Bradley Gibbons fished the Preston Pole Pairs qualifier at Hampshire’s Gold Valley Lakes in an effort to get into the £11,000 Grand Final. He and partner Mark Goddard have managed to book their place in March’s final with a combined effort of just over 15lb. The pair, will now compete for their chance to win the £4,000 first place prize at Woodland View on March 4th along with twenty nine other pairs.
“Saturday just gone saw me venture to Gold valley lakes in Aldershot attempting to qualify for the Pole Pairs final.
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Match/Event Name:*
SAMC OPEN SHREWSBURY
Date (dd/mm/yyyy):*
10/12/16
Location of Match:*
Shrewsbury
Number of Pegs/Anglers:*
29
Report:
Saturday saw the open match record broke twice and over seven hundred pound of fish tipped on the scales. Leading the way and setting a new open match venue record off priory wall peg 42 was ABC/FRENZEE star Ian Speedy Ward,alternating between six and seven metre whip he amassed 355 roach and dace for 52-11-0. Three ounce behind was tricast weston rod Clive Wyn, Clive used bolo and whip tactics on peg 55 to tip 52-8-0 of dace on the scales for second spot, In third place was Preston star Scott genes who also fished whip tactics for a great 47-15-0 of bunker peg 46, last frame place was taken by midland rod Steve Maher, drawn on boathouse peg 60 he caught on bolo and whip for 46-15-0 of dace.
Top 3 Anglers & Weights:
Winner:
IAN WARD
Lbs
52
Oz
11
Sponsor:
ABC /FRENZEE
Runner Up:
CLIVE WYN
Lbs
52
Oz
8
Sponsor:
Tricast weston
Third Place:
SCOTT GENES
Lbs
47
Oz
15
Sponsor:
Preston innovations
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Match/Event Name:*
FUR AND FEATHER
Date (dd/mm/yyyy):*
04/12/2016
Location of Match:*
BROOKSIDE FISHERY WARRINGTON
Number of Pegs/Anglers:*
14
Report:
A cold day with ice at first made for very hard fishing with three anglers only managing to catch one fish. The winner, club member, ROGER FOWLES caught more consistently than others with a good net of small silvers and a nice common to around 4lb to make up his winning weight of 7lb 8oz. WELL DONE ROGER. Second was guest CRAIG RITCHIE who fished opposite peg to winner to get a good bag of mixed silvers for 5lb 2oz and finally third on the day was RYAN SMITH with a good bag of roach to 4lb 2oz.
Today I have been on the Stainforth & Keadby Canal in Thorne with members of the Facebook group Angling Info. I was asked by the admin team if I would do something slightly different for the guys rather than just a meetup and fish; I was asked to do a coaching session on the use of Bloodworm & Joker and for me, the Stainy is the only place to go to show it’s potential. An event on their page was created and people started booking on, on the day there were less than anticipated but to be honest that was always going to be the case due to cold weather overnight and the fact some are just unsure about using the bait as it’s unknown to many. I always look forward to fishing on here regardless of the time of year I wish I could justify fishing the winter leagues but having to work shifts limits the amount of matches I can fish.
