8 May 2018

Blakewell – Spring Open

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(Above)Jim Sim;s 7lb 3oz rainbow

Twenty Five anglers fished in Blakewell’s Spring Open and good sport was enjoyed as the venues hard fighting rainbows seized the various fly’s on offer. Robert Turner won the competition with a six fish bag weighing 20lb 7oz. The bag included trout of 6lb 14oz and 5lb 7oz. In runner up spot was Pete Rorstad with six for 19lb 9oz and in third Gary Matthews with 18lb 6oz. Most of the twenty-five competitors landed their six fish limits with a good number of four pound plus fish brought to the scales.

The event was punctuated by a lunchtime BBQ provided by Blakewell.

(Above)Rob and Graham Turner with trout of 6lb 14oz, 6lb 6oz and 6lb 7oz
(Above) Pete Rorstad with a rainbow of 6lb 14oz

The next few weeks are amongst the most enjoyable time to fish these small still-waters with fresh green foliage all around crystal clear water and free rising trout. Blakewell also has a well stocked tackle shop with many of Snowbee’s latest products.

8 May 2018

Tamar Thirty

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Charlie Harvey caught this 32lb 12oz Mirror known as ‘The Peach’ from Upper Tamar using a sticky Manilla boilie coated in korda wondaberry supreme on a chod rig at 70 yards range with a few boilies scatters as freebies.

7 May 2018

Top Smoothound Sport

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The smoothound season has burst upon us with some superb catches from recognized marks all along the North Devon Coastline.

Combe Martin SAC member Kody Chugg enjoyed a great session with smoothound landing twelve of the hard fighting members of the shark family to 10lb 4oz.

(Below) Paul Hutchings landed seven hounds to 12lb 14oz.

 

 

 

7 May 2018

Stafford Moor Open – Junior Angler Success

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An Open match  on Tanners and Woodpecker lakes. Had a full house of 40 anglers.

The weather was a horrible cold easterly wind with temperatures around 8 degrees today where is Spring !

Had a continental payout. Top weight of the day was from Ben Benjamin Broxson peg 19 on Tanners lake with 167lb 14oz fishing bomb and pellet and pole well done Ben ! In second place was Andy Dare peg 11 on woodpecker lake with 101lb 4oz, in third place was Chris Davis with 107lb 5oz from peg 2 on Tanners lake.

 

Its always great to see young anglers enjoying success as 13 year old Owen Newman did in this competition finishing a very creditable sixth and winning the silvers bag!

 

7 May 2018

North Devon Match Group – Melbury Reservoir Summer League No 2

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1st John Lacy 8lb

2nd John Lisle 5lb 1oz

3rd John Bailey 4lb

4th Christopher Morris 2lb 14oz

Beautiful hot still weather greeted NDMG members for the second summer league match, bites were at a premium on the day and John Lacey took top spot on peg 1 on the dam, he fished on a small groundbait feeder with red maggot bait at close range for a net of good roach ,second placed John Lisle had 4 nice skimmers on the tip on worm from peg 6,John Bailey caught 8 roach on the waggler for 3rd.

7 May 2018

Stafford Moor Latest – Catches

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(Above) Dylan Cockram and friend Seb Taylor  fished up on swim 13 on Lodge Lake  fishing with A1 baits banoffee burst pop up and washed out pink, they had 8 fish out up to 24lb 4oz.

(Above)Andrew Levett fished with son Thomas age 5. Thomas caught this 26lb 2oz beauty not dad it was son Thomas’s rod we joked that Thomas needs to stay at home next time. Caught from big fish corner on Beatties lake fishing with Nash Tangerine dream 10mm pop up.

7 May 2018

SEA ANGLING ROUND UP

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It seems that summer fishing is on its way with smoothound moving into their summer haunts and putting bends in anglers rod at last after what has been a difficult spring. There have also been a few bass tempted from marks around Ilfracombe with fish tempted on lures in the clearing water.

Bideford Monthly Rover results

1st  Andrew Clements wrasse 4 lb 9oz         91.250%

2nd Terry Dymond  smooth-hound 8 lb 8oz  85%

3rd  Taz Watton thornback 7 lb 1oz              78.472%

Appledore Shipbuilders Rover

Smoothound dominated the results for Appledore Shipbuilders with Michael Toogood securing top spot with a fine hound of 14lb 2.75oz.

1st    Michael Toogood   smoothound 14lb 2 3/4oz

2nd   Kevin Pike  smoothound 9lb 15 1/4oz

3rd    Jazza John   smoothound 9lb 1/2oz

Junior angler Jack Pike set a new Junior Club Record with a hound of 13lb 7 5/8oz.

The coming weekend sees Combe Martin SAC hosting the annual Putsborough beach open. The warmer condtions should have brought small eyed ray into the shallows where they feed primarily on sandeels.

Combe Martin Sea Angling Club

Presents Our

Putsborough Sands

Open Fishing Competition 2018

Saturday May 12th

Fishing From 9.30pm to 1.30am

Book In From 8.00pm to 9.00pm

Weigh In By 2.00am

Cash Prizes Of £100 & £50

Sakuma, High Street Tackle,

And Many Other Donated Prizes

2 Rods, 4 Hooks, Specimen Sizes

Entry £5 plus £1 Pool Best Brace

Phone Nick 814703 Or Wayne 850586

For More Details Please Check www.cmsac.co.uk Or Our Facebook Page

Please Respect Putsborough & Remove All Litter

6 May 2018

World Wide Web brings together a vast angling community

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Whilst the internet and social media gets a lot of negative publicity there are many positive sides to its growth. Angling is a worldwide sport and its participants across the world have a huge amount in common. It is of coarse more than just anglers that have a lot in common for fish and the habitats in which they dwell also have many parallels. The internet has bridged many gaps and has opened up a vast amount of knowledge to be shared among anglers from different continents.

I received an email from David Straus who is the main editor at https://www.tackle.org/ David had read my feature on the West Country Fly Fishing Course http://www.northdevonanglingnews.co.uk/2018/04/03/west-country-fly-fishing-course-2018/

David asked me if he could share his latest feature on my website and having had a look I noted how relevant the tactics described are to those discussed at Eggesford. So if you have five minutes have browse at the tactics used to tempted trout across the pond and around the world.

https://www.tackle.org/ultimate-guide-to-fly-fishing/

Pete Tyjas talks trout tactics at the recent Fly Fishing Coarse at the Fox and Hounds Eggesford.

http://www.exevalleyfishery.co.uk

5 May 2018

Fine Perch Brace highlight of Match at Oaktree

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Triple Hook Club enjoyed a great day at Oak Tree Fishery with some good bags of carp and other species. Highlight of the day was a fine brace of perch to Dennis Toleman weighing  2lb 2oz and 2lb 1oz.

1st Bruce Williams 29lb 4oz

2nd  Kevin Toleman 27lb 4oz both had carp at 9lbs

3rd  Dennis Toleman 24lb 2oz

Kevin and Rob Hancock both had 24lb bags

5 May 2018

Ilfracombe Shore Sport on the up!

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Summer fishing is on its way as temperatures start to rise with a few early bass showing along with wrasse. The first tope have also been tempted from the boats. Mackerel should arrive withing the next few weeks. Fishing after dark will bring ray so don’t forget the annual Putsborough Open next weekend. http://www.northdevonanglingnews.co.uk/2018/04/19/putsborough-sands-open-fishing-competition-2018/

Danny Watson and  Pauline of High Street Tackle Ilfracombe have been out fishing from their local shore marks and have enjoyed success with  bass, pollock, rockling and small eels. These have been tempted using lug worm and fish baits. Danny hopes that these catches are indication that things are improving after a difficult spring.  Toby Bassett has also enjoyed success a good session of bass and wrasse on lug worm.  Paul Lorrimore has had a few spotted ray from the pier.