





North Devon Match Group Winter League No. 2 Oaktree Fishery Results:
1st Paul Elworthy 49lb 5oz
2nd Nathan Underwood 32lb 1oz
3rd Martin Turner 30lb 6oz
4th Paul Morris 27lb 6oz
5th Kevin Shears 24lb 7oz
6th Colin Cherrington 23lb 6oz
7th Steve Ashton 20lb 1oz
8th John Lisle 18lb 6oz .
16 anglers fished, Paul’s winning net of carp fell to red maggot on the pole from peg 12 on the bottom pond , Nathans second place was also from the bottom pond, peg 15. The next 4 weights came from the top ,Martin’s 6 carp net on peg 7 gave him 3rd place, the forecast conditions did not materialize, and a pleasant mild autumnal day was enjoyed. As the whole country moves back into full lock down this competition might be the last for some time.
North Devon Match Group Winter League No.1 Wooda lakes ; Results
1st Martin Turner 61lb 13oz
2nd Tim Brown 58lb 9oz
3rd Bruce Hunt 57lb 8oz
4th Graham Currington 51lb 1oz
5th John Lisle 48lb 2oz
6th Nathan Underwood 47lb 0oz .
Sell out 20 fished in atrocious conditions, constant heavy rain and gale force winds. The slightly more sheltered corner of lake 4 allowed winner , Martin to present corn and red maggot over micros in the margins. Second place Tim , fished the feeder to the island also on lake 4 , third spot and best weight on lake 3 was Tiverton’s Bruce Hunt.
Bude Canal Angling Club v North Devon Match Group . Bude Canal Overall
1st Adrian Hill 13lb 2oz
2nd Simon John Allen 10lb 8oz
3rd John Forster 10lb 3oz
4th Stuartshelley Burridge 10lb
5th Ryan Wiltshire 8lb 2oz
6th Nathan Underwood 5lb 6oz
7th Christopher Morris 5lb 2oz
8th David Allen 4lb
Many thank’s again to Martin Turner for his weekly Match Fishing Reports.
24 fished, BCAC 163:5 NDMG 136:5 Brisk northerly breeze and bright conditions proved challenging for most but the Bude anglers adapted best and came out deserved winners. Top weight on the day went to Arnie on the bottom basin his catch of skimmers fell to bread on the feeder, Bude’s captain ,Simon put on a master class on the long pole for 2nd place, top weight for NDMG was John 3rd overall on the bottom basin. Thanks to Bude for hosting the event and we hope to hold the return leg on Tamar Lake in October.
North Devon Match Group Summer league No 6 . Lake View Morchard Road . Results:
1st Tom Downing 74lb 14oz
2nd Craig Crash Lamey 58lb 2oz
3rd John Lisle 51lb1oz
4th Martin Turner 46lb 11oz
5th John Forster 46lb 4oz
6th John Bailey 39lb 2oz
7th Nathan Underwood 29lb 10oz
8th Kevin Shears 29lb 4oz.
18 fished. Thomas has continued his remarkable run with another winning catch, he has drawn peg 9 on the roadside and fished a small hybrid feeder out to the island with micros , he also caught long and short on the pole, second place went to another of our younger anglers, Craig has mainly caught on the long pole on peg 2 , 3rd spot went to John his catch , unusually, was only 13 fish, all on corn in the margins on peg 5 in the channel.4th spot went to Martin on peg 7 bomb and pellets and pole. John drew peg 18 and landed his 5th place mainly on the method. The foreshortening summer league has been convincingly won by Thomas Downing with 180points joint second Nathan Underwood and Martin Turner both on 45 points.
North Devon Match Group Championship No 8 Melbury Reservoir. Results
1st Graham Colman 56lb 13oz
2nd Tom Downing 45lb 5oz
3rd Colin Cherrington 34lb 14oz
4th Martin Turner 15lb 7oz
5th Paul Elworthy 15lb 6oz ,
Thirteen fished, conditions were perfect overcast , warm and light winds, pegs 1,2and 3 on the far side of the dam have dominated, Graham on peg 2 has fished the open end feeder with corn at 40 turns, for a fantastic net of skimmers, big roach and rudd ,to win . Tom’s winning run came to an end but he still managed second on peg 3 another great net of silver fish ,on pole and feeder. Colin suffered cormorant trouble on his feeder line but still achieved 3rd place.
North Devon Match Group Summer league No.5 Lakeview Morchard Road,
1st Tom Downing 76lb 8oz
2nd Andrew Gratton 59lb 5oz
3rd Kevin Shears 52lb 9oz
4th Stephen Craker 51lb 1oz
5th Martin Turner 44lb 15oz
6th Paul Morris 42lb 10oz
16 fished , Thundery conditions , Tom scored his 4th victory in a row, his 25 carp proved a decisive winning net, after a slow start he caught well in the latter stages on hard pellets in the margins from peg 17 , Andrew was best of the rest from peg 1, facing Tom , most of his catch fell to method feeder in open water, 3rd and 4th places came off the road side , .
Many thanks to Martin Turner for his regular match reports from both the North Devon Match Group and Bideford Club. Good to see a tight match with small silvers making up the weights instead of bulky carp. Whilst there is undoubtedly more rod bending in the commercial match’s full of carp there is more refined skill in extracting a net of small fish to compile a net.
North Devon Match Group Championship No 7 Darracott Reservoir results:
1st Tom Downing 9lb 6oz
2nd Mark Richards 8lb 2oz
3rd John Forster 7lb 12oz
4th Graham Currington 6lb 3oz
5th Graham Colman 5lb 5oz .
12 fished, Warm conditions led to a close match , Tom’s run continues with another victory from the far side with a great net of mainly small rudd taken on a whip, Mark found some better quality roach on the long pole for second place, John led the way for those who elected to concentrate on the feeder, his 3rd spot came to pellets on the first peg over the dam,
North Devon Match Group Summer league No. 4 Highampton lakes Results :
1st
59lb 2oz
2nd
39 lb 14oz
3rd
38lb 12oz
4th
37lb 14oz .
Fished by 16 anglers, very windy conditions , Tom has fished the method feeder and pole in the margins for a convincing victory on peg 8, the next 3places were much closer Graham came out best on peg 10 using similar tactics, Nathan just behind from peg 1 , top weight on the smaller lake was section winner
with 30lb 7oz.