Boldings report
Boldings Report
The Shropshire Winter League got under way in the deluge of Sunday morning when the teams met for the first round of the 2008 series, at Boldings Pools.
Maver Midlands, having changed sponsors from last year, and strengthened their squad after finishing as runners up, and the changes paid off with a team victory.
They included two section wins in their team effort and ended the day on 24 points, Rod & Gun were only four points behind on 28 for second. Oakengates Angling Centre shared third with Weston Tackle, both having 42 points. Weston will be pleased with their first foray into the league, they had three section winners, which was more than any other team on the day.
Defending champions Mosella Black Country had to settle for 5th with their 43 points. Total Angling scored 46 for 6th and Hodnet were 7th on 55.
Maver team men took the top two individual places, while Rod & Gun had three men in the frame. Caster master Pete Plant picked up first for Maver with 117-4-0 of carp to 8lbs at peg 3 on the Hawthorn, taking his fish on shallow caster at 12 metres.
Chris Hill, who moved from Mosella to Maver this year just got second when he scaled 90-4-0 at Sycamore 13, having caught on corn, fished to each side of the point. Only one ounce behind was Dave Brown (Rod & Gun) who had 90-3-0 on shallow caster at peg 15 on the Ash.
Joe Brennan (R&G) was up by the island on the Hawthorn and had 83-13-0 for 4th at peg 9, and on the other side of the island, at peg 5, Neil Russell (Hodnet)netted 75-6-0 for 5th. Best on the Chestnut was Matt Stobbs (R&G) who was 6th overall with 64-15-0 from peg 4.
Round two is at Heronbrook on Saturday 18th October. There is a practice open this Saturday at Heronbrook, contact the fishery to book on 01785 613666.
Maver and Mosella rods featured prominently in the frames at Boldings in the build up to the league match, with Andy Bayliss-Kyte starting things off with a win for the Maver camp on Wednesday. He was on peg 13 on the Hawthorn and offered pellet, up in the water for 94-2-0 of carp to 7lbs. League winner Pete Plant was on hawthorn 11 and had 82-4-0 fishing pellet to the island to take second. Matt Stockton (Mosella) was over on corner peg 1 and scaled 47-14-0 for third, and 4th went to an Ash pool best of 38-1-0 from Frank Mountfield (Wolves).
On Thursday Matt Stockton moved up to first with a pellet based mix of carp to 8lbs and bream for 93-3-0 from peg 34 on the Sycamore. A Chestnut best of 69-7-0 gave Dave Barnard (R&G) second. Dave had carp to 5lbs and bream to 2lbs on pellet at 5 metes at peg 35.
Graham Roberts (OB Wolves) had a level 64-0-0 at Sycamore 25 for third and Paul Evans (Willis Worms) weighed 58-6-0 at Sycamore 39 for 4th.
A northerly wind saw temperatures plummet on Saturday to give the first real taste of winter, and weights fell accordingly. Nigel Ball (Mosella) picked up the main prize, and had 20lbs to spare with 59-3-0 at Sycamore peg 8. Nige caught on corn and pellet, fished close in, and included carp to 8lbs with bream to 3lbs in his net.
Tony Foster (OBW) also fished corn and pellet to lead the way on the Chestnut, taking fish close in at peg 32 to scale 39-12-0. Colin Reynolds (Bilston Ang Cent) had 34-9-0 from Chestnut 36 for 3rd and just over a pound behind him, on 33-7-0 was Mark Malin (Mosella) at Chestnut 4.
With the league match taking up much of the fishery on Sunday, the open was staged on the Willows and Oak pools, with the oak proving surprisingly subdued, and the
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