Some new members seem to be having a problem with the lock on the Colne at Uxbridge, if you are one of these please contact me and I will arrange for a replacement.

Wraysbury Lake.
Some members seem to be leaving the gate unlocked at the lake, please dont think to leave the gate open for someone else to come in, as it gets difficult for us to Bailiff the water if anyone can stroll through.

Don

Some members may have the wrong key for Broadwater which was cut in error, it will only be keys issued in the last few weeks, the new members keys are fine.

If you have a problem please return them to me and I will send a replacement.

Don

The Monthly meeting in May is to be an open forum to give a chance for people to come along who may be interested in joining the club to see what we are about and ask any relevant questions.

If you wish to come along you may pick up an application form or join on the night.
We are also giving Tackle Vouchers to members who introduce new members to the Society to the value of £25-00 for Standard members and £15-00 for S/C so as you can see it benefits everyone in the long term to get joined up.

So I hope to see a few new faces at the meeting on May 6th at 8-00pm at the Memorial Hall Gerrards Cross.
If any queries feel free to ring me on 0208-421-0769 after 7-30 is the best time, fed and watered by then.

Don

We have stocked Wraysbury with 200 Carp in the 1 1/2 to 2 pound bracket. these fish went in around the middle of March and hopefully we should start catching a few of them early this season.
We would like to thank your President Barry Abbott for obtaining the fish, see photo.

The E/A have restocked the section above ours on the Cherwell at Hampton Poyle with 1,000 Roach and the same amount of small Chub and Barbel.

There is a good chance that a few of these fish will wander downstream to our section, the Barbel are dye marked so should be easy to spot, if you do catch any please report it to me so I can inform the other clubs above our section of the fish movements.

The E/A have also installed fish sanctuaries for spawning purposes and shelter so lets hope they do hide in there when the river is pushing through.

We have acquired the fishing rights on the Grand Union Canal from Denham Deep Lock to just outside West Drayton, this covers approx 5 Miles of bank so there should be a few swims to fish.

I will send out more detailed maps with the renewals and Applications.

I would like to thank Derek Turton for his efforts in getting the lease for the water concerned.

Charity match
Well it was that time of year again to see if we could beat the Dolphin Allstars to the coveted team title.

When the draw was done we were all in good moods, it did not last long as it turned out to be a real struggle on a lot of sections. The team event went to Gerrards Cross and consisted of myself, Bob Hawes, Terry Burgess, Richard Smith we even managed it with a dry net, which is what happened to all the teams with no team all weighing in. But the main point of conversation after the match was the new name for the Allstars and it was decided that they would be now known as the Allblanks yes, they all blanked, the only team to do so on the day, although Keith Arthur hooked and lost a chub, cant beat bad luck, the rest of his team of Blankers I think I spelt that right, were Martin Harper, Derek, yes Derek Turton, Brian Dart,Brian can be forgiven a bit as he spends so much time on the arm he forgot what to do when his float went downstream.

Derek has warned me they will be back with a vengence next year, unless his team kick him out. But it was a great time after and they all took it in good spirits, they will be putting all there gear in the Auction they took that much stick.

One section was won on the draw as only one person caught in the section and he was in the frame, so it shows how hard it fished. You can see the full result on the match section.

Still now to the good bit, we had one team drop out on the Monday and we were very lucky that a team from Colmic Apollo stepped in and only got the forms on the Tuesday but still raised in excess of £200-00 in that short time, the team consisted of Mark Harrington, Steve Pratt, John Taylor,Nick Early, thanks very much for that effort boys and we hope to see you next year. As I always say it is only 24 of the boys having a fish and they managed again to raise the terrific sum of £3,072-00.

What can I say, in the economic climate we have at the moment this bunch of lads always surprise me, in fact I was nearly speechless when I announced the total as I had a sore throat, that would be nice I heard the boys say. To say Terry and Rita Crump were pleased with the total for the Hospice would be an understatement. We are to do the same thing next year at a later time due to the conditions, and hope we can go on with the Shooting Stars for the forseeable future.

I would like to thank all the boys who fished for there efforts in raising such a good sum. Also to Bob Hawes and Martin for helping me on the Saturday to clear a few swims, we moved Martins armchair and I drew the peg next to it and won my section from a little slack behind it. Also Martin for sorting out the pegs, which was no mean feat on the day. As always the staff of the Dolphin for the great spread. But the main thanks go to all the people who backed the boys for another year enabling us to do so well for the Charity. Thanks also to Fishermans Cabin, Harefield Tackle, D&A Tackle for putting up prizes which were very well received.

Heres looking forward to next year and once again thank you all.

Don

Benson & Dorchester River Thames.
Dont forget that we have 10 books for the above sections on the Thames from the respective clubs and they offer some good Roach and Bream fishing.
The venues are only approx 40 minutes from Uxbridge, if you require a book for a day to give them a go please send a S.A.E to me and I will return it to you, or pop along to the above meeting and you can pick it up then, let me know in advance.


Car Parking River Colne Uxbridge.
We have been given permission to park in the car park of the General Elliott Public House opposite Riverside Way, this is from Monday to Friday only, try to park on the left hand side if possible.
You MUST I repeat MUST show your GXUDAS car park permit inside your windscreen or there is a chance you may get clamped, so please adhere to this request

Don with 24-2-0 Carp from Wraysbury Lake see match report