£1000 Qualifier, Kestrel Lake | Sunday 14/08/11 | 23 pegsVenue regular Mick Stamp used worm and caster in the open water to tempt small carp, ide, barble and chub from peg 22 on kestrel lake, while second place Rob Morris fished pellet in the open water for 73lb 2oz • 1st Mick Stamp (Sonni Preston) 82lb 02oz• 2nd Rob Morris (Worksop AC) 73lb 2oz• 3rd Jimmy Brooks (Angler’s Corner) 68lb • 4th Boris Kilmer (Miracle Baits) 63lb 12oz• 5th Adam Playford (angler’s corner) 62lb 12oz £1000 qualifier, Skylark Lake | Tuesday 16/08/11 | 26 pegsLake specialist Steve Lane made no mistake after drawing the golden peg, winning his bonus £200 by fishing maggot down the edge from peg 6 to catch a good bag of small ide, carp and skimmers. • 1st Steve Lane (Castle AC/ WWL) 67lb 8oz• 2nd John Gooden (Mill Don Baits) 58lb 12oz• 3rd Clive Wheeler (Miracle Baits) 54lb 02oz Junior Open, Hawk Lake | Wednesday 17/8/117 to12-year-olds• 1st Ted Wheeler 37lb 9 oz• 2nd Brady 29lb 04oz 13 to 16-year-olds • 1st Adam Swain 54lb 09oz • 2nd Ben Eliding 40lb Over Fifties, Skylark Lake | Thursday 18/8/11 • 1st John Gooden (Mill Don Baits) 68lb 10oz• 2nd Brian Thompson (Orchard Park) 56lb 08oz• 3rd Ron Roberts (WWL) 42lb 10oz Upcoming FixturesTuesday. Draw 10am, fish 11am-5pm £11 all inWednesday Junior open match, Hawk Lake. Draw 9am fish 10am-3pmThursday Over Fifties.
It rained continuously throughout the Thursday KOBRA Open held on Thames and Avon at Dynamite Makins, with the bad weather also putting a dampener on the sport, especially Avon which only produced one of the top six weights. DYNAMITE MAKINS THURSDAY ‘KOBRA’ OPEN | 18 August | Number of pegs 23Continuing his form at the venue, Derby Fishermania-backed Charlie Shaw fished Thames 12, targeting his right margin with corn for a carp catch of 62-08 giving him a clear win. Dave Hicken (Disco) followed up on last week’s win with second place from Thames 2 with 37-04, all taken on meat and pellet fished to his right margin. In complete contrast, Phil Hull (Lanes Bait and Tackle) fished Thames 5, catching a 31-08 bag of small carp, skimmers, chub, tench, roach and perch, from ‘down the track’ on double caster.
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With the big money Match This final playing host to a superb line up of hopefuls this weekend promises to be a good one. Pole Fishing editor Jon Arthur will be there competing in the runners-up £5,000 final on the specimen lake and Joe Carass will be sat behind Lee Kerry as his wingman for the day. Tom Scholey, Pole Fishing’s editorial assistant, will be sat with with Stuart Lister hoping he can coach Stu to a big pay-day win. I, on the other hand, will be at Roy Marlow’s fantastic Glebe and Mallory Park complex fishing in the annual AT Masters event.
Shakespeare Superteam's Leigh Gardner storms to victory in the Abu Garcia Wychavon qualifier thanks to a last-gasp Hampton Ferry tench. Hampton Ferry, Evesham | August 13 | 69 FishedIt was a case of making the last fish count for Shakespeare Superteam stalwart Leigh Gardner, who took a 3lb tench in the dying stages of the match to clench victory. Drawn on peg 57, Leigh started his match fishing a whip for gudgeon, an approach that has seen him frame numerous times over recent weeks. After two hours and with a couple of pounds in the net, things went quiet, which prompted Leigh to move onto his long pole bloodworm line.
In a frame dominated by bloodworm and joker weights, sticking to his trusted hemp attack proved key for Tony Marshall as he romped to victory with an 8-15-0 roach net. Shakespeare Qualifier: Hampton Ferry, Evesham | August 14 | 74 FishedDrawn on peg 36, Tony had started his match on bloodworm and joker at 13 metres, taking a few small fish while priming his hemp line a section past where he fed his bloodworm. Then, with two hours of the match to go, Tony slipped a grain of hemp on a light, 4x10 strung out rig, and took the first of a succession of quality redfins. The key move for Tony came just half-an-hour from the end however, when he pushed past his feed to 16 metres and took two 14oz specimens to clench him victory.
This three-day annual event goes from strength-to-strength thanks to the excellent organisation of Glyn Sherwood and his team, and it was fitting that Glyn achieved his best result so far. Day 1 – Redhill Fishery MonmouthCompetitors were greeted with heavy drizzle on the first day at Redhill, Monmouth where the 33 anglers were spread over Molly’s and Sophie’s. The fishing was surprisingly below par considering recent results at the venue, but give young Sam Prosser a half decent peg and everyone else is in catch up mode. Sam didn’t disappoint turning on a great display of paste and pellet fishing for a clear win overall from Molly’s peg 20 in section D, beating venue specialist Tony Summers into second place on the next peg.
Sunday 31st July seen a large number of anglers grace the track side of the river Barrow in Carlow town for the annual Waterways Ireland King of the Barrow coarse angling festival. The Carlow Coarse Angling Club host the event every year and the popularity of the festival and indeed the coarse angling in general in and around Carlow seems to be growing along with the club. Visiting anglers travelled from England, Belfast, Cavan, Dublin, and several other counties throughout the country to enjoy the craic that has been associated with the Carlow cac since it was re-formed several years ago. The club are now in a position to offer workshops on coarse angling and will continue to do so throughout the winter months with the aid of the Angling Council of Ireland trained coaches.
Results from Sherwood Fishery Matches. . . Holmedale Lake | Sunday 31/7/11 25 Fished 4 Hour EveningMick fished the pole and paste both out at 8m and down both margins with worm over groundbait at unfancied peg 14 landing 28 carp – 9lb weighing in 98lb 4oz.