making it such a good day for the Charity, and for the club as a whole.
Heres looking forward to next years match.

Don Wilkinson.

Wraysbury Lake.
We have stocked the lake with approx 100 small Carp from 2 to 3 pound, see photos.
We are to also stock approx 1,000 Roach and 1,000 Bream of varying sizes over the next few weeks.
The lake is to stay open for the close season on a trial period, We would like to thank your president Barry Abbott for both the fish and the extension to the season on the lake.

Don

We have stocked Wraysbury with 200 Carp in the 1 1/2 to 2 pound bracket. these fish went in around the middle of March and hopefully we should start catching a few of them early this season.
We would like to thank your President Barry Abbott for obtaining the fish, see photo.

The E/A have restocked the section above ours on the Cherwell at Hampton Poyle with 1,000 Roach and the same amount of small Chub and Barbel.

There is a good chance that a few of these fish will wander downstream to our section, the Barbel are dye marked so should be easy to spot, if you do catch any please report it to me so I can inform the other clubs above our section of the fish movements.

The E/A have also installed fish sanctuaries for spawning purposes and shelter so lets hope they do hide in there when the river is pushing through.

We have acquired the fishing rights on the Grand Union Canal from Denham Deep Lock to just outside West Drayton, this covers approx 5 Miles of bank so there should be a few swims to fish.

I will send out more detailed maps with the renewals and Applications.

I would like to thank Derek Turton for his efforts in getting the lease for the water concerned.

Benson & Dorchester River Thames.
Dont forget that we have 10 books for the above sections on the Thames from the respective clubs and they offer some good Roach and Bream fishing.
The venues are only approx 40 minutes from Uxbridge, if you require a book for a day to give them a go please send a S.A.E to me and I will return it to you, or pop along to the above meeting and you can pick it up then, let me know in advance.


Car Parking River Colne Uxbridge.
We have been given permission to park in the car park of the General Elliott Public House opposite Riverside Way, this is from Monday to Friday only, try to park on the left hand side if possible.
You MUST I repeat MUST show your GXUDAS car park permit inside your windscreen or there is a chance you may get clamped, so please adhere to this request