Match 9, The Lark, 24th September 2017 This was Simon’s match, pegged next to the boat moorings upstream of the willows he had several rudd near the 2 lb mark and at least 10 lb in the net within the first hour (he also lost a [...]
Match 8, Reach Lode, Upware 10th September 2017 A calm, warm, misty morning heightened expectations for a good day and despite a dramatic weather change from the off, with an increasingly strong wind trying to blow us into the lode, this is what we had. Catches [...]
Match 7, The Cam, Boats section, 27th August 2017 Some had managed ‘practice’ sessions during the week and reported 20 lb+ nets of roach, optimism was therefore high. Conditions on match day were however less favourable, with a much slower flow and several days of higher [...]
Match 6, Mepal, 13th August 2017 The Mepal Marvel did it again, his fourth Mepal win in a row. This time he weighed in two perfect commons of around 10 lb each (counting as just 4 lb) and three bream, also in perfect condition for 14 [...]
Match 5 Old West 30th July 2017 On the plus side the Old West fished better than last year (it couldn’t have been much worse). We also didn’t get a soaking. However we did have a strong breeze blowing down the river and a fairly thick [...]
Match 4, Reach Lode, Upware 16th July 2017 A much nicer day than our last match here saw some reasonable nets and a total of 68 lb weighed in, an average of 4¼ lb per competitor. The last Upware match was won with only 4 lb [...]
Match 3, The Cam, Below A14 to Baits Bite, 2nd July 2017 Firstly I omitted in the last report to thank our sponsors West’s for their generous donation of prizes for our OAP match, which was combined with the points match on Reach Lode. On behalf [...]
2017 Championship: Round 2 - Match 2, Reach Lode, Upware 18th June 2017 The hottest day of the year so far, combined with no flow at all other than from the very occasional emptying of the lock, meant dissolved oxygen levels were very low. This in turn [...]
2017 Championship: Round 1 - Match 1, Mepal, 5th June 2017 It was good to see a few new faces and the return of some not seen for a while, Kevin also made his debut this season and 15 of us filled most available swims. This venue [...]
Sweepstake, Milton Country Park, 21st May 2017 Several of us had managed a practice outing to The Deep Pool during the preceding week, expecting catches like Jason’s 30 lb+ net of rudd 3 weeks earlier. Most, however, had not had a bite, the best result being [...]
