MATLOCK ANGLING CLUB MATCH RESULT 3/1/2016

MATLOCK ANGLING CLUB MATCH  RESULT 3/1/2016

Once again over night rain made the river unfishable and yet again the match had to be fished on Tansley Pond. Only 8 Dedicated souls turned out for the first club match of the year to fish in heavy rain all day. Things can only improve weather wise and we should soon be back on the River Derwent. 

With Tansley Pond fishing well the week before everyone wanted to draw down the chanel where once again the flooded brook was pushing a lot of colour into the water. It was Nigel Ellis who drew Peg 16 closest to the brook. Nigel was delighted with the draw and couldn't get to his peg quick enough. He wasn't disappointed and claimed top spot with a weight of 10-4 for a comfortable victory. Nigels weight consisted of mainly small roach,perch,skimmers and rudd taken on pinkie fished over groundbait.

The rest of the pond didn't fish  to well and bite were hard to come by. Second place went to K Masling who was also drawn down the chanel on Peg 11 producing a weight of 3-11. In third place was David Fowler who weighed 2-2 from Peg 2. 

MATCH RESULT SUNDAY 27TH DECEMBER

MATCH RESULT SUNDAY 27TH DECEMBER

Unfortunately the River was again in flood and the match was fished on Tansley Pond. 10 Anglers battled with the elements on Tansley Pond. There was a lot of colour down the Chanel, with the brook which feeds the pond carrying extra water, it was pushing a lot of colour into the water down that end of the pond.

It soon became clear that you needed to be down that end of the pond and it was Steve Allcock who took the honours from Peg 13. Steve  produced a mixed bag, with a weight of 10-5, catching mainly roach,rudd,skimmers and perch to catch well through out the day. In a close second place was David Clark on Peg 14 next to Steve. David also caught well through out the day with another mixed bag of Roach,rudd,skimmers and perch. Third place went to Asa cooper who was not happy at the draw, Asa was disappointed to be at the wrong end of the pond, but he produced a superb net of mainly roach for 7-12. Asa was proud to tell me that he had caught 160 fish in total.

There were plenty of bites to be had on Tansley pond  with the right approach, the best approach on the day was to fish over groundbait with squat or pinkies, breadpunch will also produce a few bites if the pond is clear.

FUR AND FEATHER MATCH RESULT

FUR AND FEATHER 13/12/2015 MATCH RESULT

Unfortunately for the second year running heavy rain on Saturday meant the match had to be fished on the ponds. A great deal of work goes into this match every year and the decision is never taken lightly to fish the ponds. But Saturday afternoon was spent walking the banks of the river to see if we could squeeze 30 anglers on it, all with a chance of catching a fish, but it was decided that the match would just be a lottery and dangerous to fish the River. The club would like to thank Nigel Ellis, Asa Cooper, Gary Slack, for the organisation of the match and putting hampers together. Also we would like to thank David Taylor and Glyn Taylor for there help in walking the River on the Saturday.

River Unfishable December 2015

The decision was made not to fish the river on Saturday afternoon, to give people chance to prepare for the ponds or not to fish. Only 4 anglers decided not to fish the ponds, so that left 29 Anglers fishing for 18 prizes. A good breakfast was enjoyed at the Red Lion matlock green where the draw was made. The Fur and Feather is always a much anticipated match, and much talk was of which pond would be the best draw. Cawdor pond was the pond everyone wanted and Pegs 01,20,22 all high on the list of flyers.

It was Malcolm Bent who dominated the match from start to finish, Malc was well happy with the draw at the start telling Clive Ashbrook that's the Peg he wanted. Malc didn't disappoint and had tied the match up after first 10 minutes when he landed a Carp weighing 7lb+, Malc went on to land 3 more Carp for a combined weight of 23lb, to win at a canter. Malc caught his 4 Carp on Bread flake fished over liquidised bread from Peg 23 on the small pond at Cawdor. A fine performance from Malcolm Bent and much deserved win.

Winner Malcolm Bent (The Smiler)

In second place for the second year running was David Greatorex who left if very late to snatch 2nd place from Clive Ashbrook with a weight of 7lb4oz. David drew Hot Peg 20 on Cawdor pond and struggled all day until a change to Waggler produced a few Roach, playing catch up with Clive ashbook on the next Peg David decided to have the last 10 minutes on the pole next to the trees, fishing 2 worm tails he dragged a 5lb Carp out of the trees to save his blushes!

In third place was Clive Ashbrook who fished a fine match from Peg 19, fishing the waggler all day Clive recorded a weight of 3lb11oz. Clive loose fed pinkie and fished maggot on the hook to catch all day. Everyone copied Clives waggler approach with no bites on the pole it soon became clear that waggler was the method and everyone followed suit.

Fourth place went to John Barfoot who was fishing on Tansley pond on Peg 11. John won the pond with a weight of 2lb9oz and made it a hatrick of wins although not a overall victory John still came out on top on that pond. With 10 anglers drawn on ansley pond it was hard going, but the majority caught a few fish.

PRIZE PLACINGS

1ST/2ND Malc Bent & David Greatorex


Despite a great winning weight from Malcolm Bent, both ponds were not at there best. But after the amount of rain we had on Saturday and then a sudden drop in temperature it was to be expected. It was a battle against the elements to secure a prize.

RIVER DERWENT MATCH 6TH DECEMBER

This was the last match before the Christmas match and the 11 anglers who turned out in strong winds and horizontal rain were keen to get some practice in. Surprisingly the River was at a decent level and fit to fish after a week of rain. It was 78 year old John Barfoot who produced a weight of 8-6 from Peg 113 to take top spot, Johns winning weight included a superb Grayling just shy of the 2lb mark and a rare Roach just under a pound. Thats now back to back wins for John can he complete the hatrick next week.

Second place went to Nigel Ellis who had 11 Grayling for 6-8 from hot Peg 77. Third place went to Ken wood who had a weight of 4-10 from Peg 108.

Hopefully the weather will stay fine this week and the Christmas match can be be fished on the river. Please book in with Nigel Ellis if you wish to fish the Christmas match.

STEVE ALLCOCK TAKES TOP SPOT ON A WINDY DAY

RIVER DERWENT MATCH RESULT 15/11/2015 (cawdor pond) 

On the windiest day of the year it wasn't going to be a match for the fair weather anglers! But 12 brave souls turned up to do battle with the wind and the odd shower. With lots of over night rain the river was not fishable so Cawdor pond was fished instead.

Peg 20 was the Peg everyone wanted and it was David Fowler who had the honour. Unfortunately it didn't go according to plan for Dave who lost 3 Carp and broke his pole. Dave would have won at a canter, but like many who have drawn Peg 20 he was left cursing the trees!

It was Steve Allcock who took top spot with a fine net of Roach and Skimmers from Peg 3 weighing 8-13. With the wind being a problem, Steve fished relatively short at about 8 metres on pellet. Steve also had a few Perch close in under the trees on chopped worm. It was Dave Clark who was a close second with a weight of 8-8, Dave drew Peg 29 on the little pond, probably not the best draw but Dave fished a good match landing a dozen Skimmers and a few Roach taken pellet and worm. In 3rd place was Malcolm Bent, Malc drew Peg 5 and fished pellet to record a weight of 6-15 mainly made up of Skimmers and Roach.

RIVER DERWENT MATCH RESULT 1/11/2015

RIVER DERWENT MATCH RESULT 1/11/2015

With a lot of rain fall during the week, big weights wasn't expected due to the colour of the water and the amount of leaves travelling through the river. But with small field of 10 anglers the river was in fine form, Out of the 10 anglers only 3 of them failed to weigh in over 5lb of Grayling. It was Malcolm Bent who secured top spot, drawing HOT peg 57 (The Boat house) always a good draw, but with any good Peg you need to know how to fish it. Malc didn't disappoint landing 20 Grayling for 10-9. Malcs main approach was the pole feeder picking the odd fish up on the stick float. In second place was John Barfoot from Peg 67 in the park. John landed 12 Grayling for a weight of 9-12 with some cracking 1lb+ Grayling. John travels from Mansfield for every club match and always does well. In 3rd place was Nigel Ellis with a weight of 8-3 from Peg 48 on artist corner,Nigel had 15 Grayling and again some of these were 1lb+. 

Tansley Mill pond a brief history and run down on how to fish the pond

TANSLEY MILL POND OR MIDDLE POND

I thought it might be of interest to some members if over the next few months I gave a little bit of history on the club waters and how to fish them with a peg by peg break down. I feel a good place to start would be with the clubs oldest still water Tansley pond.

Tansley Middle Dam Early1900s

Tansley Middle Dam 2015

Middle dam was built around 1783 to power scholes mill which can be seen in the postcard above, The iron shuttle gate seen in the picture is still present today.The mill pond provided water power to drive the machinery.The water in Tansley had the advantage  of containing little lime as it had flowed over the acidic rock Millstone Grit. This made it suitable for treating cotton. The pond is fed by two brooks which are Knabhall brook and Oaksedge brook both are contributories  to the river Derwent.  A pipe carried water into scholes mill from the pond to power the water wheel. 

The pond is said to be stone lined and i myself have seen evidence of this on some pegs. In the late 1950s the pond was dredged and the older anglers in the club and local residents have told me the tale of how a digger which was doing the dredging got stuck in the silt, whether they got the digger out or not i will never know. All hard to believe i know considering the pond now has a average depth of about 3 feet, but when it was first built the pond was 15+ feet deep. 

I have been a resident of Tansley for 37 years and fishing Tansley pond for about the last 25 years. Without the work of the club the pond would be vastly overgrown and probably about a foot deep. The only major difference for me in the last 25 years is that the oaksedge brook end was once heavily populated with reeds, but these have all died in the last ten years. The fishing is definately better i am pleased to say. The club constantly fights a battle with the pond leaking down the old coach road, but we think that we have cured the problem with the removal of several trees.  

I have fond memories of this pond growing up in Tansley and spending a lot of time there with friends has a youngster. We never caught a lot, Perch seemed to be the main spechies 25 years ago, but my friend always went for the Carp in the reeds fishing luncheon meat, He actually named two of the Carp. one was called Larry a leather carp of 7lb+ the other called Lional 8lb+. Not big, but back then they seemed big.

Tansley pond is now a well established mixed coarse fishery and responds well to most tactics.

Spechies

Roach,Perch,Rudd,Skimmers,Bream,Chub,Tench,Gudgeon,Ruff,Carp,Crucian Carp. 

Depth 

Average depth is about 2.5 feet

The best methods to fish are Pellets, worm and castor, Breadpunch and a groundbait/maggot approch. Float fishing is the best method due to the pond only being 3 foot deep.

PEG 1

This is the first Peg if you access the pond from the Coach road end. Its about 2 feet deep. Its a peg with limited options really with it being a little narrow. A good approach is to fish under the far bank to target the carp which can be seen basking in the Sun. You will catch at about 4 metres, but don't expect to bag up, you are ore likely to catch Perch and Roach here.

Peg 2

This Peg is a favourite with pleasure anglers, mainly because of the reed bed to the left. Carp are always present in the reeds, often they are caught on floating bread or worm. This Peg is wide and Skimmers are often caught in the open water, Pellet approach works well in the summer for the skimmers. I would say this Peg is a little inconsistent, someday you will catch and the next day you will struggle, I put this down  to it being towards the end of the pond.

Peg4

This Peg again benefits from the reed bed which is on the right of this Peg. Carp are caught from the reeds. This Peg also benefits from a ledge at about 13 metres which always holds the odd skimmer.

Peg 5

This Peg features a island at about 10 metres, Perch can always be caught up to the island and fishing past the island always produces Roach and Skimmers. This Peg is very open and wide. Waggler can be fished here and can produce good weights of Skimmers and the odd Bream.

Pegs 7/6

Very similar to Peg 5 but without the island. There is also good cover from the trees on these Pegs and fishing short always produces few bites in the summer. Open water at about 14 metres always responds to pellets and chopped worm.

Peg 8/9

Both these Pegs are in the corner of the pond. Like any island Peg it is always a good holding spot for fish. I would say that Peg 8 is the slightly better Peg because the island is slightly closer at 14 metres. Fishing close to the island is always the best bet, but be aware of the hidden snags near the island. Fishing at 10 metres always produces fish also. Peg 9 is a good waggler Peg if you like to chuck the waggler.

Peg 10

One of the widest Pegs on the pond and always hold a few fish in the open water. One of my favourite ways to fish this Peg is by chucking the Waggler to the far bank. I have caught a lot of chub doing this and lost plenty of Carp. Feeding heavy with castors or maggot to tempt the fish out of the far bank bushes.

Pegs 11/12/13/14 THE BUSHES

Over the last 15 years these Pegs have probably produced the most fish. Carp,Chub,Tench are all caught from fishing tight over to the bushes. The last few years have seen these Pegs not so productive. You can catch down the middle but fishing long is the best bet. Chopped worm and castor is the best bait, with lucheon meat also producing Carp.

Pegs 15/16

These Pegs are very shallow. Lots of Carp are always present and can be seen basking in the shallows. These Pegs benefit from having a island and now have a large fallen tree in the Peg. Good nets of Skimmers are achievable from this Peg fishing past the island.Not the best winter Pegs but very good in the summer months. Floating bread works well.

Peg20

One of the best Pegs on the pond with lots of options, whether it be fishing to the island,under your feet, or tight to the inside bushes. This Peg responds well to all methods. 

PEG 21

This Peg is the deepest part of the pond at 3 feet, fishing under your feet will produce Carp,tench and Perch. Its also one of the widest Pegs and the open water will always produce skimmers. This is a excellent winter Peg due to its depth.

Pegs 22/23

These Pegs are very similar to Peg 21 and catching close in next to the bushes always produces bites.

Peg 24

 The near bank always produces a few Pech and Carp. Lots of bites to be had in the open water but can be inconsistent due to it being near the end of the pond.