Editorial

The Autumn Association

Match has been fished on the

first Saturday in October (with

one exception) for seventeen

years so you can imagine my

irritation when someone

suggested that we should re-

organise our programme

because of a charity match on

Bewl.

The suggestion was that Bewl

would have difficulty finding

teams (2 x 4 anglers) because

their better anglers would be

fishing in the charity match.

With a membership of over

500 anglers I do not feel too

sympathetic towards them.

However this does highlight a

problem for all organisers of

major events. There is no

national diary. One of the

Sunday Nationals publishes, in

January, a diary of major

events for all the big sports.

Previously it tried to include

Fly Fishing but could not get

the information and has now

abandoned it.

This information was needed

by mid December but in many

cases the organisers themselves

had not considered their

programmes, and in any case

no reservoir had opened their

diary for the following season.

Neither of these now pertain

and it should be possible to

have a diary for the following

season well before the end of

the year

Who would manage such a

diary? The S&TA are the

official body managing trout

and salmon fishing. It is not

unreasonable that they should

know what is happening in the

competition scene. Another

possibility would be one, or all

of the major angling fly fishing

publications. A third

possibility would be a fly

fishing web site.

www.fishandfly.com has an

extensive site and they publish

our newsletter.

Of course the S&TA would be

the best body to run such a

diary, but the essentials are that

such information is published

collectively and that organisers

accept it as a definitive diary.

If such a diary existed and

organisers of local, one off,

charity, or other events clashed

with a major competition and

had difficulty getting numbers

or helpers, they would only

have themselves to blame.

Best Fish so far:

East Thames Agg. Shield

Jock Benning Soldiers ‘B’

Lew Cass Cup

John Mees Invicta

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All the Round Five Results for All the

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Closest finish in Group One ever!

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Bewl Bridge F.C. ‘A’ Micky Dwyer 4 8lbs 7oz

Pete Thomason 2 4lbs 9oz Bob Holland 3 5lbs 7oz

Brian Beaney 1 2lbs 7oz

Rob Thomas 3 7lbs 9oz Dave Osmond

TOTAL 33lbs 2oz

Bristol Reservoirs F.A Peter De Kremer 3 5lbs 14oz

Glynn Holmes 5 13lbs

3oz

TOTAL 19lbs 1oz

Fish Hawks ‘A’ Eamon Mounter 2 4lbs 4oz

Ian Baker 1 1lb 15oz Al Gamble 1 2lbs 1oz

Dave Newing 2 4lbs 14oz

Colin Faiers 5 11lbs 5oz Ian Whiteside 3 4lbs 11oz

TOTAL 29lbs 2oz

Hanningfield F.A. Vince Howley 1 2lbs 11oz

Garry Morris 4 9lbs 3oz Leigh Pond 4 9lbs 3oz

Lloyd Pallett 4 8lbs 9oz

Phil Shaw- Brown 4 8lbs Rob Alan 4 8lbs 3oz

TOTAL 45lbs 13oz

Rutland Water F.F. Sean Cutting 3 6lbs 1oz

Jane Alecock 3 4lbs 14oz Paul Sissons 6 12lbs 4oz

Mike Barratt 3 7lbs 9oz

Andrew Flitcroft 1 3lbs 8oz Graham Pearson 8 18lbs 15oz

TOTAL 53lbs 3oz

Soldier Palmers ‘A’ Andy Smith 3 5lbs 8oz

Dek McKinnon 1 2lbs 8oz

John Hardy 5 12lbs 7oz Wayne Jones 8 20lbs 1oz

Dick Turpin 8 17lbs 11oz

Andy Everett 7 14lbs 9oz

TOTAL 72lbs 12oz

Best Fish 4lbs 6oz

Glynn Holmes (Bristol)

Best Bag 20lbs 1oz

Wayne Jones (S. Palmers)

Sadly there was neither official

score sheet, or match report for

this match and everyone I have

contacted seems to have

suffered a memory erasure.

With regard to the match there

was an average bag of 3.56 fish

per angler, which was slightly

lower that one would hope. (I

always regard an average bag

that is equal or greater than

half a limit, as representing a

good match) But an average

weight of 2lbs 3.5oz per fish

represents quality fish.

With the last match in the

Group Programme being fished

on Rutland on Sunday 21st.

September this group is the

closest it has been for many

years. Any one of four teams

still has everything to fish for.

Bristol and Fish Hawks must

still fish to remain in this

group.

Results of the Match

Fished on Pitsford

on

Sunday 17th. August

I’ll tell you what it

means Ian! Forget the

results and sod the

match report

Round Five on Rutland on

Sunday 21st. September

Rutland Water F.F. have small

advantage after home win

Team Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 TOTAL POSITION

Bewl Bridge 'A' 6 2 3 6 4 21 2

Bristol Reservoirs F.A. 1 3 1 2 1 8 6

Fish Hawks 'A' 5 1 2 3 2 13 5

Hanningfield F.A. 4 5 4 4 3 20 3=

Rutland Water F.F. 3 4 5 5 6 23 1

Soldier Palmers 'A' 2 6 6 1 5 20 3=

The successful Rutland Team

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Bewl Bridge F.C. ‘a’ Keith Nicholson 6 12lbs 9oz

Mick Dwyer 2 3lbs 11.5oz

Tom Davis 5 11lbs 7oz Pete Thomason 3 6lbs 3.5oz

John Hancock 3 5lbs 7oz

Mark McLintic 5 9lbs 15oz

TOTAL 49lbs 3oz

Bristol Reservoirs F.A. Peter de Kremer 3 7lbs 5oz

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TOTAL 7lbs 5oz

Fish Hawks ‘A’ Ian Whiteside 7 13lbs 13.5oz Mal Bruce 3 5lbs 7.5oz

Colin Faiers 8 18lbs 14oz

P.J. Johnson

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TOTAL 38lbs 3oz

Hanningfield F.A. Clive Morgan 6 11lbs 13.5oz Alan Stern 6 12lbs 7oz

Alan Maskell 7 13lbs 10.5oz

Julian Weddle 1 1lb 10.5oz Nathan Ireson

A. Livermore 2 3lbs 5.5oz

TOTAL 42lbs 11oz

Rutland Water F.F. Mike Gunnell 3 6lbs 14oz Jane Alecock 4 8lbs 11.5oz

Graham Pearson 8 17lbs 6.5oz

Mark Haycock 6 12lbs 6.5oz Al Owen 8 17lbs

Gordon Bloodworth 7 14lbs 3oz

TOTAL 76lbs 9.5oz

Soldier Palmers ‘A’ John Hardy 2 4lbs 14oz

Andy Smith 1 3lbs 2.75oz Mark Jones 8 21lbs 0.5oz

Wayne Jones 5 12lbs 6.5oz

Dick Turpin 5 11lbs 5.5oz A. Haywood 4 7lbs 10.5oz

TOTAL 60lbs 7.75oz

Best Bag 21lbs 0.5oz

Mark Jones (Soldier Palm.)

Best Fish 3lbs 15.5oz

Colin Faiers (Fish Hawks)

Rutland Water F.F.’s win on an

interestingly difficult Rutland

Water have almost guaranteed

them the Championship. They

have both a two point

advantage AND a weight

advantage over the next team

(Bewl ‘A’). If they do win it

will be, in my memory, the

first time they will be

Champions

Rutland was sunny and almost

windless. Once you stopped

the engine you stayed there,

with the occasional spin in a

shifting whisper.

Nobody caught fish easily or

quickly. Of the four limits

caught three were finished in

the last hour. Keith Jones

finished before 3.30pm.

Boats separated into three

areas. Fantasy Island – The

South Arm and the Lodge

Front. By mid afternoon

there were a huge number of

boats milling around in front of

the Lodge.

Most anglers stayed with

floating, or near floating lines

and nymphs. The trout

were NOT in a chasing mood

and whatever line, a slow

retrieve was almost mandatory.

Kieth

Jones

Best

Bag

Colin Faiers

Best Fish

Group Two – Round Five

Home Team take Both Individual

Honours.

But Queen Mother F.F.

Take Team First Place

Team Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 TOTAL POSITION

Bewl Bridge 'B' 5 1 2 1 2 11 5

Fish Hawks 'B' 1 3 1 4 3 12 4

Grafham Water F.A. 2 4 3 3 5 17 2

Iver F.C. 3 2 5 4 1 15 3

Queen Mother 4 5 4 5 5 23 1

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Bewl Bridge F.C. ‘B’ Bob Shaw 3 6lbs 7oz

Ray French 5 9lbs 4oz Mick Phipps 8 20lbs 9oz

Rob Toptalo 6 14lbs 12oz

Ryan Elder 3 5lbs 2oz Jim McGonigle 3 5lbs 3oz

TOTAL 61lbs 5oz

Fish Hawks ‘B’ Keith Jones 2 4lbs 6oz

Al Grice-Jones 6 11lbs 12oz

Andy McKay 2 3lbs 7oz Willie Edmund 6 12lbs 7oz

Keith Gilchrest 7 12lbs 6oz

Don Taylor 8 18lbs 3oz

TOTAL 62lbs 9oz

Grafham Water F.A. Mark Brinkman 5 14lbs 15oz

Peter Hartley 7 14lbs 15oz Richard Kesek 8 22lbs 8oz

Andy Linwood 8 16lbs 10oz

Roger Hurren 4 9lbs 9oz Harley Smith 3 6lbs 40z

TOTAL 84lbs 13oz

Iver F.C. Jeff Hickson 3 6lbs 12oz

Clive Collier 4 9lbs 7oz

Ron Lusardi 4 9lbs 13oz Ray Simpson 6 12lbs 7oz

Eddie Gray 5 10lbs 8oz

Ken William 3 7lbs 6oz

TOTAL 56lbs 5oz

Queen Mother F.F Jim Longmore 8 20lbs 3oz Tony Kirkham 8 18lbs 3oz

Dave Kidby 6 11lbs 12oz

Sue Hunter 7 15lbs 7oz Martin Conroy 6 12lbs 12oz

Phil Hall 8 19lbs 1oz

TOTAL 97lbs 6oz

Best Bag 22lbs 8oz

Richard Kesek (Grafham)

Best Fish 4lbs 9oz

Mark Brinkman (Grafham)

With his superb Rainbow

Queen Mother F.F.’s win on a

windy Grafham has guaranteed

them the Group Two Trophy

(See Picture)

Mark Brinkman reports that

there was good cloud cover,

but a stiff N.W. wind. Fish

were widespread, although the

northern half of the reservoir

fished better in the morning

(Savages – Rectory Bay – G.

Buoy) and the southern areas

improved in the afternoon

(Plummer Park –West Bank -

the Lodge Frontage). There

were fish through the middle of

the reservoir all day.

One advantage of the wide

spread of the fish was that

there was no crowding of the

boats. Everybody caught fish

with the smallest bag being 2

fish.

As could be expected with fish

almost everywhere, successful

methods were catholic. Good

bags came to blobs, pulled on

slow sink lines – other good

bags came to traditional

nymphs on floaters.

Mark Brinkman caught the

heaviest fish in Savages Creek

twiddling and pulling a mini

muddler with a couple of

nymphs just in the surface film.

Bewl ’B’ and Fish Hawks ‘B’

must wait to see how they fish

in the Autumn Match on

Rutland to see who takes the

wooden spoon