Open match on Woodpecker lake Wednesday November 15th.
Aftr a few days of colder weather expectation was that fishing would be hard but on the day some good weights were built with Paul Morris securing top spot with 98lb 10oz.
2nd Glenn Colburn 85lb 7oz
3rd Jack Palmer 48lb 4oz
4th Martin Heard 48lb 1oz
Many thanks to Martin Turner for his weekly updates on Bideford Competitions and North Devon Match Group
Tarka Swims
1st Colin Gorman 10lb 9oz
2nd John Lisle 8lb 2oz
3rd Steve Bailey 7lb 3oz
4th Matt Cross 4lb 13oz .
10 anglers braved the cold windy conditions for the penultimate match of our season.Colin found two carp prepared to feed on peg P for victory , he caught on maggot on the pole close in, John used similar tactics on peg M for a single large carp for 2nd. Steve secured 3rd with a another nice carp on corn on a cage feeder from peg G, Matt adopted waggler tactics on peg Q for the silvers prize, his catch include a specimen bream of 4lb 8oz.
Winner of the Silvers Festival 2017 was Mr Andy Dare with 11lb from peg 15 on Tanner.
1st Martin Turner -28lb 5oz
2nd John Lacey – 24lb 7oz
3rd Peter Slade – 7lb 12oz
4th Ben Hathaway – 6lb 8oz.
Martin drew on the stream side and fished a 10mtr pole with hemp,tares and casters for roach, he also had a bonus carp mid match on a method feeder , John on the next peg got of to a good start on the pole over groundbait, finishing with a great net of roach and bream. Pete could not find the bonus roach but still managed third spot with a net of nearly 300 small roach. Floating leaves and a mid match down pour made fishing difficult at times.
1stPaul Elworthy 42lb 3oz
2nd Tom Downing 18lb 4oz
3rd John Lisle 14lb 15oz
4th Kier Durrant 14lb 6oz
5th Neilsen Jeffery 13lb 10oz
Todays winner, Paul was on peg 4 on the far side of the dam,he amassed an exceptional net of skimmers and roach on the tip with micro pellet and sweetcorn. Tom took the second spot from peg 3 also using feeder tactics, John drew on the middle of the dam and fished short on the tip for a bag of quality roach.
Some stunning nets of fish from Melbury a water that produced a some stunning perch during the 1990’s.
Worthy winner of Stafford Moor’s October festival 2017 with a perfect score of 4 points. Total weight of 415lb 6oz Congratulations to Steve Ford (Mosella uk / Old Ghostb) what a fabulous week at Stafford Moor!
In second place with only 5 points and a total weight of 345lb 11oz was ‘Grisly ginger Adams’Pete Upperton. Jo at Stafford Moor comments “well done Pete & thank you so much for being such a sport!”
In 3rd place with 6 points & a total weight of 278lb 14oz was London angler Mick Keeper.
The Stafford Moor Team thank everyone who fished the October festival.
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Monthly Coarse Section Comp. Tarka Swims
1st Steve Bailey 17lb 3oz
2nd Colin Gorman 6lb 6oz
3rd Martin Turner 3lb 6oz .
Coarse section Secretary Steve Bailey fished his first match after surgery on both wrists, he pulled the golden peg P out of the bag and went on to win with 2 nice carp on a float ledger, Colin landed a good carp which almost pulled his rod into the depths of peg R, Martin landed one carp and lost one on the corner peg L on pole fished luncheon meat. Pete Slade scooped 4th and the silver pool with a net of small roach.
Below -Every fish counts!!!
Bude Canal Anglers Versus North Devon Match Group. Bude canal
1st Wayne Mitchell 23lb 4oz
2nd Nathan Underwood11lb 10oz
3rd Kevin Shears 11lb 7oz
4th John Lacey 9lb 9oz
5th Simon John Allen 8lb
6th Andy Gray 7lb 15oz .
Bude 183.5 points NDMG 222.5 Overall NDMG win by 128 points.
After a hearty breakfast in the Brendon Arms 28 anglers tackled the canal in very wet conditions, this lasted until lunch time. Wayne drew peg 42 just before the bird hide and after several looks across on worm switched to maggot at 15mtrs on the far bank landed 2 fine carp to easily take first spot. Nathan fished the waggler and pole with maggot on the first peg in the top basin 27 for a lovely net of roach and skimmers,for second. Kevin Shears took 3rd from the bottom basin peg 16. North Devon Match Group took 8 of the top 12 places helping them victory, After the match the Brendon Arms provided welcome refreshment.
Sunday October 1st – Match at Clawford was a bit of a washout with only John Lacey and Neilsen Jeffery fishing ! Never mind had a lovely day with good company. We fished adjoining pegs on Edwards lake and made it a five hour match. I managed to take the pound weighing in 108lb 8 oz and John weighed in 80lb 8oz.
Martin Heard of Mosella UK won the latest match on Tanners lake with a weight of 78lb 9oz caught using waggler tactics on peg 5.
Paul Elworthy won North Devon match Groups latest match at Morchard Road with 97lb 15oz. In second place was Nathan Underwood with 88lb 3oz and third Tom Downing with 61lb 3oz.
