MATLOCK ANGLING CLUB SPRING LEAGUE

TANSLEY POND MATCH 1 29/03/2015

The league this year will be contested by by 16 anglers and each match will consist of 4 sections of 4 anglers. the winner of each section will get 5 points, going down in points depending on where you finish in the section. The league consists of 9 matches and you must drop your worst 2 results. 28+ points normally is the winning score.

MATCH 1 TANSLEY POND

On a cold bleak morning 16 anglers contested the match, before the match it was felt that you probably wanted to draw in the open deeper water or any of the island pegs. Some anglers were keen to draw down the channel and sit it out for the bigger fish. with a hour gone into the match it soon became clear that this would be a battle of who can sneak the odd fish out with the majority of the anglers still blanking. To be fair this write up wont take long because out of the 16 anglers fishing only 6 weighed in. Tony Carline won the match with one carp caught on a lob worm which weighed 6-10, Tony caught the carp from peg 12. Gary Slack came second with a weight of 3-15 from peg

6, Gary caught a few Skimmers and roach from behind the island. In third place was Mark Gregory with a weight of 2-8 made up of small Perch from Peg 24. Thats all there is to say really, possibly one of the worst matches on Tansley pond for some years, things can only improve when the weather warms up!

Section 1 pegs 2,4,6,7

Winner Gary Slack peg 6 3-15

Section 2 pegs 7,8,10,11

Winner DNW

Section 3 pegs 12,13,14,16

Winner Tony Carline peg 12 6-10

Section 4 pegs20,21,23,24

Winner Mark Gregory peg 24 3-15

The next match will be held at cawdor pond on sunday the 12th April things can only get better.

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Rivers Closed Season

Please note that the rivers are closed for course fishing until the 16th June. Fishing for trout is allowed by fly, spinner and legered worm only.

RIVER MATCH RESULT 1/3/2015
On a clear cold morning it was decided that the monthly match would be fished at Matlock Bath due to the river carrying some extra rain water. It was David Thornley who came out on top from Peg 25, not one of the fancied Pegs but Dave fished a good match catching 16 fish for a weight of 7lb. Ken Wood was second with a weight of 6-10 from Peg 27A.Ken had about 12 Grayling, but one of his Grayling tipped the scales at a weight of 1-12. This was a fantastic fish and Ken was delighted. In third place was Paul Simpson with a weight of 6-8 from Peg 28. If the match had been a Trout match then the weights would have all been double figure weights. Mark Gregory had over 40 trout and Nigel Ellis had over 20. The biggest Trout was 3lb with lots around the 2lb mark. Shame they cant be weighed in!

Match results
1st David Thornley 7 Peg 25
2nd Ken Wood 6-10 Peg 27A
3rd Paul Simpson 6-8 Peg 28
4th Steve Allcock 5-15 Peg 35
5th David Clark 5-2 Peg 23

The River wasn,t at its best, but still lots of fish being caught including Specimen Grayling and good sized TROUT.

@David Greatorex Didn't think the River was capable of producing Perch like these for the time of year. I have caught a few in the summer months but not in Febuary. I only went on the back of the photos a received from Ian Gould last week. With the weather set fair on Friday i thought i would try my luck for a few hours in the field stretch up Cawdor. Armed with only a few red worms and a few lobbies i caught 5 Perch all over the pound mark. I fished 2 different pegs just fishing worm on the Bomb rod under the trees on the inside. I had one first put in and then a few trout before i swapped Pegs and caught 4 in a hour and a half.

RIVER DERWENT MATCH RESULT 22/02/2015
In a match only for the hardcore. A field of 14 fished the match on a clear frosty morning the match initially fished well for the first 3 hours until the weather turned for the worst. It was David Clark who came out on top with a weight of 8lb12oz. Dave was drawn on Peg 44 at artist corner and caught 16 Grayling mainly on the bomb and pole feeder. Second was Stevel Allcock who fished the whole match with no umbrella.Steve weighed7lb7oz From HOT PEG 57(Boathouse).
Joint third was John Barfoot and Malcolm Bent with a weight of 6lb10oz.

Results
1st David Clark 8-12 Peg 44
2nd Steve Allcock 7-7 Peg 57
3rd Malcolm Bent 6-10 Peg 71
John Barfoot 6-10 Peg 59
4th David Taylor 5-6 Peg 49

Maybe if the weather had stayed fine some double figure weights could have been on the cards. But overall the river fished well with lots of Grayling being caught!

RIVER DERWENT MATCH RESULT 15/02/2015
Unfortunately the River wasn't at its best today, With 14 anglers fishing the match the general feeling was that the river was in poor form because Severn Trent had ran water off from the Derwent dams through the night and this was very peaty and snow water. Sounds like a fishermans tale to me.

It was Ken Wood who came out on top with a weight of 4lb5oz consisting of 10 Grayling from Peg110. @Malcolm Bent came second to continue his good run of form with a weight of 3lb14oz from Peg89.
Results:-
1st Ken Wood 4lb5oz Peg110
2nd Malcolm Bent 3lb14oz Peg89
3rd David Taylor 3lb8oz Peg118
4th N Comeley 3lb3oz Peg119
5th Mark Gregory 2lb11oz Peg88
5th Roger Stone 2lb11oz Peg113