English Fly Fishing Association NEwslEttEr 2011 Newsletter 2011.pdf · more effort to reduce leaks, and severn trent switched supplies from one of its reservoirs to groundwater sources

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English Fly Fishing Association president john maitland

NEwslEttEr 2011

Our most successful season for many years Chris McLeod

well, in terms of match success anyway. Of six matches against other organisations, we lost only one. the others were won by a good margin apart from a tie against Ian Campbell’s scottish select team. this extraordinary result is described in the match reports and took place at what is fast becoming a home from home - namely stocks reservoir. the combination of good fishing, beautiful scenery and great accommodation is irresistible and we are all due to meet there again for our Annual ‘weekend’ in 2012.

Please make the effort to be there - you won’t be disappointed.

the weather has been extremely dry, (although it didn’t feel it as I fell in the water three times this year - so far) and what effect this will have on the fishing in 2012 no one knows. It certainly wasn’t a problem this year with some fantastic early season buzzer sport followed by shrimp phenomena at both Grafham and rutland. Different shrimps but both invasive species greedily gobbled up by the fish resulting in some exceptional catches, especially later in the year. Chew underwent a revival although we didn’t visit it in 2011, but a close eye will be kept on the Bristol waters to see if the resurgence can be maintained. we would love to see them returning to their former glory. Obviously it is difficult to get away from Anglian water’s superb facilities, but other waters are of interest. with the reopening of Draycote a return for us cannot be far away.

David Moore tells us that last winter, England and wales received only 84 percent of average rainfall and this spring was the equal driest in the last 100 years. East Anglia and Kent had barely 30% average rainfall.

the cooler and wetter summer led to lower demand for water and the summer rainfall did help to maintain supplies. water companies promoted water efficiency whilst making more effort to reduce leaks, and severn trent switched supplies from one of its reservoirs to groundwater sources.

Anglian water applied in November for a drought permit to allow them to take water from the river Nene to help fill Pitsford reservoir, and a winter drought permit for rutland water. the implementation of the drought permits and other measures to support supplies will depend heavily on the amount of rainfall received over the winter.

The (even smaller) Small Half at Pitsford in December

Reservoirs’capacityattheendofNovemberBewl 46%, Chew 52%, Blagdon 42%, Hanningfield 56%, Farmoor 86%, Grafham 83%, rutland 64%, Pitsford 56%, Carsington 54%, stocks 78%, Brenig 99%


New organisation

this year saw an innovative approach to our event organisation which spread the workload and worked with remarkable success. Next year will continue with the same organising team and the paperwork for that will appear in the New Year. Please ensure that these dates go in your diaries as soon as possible. It is important that members attend events regularly so the Association can continue to thrive.

Bookings have been made as follows.

1. spring Members Day thur 03 May 2012

2. EFFA v seaton snatchers sat 12 May 2012

Annual ‘Weekend’ 22 May - 24 May

3. EFFA v Bowlanders tue 22 May 2012

4. Annual Match thur 24 May 2012

5. EFFA v PrOs wed 20 Jun 2012

6. EFFA v rAF thur 28 Jun 2012

7. Autumn Members Day thur 23 Aug 2012

8. EFFA v rN/Army thur 06 sep 2012

9. BC Hall Day thur 27 sep 2012

As we now are fully computerized thanks to the efforts of Ian Peberdy in supplying a new, bigger PC, and John Mees in operating it so efficiently, we have results readily available. so I have attached these below.

the Members list which John Gamon and Peter Proctor have compiled so carefully is also included.

Our new secretary and treasurer took over at the AGM in May and they have already made significant progress in getting us organised. we now have a precise list of members - and if they’ve paid their subscriptions! so be warned!

Secretary’s Notes John Gamon

1. Mary Radley Searle, who joined the Association in 1981 and is our only lady Member, wrote to me earlier in the year to say that, because of failing health and travelling distance, she felt she would no longer be able to attend Association events. I wrote on behalf of all Members to pass on our best wishes and our appreciation for her outstanding support over the years.

2. Match Angler of the Year is the most successful angler in our competitive matches. John Mees is Match Angler of the Year for 2011 and will be presented with the Bill Milne.

trophy at the next Annual Dinner. He has also been appointed Captain for the 2012 season, so congratulations to him. runners up were Julian Davies and John Gamon

3. Top Eight Rods: the top eight rods who form the basis of our 2012 team are the most successful anglers during 2011, taking their three best results from the four Members’ Day matches (spring, Annual, Autumn and BC Hall) during the year. the top eight rods for 2011 are, in order: steve Ottridge, John Duffield, John Gamon, John Mees, Chris Mcleod, Peter Hartley, Patrick Beauchamp and Ian Peberdy.

4. New Members: three new members accepted our invitation to join the Association this year: Peter de Kremer, ron tutt and Mick stevens. All have played a full part in this year’s activities and proved themselves to be excellent Members.

John Clarke and ray storer have accepted our invitation to join the Association from January 2012.


5. Termination of Membership: I received resignations from Jim Grant and reg wheeler.

the names of Chris Forster and Peter strachan have been removed from the list of members since they have neither paid subscriptions nor responded to any correspondence for several years.

A list of current members and their contact details is attached to this Newsletter.

6. Proposals for Membership: As the new secretary it has become apparent to me that there is a lack of understanding and clarity amongst the membership regarding the process for proposing new Members. It was certainly not clear to me before I became secretary. looking back through the records I saw that a comprehensive guidance to Members was last published in the 2001 Newsletter. ten years on seems a good time to remind Members of the rules and to clarify procedures for the election of a new Member.

the rules regarding Membership appear under section 3 of the EFFA rules, and are included in the back of the 75th Anniversary Members’ Handbook. But I draw particular attention to rule 3c:

An applicant must be proposed by a member and seconded by a Committee member with whom the applicant has fished. An invitation to join may then be extended by the Committee. At least two weeks before the Committee considers each application the Secretary will notify the name of each applicant to all members who may, if they wish, contact any Committee member in confidence to express their views on the suitability of the applicant.

to make this rule work effectively, the Committee has agreed that in future the following procedures for the election of a new Member are to be followed:

i. the Candidate should attend Members’ Days as a guest sufficient times over more than one season to be reasonably well known to Members and the Committee and, ideally, should have fished with a number of different Members.

ii. the Member should inform the secretary of his intention to propose the Candidate for membership and the secretary will then arrange for the Candidate to fish with a Committee Member on one of the upcoming Members’ Days.

iii. the Candidate must fish at least one BC Hall Day to be considered for Membership.

iv. the Member should obtain an EFFA Membership Form from the secretary and return the completed form to him.

v. the secretary will then inform all Members of the nomination. If any Member wishes to express their views (whether favourable or otherwise) as to the suitability of the Candidate, they are to notify any Committee Member and, in the event of that Committee Member not being the secretary, the Committee Member will inform the secretary.

vi. the proposal for Membership will then be discussed at the next Committee Meeting (normally in November) and, if it is approved by the Committee, the secretary will send an invitation to the Candidate. For this to work effectively, Proposers/seconders should ensure the above criteria have been met before making a formal proposal which should be received by the secretary no later than the 15th day October. Any proposal received after that date will be carried over to the following year.

A copy of the letter that will be sent to invite Candidates to become Members of the Association and also a copy of the form they will be required to complete to accept our invitation to join and confirm that they understand the ethos of the Association and the commitment that is expected are attached to this Newsletter.

If any Member is still unclear about the process, please contact me directly.

7. Clothing: we all agree that the new cap has been very well received this year.

As snowbee are no longer able to supply shirts in the “strawberry” colour we adopted, and the colour is also unavailable from any other UK source. Chris Mcleod is attempting to source shirts of the required colour directly from abroad.

John Duffield will be getting in a further supply of EFFA crested fleece jackets for the new season. All EFFA clothing requests (except shirts) should be made to ray Jenkins.


Treasurer’s Notes Peter Proctor

I think most members will be aware that I took over the role of treasurer at the last AGM. Duncan Currall, who had served the Association well in this capacity, for the previous ten years, passed over the books in good order and with a healthy balance. thanks Duncan for your guidance.

From my viewpoint, the new Match Organisers system has worked well and only fine tuning will be needed. I shall ask Members to post date cheques to the closing date for an event, as some were nearly out of date when paid in.

I would thank Members for prompt subscription payments and virtually all are now on standing Orders.

we have had some exceptional expenditure, for having collected all the EFFA trophies together (well done all the Johns) and found missing winners names it was only proper to have all the engraving brought up to date.

Also we have had to replace the match results computer and I would thank Ian Peberdy for his generosity in providing one free of charge.

I am pleased to say from our surplus on fishing activities and savings on the computer we have been able to make a substantial donation of £500 to the England Youth team to help support their trip to Ireland in 2012.

we have also become members of the Angling trust.

we should end the year with finances remaining in a healthy state and a small surplus on the year. I shall not be seeking any increase in subscriptions!

Medical report

this year has seen a number of our members having health issues.

Viv Church and Jim Collins were both hospitalised for short spells and, needless to say, have both fully recovered, with Jim desperate to get swimming again and racing people a fraction of his age!

Mike Childs has not held a rod for 18 months while he battles with a variety of problems. But it was great to see him at a recent England Youth committee meeting, and he is determined to get on the water next year.

A number of you will have received cards from Pat taylor. He has had successful surgery and is recovering well. we wish him speedy recovery and hope to see him soon.

The Captain’s Badge is less wobbly thanks to a crack team of technicians led by John Mees and Ray Jenkins


M A T C h R E P O R T S

this is the first year where reports have been written by the individual match organisers. so here are reports in a variety of styles proving what a talented bunch of writers we have in the Association. All these members have agreed to do the job again, and the system seems to be working well.

Spring Members Day Pitsford, 5 May Peter Proctor

An excellent turn-out with 30 Members attending together with 5 Guests.

After a mixed morning of finding fish or not, all returned to the lodge at 1300 for an excellent lunch provided by Gordon walker, landlord of the Chequers at ravensthorpe, and thanks to John Duffield the very smart new EFFA caps were available and sales were brisk.

Fishing in the afternoon was more productive with most finding fish on the north shore either side of Brixworth Bay. Deep buzzers on floater or Blobs and Boobies on Di3 or Di5 being successful methods.

Unfortunately two anglers had dry nets, but six had full bags. In total 112 fish were taken giving a rod average of 4.

the heaviest basket of 18lbs 4oz was taken by Chris Mcleod. second with 16lb 10oz was Alan ward, (making a welcome return to the association from his travels) followed by John Duffield whose 16lb 4oz just beat Ian Peberdy by 2oz.

Mark searle had the best fish 3lb 14oz, but a guest had a rainbow of well over 5lbs.

Match winner Chris Mcleod said: ‘Partnered with new member ron tutt, we started in the small Half knowing that there had been a lot of fish there willing to take nymphs, and the conditions were perfect for that method. Four or five boats resulted in only a few bent rods although ron had a good few pulls and one fish. I couldn’t make the buzzers work but thought a bit of steady pulling might. so on went a fast sinking line, a two tone blob on the top and 14’ to a cat booby. In the last hour before lunch I had six fish on, lost two of them and one was a pike. Back to the same area in the afternoon for one good fish lost before a boat anchored in our drift. we decided to sneak up to the sailing Club where we found everyone else stuffed in the Bay! John Mees told us it had gone off but we knew there were plenty of fish outside the bay and close in, so continuing with the same tactics I managed 5 more quite quickly while ron persevered with nymphs. Although he did well to catch 4, a quick try with my rod which I still had made up gave him a fish first cast and another a few minutes later before we had to make for the lodge. And these were taken from the Cliffs on the other side of Brixworth, proving that the sailing Club wasn’t the only place there were fish.’

v Seaton’s Snatchers Rutland, 14 May Chris McLeod

this is a match that promises great things as a social event but can be a little disappointing. the committee and organisers are keen to make it a success, so next year will see a couple of changes. Mel Parrott has provided a magnificent trophy which deserves better support from our opposition.

the match itself was a bit disappointing given the good fishing at Grafham, with the first appearance of the rutland brown algae problem.

It was the only match we lost this year, and considering the standard of the opposition who were almost all Internationals, the 9 fish difference was respectable. It wasn’t easy with a rod average of 2.78, but we had the best basket - Peter Hartley with our only 8 - and the two best fish of 3lb 7oz, shared by John Mees and Peter de Kremer

the meal in the rutland lodge was disappointing so we will endeavour to find a better venue for that and encourage all to attend.


Annual Weekend Stocks Reservoir, 24 May to 26 May

v Bowlanders - Stocks Reservoir, 24 May John Duffield

Our third match against Ben Dobson’s Bowlanders was fished in strong blustery winds and bright sunshine. On the previous day the winds had been so strong that neither team had been able to practice, despite not being out on the water prior to the match Chris Mcleod held a well organised team briefing prior to leaving Eaves Hall hotel. the information we had gleaned led us to understand that the fish were well up in the water and would probably fall to boobies, dabblers and hoppers. Due to strength of the wind it was felt that slow sinking lines would provide more control than floating lines.

the match fished pretty much as we believed it would, the methods we employed worked well. looking round the water it seemed the result would be tight. Our rules were to kill the first two fish caught and then catch and release the next six. stocks has a good number of large trout which we felt may play a significant part in the final result.

At the weigh in the general feeling was one of optimism but no one other than John Mees and our Captain Chris Mcleod knew the result before it was announced after dinner. Our team was delighted to find we had won but were shocked by the margin of the result. It transpired that we had caught 52 fish for 119lbs 5oz to the Bowlanders 29 fish for 68lbs.

Our top rod was Julian Davies who caught 8 fish for a total weight of 16lbs 14oz. Ian Peberdy caught the best fish in our side weighing 8lbs 1 oz. closely followed by Mel Parrott caught a specimen of 6lbs 12oz. A special mention must go to Norman Chown who caught 5 fish to equal the catch of his partner, the Bowlanders captain Ben Dobson who admitted after the match that he and Norman had spent the day fishing some of the roughest water on the lake. Ben acknowledged that he was rocked when midway through the afternoon Norman suggested to him that it was time they stepped up a gear.

the best fish of the day, a magnificent 10lbs 9oz specimen fell to Bowlander Billy thompson,

Fishing stock seems to require a different approach to midland reservoirs; the fish are well spread out and feed in the top of the water. they do not seem to tolerate persistent drifts over the same area of water, consequently moving around and trying fresh areas works well.

As in our previous matches the Bowlanders were excellent opposition, great company and good anglers we look forward to fishing against them again next year. the Bowlanders are currently winning 2-1 in the series.

Practice Day - Stocks Reservoir, 31 May

the main event of note here was a magnificent round of golf at a local Clitheroe course enjoyed by five of our members. Always a pleasant diversion if the lake fishing is a bit hard. Another option would have been the rivers ribble or Hodder, but both were running chocolate after a night of rain. No need to give any golfing statistics here but steve Ottridge, John Duffield, John Mees, ron tutt and Chris Mcleod enjoyed themselves and probably in that order.

Annual Match - Stocks Reservoir, 26 May John Duffield

By the time we fished our annual match on thursday 26th May the wind had eased but the rain had arrived, for most of the day it poured and at times increased to a level that we rarely witness. Notwithstanding the persistent rain the morning fished very well and by lunch time many of us had caught several fish. regrettably the weather then worsened, the rain continued to fall but the wind swung from a south westerly to westerly. this change made fishing the lodge bank, which had been fishing well difficult. Despite the more hostile conditions several fish were caught during the afternoon in an area called Fairbanks down wind of Gull Island.

the winner of the competition was Julian Davies who was easily our most successful competitor, he was the only angler to catch a limit basket on each of the three days


we fished. His successful technique was to use of a slow sink line on which he fished a sparkler on the tail with a hopper and an dabbler above it. Other successful methods included slow sinking lines, boobies, dries and dabblers.

the only other limit baskets that were caught on the day went to John Mees and his boat partner steve Ottridge, John was fishing two boobies on a di 3 sweep whilst steve was using a fast glass line.

the ACA trophy for the best fish of the day went to Peter Proctor who caught a rainbow of 3lbs 2 oz. Patrick Beauchamp and John Duffield both caught the biggest trout they had ever caught but as neither fish was one of their first two both fish were returned to the water without being weighed.

After our dinner David Moore spoke to members and guests about the important role of the Angling trust and some of the excellent achievements the organisation has achieved in its short history. the president then formally closed the annual weekend raising a toast to absent friends, particularly Jackie and ray Jenkins who had played a significant part in organising the event but were unable to attend. ray was wished a speedy recovery by all present.

Pro/Am - Grafham, 22 June Mel Parrott (Ghostwritten by CMcL)

we are making a welcome habit of winning this match. two out of the last three - ignoring the previous 35, of course. But what a day. tough going for most, until boats gradually realised something was happening at the dam. with uncanny watercraft and great fishing intuition, John Mees remembered where he put a couple of thousand stockies the day before. Naturally it was worth a look. so when my partner and I arrived fishless to see John sitting on his hands, we knew we might expect a pull. In fact we went from zero to sixteen in less than an hour and joined others in the corner of the dam for a relaxed afternoon’s chatting. watching others arriving and catching saw us witness the best bag of the day caught by Peter Hartley’s partner, England lady Joan russell. It might have also been possible to see ray Jenkins decide that there were no fish there and disappear to the other end of the lake!

Oh well, it was a bit of a stockie bash and the weights were a real lottery with a bag average of 7.2. we actually had two more fish than the Pro’s which gave us barely a three pound winning margin - but it was enough!

Members and Guest Day 18th August Grafham Water Peter Hartley

Due to a spell of warm weather expectations were not very high. However we had a very good match with 73 fish being caught for a rod average of 3.17. Mark searle had the best bag of 6 fish for 12lb 15oz, closely followed by Patrick Beauchamp with 5 fish for 12lb 9oz and steve Ottridge with 6 fish for 12lb 1oz. Viv Church had the best fish of the day with a rainbow of 3lb 15oz. local angler Gary How was the top guest with 5 fish for 11lb.

v RAF - Rutland, 30 June Steve Ottridge

Most boats fished in the dam basin area from Normanton Church down to the dam. One or two boats initially fished Old Hall, New Zealand Point, Yellowstone and sailing Club front with limited success using floating, slow-sinking and DI3 sweep lines but most boats ended up in the dam basin area. Fish were caught off the boils and in the middle of the basin drifting down towards the dam . the most successful method was fishing Diawl Bachs using either the washing line technique on slow sinking lines (sssI, slow glass) or straight nymphing on floaters or slow sinkers. the fish were mainly high in the water (1-4’ down) but not rising and extremely difficult to tempt possibly due to heavy fishing pressure from competitions over the previous 3-days. those who persisted fishing their nymphs high in the water coupled with very slow - almost static - retrieves were most successful (eg John Gamon sssI - washing line; si Morris Fast Glass - double washing line; John Mees slow Glass - washing line). those who found fish using sinking lines had


Pictures from the past

For no particular reason, school photos of a Captain and a President in waiting.

The England Team in 1989 with Captain Mick Stevens, Steve Ottridge and Mike Childs


limited success as the fish were extremely particular; however David Moore fishing west of the blue pipes averted a ‘Billy’ at 1600 hrs in the afternoon when one of his deep fished nymphs was engulfed (after several tentative tweaks) by a splendid 6lbs 43/4oz rainbow – the biggest fish of the day!

so EFFA with 53 fish for 126lbs 10ozs beat the rAF who had 41 fish for 95lbs 111/8ozs.

94 fish were caught at an average of 2.94 per rod. the best fish was a rainbow of 6lbs 43/4ozs caught by David Moore and the best bag was 8 fish for 19lbs 33/4ozs by our very own John Gamon.

v Scottish Select - Stocks, 18 - 20 July Mel Parrott (with the assistance of his regular ghostwriter)

this event brought us to that convenient halfway house in the Valley of Bowland once again.

A very sociable occasion in ideal circumstances. Eaves Hall is an old country house hotel set in pleasant grounds on the edge of west Bradford just a few miles from stocks reservoir. It is now mainly a wedding venue and gets very busy at the weekends. this leaves it virtually empty for much of the midweek, which suits us perfectly. we have the place almost to ourselves, with full restaurant, bar, piano, and snooker room.

the scots arrived early and practised hard. Many of us did likewise but the fishing is tricky. the water is peaty and shelves off from the bank very quickly. Fish patrol the edges although are caught in open water, but Grafham it is not and tactics have to be adjusted. the day of the match was much as the practice days weatherwise, so we didn’t expect great things. Methods varied but fish had to be found. And John Duffield did this in great style, easily being our top rod. the rules were catch three and then catch and release. so it helped if your first two were decent fish. this is a debatable topic and one that needs to be looked at again next year. the reason for not knocking eight on the head is what do we do with them after the match. thoughts welcome.

there were some notable failures including the Captains of both teams, and the International secretary. But this simply added to the ribaldry later, when the results were announced at an excellent dinner with some very amusing speeches from Ben Dobson, the stocks owner, and Hamish simpson the scottish captain.

But the most extraordinary result was the precisely tied weights. so a dead heat rounded off a cracking three days. the next event for 2013 is already in the planning stages.

v Army and Navy - Pitsford, 2 September Roy Dixon (with some help)

Now we all know that roy Dixon is an extremely clever and erudite chap. And his report demonstrated his incisive summing up of the match.

• Bob Church fished with us

• we had 2 fishing for opposition, plus Duncan as guest, so a good day out

• Cracking fishing I seem to remember, fish fighting particularly hard and difficult to keep them on.

what more can be added, except to say that we did rather hammer them. they had the best basket narrowly beating Ian Peberdy, and the best fish, but we had four full baskets to their one. the fishing wasn’t easy but perseverance paid off. this match breaks for lunch which is a great way of enjoying the company of fellow anglers, as well as checking up on tactics. It was particularly good to have Bob Church with us, and especially gratifying to see Jim Collins with eight fish for our third best bag, beating many half his age.

BC Hall - Grafham, 29 September Peter Hartley

the fishing had been difficult for some three weeks prior to this annual event. this also proved to be a challenging day. with light wind and bright sun for most of the 8 hours, 23 anglers caught 28 fish for a rod average of 1.22. the match was won by Duncan


Some (very poor- apologies) pictures from the Annual Dinner, with Mary Gamon providing the piano accompaniment.

Golf overlooking the Ribble Valley


Currall with an excellent bag of 5 fish for 14lb 6oz.this was a tremendous performance considering that there were 8 competitors who had a ‘relaxed ‘ day and a further 7 competitors with ‘half a brace’ Duncan’s boat partner ,steve Ottridge, had the best fish of the day, a lovely rainbow, one ounce short of 5lb

we had nine guests on the day and the best of these was Graham williams with 5 fish for 12lb 5oz.

the fish were very close to the water’s edge browsing on the infamous Grafham shrimp. the dam had been the hotspot for several days but with a number of bank anglers fishing, the boats were unable to take advantage.

A most enjoyable evening followed the match at the wheatsheaf in Perry.

Dates for EFFA events next year are:

spring Members Day thur 03 May 2012

EFFA v seaton snatchers sat 12 May 2012

EFFA v Bowlanders tue 22 May 2012

Annual Match thur 24 May 2012

Pro/Am wed 20 Jun 2012

EFFA v rAF thur 28 Jun 2012

Autumn Members Day thur 23 Aug 2012

EFFA v rN/Army thur 06 sep 2012

BC Hall Day thur 27 sep 2012

results and addresses follow, but before that, the committee wish you all a very happy Christmas and tight lines for next year.

Two big fish. The first is from the archives and Steve Ottridge will tell you all about it next year - as will David Moore with an evening caught Brown from Rutland this year. Any guesses at the weights?


English Fly Fishing Associattion

Members & Guest Day

Pitsford Water 5th May 2011

Members No.of Best Fish Basket WeightFish lb oz lb oz

1st Chris Mcleod 8 3 4 18 42nd Alan Ward 8 2 12 16 103rd John Duffield 8 3 4 16 44th Ian Peberdy 8 2 12 16 25th John Mees 8 0 0 15 96th Peter Hartley 7 3 0 14 47th John Gamon 8 0 0 13 108th Mark Searle 5 3 14 13 89th Ron Tutt 6 2 13 13 510th Julian Davies 5 3 2 11 1011th Peter Proctor 5 0 0 11 012th Mick Stevens 4 3 8 9 1513th Duncan Currall 4 0 0 9 214th Peter De Kramer 4 3 0 8 1415th Ian Pow 3 0 0 7 416th Mel Parrott 3 3 2 6 617th Patrick Beauchamp 2 3 8 6 218th David Froggatt 3 2 12 5 1319th Viv Church 2 3 0 5 820th Peter Norman 2 3 3 5 421st Roy Dixon 2 0 0 4 1222nd John Holtom 2 3 1 4 1023rd Steve Otteridge 3 0 0 4 624th Norman Chown 2 0 0 3 1425th Dave Morris 2 0 0 3 626th John Maitland 1 3 0 3 027th Jim Collins 1 1 10 1 1028th David Moore 0 0 0 0 028th Donnie McElroy 0 0 0 0 0

Total No. Of Fish 116Rod Average 4.00

lb ozBest Fish

Mark Searle 3 14

Best BasketChris Mcleod 18 4

E.F.F.A. No. Of Best Fish Basket weight Snatchers No. Of Best Fish Basket weightFish lb oz lb oz Fish lb oz lb

1st Peter Hartley 8 3 0 19 1 Rob Sosbe 8 2 15 182nd John Mees 7 3 7 15 13 Mark MacLeod 8 3 5 173rd John Maitland 5 2 11 11 3 Graham Pearson 8 2 9 164th Peter De Kremer 5 3 7 10 13 Clive Morgan 7 2 11 145th Andy Linwood 3 2 11 6 7 Paul Wild 7 2 8 126th Chris McLeod 2 2 12 5 0 Mike Barratt 3 2 6 67th Mel Parrott 2 2 3 3 14 Ron Gent 2 2 4 38th Julian Davies 2 2 3 3 14 Graham Willis 2 1 15 39th John Gamon 2 2 0 3 14 Julian Hubbard 1 2 6 210th Ian Peberdy 2 1 12 3 1 Alan Hayward 1 2 3 211th David Moore 1 2 14 2 14 Stuart Hume 1 2 0 212th Steve Ottridge 1 1 12 1 12 Al Owen 1 1 11 113th David Froggatt 0 0 0 0 0 Dick Turpin 0 0 0 013th Peter Proctor 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Watts 0 0 0 0

Team Total 40 87 10 Team Total 49 101

Total No. Of Fish Caught 89Rod Average 2.78

Best Fish lb ozJohn Mees & Peter De Kremer 3 7

Best BasketPeter Hartley 19 1

Average Fish Weight 2 2

Rutland Water 14th May 2011

E.F.F.A. No. Of Best Fish Basket weight No. Total Weight Bowlnaders No. Of Best Fish Basket weight No.Fish lb oz lb oz C/R lb oz Fish lb oz lb oz C/R

Julian Davies 2 0 0 4 14 6 16 14 Billy Thompson 2 10 9 12 4 0Ian Peberdy 2 8 1 10 0 2 14 0 Paul Bebb 2 0 0 4 2 3Peter Hartley 2 0 0 3 5 4 11 5 Ben Dobson 2 0 0 3 2 3Mel Parrott 2 6 12 9 3 1 11 3 John Hood 2 0 0 4 13 2Norman Chown 2 0 0 3 3 3 9 3 Richard Hood 2 4 0 5 12 1John Duffield 2 0 0 4 15 2 8 15 Frank Hartley 2 0 0 3 14 1John Mees 2 0 0 4 14 2 8 14 Dermot Speight 2 0 0 3 10 1Patrick Beauchamp 2 0 0 3 15 2 7 15 Paul Davison 2 0 0 4 6 0John Gamon 2 0 0 3 10 2 7 10 Ron Tutt 1 0 0 2 1 0Peter Proctor 2 0 0 6 9 0 6 9 Tom Bird 1 0 0 2 0 0Roy Dixon 2 3 8 5 4 0 5 4 Martin Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0Chris McLeod 2 0 0 4 4 0 4 4 Nick Thornborrow 0 0 0 0 0 0Steve Ottridge 2 0 0 3 13 0 3 13 Steve Ainsworth 0 0 0 0 0 0John Maitland 2 0 0 3 8 0 3 8 Steve Bland 0 0 0 0 0 0David Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mick Stevens 0 0 0 0 0 0Jim Collins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tony Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0

28 24 18 11

Team Total 52 119 5 Team Total 29 68 0

Total No. Of Fish Caught 81Rod Average 3

Best Fish lb ozBilly Thompson 10 9

Best BasketJulian Davies 16 14

Spring Match

Rutland Select

Bowlanders

Results sheets


Members No.of Best Fish Basket Weight No. Total Weight

Fish lb oz lb oz C/r lb

1st Julian Davies 2 2 13 4 10 6 16

2nd John Mees 2 0 0 3 14 6 15

3rd Steve Ottridge 2 0 0 3 8 6 15

4th Peter Hartley 2 0 0 3 11 5 13

5th John Gamon 2 2 15 4 11 4 12

6th John Duffield 2 3 0 5 0 3 11

7th Chris McLeod 2 0 0 3 13 3 9

8th Ron Tutt 2 0 0 3 13 3 9

9th David Moore 2 2 0 3 10 3 9

10th John Maitland 2 0 0 3 5 3 9

11th Mick Stevens 2 3 1 4 9 2 8

12th Patrick Beauchamp 2 2 6 4 8 2 8

13th Ian Peberdy 2 0 0 3 10 2 7

14th Roy Dixon 2 0 0 3 12 1 5

15th Peter Proctor 2 3 2 4 12 0 4

16th Mel Parrott 2 0 0 3 12 0 3

17th Jim Collins 1 1 12 1 12 0 1

18th Norman Chown 1 1 12 1 12 0 1

19th Viv Church 1 1 10 1 10 0 1

20th Donny McElroy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

No. Of Fish Retainned 35

No. Of Fish Released 49

Total No. Of Fish Caught 84

Rod Average 4.20

lb oz

Best Fish

Peter Proctor 3 2

Best Basket

Julian Davies 16 10

English Fly Fishing Associattion

Annual MatchStocks Reservoir 26th May 2011

Annual Match

Pro Am

RAF

E.F.F.A.(Am's) No. Of Best Fish Basket weight Pro's No. Of Best Fish Basket weight

Fish lb oz lb oz Fish lb oz lb oz

Julian Davies 8 3 1 17 15 Joan Russell 8 3 14 18 9

Steve Ottridge 8 3 4 16 10 Mike Barrett 8 3 2 16 13

David Moore 8 3 1 16 2 Paul Haskey 8 3 3 16 7

Andy Linwood 8 2 12 15 14 Graham Smith 8 3 10 16 2

Chris McLeod 8 2 15 15 14 Ron Gent 8 2 11 16 2

John Gamon 8 2 11 15 14 Dave Shipman 8 2 5 16 0

Roy Dixon 8 3 1 15 11 Ed Foster 8 2 2 15 12

Peter De Kremer 8 2 10 15 8 Ashley Cooper 8 2 8 15 5

Peter Proctor 8 2 13 14 15 John Clarke 8 2 5 15 3

John Mees 8 2 8 14 3 John Seaton 7 2 12 14 15

John Maitland 7 3 1 14 1 Martin Introna 8 2 6 14 4

Peter Hartley 8 2 0 13 14 Graham Pearson 8 2 2 13 7

Ian Peberdy 6 3 0 13 0 Stuart Thomson 6 2 0 10 9

Patrick Beauchamp 6 3 12 12 1 Al Owen 4 3 0 9 5

Ray Jenkins 2 2 1 3 9 Bob Church 2 1 14 3 8


Total No. Of Fish Caught 216

Rod Average 7.20

Best Fish lb oz

Joan Russell 3 14

Best Basket

Joan Russell 18 9

Pro-Am

Grafham Water 22nd June 2011

E.F.F.A. No. Of Best Fish Basket weight RAF No. Of Best Fish Basket weightFish lb oz lb oz Fish lb oz lb oz

John Gamon 8 3 1 3/4 19 3 3/4 Si Morris 6 2 1 12 7John Mees 8 2 15 17 3 Paddy Mounter 5 2 15 11 5Andy Linwood 6 3 2 13 12 3/4 Colin Martin 4 2 10 9 8 5/8Peter De Kremer 5 3 5 12 1 Dia Davies 4 2 13 8 13Mel Parrott 5 2 15 1/8 10 12 3/4 Warren Gain 4 3 0 8 10Mark Searle 4 2 11 9 9 Keith Gilchrist 3 3 5 8 10Ray Jenkins 4 3 13 9 6 1/8 Si Gaines 3 3 1 7 13 1/2Peter Proctor 3 3 3 3/8 8 7 5/8 Kerry Richardson 3 2 9 6 2Ian Peberdy 4 2 0 8 3 1/2 Rob Jemmett 2 2 8 4 12Chris McLeod 3 2 7 6 10 1/4 Jock Woods 2 2 8 4 10David Moore 1 6 4 3/4 6 4 3/4 Tony Slater 2 2 3 4 2Roy Dixon 2 3 9 6 2 Mal Bruce 1 3 1 3 1Steve Ottridge 2 2 6 4 9 3/4 Jimmy Riddell 1 3 0 3 0John Maitland 1 2 11 3/8 2 11 3/8 Ian Howland 1 2 3 2 3Julian Davies 0 0 0 0 0Patrick Beauchamp 0 0 0 0 0

Team Total 56 135 1 5/8 Team Total 41 95 1 1/8

Total No. Of Fish Caught 97Rod Average 3.03

Best Fish lb ozDavid Moore 6 4 3/4

Best BasketJohn Gamon 19 3 3/4

RAF

Rutland Water 30th June 2011


E.F.F.A. No. Of Best Fish fish weight No. Total weight Scottish Select No. Of Best Fish fish weight No. Total weightFish lb oz lb oz C/R lb oz Fish lb oz lb oz C/R lb oz

John Duffield 3 0 0 6 7 5 16 7 Tom MacTaggart 3 0 0 6 1 4 14 1Peter Hartley 3 0 0 5 8 3 11 8 Bill Paterson 3 0 0 6 14 3 12 14Julian davies 3 0 0 6 10 2 10 10 David de Boer 3 0 0 5 8 3 11 8David Moore 3 0 0 6 9 2 10 9 Dave Clark 3 0 0 5 7 3 11 7John Gamon 3 0 0 6 8 2 10 8 Eddie Hein 3 0 0 7 0 2 11 0Roy Dixon 3 0 0 5 9 2 9 9 Ronnie Turnball 3 3 4 7 4 1 9 4Peter Proctor 3 0 0 6 3 1 8 3 John McCallum 3 0 0 5 9 1 7 9Peter Norman 3 0 0 5 11 1 7 11 James Ferguson 3 0 0 5 4 1 7 4Bill hannan 3 0 0 5 10 1 7 10 Brian Linklater 3 0 0 6 6 0 6 6Ian Peberdy 3 0 0 5 7 1 7 7 Willie Horne 3 0 0 6 0 0 6 0John Maitland 3 0 0 6 7 0 6 7 Colin Johnstone 3 0 0 6 0 0 6 0John Mees 2 3 9 5 15 0 5 15 Ian Simpson 3 0 0 5 13 0 5 13Patrick Beauchamp 2 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 Ian Watson 2 0 0 4 12 0 4 12Mel Parrott 1 0 0 1 8 0 1 8 Hamish Simpson 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 2Chris McLeod 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vic Webster 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0ron Tutt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ian Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

38 20 1776 112 40 18 1808 801888 1888


Total No. Of Fish Caught 116 ray Jenkins 1 1 8Rod Average 3.625 Viv Church 2 3 15

Best Fish lb ozJohn Mees 3 9

Best BasketJohn Duffield 16 7

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Stocks Reservoir 20th July 2011

Scottish Select

Grafham Water 26th August 2011


1st Mark Searle 6 2 12 12 152nd Patrick Beauchamp 5 3 2 12 93rd Steve Ottridge 6 2 13 12 14th John Duffield 6 2 0 10 35th Peter Proctor 4 3 3 10 06th Ray Jenkins 5 2 7 9 127th Andy Linwood 4 3 10 9 98th Dave Morris 4 3 2 8 149th Ron Tutt 4 2 9 8 610th Peter De Kremer 3 3 2 7 1411th Chris McLeod 4 2 4 7 1012th John Mees 4 1 14 7 613th Ian Peberdy 3 2 13 6 914th David Froggatt 3 2 9 6 615th Peter Hartley 3 2 7 6 516th John Maitland 2 3 6 5 217th Viv Church 1 3 15 3 1518th Norman Chown 2 1 13 3 819th Mick Stevens 1 2 14 2 1420th David Moore 1 2 13 2 1321st Jim Collins 1 1 12 1 1222nd Mel Parrott 1 1 6 1 623rd Roy Dixon 0 0 0 0 0


lb ozBest Fish

Viv Church 3 15Best Basket

Mark Searle 12 15

Guests No.of Best Fish Basket WeightFish lb oz lb oz

1st Ray Storer 3 3 1 7 72nd Gary How 5 2 15 11 0

Total No. Of Fish 8Rod Average 4

lb ozBest Fish

Ray Storer 3 1Best Basket

Gary How 11 0

Members & Guest Day

English Fly Fishing AssociattionAutumn Match

Scottish Select


E.F.F.A. No. Of Best Fish Basket weight Army & Navy No. Of Best Fish Basket weightFish lb oz lb oz Fish lb oz lb oz

Ian Peberdy 8 4 3 20 0 jamie Thomas 8 0 0 20 6John Duffield 8 0 0 19 8 Peter Harrop 7 0 0 19 12Jim Collins 8 0 0 19 3 Ed Smith 5 5 8 16 10John Mees 8 0 0 18 6 Brian Perryman 6 4 8 16 4John Gamon 5 5 7 16 13 Alex Cauldwell 7 0 0 14 13Peter Hartley 7 0 0 15 4 Si Elson 6 0 0 14 7Julian Davies 6 0 0 14 13 Ted Grant 5 0 0 12 10Roy Dixon 5 0 0 13 12 Iain Greenlees 4 0 0 12 0Norman Chown 4 4 3 12 13 Steve Scott 4 4 2 11 2Mel Parrott 5 0 0 12 0 Nik Tompkins 4 0 0 10 13David Moore 5 0 0 11 12 Dean Rudd 3 3 8 8 4Chris McLeod 4 0 0 11 10 Dave Joyce 3 0 0 6 10Mick Stevens 5 0 0 11 0 Neil Jones 2 0 0 4 8Ray Jenkins 4 0 0 10 0 David Froggatt 2 0 0 4 1Patrick Beauchamp 2 4 8 6 8 Dougie Morrison 2 0 0 4 0Bob Church 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Tutt 0 0 0 0 0

3312 102 2720 1003414 2820


Total No. Of Fish Caught 152 Duncan Currall 8 0 0 19 0Rod Average 4.75 Ron Tutt 0 0 0 0 0

Bob Church 0 0 0 0 0Best Fish lb oz

Ed Smith 5 8

Best BasketJamie Thomas 20 6

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Army & Navy Combined

Pitsford Water 1st September 2011


1st Duncan Currall 5 3 12 14 62nd Steve Ottridge 3 4 15 9 43rd John Gamon 3 2 5 5 144th Roy Dixon 2 2 11 5 75th Peter de Kremer 2 2 11 4 136th Patrick Beauchamp 1 4 2 4 27th ian Peberdy 2 2 4 3 158th John Maitland 1 3 4 3 49th John Mees 2 1 14 3 310th Peter Hartley 2 1 9 3 111th Chris McLeod 1 2 14 2 1412th Viv Church 1 2 9 2 913th Ian Pow 1 2 3 2 314th Julian Davies 1 2 2 2 215th Mick Stevens 1 2 1 2 116th Andy Linwood 0 0 0 0 017th David Froggatt 0 0 0 0 018th David Moore 0 0 0 0 019th Jim Collins 0 0 0 0 020th Mark Searle 0 0 0 0 021st Norman Chown 0 0 0 0 022nd Peter Proctor 0 0 0 0 023rd Ray Jenkins 0 0 0 0 0


lb ozBest Fish

Steve Ottridge 4 15

Best BasketDuncan Currall 14 6

Grafham Water 29th September2011

B.C. Hall Day

English Fly Fishing AssociationB C Hall

Army Navy


EFFA Membership 01-Jan-12

* Indicates "Honorary Life Member"

Address Postcode Email Phone Mobile

Les Aylott Tollgate Cottage, Swannaton Road, Dartmouth, Devon TQ6 0JS

John Ball 20 Gleneagles, Fairway Drive, Christchurch, Dorset BH23 1JZ [email protected] 01202 482441 07796 017225

Patrick Beauchamp Pump Cottage, Kings Thorn, Hereford HR2 8AL [email protected] 01981 540966

Mike Childs 7 Southbank Road, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 1LA [email protected] 01926 859797

Norman Chown * The Laurels, Moulton, Northampton NN3 7EQ [email protected] 01604 643968

Bob Church 16 Tarrant Way, Moulton, Northampton NN3 7US [email protected] 01604 492705 07974 348165

Viv Church * Gable Cottage, Vicarage Close, Kingsthorpe, Northampton NN2 6PR [email protected] 01604 721317 01691 870312

John Clarke Westfields Cottage, Old Weston Road, Winwick, Cambs PE28 5PR [email protected] 01832 293128 7778739157

Jim Collins 209 Main Road, Duston, Northampton NN5 6PR 01604 757757 07711 586669

Duncan Currall Knighton Coombe, Modbury, Devon PL21 0SR [email protected] 01548 830895

Julian Davies The Coach House, Harrington Road, Old, Northamptonshire NN6 9RJ [email protected] 01604 781214 07734 560774

Peter de Kremer 23 Buckingham Road, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6RX [email protected] 01572 724873 07973 326796

Richard Dickens * The Grange, The Grove, Moulton, Northampton NN3 7UF 01604 644581

Graham Dixon * 1 Stour Green, Ely, Cambs CB6 2WR 01353 661319

Roy Dixon 22 Nicholson Close, Warwick, Warwickshire CV34 5HE [email protected] 01926 498763 07595 465286

John Duffield 6 Court Lane, Stevington, Bedford MK43 7QS [email protected] 01234 824570 07540 540698

David Froggatt Northend Farm, Ravenstone, nr Olney MK465AN [email protected] 01908 551031 07704 617008

John Gamon 1 Bushmead Close, Whitchurch, Aylesbury HP22 4SH [email protected] 01296 640915 07778 848436

Corry Graham * Whinberry Boathouse, High Lane, Salterforth BB18 5SN [email protected] 01282 816209 07917 893191

Bill Hannan High Views, 20 Ladythorn Avenue, Marple, Cheshire SK6 7DR [email protected] 01614 272234 07801 317917

Peter Hartley 62 Tennyson Avenue, Hitchin, Herts SG4 0PY [email protected] 01462 432620 07922 126154

Peter Hawes 131 Park Road, Peterborough PE1 2UD 01733 566457

Mike Heckler Darkway, Llanstefan, Carmarthen SA23 5HA 01267 241582

Tom Herd Mill Farm, Wennington, Lancaster LA2 8NU 01542 21690

John Holtom* 34 College Street, Stratford upon Avon CV37 6BW [email protected] 01789 295164

Charles Jardine 2, St Gregory's Court, Crown Road, Marnhull , Dorset DT10 1LN [email protected] 01258 820291 07860 393482

Ray Jenkins 6 Lakeside Close, Perry, Huntingdon, Cambs PE28 0DX [email protected] 01480 810569 07870 456952

Richard Kew 3 Mill Lane, Shearsby, Leics LE17 6PW [email protected] 01162 478561

John Lindsey 22 Chapel End, Sawtry, Huntingdon, Cambs PE28 5TJ 01480 811478

Andy Linwood 1 Cowley Close, Perry, Huntingdon, PE28 0DH [email protected] 01480 811491 07841 1910509

Donny McElroy 37 Heyesbank Road, Disley, Stockport SK12 2DF [email protected] 01663 765405 07775 920810

Chris McLeod 26 The Green, Ashton, Peterborough PE8 5LD [email protected] 01832 270891 07841 398087

John Maitland 7 St Alban’s Close, Oakham, Rutland LE15 6EW 01572 756650

John Mees 2 Manor Farm Court, Perry, Huntingdon PE28 0DR [email protected] 07770 978730

David Moore Ivy Cottage, Main Street, Tansor, Peterborough PE8 5HS [email protected] 01832 226293 07874 372810

David Morris 12 Endcliffe Hall, Endcliffe Vale Road, Sheffield, S10 3EU [email protected] 01226 200116 07816 665488

Colin Moynihan 27 Crown Reach, 145 Grosvenor Road London SW1V 3JU

Nick Nicholson 18 Naseby Road, Haselbech, Northampton NN6 9LH 01604 686572

Peter Norman 9 Willow Rise, Sutton St Nicholas, Hereford HR1 3DH [email protected] 01432 880787 07831 684412

Steven Ottridge High Trees, 8 St Michael's Close, Halton, Aylesbury HP22 5NW [email protected] 01296 620364 07788 605016

Mel Parrott Greenheys, West End, Pavenham, Bedford MK43 7NU [email protected] 01234 823464 07770 524244

Ian Peberdy The Lawns, 25 Aylestone Hill, Hereford HR1 1HR [email protected] 01432 355187 07779 238148

Daniel Price 3 Monescroft Drive, Belmont, Hereford HR2 7XB 01432 279746 07766 304755

Ian Pow 88 Springfield Boulevard, Springfield, Milton Keynes MK6 3HX [email protected] 01604 811801 07880 974347

Peter Proctor 34 Chestnut Hill, Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, Beds LU7 2TR [email protected] 01525 376224 07745 214947

David Radley Searle Tuavesia de los Pinos, 5, MAJADAHONDA, 28220, Madrid, Spain 34 16395000

Mary Radley Searle * Teignvale Clifford Bridge, Drewsteignton EX6 6QB 01647 24387

Walter Scott Rainford Brook Farm, Crank Road, St Helens WA11 8RH 01744 894809

Mark Searle 25 Warren Road, Cambridge CB4 1LL [email protected] 01223 571812 07846 931485

John Smith Balmbae, Falkland, Fife KY15 7BW 01337 857655

Mick Stevens 36 Falcutt Way, Kinsthorpe, Northampton NN2 8NR [email protected] 01604 475407 07847 893619

Ray Storer 50 Orchard Way, Offord Darc'y, Cambs PE19 5RE [email protected] 01480 810434 07971 562339

Ian Taylor 10 Savernake Road, Worle, Western Super Mare BS22 9HH 01934 520834

Ron Tutt Holton Cottage, Higher Holton, Somerset BA9 8AP [email protected] 01963 33849 07881 623900

Alan Ward 144 Bewdley Hill, Kidderminster, Worcs DY11 6BT [email protected] 01562 637108 07921 291744

Phil West 17 High Cross Street, Market Harborough, Leics LE16 9AJ 01858 446446

Peter Whipp Penrhyn Mawr, Bwlchtocyn, Pwllheli LL53 7BU

John Williams 8 Church Hill, Moulton, Northampton NN3 7SW 01604 647701

Mike Wortley Orchard House, Dalawoodie, Newbridge, Dumfries DG2 0QY [email protected] 01387 721283 07778 421647

Please notify the secretary if any of these details are incorrect or change

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English Fly Fishing Association P R E S IDENT JOHN MA I T L AND

EFFA Secretary 1 Bushmead Close, Whitchurch, Aylesbury HP22 4SH

Date …...................…………………… Dear John, EFFA Membership Acceptance Thank you for your letter inviting me to become a member of the English Fly Fishing Association. I wish to accept the offer of membership. I confirm that I have read and accept the Associations rules, contained in the 75th Anniversary Handbook, and understand the ethos and requirements of Membership. I confirm that I have a full understanding of the current International Fly Fishing Rules and will be pleased to participate in the fishing and social activities of the Association. My contact details are as follows: Full name :………………………………………………………………………………… Address ………………………………………………………………………………….

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I accept and agree that these details will be included in the list of members which is issued to members from time to time. I understand that there is an annual subscription of £20. I enclose a cheque for the year 2012 payable to English Fly Fishing Association and confirm that I have arranged to pay future annual payments by Standing Order commencing January 2013. Signed

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English Fly Fishing Association P R E S IDENT JOHN MA I T L AND

Dear English Fly Fishing Association (EFFA) The Committee has asked me to extend to you an invitation to become a Member of the Association, which was formed in the 1920's with the purpose of fostering loch style trout fishing in a gentlemanly, competitive manner. The Association was formerly known as The English International Fly Fishing Association (EIFFA) and was the founding body of competitive fly fishing in Great Britain. It was responsible for selecting Members to fish in international matches, but its name was changed to the present one some thirty years ago, when it ceased to have that responsibility. However, its purpose has been maintained over the years and its Members enjoy the friendship and pleasure of trout fishing with like-minded friends and colleagues. I enclose the 75th Anniversary Handbook, which was prepared by Mike Heckler (a former Treasurer and President of the Association), which recounts the history and sets out its objects and its rules. I am sure you will have already gained a very good understanding of the ethos and character of the Association during those days you have fished with us as a guest. The current Annual Subscription for all Members is £20. The Association's events comprise Members' Days, which you can and should now attend, and matches against other organizations for which, I trust, you will duly seek to qualify for selection. Members’ Days occur in late spring, mid summer and autumn. The last such day every year is BC Hall Day which you will certainly have attended as it is mandatory for all prospective Members to fish on that day and to attend the formal dinner in the evening. The dress code for formal dinners and the AGM is blazer with EFFA badge (no other) and EFFA tie. Other events include 16 anglers a side matches against a team of professionals, selected by Bob Church, and teams from the Royal Air Force, the Royal Navy and Army, and a Rutland invitation team. The venues for these Members’ Days and matches may vary from year to year, but are usually Grafham, Pitsford, Rutland, Eyebrook and Stocks Reservoirs. On each occasion the fishing is complemented by either a formal dinner or informal buffet lunch or dinner depending on the wishes of the Members and the other teams. EFFA Members are expected to attend the meal on all occasions that they fish in these events. The very first ever informal international fly fishing match was between an English Team and Scottish Team at Loch Leven in 1927, and although for some years the Association did not have a match against the Scots, the tradition was revived in 2000 and there have been five more matches since then with the most recent fished this year on Stocks Reservoir.

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A key fixture in our calendar is the Annual Match and associated activities which all Members are strongly encouraged to attend, and wives or partners are also encouraged and very welcome to attend. During recent years this has been based at Eaves Hall Hotel and fished on Stocks Reservoir. On the first day, there is a match against local opposition, The Bowlanders. On the next day the Annual General Meeting is held in the morning and that is followed by practice for the Annual Match which takes place on the third day. The Annual Dinner, at which trophies are presented, is held in the evening after the Annual Match Members are expected to attend at least two of the Members’ Days each year. The Association's teams are selected by the Committee, which takes into account the results of the Members’ Days. The top eight rods from the results of Members’ Day matches form the basis of the following year’s Competition teams. Members are expected to abide by the Association’s Dress Code. EFFA blazer badges, ties, cravats, fishing hats and fleeces are available from Ray Jenkins and John Duffield. New members who do not actively participate in the Association events as frequently as is possible during their first two years of Membership may have their Membership reviewed. If you wish to accept the invitation to become a Member, would you please complete the enclosed Membership form and return it to me together with a cheque for £20 for the first year’s membership. Please also complete the attached Standing Order mandate and send it to your bank to effect future payments. Once you have joined, you will be sent booking forms for the coming year’s events. I do hope that you will accept the invitation to join, and that you will enjoy many happy years as a Member of the association. Yours sincerely, John Gamon CBE Secretary English Fly Fishing Association 1 Bushmead Close, Whitchurch, Aylesbury HP22 4SH

Documents

English Fly Fishing Association NEwslEttEr 2011 Newsletter 2011.pdf · more effort to reduce leaks, and severn trent switched supplies from one of its reservoirs to groundwater sources