Bristol Avon - Barnfiled at Bradford on Avon

• Permant Peg 21
• 4lb something
• No good

1. Full of "duck" weed.
2. Full of weed on the bottom, it was solid until 7 meters
3. Gin clear
4. Loads of rowers

Almost lost it....
Lost my first big fish to a rower that went straight through it
My second one broke me on my savage chop rig.
Third one was on 0.06 maggot rig, played it for a good few minutes and it finally broke me.

Rock hard, couldn't catch roach of any size, and when I did I had a "Jack Pike" took them!

Playing another pike............ taking perch is a bad sign.  This one was about 8lb which I beat and got on top, but let go of the perch.  Didn't see that beast again 

Netting almost everything

A disappointing 4lb.  Missing a few big fish.  If I ever fished it again, I would use 0.22 hooklengh to Vespe 3.2mm elastic.  Trouble is I wouldn't get a bite.....

Well done to Mark Kimber winning the match with 11lb.

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Manor Farm, Middle Pool

• Peg 23
• 69lb
• 2nd overall

Gary gave me a right whooping off the next peg!

Match Results – Saturday 22nd October – Middle Pool

1^ST GARY WALDRON                103-10-0
Harris MG Peg 25
2^ND CHRIS TELLING                    69-8-0
Vespe Peg 23
3^RD MIKE POLLARD                  65-0-0
Lobbys Mosella Peg 5
12 fished.

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Manor Farm, Middle Pool

• Peg 4
• 53lb
• Won section
• 3rd Overall

Water Temperature went down to 4oc!!  Bright sun, very little ripple,  not ideal conditions to catch fish

Match Results – Thursday 20th October – Middle Pool – Affordable Open

1^ST CHRIS FRENCH                     91-0-0
Swindon Peg 12
2^ND PHIL TIPTON                      86-8-0
Duke of Edinburgh Peg 24
3^RD CHRIS TELLING                    53-4-0
Vespe Peg 4
14 fished.  Carp and tench caught on pole and pellet and groundbait feeder.

Chris French winning the match

Chris French had a great weight on difficult day

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Angling Trust Winter League Round 2

• H1 (sneed park)
• 3lb 10oz (About 100 tiny roach and skimmers)
• 4 points out of 7.



Nigel Franks 3rd in his section



Paul was 2nd his section



Ian Wheeldon winning his section, next to me.
Gave me a whooping!



I beat everybody to the left and everybody to my right wasted me, especailly Ian, as he almost doubled my weight.

Team were joint winners with GBMV

On Bristol Avon next week.  So fingers crossed to have a better day.

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Manor Farm, Island Pool

• Peg 32
• 72lb (16 fish)
• Section Win
• 4th overall
• 21 people fished

6mm banded hard pellet on the method

3 rods made up, makes things a lot easier

Match Results – Thursday 13th October – Island Pool – Affordable Open

1^ST TERRY WINSTONE               120-12-0
Bone Hill Mill Peg 16
2^ND PHIL TIPTON                      87-8-0
Duke of Edinburgh Peg 36
3^RD STEVE BEARD                       82-2-0
Stratford Peg 12
4^TH CHRIS TELLING                    72-0-0
Vespe Peg 32
21 fished.

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http://www.manorfarmleisure.co.uk/latest-news/

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Open - Piles and Seend Park

• Peg 2 Piles
• 1 Carp (9lb 14oz amd 5 little fish)
• 10lb 5oz
• 3rd in my ten peg section
• 5th out of 64 people.

The marnia was filled up with tap water, which I think didn't do the fishing any good

This was a tough match, and the once fish filled venue proved almost impossible to catch

I knew I was doing bad, as Dathan (my camera man) and fallen asleep!

After forty mintues, my tip went round and I had 10lb carp.  Lucky man

Dave Johnson with one fish for 14lb 7oz



Andy Powell with his 14lb 5oz and 8 Drams

1 14lb 5oz (caught a carp and a big bream in the last twenty mintues)

2 Chris (me) 10lb 5oz, 5 tiny fish and one large carp

3DNW - 4oz

4 Robby Keapner blank - never had a bite

5 11 oz

6 1lb 1

7 DNW

8 DNW

9 Dave Johnson, one carp for 14lb 7oz, that was his only fish!

10 DNW

11 1lb

12 1lb 11oz

13 5oz

14 dnw

15 dnw

16 15oz

17 1lb 5oz

18 2lb 6oz 1big perch.

19 5oz

20 8oz

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http://www.devizesaa.org.uk/

Winter League Round 1 (Radcot and Lechlade)

Lechlade (st johns lock)

• Team won by 3 points and GBMV were 2nd
• I won my section with 9lb 1oz
• 7th overall







• 10 perch, 15 roach and 150 bleak

League results are:

DGL 54 points
GBMV 51 points
Devizes 46 points

Canal match in two weeks at Devizes at Piles and Seed park, which I think will be incredibly hard as there will be too many boats and therefore we will get wiped out.  Don't get me wrong I have had great memories of this part of Kennet Alvon canal, as I won the Junior national and won the fish o mania quaifier at the Willows, but it will be big fish or bust!

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http://www.vespe.com/blog/upper-thames/

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