Anglers have been enjoying some top rate sport at recently opened Hacche Moor Carp Fishery near South Molton.
Hacche Moor Carp Catches
Torridge Fly Fishing Club – Top Trout Sport
Torridge Fly Fishing Club members and Day Ticket guests are enjoying fabulous sport at Gammaton Reservior with rainbows to over 4lb.
Three fish Day Tickets are available from Summerlands Tackle.
Bideford and District Angling Club Coarse section Monthly competition @ Tarka Swims
Results
1st Keith Copland 11lb 0oz
2nd Martin Turner 8lb 10oz
3rd Richard Jefferies 8lb 1oz
4th Pete Slade 7lb 3oz
5th Bernie Blight 6lb 2 oz .
Junior winner Tyler Scott 3lb 7oz 15 fished ,
Conditions proved to be quite challenging at times . Monsoon like thundery downpours interspersed with bright hot sunshine. The match proved close with Keith Copland on peg Q coming out on top a nice carp and some skimmers all taken on the feeder. Martin Turner on peg N fished a small cage feeder and the pole with maggot for 2nd spot. 3rd place went to Richard Jefferies with a pole caught carp on peg U In form, Pete had a nice net of rudd and roach on peg D for 4th.
TIME TO BOOK A BOAT OUT OFF ILFRACOMBE!
Summers coming with mackerel and tope coming to Ilfracombe Charter boats.
(Below) Tope caught on Reel Deal
LYNMOUTH OPEN COMPETITION – First weekend report
Combe Martin SAC’s Open Fishing competition got underway on Saturday and concludes next Saturday night with a presentation at Lynmouth Maritime Regatta. The top cash prize is for the best mixed brace.
Rob Scoines got his campaign off to a good start landing a rockling of 1lb 10oz. Rob also caught a small smoothound.
Matt Jeffery has registered a dogfish of 2lb 7oz.
Both anglers will be trying to add their second fish and with a week of fishing left there is plenty of time.
Big Rainbow at Exe Valley
Wistlandpound Fly Fishing Club visited Exe Valley Fishery to compete for their Holland Trophy electing to fish a combination ticket allowing members to retain their first three fish for the competition and release three on a catch and release basis. Omens were good as we arrived to purchase our tickets with an angler walking away from the lake with a stunning rainbow. Neil Kyle had tempted the 12lb 8oz rainbow using a small bloodworm fly.
On arrival at Anchor Lake trout were moving all around with rises and bulges on the calm surface. Members were soon into fish with a variety of tactics succeeding until as is often the case the fish started to wise up. I tempted a fish after a short while using a small booby on the point with two buzzers on droppers. A pleasing trout of around 3lb taking the booby on the point.
After this I struggled for a while and chatted with club secretary Dave Richards who had already taken his bag of three using a briskly retrieved lure. Not one to persist with finesse if it’s not working I switched to a large damsel nymph with long marabou tail. My bag was soon complete. It was now time to go catch and release and for this I elected to scale down to a 4lb point with a tiny grey duster dry fly. I spent the next half an hour flicking the fly at individual rising fish savouring that delicious moment of deception as the trout rose to the fly slurping the fly down and then feeling that moment of success as line tightened followed by a bucking rod and screaming reel. Strange how I had struggled to catch my three and then as soon as I went catch and release the fish came with ease.
As storm clouds gathered it was time to travel back home and enjoy the drive across the stunning Exmoor landscape. On the way I popped into Dulvertons’ excellent bookshop Rothwell & Dunworth where I picked up a pleasing book entitled ” Fishing a Highland Stream” A Love Affair With A River by John Inglis Hall.
The results of the competition were :-
1st = Dave Richards & Colin Combe both landing three trout for 9lb 8oz
2nd Wayne Thomas – Three fish for 7lb 4oz
3rd – Nigel Bird & Dave – with single rainbows of 4lb each
Colin Combes also released a fine rainbow of close to 10lb.
Big Mackerel!
Joe Toop landed this super specimen mackerel of 1lb 13oz during a recent session at a North Devon Rock mark.
OPEN FISHING COMPETITION – BEST MIXED SPECIMEN BRACE
Lower Slade – 25lb 5oz
Pete Pearson enjoyed a really good session at slade with nine carp the biggest being a fully scaled weighing 25 5oz his new personal best.
Learn How To Fish at Anglers Paradise – Junior Fishing
**GETTING KIDS FISHING DAYS WITH NASH AND ALAN BLAIR AT ANGLERS PARADISE**
Zenia Gregorek says –
“We are very excited to announce that the Nash Team with Alan Blair will be joining us at Anglers Paradise on 23rd and 24th July to encourage more Kids to go Fishing!
On Tuesday 23rd July we will be hosting the Kid’s Fishing Day for the Anglers Paradise Kids that are staying with us and on the 24th July it will be open to “All Kid’s” and we will be fishing at Anglers Eldorado.
All tackle and bait will be provided by Nash, they’ll be a goody bag for each Kid to take home and they’ll also be Prizes to be won! Our whole aim is to show Kids how much fun fishing is and start them on their fishing journey the right way!
If you would like your Child to join in then please contact Zenia on 01409221559 to book their place ASAP before it gets fully booked! ”
Time to share our passion for angling with the future generation! — with Alan Blair Urban Banx, Nash Tackle and Zenia’s Fishing Adventures.
