report

          On Monday last week Keith Powell [PI Boldings] took a turn at the top of the frame by posting 84-2-0 at Beech peg 11. Combining pellet and corn on the close in line attracted carp to 7lbs to give Keith his win.

          Dave Pritchard [PI Bold] coupled maggot and pellet at peg 32 on the same pool to nick second place from Dave Doughty [Woodend]. Pritchard ended the day on 75-14-0, while Doughty, who was on Beech peg 7, finished 10 ounces behind on 75-4-0. Danny Boden [Oakengates Ang Cent] was top man on the Oak Pool, and fourth overall with his 69-10-0 from peg 22.          

 

                    Dave Pritchard almost doubled his Monday weight to win the Wednesday open. This time he was on the Sycamore Pool, and worked pellet at 5 metres as well as close in at peg 21, where carp to 10lbs helped to figures of 141-6-0.

          At peg 16 Clive Wynn [Tricast Weston] had all his fish, carp to 7lbs, on pellet on the close in line. He finished the day on 105-12-0 to claim second. Dave Brown [Maver] picked up third from peg 46 where he weighed 98-3-0, and opposite him, at peg 8, Darren Warden [Kings] recorded 85-15-0 in fourth.  

 

          Best weight of the week fell to Andy Williams [Colmic Vespe] on Thursday when carp to 9lbs together with bream and barbel to 3lbs zeroed in on his close fished maggot and corn to give a return of 164-13-0 at Sycamore peg 34.

          Pete Plant [Maver] worked caster at peg 24, fishing both up in the water and down the side to pick off 124-15-0 of carp to 8lbs and bream to 3lbs. Clive Wynn was in the mix again, his 96-6-0 giving him third at peg 13, just ahead of Eric Bancroft [Rod & Gun] on 94-10-0 at peg 45.

 

          Andy Kyte [Middle Severn Angling] made a draw on the Larch Pool pay off on Saturday, when weights on the Sycamore dropped back. Shallow caster did the trick at Larch peg 16, pulling in carp to 8lbs, which added up to a 116-13-0 winner.

          Keith Powel added a second placing to his earlier win, he topped the Sycamore card with a pellet and corn based 89-3-0 of carp 7lbs and barbel to 3lbs from peg 13. At Sycamore 40 Dave Lloyd [Maver] scaled 74-10-0 in third, with Colin Reynolds [Bilston Ang Cent] rounding things off with a level 61-0-0.

 

          Sunday saw the Willows and Chestnut pools in action and Steve Hall [Oswestry] grabbed his chance of victory with a shallow caster attack at Willows peg 4. He found carp to 6lbs with the bait and put together a net of 117-3-0.

          Over at peg 22 Graham Palmer [Fitters] used bread, maggot and pellet to hold the interest of the fish in his swim. Fishing across to the far side and down the side , Graham landed carp to 7lbs and barbel to 4lbs on his way to 100-13-0. Best on the Chestnut was Dave Craggs [Maver] who took third with 97-3-0 from peg 18. Fourth also came from the Chestnut when Scott Harding [Ind] scaled 89-6-0 at peg 26.

 

          Carp, bream and barbel all featured in the Bank Holliday winner posted by Dave Brown [Maver] at Willows peg 12. Caster at 5 metres got the attention of the fish to give Dave a return of 153-11-0.

          Pete Plant had another 100lb net and had to settle for second again. He had carp and bream on caster at Willows peg 9 to weigh 100-6-0. Up at peg 19 94-15-0 handed third to Tim Cadwallader [Matrix] while a Sycamore best of 88-2-0 put Les Thompson [Matrix] in to fourth.