Bideford & District Angling Club – Rod N Reel match Result

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B.D.A.C 1st Rod and Reel match results date 23/10/22. 8 anglers fished the first match and all caught fish. The weather was fine with a bit of wind every now and then and the sun was shining from time to time with fishing slow at times. 1st place went to Richard jefferies on peg 12 with 17lbs 11oz he fished a feeder in the margins one of his carp was 10lbs 2oz. 2nd place went to Sheila Found on peg 9 with 14lbs 6oz on the feeder and 3rd place was Colin Gorman on peg 18 with 13lbs 2oz.

Bideford and District Angling Club Coarse Section Monthly Competition

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Bideford Angling Club Coarse Fishing Results
Results:
1st Nathan Underwood  33lb 2oz
2nd Warren Thornton  24lb 4oz
3rd Martin Turner  23lb 4oz
4th Les Polden  19lb 11oz
5th Colin Cherrington 17lb 11oz
6th Keith Mountjoy  17lb 10oz
7th Craig Crash Lamey  14lb 11oz
20 fished
October’s comp definitely had an autumnal feel, with a brisk South Easterly and a cool start.
Nathan’s winning streak continues , with a resounding victory on peg 21,fishing a long pole to the point of the island, worm baits over groundbait accounted for his mixed bag.
Second and third place came off consecutive pegs 12 and 13 . A pound separated Warren and Martin, both had nets of mainly carp on pole tactics.
Les came in fourth with a mixed bag on peg 10.
Nathan now leads the points table 107 to Craig’s 102
with 2 matches remaining.

Bideford Angling Club Sea Rover

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Bideford Sea Rover October rover results 

1st Antony Smith Thornback Ray 12lb 8oz  138.888%

2nd Nathan Clements Bull Huss 8lb 14 1/2oz  89.062%

3rd Andrew Clements Thornback Ray 7lb 10oz  84.722%

Appledore Shipbuilders Rover
Only 10 Anglers turned out today for the last competition of the season.
Weather was awful to start the day but it fined away nice through the day.
Winner today was Andrew Atkinson with a fine Trigger Fish of 2lb 14ozs. The only other fish weighed in was a 14oz Mackerel also caught by Andrew
Appledore Shipbuilders AGM will be held on Friday 21st October at The Royal In Appledore 7:30 start.

 

Bideford & District Angling Club – Feeder match Results

BDAC 6th course feeder match results date 18th September. 12 anglers fished and fishing was very hard with the colder nights now coming in and the fish not wanting to feed much. The weights was not so good with some not weighing in this month. First place today went to Nigel spurr on peg 6 with a mixed net of fish for 11lbs 3oz 2nd place was Colin Gorman on peg 16 with 9lbs 15oz 3rd place was Keith copland on peg 11 with 9lbs 13oz and 4th place was Richard Jefferies on peg 19 with 8lbs 12oz this was the last of the 6 feeder matches in this series. Well done on your win today Nigel spurr. The winner of the 6 matches on points was John Lisle with 60 points and second place went to Keith Copland with 56 points.

Autumn Carp on the Fly

Earlier in the Summer I had enjoyed some success with carp on the Fly at the club Lake so before the Autumn set in I was keen to once again try my hand with the fly. A brisk North wind was blowing as I arrived at the Lake with white clouds scurrying across a blue sky. The occasional swallow swooped over the water a sight I savoured knowing that in a few weeks they will swooping over the vast plains of Africa where buffalo, Lions and elephants roam.

I had come armed with a 7/8 weight Fly Rod, a floating line and a 10lb leader. A deerhair Fly tyed to imitate a dog biscuit was tied on. I catapulted a steady stream of Krill floaters on the lake and watched the water carefully. I was concerned that the cool wind would put the fish down but within a minutes a few carp started to slurp down the loose offerings.

Once the carp were feeding confidently I put out the fly and waited in anticipation. I didn’t have too long to weight before carp appeared and sucked in my fly. I strip striked and was thrilled to feel the power as the carp surged away. I kept a tight line putting on as much pressure as I dared allowing the line to cut through the dense weed. After a tussle the a mirror carp of around 13lb was safely in the net its bronze and gold flanks a refection of the coming season.

After landing the carp I had to wait another half an hour before the carp began to feed again. A low double succumbed after missing numerous takes as the carp seemed to have an uncanny knack of ejecting the fly before I could set the hook.

Two more carp and a small tench ( a first on the fly) followed before I ran out of time and headed for home.

 

Bideford and District Angling Club versus Plymouth and District Coarse Angling Club.

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Tarka Swims, George’s lake.
Results :
1st Colin Cherrington  33lb 4oz
2nd Richard Jefferies  30lb 15oz
3rd Christopher Morris  30lb 1oz
4th Keith Mountjoy  23lb 12oz
5th Nathan Underwood  22lb 11oz
6th Bill Crossman 21lb 6oz .
Today’s totals
Bideford 199lb 13oz Plymouth 113lb 1oz
Overall, home plus away total
Bideford 555lb Plymouth 407lb
20 fished
The home team ,of 10, filled the top 2spots . Colin has fished the margins on peg 14 with maggot for the winning net, Richard,BDAC , has fished his favourite method, paste in the weedbed on 12, for his all carp second place net.
Chris representing PDCAC came a close third on his first visit to Tarka pole tactics on peg 22.
The venue has fished quite hard for some, the weather has remained dry and warm.
We , BDAC ,hope everyone enjoyed the day and hope to continue the fixture into next year’s calendar.

Mike Squires Memorial Competition Results.

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Mike Squires Memorial Competition Results.

Bass competition 

Nathan Clements took top spot in this Open match fished on Westward Ho! beach in memory of popular club member Mike Squires.

1st Nathan Clements 4lb

2nd Nathan Clements 3lb 2 1/2oz

3rd Antony Smith 2lb 14oz 

£35.05 was collected in donations for cancer research.

Mike Squires centre on a trip to Sark with fellow members of the Combe Martin SAC.

Bideford & District Angling Club Feeder Match

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Bideford & District Angling Club 5th feeder match results date 21st August.  Tarka Swims 11 anglers fished and the weights were good again.

First place with a nice net of fish went to Nigel Spurr on peg 6 with 19lbs 1oz he fished corn over micros to the island 2nd place was Keith Copland with 18lbs 14oz on peg 9 fishing maggots over micros 3rd place was Stephen Paul Sheller on peg 2 with 18lbs 13oz fishing wafters over micros 4th place was Richard Jefferies  on peg 19 with 18lbs 4oz fishing maggots with ground bait next feeder match is on 18th September.