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How has it been for you this
year? I shall remember 2008
for the winds. For three
months I poured over the
weather forecasts to find a
Tuesday when I could go to
Rutland and not get drenched
as one motored back up the
drift. I eventually found one
with light winds and cloud
cover – and the fishing was the
best I ever experienced on
Rutland.
Whilst it may have little impact
on the Association, the
organisation of English Fly
Fishing is in turmoil. The
government has decided that
for grant and representational
purposes they will only relate
to a single angling body This
has forced the various branches
to work together to develop a
single angling organisation.
At the moment this is going to
be called The Angling Trust.
The Salmon and Trout
Association has previously
been recognised as the
organising body for fly fishing.
My understanding is that
because of its charitable status,
the S&TA is currently barred
from representing fly fishing
on this new body. At the
moment the S&TA have voted
not to give up their charity
status and will only have a
peripheral role.
The Angling Trust will be
formed in January. Its brief
includes managing �ational
and International Angling
Competitions and through an
associated organisation called
‘Fish Legal’, advice to
members. It will the only body
that Sports England recognises.
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October Final Round
And Fun Day
Edit. P.Firth, 4 ,West Field Lane, Thorpe on the Hill, Lincoln L�6 9BF 01522-682668 [email protected]
2008 Association Champions
Rutland Water Fly Fishers
Results of the Autumn Association Match
FI�AL TABLE GROUP O�E
Team Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 TOTAL POSITION
Rutland Water F.F. 3 4 5 5 6 5 28 1
Soldier Palmers 'A' 2 6 6 1 5 6 26 2
Bewl Bridge 'A' 6 2 3 6 4 3 24 3
Hanningfield F.A. 4 5 4 4 3 1 21 4
Fish Hawks 'A' 5 1 2 3 2 2 15 5
Bristol Reservoirs F.A. 1 3 1 2 1 4 12 6
GROUP O�E
�ame �o Weight
Bewl Bridge F.C. ‘A’ Tom Davis 3 6lbs 4oz
Ashley Davis 8 17lbs Phil Thompson 8 16lbs 12oz
Steve Buck 3 6lbs 14oz
TOTAL 46lbs 14oz
Bristol Reservoirs F.A. Tony George 2 3lbs 11oz
Peter Kemptoin 8 17lbs 6oz Pete Ford 8 17lbs 9oz
Peter de Kremer 5 10lbs 2oz
TOTAL 48lbs 12oz
Fish Hawks ‘A’ Ian Whiteside 6 12lbs 6oz Colin Faires 4 7lbs 11oz
Si Morris 3 5lbs 12oz
Ian Baker 3 6lbs
TOTAL 31lbs 13oz
Hanningfield F.A. Alan Stern 7 12lbs 4oz
Charlie Abrahams 1 2lbs
Ashley Livermore 2 3lbs 4oz Nathan Ineson 1 3lbs 4oz
TOTAL 20lbs 12oz
Rutland Water F.F. Mike Barrett 8 18lbs 5oz
Graham Pearson 8 17lbs 2oz
Al Owen 6 11lbs 2oz Mark Haycock 3 6lbs 10oz
TOTAL 53lbs 9oz
Soldier Palmers ‘A’ Andy Everett 8 18lbs 8oz
Wayne Jones 5 10lbs 1oz Tony Hoggart 3 6lbs 8oz
Andy Smith 8 20lbs
TOTAL 55lbs 1oz
Match Results All Groups
Best Team
Soldier Palmers ‘A’
55lbs 1oz
Best Individual
�ick Cox
Bewl Bridge F.C. ‘B’
20lbs 15oz
GROUP TWO
�ame �o Weight
Bewl Bridge F.C. ‘B’ David Little
Nick Cox 8 20lbs 15oz Doug Skins 4 8lbs 4oz
Jim McGonigle 5 9lbs 13oz
TOTAL 39lbs
Fish Hawks ‘B’ David Eames 4 7lbs 8oz Keith Jones 5 9lbs 12oz
Al Grice-Jackson 3 5lbs 8oz
Willie Edmond 2 4lbs 70z
TOTAL 27lbs 10z
Grafham Water F.A. Mark Brinkman 4 9lbs 8oz Chris Lane 1 1lb 13oz
Andy Linwood 5 11lbs 1oz Harley Smith 5 9lbs 12oz
TOTAL 32lbs 2oz
Soldier Palmers ‘A’
***
Best Team on Day
Receives the
Kew/Queen Mother
Plate
Presented
By Mickey Bewick
Iver F.C. Clive Collier 4 8lbs 4oz
Andrew Green 3 5lbs 9oz
Ron Lusardi 4 8lbs 1oz Roy Palmer 4 9lbs 30z
TOTAL 31lbs 1oz
Queen Mother F.F. Micky Bewick 2 4lbs
Al Munn 4 6lbs 8oz Jim Longmore 2 3lbs 9oz
Paul Weiss
TOTAL 14lbs 1oz
GROUP THREE
�ame �o Weight
Crawley F.C. Baz Reece 8 17lbs 3oz
Dell Fell 1 1lb 15oz
Alan Hall Peter Wyles
TOTAL 19lbs 2oz
Invicta F.C. ‘A’ Alan Taylor 6 13lbs 6oz
John Brownbridge 6 12lbs 2oz
Mike Smith 4 8lbs 3oz Carl Hunter 6 11lbs 3oz
TOTAL 44lbs 14oz
Invicta F.C. ‘B’ John Brown 1 2lbs 2oz
David Hardick 2 5lbs 5oz ***
***
TOTAL 7lbs 7oz
Royal �avy/Marines Chris Anderson 1 2lbs 2oz
Ron Tutt 2 4lbs 10oz
Tony Wilkinson 6 13lbs 15oz Charles Bowers 6 13lbs 3oz
TOTAL 33lbs 14oz
Soldier Palmers ‘B’ John Gamon 2 3lbs 15oz
Tug Lawson 2 3lbs 6oz Jock Bending 8 14lbs 14oz
Jamie Thomas
TOTAL 22lbs 3oz
FI�AL TABLE GROUP TWO
Team Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 TOTAL POSITION
Queen Mother 4 5 4 5 5 1 24 1
Grafham Water F.A. 2 4 3 2 4 4 19 2
Iver F.C. 3 2 5 4 1 3 18 3
Bewl Bridge 'B' 5 1 2 1 2 5 16 4
Fish Hawks 'B' 1 3 1 3 3 2 13 5
FI�AL TABLE GROUP THREE
Team Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 TOTAL POSITION
Navy/ Marines 5 5 4 5 4 4 27 1
Invicta 'A' 3 4 5 4 5 5 26 2
Crawley F.C. 2 3 2 2 3 2 14 3
Soldier Palmers'B' 0 1 3 3 0 3 10 4
Invicta F.C. 'B' 4 2 1 1 0 1 9 5
GROUP�Three�Winners�
Royal �avy
and Marines
Receiving the
Essex Water Trophy
Group One – Rutland Water Fly Fishers - see previous for table and picture
All�the�group��
winners����
Group�Two�Winners�
Queen
Mother
Fly
Fishers
Receiving the
Anglian Water Trophy
All�the�Individual�WinnersAll�the�Individual�WinnersAll�the�Individual�WinnersAll�the�Individual�Winners�����
The Eddie Gray Cup
For
The Best Bag of the Day
Nick Cox
Bewl Bridge F.C.’A’
20lbs 15oz
The East Thames Aggregates
Shield
For
Largest Fish of the Season
Jock Bending
Soldier Palmers ‘B’
6lbs 6oz
The Lew Cass Cup
For
The Largest Fish in Lowest
Group (restricted to anglers who
have never won an Association
Trophy before)
John Mees
Invicta F.C. ‘A’
(Trophy collected by Alan
Taylor)
4lbs 2.5oz
Miserable Weather for the Autumn Association
Match on Rutland on Saturday 4th. October
Al Grice-Jackson of Fish Hawks’B’ takes an early fish
only yards from the harbour wall
Anglers were greeted with
unpleasantly cold temperatures
and a forecast of winds
strengthening to 20+ mph in
the afternoon.
Nevertheless, with only two
places (including relegation
places) already decided all but
one team (Invicta ‘B’) were
fully represented.
In order to be fair to all teams
Nigel Savage informed
everyone of a large stocking, in
Sailing Club Bay the previous
day.
Many had practiced the day
before and the boats split into
three groups and set off for the
known hot spots. One group
set off for Fantasy Island,
another turned left towards
Gibraltar Point and a small
group fished just outside the
harbour.
Whilst very cold the wind did
not start to blow until midday.
By 2.00pm it was so strong
that it became difficult to get
the line behind you. It did
warm up and blow less
viciously for the last hour.
Nevertheless most anglers
were pleased to come in.
With fish in many places it is
not surprising that a large
variety of methods and flies
worked.
Perhaps one of the most
unusual, which produced a
limit towards Fantasy Island
was hoppers pulled just sub
surface.
Many anglers used floating
lines and nymphs, but Graham
Pearson, fishing in the Sailing
Club Bay to Gibraltar Point
area used a fast sinking line
and blobs. He started his
drifts right on the edge of the
week beds and started pulling
before the line had sunk too
deep. Like many others he
found the morning the most
productive with six fish by
midday. It took him until
5.15pm to catch his other two
fish.
All the teams, who were
heading the table before the
match, achieved enough points
to remain in first place,
although none of them won on
the day.
Rutland, in group one, even
though they caught more fish
and had a larger time bonus,
were beaten by Soldier Palmers
by better average weight of
fish. (An unusual occurrence!).
In group two Queen Mother
F.F. came last on the day but
had already won the group.
The Royal Navy/Marines also
came second on the day to
Invicta ‘A’ but that was
enough to give them the Group
Three Title by one point.
At the bottom of the tables the
only change was in Group
Two. A winning performance
by Nick Cox of Bewl ‘B’ gave
them all five points. Just
enough to keep them from last
place.
Anything you can do! Alan Stern of Hanningfield (in the same
boat) catches one in the same place as his boat partner
Association Fun Day
On
Eyebrook Sunday 12th. October
�ame �o Weight
1. Invicta F.C. ‘B’ Steve Middleton 1 1lb 13oz Bob Ayres 2 4lbs 2oz
Paul Stevens 3 6lbs 5.5oz
Alan Taylor 1 2lbs 14oz
TOTAL 15lbs 2.5oz
2. Hanningfield Alan Stern 2 3lbs 8oz
Nigel Angus
Ashley Livermore 1 1lb 15oz Nathan Ireson 2 4lbs 13oz
TOTAL 10lbs 4oz
3. Odds & Sods Garry How 1 1lb 4oz
Harry Byrne 3 5lbs 15oz
....
....
TOTAL 7lbs 3oz
4. The Committee Graden Smith 1 2lbs
Peter Firth 1 1lb 9oz Mike Clark
John Caldwell 1 3lbs 1oz
TOTAL 6lbs 10oz
5. Bob’ Bits Bob Sanger 1 1lb 8oz Alan Hall 2 5lbs
Martyn Borrows
Bob Birchall
TOTAL 6lbs 8oz
6. Invicta F.C. ‘A’ Graham Williams 2 3lbs 8oz Mark Searle 1 2lbs 1oz
Arthur Sexton
Mike Smith
TOTAL 5lbs 9oz
7. Grafham Water F.A. Norman Rushton
JohnTattersfield
Peter Hartley Richard Kesek 2 3lbs 7oz
TOTAL 3lbs 7oz
Best Boat Paul Stevens
Alan Taylor
Best Fish Alan Hall
The Weather for
theAssociation Fun Day was
FU�! Sunny, warm and with
only light winds.
The Fishing for the
Association Fun Day was �OT
FU�! With an average of
only one fish each it was
dreadful! Three out of the
thirteen boats failed to catch a
fish. Only one team managed
to scramble at
least one fish
each. Only
two anglers
managed three
fish and the
rest scraped
about for ones
and twos.
With fish so
scarce there
was no one
area, fly or
method which
deserves
recognition.
A few fish were caught early
on the eastern shore between
The Bell and the Old Road. In
the afternoon most boats ended
on the western shore between
Harrison’s Corner and the
Three Trees Point. Here the
closer you could get to the
bank the more chance there
was of a fish.
Most anglers used floating
lines but they were not
exclusively successful with a
few fish falling to
slow/intermediate lines.
Fish were caught on buzzers
types, minkies and fry patterns
and at least one angler (in
winning team) fished all
afternoon with a red hopper on
the surface for his one fish.
Who said this
was fun?
One of a few fish caught, tight up to the bank, in the early
afternoon drifting out from Harrison’s Corner
Invicta F.C.’B’ – Winners
7 fish for 15lbs2.5oz