Well it seemed as though it would be good conditions on the Saturday morning, until they run off a lot of water overnight and it came up about a foot and was belting through. 

Derek went to the mill pool and the 1 Chub on the waggler, Lyle was on the main river and put the rod down for a cup of tea and off it went, he had a Chub also. The rest of us never had a bite. 

I would like to thank the usual suspects for attending and helping to run the matches over the season and lets hope the Autumn months are a bit kinder to us weather wise this season.

Don

As you can see it was a bit dire to say the least, I was away but a few of the boys gave it a go, they were virtually sitting in the field to fish as the water was up that much, 

Derek had a couple of Roach on the maggot and Brian 4 little fish Bleak and Gudgeon, well done for sticking it out lads.

Don

As you can see it was a bit grim on the day, with a frost on the ground when we arrived and a bit of a cold wind all day. 

The worst bit was they had opened some of the gates at the locks to run water off and it was going through at a fair old pace, which made it difficult to present properly. 

Dave stuck to the whip with a 4 gram float to hold in the flow and had Roach, Perch, Gudgeon, and a bonus skimmer all to maggot. 

Derek fished both the feeder and bollo float and had Perch and Roach with a small Chub as his bonus fish. 

Brian stuck it out on the feeder for most of the day and had a lot of small gudgeon and Roach. 

Roger Salmon fished as a guest and had 5-5-0 on the feeder and bollo float laying on under his rod tip , mainly Roach and 1 decent Perch. 

 The Xmas match on the 14th December as been cancelled due to a few of the boys having other commitments. This will also be the case for the 14th so the Xmas match will be held on Jan 4th. Further details will be put up on the news page.

Don

This match was switched to the Colne due to river conditions on the Jubilee. Brian started in the sluice and after a couple of hours moved to the point and had 1 Barbel and a small Chub with a few bits on the maggot and feeder. 

Derek was in Dolphin bridge and had Roach, Perch and Dace on the stick and waggler with maggot. Matty was on the main river and had Roach, Dace and Perch, most of his fish on the stick with maggot, He lost a big Eel on the feeder which would have probably won him the match, you cant best bad luck. 

Lyle was on the back water and had Perch and 1 Chub of around 2 pound on the waggler and maggot. It was nice to see the river throwing up some good weights with small fish making up most weights. 

There will be some restocking news re the Colne in the December news letter which will come out with renewals.

Don

Dave had a good day on the Roach with a few Perch thrown in, he mainly stuck to wheat on the hook as the Bleak were causing a nuisance if you put a maggot on the hook. 

Derek stuck at it on the Bollo float and had smaller fish throughout the day. Lyle had a lot of fish on the float to maggot but they were very small and so it was hard to build a good weight. 

Lets hope with a bit of extra water going in by the next match it will fish better without the pesky Bleak.

Don

It was a good day weather wise and a few of the boys had a bit of a practice in the week, so we had good expectations on the day. The river was very clear and hardly any tow on it. 

Brian opted for a day on the groundbait feeder and had Roach, Perch and a few small skimmers late on to the maggot. 

Derek was on both feeder and the Bollo and had nearly all Roach, also on the maggot. 

I was on both pole and Bollo, on the Bollo I had mainly small Dace and when switched to the pole close in had a few small Perch and Gudgeon, nice to see them showing. 

This is a stretch of water on the T.V.V.A ticket, so it will be worth a visit in the Autumn months before to much rain. 

Check on their web site for post codes, both areas have good parking and a nice pathway all along the stretches. Feeder, Waggler and the Bollo or heavy stick float work well on here, and if the Roach really turn up it pays to have a bit of sweetcorn with you. Also big Bream may show up as well.

Don

It was one of the usual days on the river with most of the fish coming when the sun was off the water. Brian opted for the beach swim we call it where the river widens a bit. 

He had Roach, Dace and a few small Chub and Perch on the waggler with maggot, He also had a big Pike take a few fish so his weight may of been a bit higher. 

Lyle was on the second platform and had mainly Roach on the stick float to maggot, he to had a problem Pike for most of the day. 

I went to the first platform and had some nice Roach on the pole and stick float with maggot and a couple on the elderberries picked near the bank. 

I would like to thank Dave Allen for helping me clear a few of the swims prior to the match. We hope to clear a few more over the coming weeks so keep an eye on the news page for time and dates.

Don

All the boys were in and around the willows on the far bank. Derek had 2 Carp 2 Tench and a Perch on both the method with pellet and maggot, with his so called magic mix of groundbait, which seems to be working at the moment as the results suggest. 

Brian had 1 Carp and a bream and a few Perch on both the method and the waggler. 

Martin had travelled down from the Isle of Skye and was not to sure he would fish as he was just visiting family, but after scrounging some tackle from Del he stayed on the waggler all day and had 2 skimmers and a lot of small perch on the maggot.

Don

Derek had a Carp of 22-8-0 early on in the match on the feeder and pellet he also lost a couple of fish, then it got really windy and overcast and after that he switched to maggot ion the hook and had 3 Eels. 

Brian had a small Tench a Skimmer and a Perch on the maggot feeder. 

Sam had just the one Eel on the worm.

Don

Well golden arm went and done it again, he drew peg 23 AGAIN and the Carp moved in quite late in the match , he was having to fish tight to the trees and hope to get them out, which he did on 11 occasions. Mainly on pellet and sweetcorn, it was a nice bag of fish. 

Tony was on peg 15 at the far end of the lake and also fished tight to the trees, they know where to hide those Carp, he had 4 for his weight. 

Matt again was close to the bush on peg 11 and nearly lost some of his gear a couple of times as they shot off under the bush, he had 4 Carp also. 

It was a mixed day if you were not in the trees as it was very hot and the fish just seemed to want to stay tight to the bank in the shaded areas. 

But the good thing was we raised £1,520 for the Shooting Stars Childrens Hospice. I would like to thank all the boys who fished and Lyle and Gill for the spread at the community centre afterwards and John who opened up for us.

Don

Derek drew one of the noted swims on the lake, but due to a bit of bum info he lost a few fish when fishing the pole down the side, he switched to his trusted float method and had 5 Carp throughout the day on the pellet. 

Bob was on the lawn area and had Carp on both the method and the waggler, again to pellet.

Brian had just the one Carp on the method. It was one of those days when the wind got up and it was a bit colder than the days prior and the fish just switched off. 

One of the Intertype boys won the match with 53 pound, but after that it was a few Carp here and there around the lake. 

 But at least the match was followed by the presentation of the trophies for the previous year for Intertype with a few sarnies and pizza and a couple of beers it made it a better day.

Don

It was our regular match with Intertype and they took all 3 top spots. 

Cliff was on the island and had 2 Bream and a Tench for his weight on the feeder. 

Wayne had 2 Bream from the island as well. Steve, was in the willows and had 1 Eel, 

I was not at the match as on hols, so I dont know his surname as it was not written down, he knows who he is. Our boys had 4 blanks so it was what you may class as a bit of a spanking. 

If I was there I would not write that, you cant beat bad luck.

Don

I started down on the last peg on the main river, after a couple of hours with nothing I decided to try a peg which I knew held better fish and just hoped that one would play the game, and it did with 1 bite and 1 Chub for my troubles on stick float and maggot.

Brian was on the back water and had nearly all Roach on and off throughout on maggot.

Dave was also on the backwater and worked really hard for his weight on both the Waggler and Pole with maggot and punch hook baits.

Don

The river was up and running and very coloured so it was a find a slack day to fish in. Derek dropped in just past the trees near the cottages and caught steady on the feeder to start with a few fish, and then on the bollo on the edge of the slack into running water, he was fishing mainly maggot with a few on the corn, and nearly all Roach.

I was near the end of the venue upstream and fished under my rod top in 9 foot of water, would not have fancied falling in there. I had Mainly Roach and 1 small Chub on the pole with red maggot, I think I had nearly all my weight in the first 2 hours, then the flow picked up when some water was run off and it killed it stone dead, cant neat bad luck, talking of which. Brian had his fair share of it with a nice few fish early doors to maggot and punch, then Mr Pike showed up, well 6 Mr Pikes to be honest, thats how many he hooked.

He spent more time tying new hooks than fishing, now thats what you call bad luck.

Don

The match fished pretty well really, seeing as due to repairs on the weir gates there was very little flow on the day.

Derek fished the waggler with maggot, with his catch being mainly Roach and a few Perch.

Dave did likewise and also had Roach for his weight. Brian had a few on the punch , but switched to maggot for better fish, again nearly all Roach.

Matty tried to stick it out on the pole close in, but due to the depth it was very difficult to keep the fish there and to get away from the smaller fish.

This venue seems to fish better around a third across in the deeper water. The Bollo or the slider will give you a good day normally, parking is easy with a short walk across the road.

So get down and give it a try.

Don

Dave drew peg 1 just down from the bridge and had a nearly all Roach catch on the waggler and heavy stick float with maggot on the hook.

Derek was around mid section and had again all Roach on the Bollo and feeder to maggot.

Brian was just up from him and fished the same. A few boys from Ruislip A.S. tagged along for the match and we hoped it would fish a bit better than it did, but it was not to be as the fish just never really put there heads down for a munch.

The forecast was for rain all day, seeing as I was trying to shake off a bad cold, ( MAN FLU ) I decided on the morning to give it a miss, another load of bait to hide in the fridge, I would like to thank Dave for running the match and Brian for pegging it on the day.

Don

Well we all knew pegs 1 and 2 were the fliers, and what does golden arm Smithy go and dip, peg 1 and Derek peg 2.

It was a case of getting tight to the island and not catching on all the brambles which hang down from there, Richard chose to go on the feeder with micros and pellet and wafters on the hook. He had a nearly all Carp catch except for 1 Barbel of around 4 pound down the inside.

Derek fed the Carp out a bit from the tree roots in his peg as it stops you loosing so many fish, he to had an all Carp catch on both the feeder and Waggler.

Matt was on the far end of the lake and had a few silvers in the morning and a few better Carp late on in the match. It is becoming an unfair venue really, as stated the fliers are so full of fish that a monkey with a broomstick could win it from them, because they are the only 2 pegs you can get tight to the island and the fish just dont come off it.

Also due to low water and not enough clearance of the overhanging brambles and trees it makes it near impossible to get tight to the island without snagging and loosing a load of gear, also getting caught up in the roots when the fish dive under them. I

It could do with a real cut back to open up more areas where you will at least have a chance of catching a few more fish and present your bait better.

Don

The river fished very well on nearly all pegs, it was running through nice with good depth, which is surprising due to not a lot of rain, though it did drop a few inches through the day.

Brian was around 4 swims down from the top entrance and had all his fish on the small waggler and maggot, mainly Chub and Dace with a few Roach.

Bob was on the first platform and had nearly all Roach and Perch on both the whip and stick float to maggot.

Dave was getting minnowed out in his first peg and so moved to the first peg near the culvert run in, he had Raoch, Chub and Dace on the waggler and maggot. There were other weights of 4 down to 3 pound, the sun hitting the water slowed a few pegs down, but it was nice to see a good different year sizes of fish being caught.

Parking is becoming a bit of a problem, we had to lift all the trollies over the gate, please see news page for details of parking.

Don

Mat drew along the right hand bank on peg 1, he had to get tight over to the island, which was no mean feat as the water was very low, but once the Carp were in the peg he caught steady all day, pellet was the main bait

Lyle drew peg 7 around the corner and again had to be tight to the island, not easy when it was 16 mtrs away ,but he managed to get to it and had all Carp on the pellet and Bread, I bet his back was aching after that.

Derek drew on the left hand side and because of the low water was forced to cast up in to the bay, again he had all Carp on the feeder with pellet, he lost a few fish having to try to get them past the point of the island, you cant beat bad luck.

Don

Derek and Brian were both in the willows, Derek had 2 Tench and a few Roach on the groundbait feeder, with maggot and corn on the hook. Brian fished the same and had all his on the maggot, Mainly Roach, Skimmers and Perch.

The Carp never showed on the day, like wise the bigger Bream, but still it is nice to see the silvers putting in an appearance.

A few of the other boys never weighed in.

Don

Golden arm Smithy went and drew right on the money in the trees down the right bank, the Carp were sitting under the bush waiting for him, he lost a couple early then stepped up a bit and was dropping a small feeder under the bush with various baits and had an all Carp catch.

Richard was on the far bank and had Carp and Bream on the method feeder for his weight.

Mark fished similar to Richard on the next peg to him, I think he lost more than he got in as they were tight to the bank and shot in to the trees as soon as they were hooked. He said his ears were killing him after and it was not the planes, thats what you get fishing next to Richard.

It was a good day, with all the boys having a few fish, we raised the sum of £1,600 on the day and I would like to thank all the boys who got sponsorship for the Childrens Hospice.

Thanks go to Lyle Charlton who arranged for the club to be opened and for a nice spread to be laid out after the match, also to the Committee of Yeading A.C. for allowing the venue to be used for such a good cause.

Don

This match was switched to the Canal as the river was a bit out of sorts.

Not my best idea for a while, as you can see. Brian had a small Roach in the first 10 minutes and we all thought it was going to fish ok,

Just myself and Dave could own up to having a bite out of the other 9 who fished.

Still it made Brian happy picking up all the sweep monies, lucky he got the beers in after.

Although it fished bad we still had a laugh about it on the day, I would like to thank all the boys who attended and put in prizes, lets hope its better next year, it wont take a lot.

Don

I was visiting my Daughter in Wales for this one, lucky me, as you can see by the weights it was a bit grim.

Dave went on the pole in a small bit of dead water on the inside and had 1 decent Roach and a few smaller Roach on flouro pinkie. Brian S did like wise but fished the Waggler with Maggot and had Small Roach and Bleak.

Brian D had just a few small Roach on the whip and bread punch. Again you had to be in the slack water but it was belting through and this was hard to find so the fish were really hard to come by on the day in the open water, it was a pity as the area had been fishing good up until the rains that made it turn off.

Don

The river was pushing quite hard after the amount of rain we had and it was best to try and find a bit of slower water. Dave done that at the end of the trees on the section near the cottages and had a nearly all Roach catch on the pole with maggot at around 4 metres, catching for most of the day.

I went further upstream and managed to get a peg with a bit slower pace on the inside and managed to trot a Bollo float down the inside, I had nearly all Roach with a few Dace and small Skimmers to maggot and sweetcorn.

Brian was in a slack along the reeds on a shallower section and had Roach and a few Perch on the stick float.

The rest of the boys struggled a bit because of the conditions and if you could not get a bit of slack water it was very hard to control your float in any way.

Don

Well has you can see it was a bit grim.

Brian went on the shallow peg and had a Roach a Dace and a couple of Perch all day on the waggler with maggot. Lyle and Derek both just had minnows. T

he river looked smack on at the start and the boys hoped it would fish as good as last year but it was not to be. I

had family around so did not fish, if I did I reckon it would have been an early exit to watch the Rugby.

We are to do a work party on here over the next couple of weeks so keep your eye on the news page for the date if you wish to lend a hand.

Don

Brian went upstream to the last but 1 peg and had Roach and Dace with a few Perch on both the Bollo with maggot and on the whip fishing tares and sweetcorn.

Derek was the next swim back and had a similar bag with more fish coming to the Bollo close in on the ledge, he had more fish on the corn late on, he also lost a few good fish early on, cant beat bad luck. I

had Roach and Dace on the bollo and stick float again mainly better fish on the corn. It was a funny day with the fish coming in little spurts and then not having it for a while, if they feed all the time on here you would probably need close to 15 or 20 pound to win the matches.

Dave had 6-0-0 but also hooked 7 Pike on the day which messed his swim up for a while, pity they dont count. Brian won the Senior Citizen Cup and him and myself won the pairs with a combined weight of 14-11-0.

Don

SDave had a nearly all Roach catch with a few Skimmers throughout the day, he fished both waggler and Bollo with most coming to the waggler with maggot as bait and some on the corn.

Derek fished similar for his fish as did Brian as it seems to be the better method on the river at present.

There were some good weights for the Windsor boys with Ian Randall winning the day outright with 15-4-0 of nice Roach. Also a couple of 10 pound weights on the day.

Don

Speaking to Dave before the match he said he would not mind drawing on the rope swim on the right hand bank, in the bag and out pops the peg he spoke of.

He had Carp all through the day on pellet on the pole at 14 metres, he left his pole roller behind so was holding that up all day, got a bit of the arm ache by the end of it, poor thing.

Matt was along from Dave and had again mainly Carp on pole and pellet with 3 Barbel down the inside on dead maggot.

Derek was along on the left bank and had his fish on the small method and pellet, this was one of the best weights to come from that area in a long time so if it was not for the fliers producing he may of nicked the match, better luck next time.

Don

Nice to get back on the rivers, with the Thames not having a lot of flow it was a bit hard to get the fish and keep them coming without getting bleaked out.

Derek went upstream and found a few of the noted pegs had boats moored up in them, he dropped in past them and had Mainly Roach on the Bollo with tares and sweetcorn and a few on the maggot if he got it past the Bleak.
Brian was the next swim back and fished the same method.

Brian S went down stream and had a lot of fish on the wheat, right old school.

All of us had a good day with most of our fish coming early on, I had 5-9-0 and I think nearly 3 pound of that was in the first hour, then the dreaded Bleak showed up and it was really hard after that.

Matt had something similar, but also Pike for his troubles, cant beat bad luck.

Don

This was our usual match with the Intertype boys and it was how you drew which dictated the result as the fish were either down the end pegs in a bay or at the start in the low numbers.

It proved right as Dave drew peg 7 in the bay and had fish on the Method to pellet for most of the day, he also lost about 12 fish so could well of hit the ton mark.

Richard was 2 pegs down from him and fished the same method.

John was around on peg 12 also at the right end and had his fish the same way, which is the norm for the lake.
It shows how the fish would not move, I was pegged next to Dave and fished virtually the same distance and baits etc and only had 2 bites all day.

Steve from intertype was on the low numbers and he had 60 pound of fish and Bob next to him had 40 with1 of the intertype boys on the far bank being the exception and he had 75 pound with a lot of fish on the pole.

Still, better luck next year.

Don

Well the usual happened, it was fishing its head off the weeks prior to this match, we turn up and they decide not to play the game.

The usual low number pegs did not produce on the day and Richard was on the near bank and had his fish on the method with pellet, he had to get about 3 inches from the island or never had a bite.

Dave was on the far side and also had most of his fish on the same method, with a lot of his coming in the last hour. Brian did like wise on the near bank for just the 3 fish. It

was a bit disappointing as we were looking forward to the match, the water was down by around 2 feet and a lot of the snags had not been cleared so a lot of us could not get to where the fish were without losing gear.

Most of the rest of us only had the 1 or 2 fish, and that was it, you cant beat bad luck.

Don

Derek fished on the edge of the willows and waited a fair old time for his fish with the first one not coming until 1 which was a nice Bream, he then went on to add 2 more on the method with pellet.

Brian was on the island and had 2 Tench a Bream and 2 nice Roach, he fished a closer line than you normally need to on his peg and it paid off, he was on the method with wafters on the hook.

Bob was in the mad house in the willows and had 2 Carp and lost 3, which is the norm for that peg. I

must own up to not having a bite and was the only one not to trouble the scales, cant beat bad luck.

Don

This match was held with Old Windsor A.S. One of there boys won the day with 17 pound of Roach and 15 pound was second.

Dave sneaked in to third with his catch being Roach and small Chub on the Bollo with maggot and feeding hemp the bait on the day.

Brian won his section with nearly all Bleak, he fished the stick float and waggler with maggot. Derek drew a swim that he had 3 times previously, it did not do him any good as it was hard all over the rest of the river and we all just had a few fish here and there.

The Roach seem to be all shoaled up in 3 or 4 pegs and the Bleak never really put in a show, which was a bit of a suprise for that stretch of the river.

Don

Tony drew peg 10 on the lily pads and fished his usual line, 3 inches from them and had 5 Carp on sweetcorn and pellet.

Dave was on peg 20 in the trees and had 11 pound of silvers, mainly Roach on the waggler with maggot feeding hemp and 1 carp. Paul was in 23 and also fished tight to some pads and had 2 Carp, he lost about 7 so got a bit of stick most of the day.

The best bit about the day was the fact we raised £1,440-00 for the Shooting Stars Childrens Hospice. I would like to thank Lyle and Jan who put on a nice spread at the Charville Community Centre and also the staff who opened up and worked on the Sunday for us.

It was the first match for the charity since lock down and 18 fished, all of us had a few fish and it was a great day. Thanks also go to the boys who picked up money in the sweep and donated it to the charity fund, with a special mention for Clifton Townsend who was fishing his first match and donated his win in the mystery peg, Thanks mate.

I would like to also thank the members who sponsored me on the day, heres to next year.

Don

It was big fish or bust as the smaller fish never appeared again. 

I was left peg 7 so I opted to go to the point at the top of the sluice and had a Chub of 4 pound on the waggler after an hour. Then had to wait to nearly 1-30 for my next bite which was a Barbel of 6-10 on the feeder, both were to maggot. I lost one other fish after that and had a gallery behind me of Terry Willmott and Bob Batchelor so got a bit of stick, not really they just said oh bad luck, or words to that effect that cant be printed. 

Derek went to the grill peg and had just the one bite and had his Chub on the waggler. 

Brian was on the back water and had a few minnows for his weight. It was a bit grim for the rest with most doing the off to watch the rugby before the end. 

 We have had a few cancelled matches due to water levels and weather conditions for travelling etc. 

I would like to thank the boys who attend as it can get a bit depressing when the conditions turn against us this time of year. Still, just think of all the warm weather to come, I hope.

Don

Thats it, all the rest of us never had a bite. 

I was indoors by 12, the river switched right off after all the frosts and road run off with a lot of salt that had been put down in the grit going in. 

Derek went on the grill to try for a better fish and it paid off, he lost one Chub in the morning and then caught one a bit later on waggler and maggot.

Don

Ian started on the pole and some quality Roach on the pinkie and maggot. He then switched to the waggler over groundbait with the same baits and was catching steady for most of the match, nearly all Roach. 

Brian S was fishing the waggler with caster getting most of his fish, again all Roach. 

Brian D went to the end of the venue and was catching all day, but the fish were very small as he fed liquidised bread and fished punch on the hook so it seemed to attract the small fish.

Don

It was a bit grim for a few of us with 6 not weighing in. 

Derek drew the same peg Brian won from previously and had Roach and Dace on the waggler and maggot. 

John was on the dole house and had a nearly all Perch catch on worm and maggot. 

Matt was on the main river and had all Perch on the worm and Caster. 

At least we got a bite after with the spread in the Dolphin.

Don

Well what do you know, after the iffy results we had on here last year this match was a nice suprise. 

Brian drew on the backwater and had some nice Roach and Dace with a few Chublets on the stick float and maggot feeding hemp. 

Lyle was on the main river downstream and had an all Perch catch, again on the stick and maggot, he may of had more if he fished the right peg as that was fishing better in the week, he got a bit confused with peg numbers, I gave him the Address for the local Specsavers. 

Martin was on a rare visit from his Isle of Skye home and proved that catching all them Pollock and Smouthounds had not diminished his river fishing. He was on the main river to start with then went on to the backwater and had some good Roach and Dace on the waggler and maggot. 

Dave drew that peg but did not fancy it and went and did a work party for an hour in the Dole house peg, Martin beat him by 10ozs. Cant beat bad luck. 

It fished pretty good as stated compared to last year, a lot of us had bags of small Perch on both the main river and the backstream, with myself and others having over 20 of them with a few smaller Roach and Chub. 

Good to see it coming back a bit. Keep your eye on the news page as we are hoping to have a work party on the island in the next couple of weeks.

Don

Roger actually won the match on the day with 15-6-0 but was just guesting. 

Dave fished one of the early pegs near the entrance and had Nearly all Roach on a mix of baits with Maggot, Wheat and Corn. 

He had a lot of trouble with Pike as every time he had the fish going one would decide to have a munch and killed the swim for a while.

Brian went upstream to the shallower section and had his fish on the maggot and waggler down the middle, again mainly Roach with 3 small Chub to boost his weight a bit. 

Derek also went upstream and had Roach and Perch on the Bollo down the middle on maggot and sweetcorn. As to the sweetcorn, it may pay to open the tin and put it in a bait tin at home, as Derek opted to open his on the bank and cut his finger quite bad. 

He the had to walk all the way back to his car to get a clean cloth to wrap around it, this will have cost him at least 40 minutes, so he may of pushed the boys a bit closer. I

 was not there or he could have one of my plasters from my little first aid kit, at a price of course. 

 All joking aside it does pay to have a few in your box just in case.

Don

Well what a disaster of a day for all except Mark. 

We switched the match to all in rather than silvers only, not that it would have mattered. He drew the flyer near the rope on the right side of the lake and was the only one of us who caught any Carp, except foe John Barnes having 1 late on. 

He had them on most baits with Bread being the most productive, Alan the bailiff thanked him for all the gear he left on the rope and up the tree which he will collect later in the day. 

Dave decided to go for the silvers when the Carp were not playing and had mostly Roach with a few small Chub and Ide on the waggler. Derek did likewise next to him on the near bank. 

Other than that it was a bit of a bad day for the rest of us with the next weight just breaking the 2 pound mark. Dont know what caused it to fish as bad as it was fishing well through the week, oh well, cant beat bad luck.

Don

This was our usual match with the Yeading boys, most of who are in our club and vice versa, but it is still a bit of a contest. 

Tony Adams was first on the day with 69-13-0, all carp caught late on in the match, the above result are the G/X boys. 

Dave had 1 Carp of 14-0-0 and a Bream of around 5-0-0 on the feeder and the rest was made up of a good bag of Roach on the wag and maggot. 

Mark had an all Carp catch on the pole and feeder. Derek had mainly Roach and Perch on the waggler. 

It was another good day with a lot of back up weights on the silvers as the Carp did not show in some areas.

Don

Well it shows how things can change, Dave was going to go upstream but after drawing a bit low down decided to go to the same peg he fished last time on here. This time the fish were a bit better and he caught for most of the day on the pole at 5 metres feeding hemp and maggot with wheat on the hook, old school bait seemed to have worked. 

Del went upstream and after going 2 thirds across on the Bollo and getting pestered by Bleak he fed a closer line at 6 metres and caught some nice Roach on the sweetcorn. 

I started on the feeder and had a few small Chub, then went on the Bollo mid river for mainly Roach. The fish were coming in spurts and you had to wait for a while for bites and it was frustrating when the bleak kept going at the sweetcorn and making you strike at fresh air. 

The rest of the boys all caught and it worked out to be a good day, seeing as there was a frost on the ground when we arrived it did not seem it would fish so well, but I ended up putting the sun cream on and sitting in my T, Shirt for the rest of the day, happy days.

Don

Well this was a bit of a spanking as all top 4 spots were taken up by Windsor guys, 2 of whom had never seen the place. Top weight was 12-10 but our weights above are for club members. 

It was a bit of luck on the draw as most of the weights came from the downstream section, this was a bit of a surprise as the upstream had been fishing well in the week. Derek had nearly all Roach on the Bollo down the middle with maggot and Corn, catching fish for most of the day. Brian did likewise but had to wait a long time between fish, and Ian had nearly all his fish in the first hour then it just switched off. 

Some of us, myself included had just the one fish all day, cant beat bad luck. 

Still it was good to have a turnout of twenty to fish and the Windsor boys seemed to enjoy it on the day.

Don

Got to the river and it was a case of finding a bit of flow as it was down and hardly moving. Going upstream seemed to be the right choice on the day as we managed to find some better fish on those pegs. 

I had Mainly Roach with a few small skimmers and Chub feeding hemp and fishing Sweetcorn to keep away from the Bleak on the Bollo float. 

Derek did likewise for his catch. Dave was in the closer pegs to the gate and had a lot of fish but of a smaller size. 

The rest of the boys all had a few fish but they were also a lot smaller at the near swims for some reason. Certainly needs a bit of water to go in to get the flow back.

Don

Well Richard had an all sorts day for his catch, he was on the method at distance and never had a bite for a fair while, so dropped a bit of ground bait closer in and went over that with a cage feeder, it seemed to do the trick. 

He had 1 Carp a Tench an Eel and a Bream, hence the all sorts, all on pellet. Dave moved late on from the willows to the road bank and had the 1 Carp second cast on the method, so that paid off. Bob was in the willows and had the 1 Carp as well, again on the method. 

Other than that it was a bit hard with just ounces for the next weights.

Don

Bit of a repeat of the first match, Brian drew no1 and just threw the feeder close to the island and was catching all day on white pellet.

Dave who normally has a good bag of silvers on this venue was happy to get peg 12 as it gave him the option of getting close to the island on the feeder as well, he also was on the pellet.

Matt stuck it out well on the long pole on peg3 as it was blowing a gale down the lake, I was on peg 4 and nearly got the pole in the ear a few times when the wind really picked up.

He had a lot of fish late on just off the island about 8 inches deep, that was nearly dragging the bottom and you could see the Carp nosing down for his bait, the water was the lowest it has been according to the Bailiff, and it was a case if you could not get tight over it was a struggle.

Derek kept up the tackle loss on peg 2 and I think he lost more rigs and floats than Lyle the other week, cant beat bad luck.

Mark had the one bite he never wanted, something took a shine to him, cant see why, and had a nibble on his arm. it was nearly twice the size at the end of the match.

Doctor Don came to the rescue with some spray and antihistamine cream, cost him a cup of tea though, I am a private doc not NHS on the bank.

All joking aside it may do to put a few first aid bits in your box with all the dodgy insects flying about with the hotter weather.

Don

To say this was a hard day would be an understatement, the fish were just swimming around for most of it and not interested in feeding.

Derek had the one Carp with 5 minutes to go in the match, he had lost a Bream and another Carp before that, all on the method.

Dave had a Perch hang itself on a lump of luncheon meat, he thinks it went more for the shine on the hook than the meat.

The rest of us had a couple of lost fish between us and that was it, they are right next to or in the weed at present and as soon as you hook them they are straight in to it and difficult to get out.

It seemed like they may have been spawning again so it should settle down over the next few weeks.

Don

Well we had the first match of the season and the usual happens, the lake was really down due to a problem with a pump and lack of rainfall, so it made it hard in some areas to get tight to the island where the fish seem to like staying.

Matt was on the first peg and was able to get tight enough to pick up a few fish throughout the day, mainly on the pole and pellet.

Richard drew on peg 8 and had a lot of fish in the last hour with pellet and dead maggot over ground bait.
Brian was on peg 12 and also managed to get tight to the island but his fish never put there heads down until the last couple of hours, he mainly caught on the method feeder.

It was a bit harder for most, with Lyle pulling the so called flyer on peg 2 only to find it was about 10 inches deep, he was suicidal after the first 2 hours as the fish just went straight in to the snags when hooked, 5 rigs later he throws out the feeder, turns around to do something and the rod goes in, you cant beat bad luck.
He then went and hooked his rod and managed to get it all back, plus the Carp on the end.

Don

Who said it may improve for the next match, what a liar, oh that was me. 

What do I know, I started upstream from the weir and tried 3 swims in the first 3 hours without a bite, then dropped in at the top of the straight and had a Roach second trot down, that was it for another 3 hours. 

Bob was on the same peg as previous and had 1 Bleak, Dave was on the backstream and had minnows. 

Thats it on the matches for this season, it as been just about the hardest season I can remember in the club for matches, the only saving grace is it seems to be all over and not just on our sections of river, and we can only hope it picks up for next year. 

 I would like to thank all the boys who attended and Ian and Dave for running a few when I very cleverly broke my leg, you cant beat bad luck. 

 So lets look forward to next season, the fixture sheet will come out with renewals and I will put it up on the web site in the next couple of weeks. 

 Have a good close season and get the garden done for your brownie points to get out next year, or is it just me who has to do that, doubt it.

Don

As you can see it did not exactly fish its head off, Bob was on the main river and had 3 Perch all day. 

Derek was likewise downstream at the end of the fishery and had all minnows, as did I but a few less. 

The water seemed in good nick and we anticipated a few fish, WRONG it was dreadful and a lot of hard work for no return, lets hope it improves for the next match.

Don

As you can see with the weights it was a bit grim. We switched to the island hoping for a few more fish to show, it was not to be.

Derek went on to the main river and most of his weight was a Bream of around a 1-8-0 and 2 Perch as a bonus, he fished the stick and waggler with maggot.

I was also on the main river and had 2 Dace all day, 1 on the feeder on bread, took that off my sandwich in desperation, and 1 on the waggler to maggot.

Malcolm opted for the back water and had a few minnows. There were a few blanks and 1 minnow was enough for 4th, that was after Dave moved and done a work party while waiting for the fish to feed, I think it hung itself, cant beat good luck.

I think it was one of the worst results on the Colne for a while, but it seems to be the situation on a few rivers at the moment, lets hope the weather settles down a bit over the next few weeks and the end of the season improves.

Don

Brian S had nearly all Roach on the Waggler with maggot feeding pinkie.

Dave did likewise and again had an all Roach catch.

Brian D had a few smaller fish on the punch on the whip, and also waggler.

A guest on the day had 5-6-0 to win but not count towards points for restocking. It was a bit hard all round with the fish just coming in little spurts and not really shoaling up on the day. It was a bit blowie, then poured down just as the boys weighed in, so a bit of a damp end to the day,

cant beat bad luck.

Don

Well I came back after my busted leg and we decided to do this match on a walk off.

Them lovely boys left number 1 for me in the bag as I have whats left, I decided to try the top end of the sluice, regretted it a bit as my tendons are still a bit dodgy in my ankle, but I had 1 Barbel of 4-12 on the feeder and a few minnows to help get over the pain, I stuck at it all day for those few fish so you can see it did not fish great on the day.

Barry went on Dolphin Bridge and caught a few Perch and Roach mainly on the stick and Dave was down from him on the little foot bridge and had a lot of very small Roach and Dace on the waggler.

None of the other boys broke the pound mark, at least we had a nice spread in the Dolphin afterwards, the usual thanks go the Noel and the girls for laying that on for us, and for Derek for getting it sorted.

We ask that all who take part bring a present along, our Treasurer Martin was down from the Isle of Skye, he never fished but had a stroll around, he gave us a bottle of Gin,

I dont know if he is becoming Scottish or it shrunk on the way down as you can see from attached pic the difference in size of the other bottle. All joking aside it was great to see you mate, even if you did creep up on me and scare the life out of me looking like a smarter version of Grizzly Adams, must be the island air.

This being my last report until after Xmas I hope you all have a great Xmas and New Year, and heres hoping old Bo, Bo and his munsters, I mean ministers, dont stop us getting out with any lockdowns, dont hold your breath and be careful if your having gatherings.

Don Wilkinson.

Hon,Sec.

Due to the upstream section fishing a bit patchy the boys decided to go Downstream for a change. It

was proving a bit of a struggle to start with as just a few Roach were caught in the first couple of hours.

Dave and Derek then both moved up towards the weir a bit and started to catch in the last hour or 2.

All the top 3 fished similar with red maggot and waggler catching most of the fish which were nearly all Roach with a few Bleak.

I decided to give it a miss as with just getting over the leg break I did not want to go and slide down the bank on here which I did on 2 occasions last season as the banks can get a bit dodgy.

Don

It was just as hard as last week on the Lower, there was more than these 3 usual suspects fishing its just that they stuck it out and got a few.

Dave was on Dolphin bridge and had 5 Decent Perch and a few bits on the stick float with worm and red maggot, it was hard work with the fish just popping up every now and again during the day.

Brian was on the riverside way road bridge, but after just a few minnows in a couple of hours moved up a few pegs and had a lot of small Roach and Dace on the punch with waggler picking up most of them.

Derek started on the main river and then moved on to the back water when Bob moved off the peg, he also had just small Roach on the wagg. Bob moved up to the point on the sluice, he wished he never, as when he set his box down on the peg and slashed a few reeds in the way he whacked a wasp nest, they were not to pleased with that and let him know by attacking him.

He came away with 3 stings, luckily all in places he could get to, so no asking best friends to squeeze the sting out of dodgy spots, he had to brush loads of them off of his clothes and gear.

Needless to say he did not hang about on the peg and went home, now that is what you call not beating bad luck.

Checked up on him in the week and he is fine, asked if he was feeling a bit waspish, wondered why the phone got slammed down. All joking aside, be a bit careful as the wasps usually give a bit more of a sting this time of the year, and also tend to have bigger nests, so more chance of them attacking when disturbed.

Matt won the mystery prize again, his misses will be expecting a bigger Xmas pressie if he keeps doing that.

Don

It was as hard as it looks with the winning weights showing that.

Brian had 1 small Roach and 2 even smaller Dace and a few minnows for his weight on the punch and maggot.

Derek was only getting minnows so scaled down and went for them and that was what made up his weight on the maggot.

Dave stuck it out for the better fish and picked up a few minnows on the heavy gear, would have run Del close if he went for them.

The rest of the boys only had a few minnows or no bites, except Mat who hooked in to 2 Barbel and lost them both, he was fishing a little 10ft Carp feeder rod, not a good idea when Barbel are about and you need to get them out of the weed, as he found out, you cant beat bad luck, at least he picked up the mystery prize.

Don

I was glad I was not fully mobile after the broken leg for this one, when I looked at the weather forecast I knew the best place to be.

It proved right as well, as the boys hardly fished for the first 2 hours because they were having to hold on to there gear, which was trying to do the off in to the Thames.

Roger was forced to fish down the inside rather than normal on here down the middle, and he caught Roach and Perch on maggot over caster end hemp put in with the dropper.

Brian done similar with smaller fish on the punch and pinkie and maggot. Ian also using a few methods to catch when trying to not get blown in, waggler and feeder picking up a few fish.

There are other boys fishing, not just Roger the keepnet, as he is on a bit of a roll at the moment. Mentioning keepnets, do not ask Paul Talbot where his one went, as a gust of wind snapped it off from the holder on his box, bet them fish in there could not believe there luck.

Talking of which you cant beat bad luck like that.

Don

This match was fished on the downstream section at Marsh Lane and was pretty consistent on all pegs.

Roger stuck with the tried and tested method of the Bolo over hemp and caster with red maggot on the hook, he had nearly all Roach throughout the day.

Dave had a lot of smaller fish with the same method and again was catching steady all day. Brian stuck it out on the tares and had some better stamp of fish, again all Roach. I

t was good to try this section as we have not fished a match on there before but it seems very fair, with only Derek who was near the weir section having trouble with Bleak as they can be a pain on the top section if they move in.

Also Marek fished a match for the first time, as I always say just pop along for a good day out. Welcome to the matches Marek, hope you enjoyed it and we see you on a few more.

Roger won the Senior Citizens trophy on the day and Dave and Derek won the pairs.

Don

Roger had most of his fish on the Bollo to a few different baits, mainly Roach on the corn and wheat.

Brian done like wise with a few on the whip close in to maggot. Ian was the same with the old school baits on the Bollo and pole.

Most of the boys are getting the fish on the Corn and Wheat and Tares over hemp or groundbait. It is going back to the old baits instead of the Caster and Maggot which was the preferred bait on here for years.

I have not fished the last few matches as I was away for the first one, but also 2 days before I went to Lanzarote slipped over and broke my leg, so missed the others.

I would like to thank Dave and Ian for sorting the matches out for me. As they say, you cant beat bad luck.

Don

Due to the high water levels this match was witched to the Island.

Brian opted for the back water and had small fish most of the day on the whip and waggler to maggot.

Derek was on Dolphin bridge and at 10.30 only had the one Roach and was going to move, but he stuck at it and had a couple of better Perch on the feeder and worm and a few more small Roach.

Matt was brave and fished the main river, he was on peg 42 and caught nearly all Perch on the slack on the inside. It was a bit grim on the day with a lot of extra water and also the rubbish swept in with it, so it became hard to get a bait in without it getting covered.

We now have a few new characters emerging for this season. They are Roger the Keepnet. Runner up Turton. And 6 swims Terpolowski, thats how many we know of that Andrew tried on this match.

Don

Mark had both hats on for this match as we fished with the Yeading boys as guests and seeing as he is in both clubs we had him in our team for the day, well thats what we said when he won it.

He was mainly on the Method and Pellet Waggler with pellet for all carp. Richard did like wise.

Dave stayed more on the pellet waggler but it seemed all round that they were swimming about but not munching, hence the method seems to have done better on the day.

Don

Brian was still setting up a few other rods on the whistle so threw the feeder out, it payed off for him as he had a bonus Bream of 4 pound, which probably helped him win the match, he went on have Roach and bits on the Bolo to maggot and tares.

Dave went on the pole in the deeper early swims, top 2 sections of which done the off in to the river, cant beat bad luck, he stuck with it on the float and had small Roach and Perch on both worm and wheat, old school baits, who needs all the posh baits. He also hooked and landed 4 Pike, which when dropped downstream near a few of the boys got a few remarks of the not favourable type, children may read this so I wont repeat them, miles away really.

Brian and Ian were tied in third and had similar bags of Roach on the wheat and corn. The river fished very well with some good weights all around, this was due to a bit of colour after the rain, lets hope it stays as good for the coming matches on there.

Don

This was our usual match with Yeading A.S and as a few of us are members of both clubs it was a case of wait until you draw and decide who you want to fish for, just for the laugh to see who does best.

Bob drew on the on the left bank near the pads and was getting a few Roach and Rudd on the waggler, then the Carp moved in and he lost 2, he will fish these silly light hook lengths. He then went on the method over his bait and landed 2 carp.

Dave had a nearly all Roach and Rudd weight, he had to settle for runner up for the first time in around 4 matches on here. Mark had a couple of Carp and bits on the pole and method.

It was a very fair day with a lot of good back up weights. I did not fish as I just got back from Lanzarote the day before, I was hopping around while out there with Bob as I broke my leg 2 days before we went, so I was out there with a boot and crutches, cant beat bad luck.

Still got through customs a bit rapid as went for the assisted bit and we all got out a bit quicker.

Don

Richard decided to go in the willows on the shallow bank and had 3 Carp and 1 Bream on the method, he had to wait a fair while for the fish to have a bit of a munch and lost 2 as well.

Derek was in the animal house in the corner and the peg lived up to its name with him losing the first 2 fish he hooked going in to the reeds. He managed to get 3 smaller ones out and was also on the method.

Brian was on the same bank and due to just the one or 2 fish winning the previous matches he went for the silvers on the waggler and maggot, he had Perch, Roach and a few small Skimmers which was great to see and it was a good bag of fish on the day.

Due to the weed coming up late this year it as been a bit harder to get the fish out when hooked, but we hope to do a policy of dragging for next season so keep your eye on the news page as the season progresses.

Don

This was our annual match with Intertype on this lake, it was all down to the draw on the day as one end of the lake was fishing really bad and the other doing really well.

Dave drew on the far bank and had an all Carp weight on the pellet waggler and method.

Richard was just along from him and had all Carp, again on the method, as did Paul who was next to him. It was a bit of a struggle on the rest of the lake, with one of the Intertype boys winning on the day with 56 pound. I

t was a good day with the usual laughs and I would like to thank Barry Parker and the boys for the warm welcome and look forward to next years visit.

Don

This was more of just a fill in venue as a few of the boys had other commitments with another club on the same day due to fixture clash.

Brian was on the back water and had mainly small Roach and Dace on the waggler.

Both Brian and Derek went for the main river but struggled with just a few bits coming in periods through the day. The match would have been won by Roger on Dolphin bridge, but as he walked his gear back to his car a clever bloke saw his keepnet in the water and tried to do the off with it after tipping the fish back, at least he got his net back. I

know you cant beat bad luck but that really takes the biscuit, Roger will now be Rog the net for the rest of the season.

Don

We were due to fish this date with Intertype, but due to the amount of weed on the lake it was felt that is would not have been fair to them as they would know the swims and certain methods of fishing would not have been possible. 

Some of the boys went ahead with the match as scheduled. Derek opted for the long platform on the willows and had one Carp of around 13 -0-0 and a Bream for the rest of his weight, both on the method, he lost a couple in the weed. 

Brian went on to the island and had 3 Bream for his weight.  

Richard rocked up next to him and had one Carp and One Bream, both again on the method. 

It was felt that once the weather settles down the lake will fish a lot better, as it as been so up and down so far this season with hardly any 3 days the same weather wise, I think its because we may be useless, who knows.

Don

We tried this stretch in a match for the first time and it seemed to fish pretty fair. Brian came away a bit from the Bollo method and had a lot of his fish closer in on the whip and on the feeder to red maggot. 

Derek used his trusty waggler for his weight with a few on the Bollo, again to mainly red maggot and a few fish on the worm. 

Brian did likewise in third, with a few better Roach. It was a bit of a waiting game on the day, as the fish did not really shoal up but were moving around a fair bit and you had to wait for them to drop over your bait. 

But as a first visit it was quite good.

Don

It was the usual story , fish all over the place when we turned up and all done the off by the time the match started. 

I was on the willows bank and fished on the surface for all the match. I was mostly feeding the swans, I think as they were on to it straight away, I stuck with it and had the one Carp and lost 4. 

Derek was in the animal house in the corner on the method and it lived up to its name as he also had the one Carp and lost 3 in both the weed and in the tree to the right. 

Dave went on to the island and had 2 small Carp on the feeder and also lost a couple. 

The rest of the boys had a few fish here and there but it was a bit of a turn off day for the fish.

Don

Ian got off to his regular good start on this stretch, he was on the Bollo with loose feeding hemp and fishing red maggot on the hook. 

Derek done the same with a few fish on the worm as well. 

Brian opted to come closer in and had 1 good Roach and a few smaller bits on the pole. It was one of those days when the fish were in small pockets and you had to wait for them to come through the peg. 

The rest of the lads all caught but it was a bit hard on the day.

Don

Well the first match of the season and the usual thing, lots of fish moving around but not really putting there heads down. 

Brian went on to the island and had 8 Bream and 2 Carp, 1 of which was a Crucian, dont know where that came from. He was on the method with pellet and meat as the main bait, I stood behind him and the tip shot around and he had a Perch of about 4 ounces on sweetcorn, talk about hanging themselves. 

Derek was in the willows and had 5 nice Bream again on the method to various baits. 

Bob was in the animal house on the willow bank and had 1 Carp, I stood with him and told him to get closer to his rod as they just take off in that swim, he never listened went to put something in his box and off it went, he just manged to grab the bottom of the rod or it would have been you cant beat bad luck time, he lost the fish though. Brian and Derek also lost a couple of fish each. 

It was a bit mixed for the rest of us with Brian Stannett getting 3 of the stocked Bream on the road bank for 11-9-0. And Mark Squire having an Eel of 2 pound and a few Perch. 

Then it was just a few bits here and there. I never had a bite so the caps not washed yet, next time. 

Don