Alex Bransby Lands a New PB
Chub Carp Academy member, Alex Bransby has landed a new PB.
The 45lb 12oz Carp was caught at Bluebell’s Swan Lake on a Greys Torsion rod. Using mixed particles along with chopped Mistral i40 boilies.
Alex said; “On arrival at the lake I located a couple of fish moving around at about 70 yards range out towards the centre of the lake. With the least amount of disturbance I managed to find a nice area of light silt close by and a fair amount of mixed particles and boilies were duly spodded to the area in a bid to try and hold the fish present.
“Throughout the night fish were showing over my baited area. Then just before dawn I received an absolute one toner, which straight away shed the heavy lead I was using, making the fish a lot easier to control. However, once in the margins the fish gave me the run around for a while before eventually tiring.
“At this point I still didn’t know how big the fish was until I went to slide the net under it only for the draw cord to hit it’s body, at that moment I realised what a deep framed fish it was. This particular fish is one of those rare visitors to the bank. In fact it hadn’t been out for over fifteen months and from pressured water like Swan lake that makes the capture of this new personal best even sweeter.”
The Fishing For Everyone Ladies Fishing Club are busy organising a jam-packed Club calendar for the 2010 fishing season.
The calendar will include events in all types of fishing discipline lead by top expert anglers in their field.
All events are open to ladies interested in trying fishing and up for some fun – no experience necessary!
Club Chairman, Lucy Bowden said;
“The ladies are all excited about the 2010 season and just can’t wait for it to begin! The Club are looking to encourage even more ladies to join us and we hope they will!”
If you are interested in joining us next year email Lucy – lucy@fishingforeveryone.com.
We look forward to hearing from you!
The Hirst Park Trout Ticklers have recently held their annual trophy Presentation night.
Held at the White House Social Club in Ashington, Northumberland the evening was open to all members of the Club, their families and invited guests.
This year members of the Felling Fly Fishers were invited to present the trophies which were awarded to years 4, 5, 6 ,7 ,8 and 9. Trophies were awarded to High School Champion, Club Champion and Heaviest Fish Champion as well the Felling Fly Fishers Rivers Challenge. All school pupil members received certificates and medals for their efforts.
The Club Champion this year was Andrew Whitehall from Ashington and the Heaviest Fish trophy was won by Niamh Pirie with a fish of 3lb 8oz.
All young members received a certificate and medals for Fishing, Fly Tying and attending the Hirst Park Trout Tickers Introduction to Fly Fishing Days. The awards ceremony was followed by a raffle buffet and disco.
Trout Ticklers Chairman, John Whitehall said;
“The Hirst Park Trout Ticklers would like to pass on their thanks to everyone for their support over the season and to everyone who donated most generously to our raffle, including Hardy & Greys Ltd. We look forward now to a successful fly tying course held over the winter months leading into our next fishing season in 2010.”
Greys Carp Academy member, Kevin Grix has landed two Personal Best Carp in one session!
The 54lb 12oz Mirror and 51lb 14oz Common were caught during a fishing trip to France on the 18th and 19th October.
Caught using the Greys Torsion 12ft 3.25lb Carp rods, Kevin used Premier’s Matrix Reloaded as bait.
Kevin said; “I had arranged an October trip to France with two good friends, weather conditions looked favourable for the first three days then a cold front was to move in on the Wednesday.
“We chose our swims, mine being at the far end of the lake, the widest part with a nice tree lined margin to my right. I had fished the lake in the past, but not from the swim.
“I placed two lightly scattered baits in the margins and in the middle of the lake I found a few hard clay patches surrounded with silt. The area I finally picked ran diagonally out from my bank where I put approximately 4kg of bait along the clay with rods cast to the near and far ends of the patch, between 70 to 100m out -just a small flick with these 3.25lb Torsions.
“I caught steadily throughout the week, taking nine fish, four from the margin and five from open water. These included two PB’s – a 54lb 12oz Mirror and 51lb 14oz Common. Others included two forties to 46lb and five thirties to 38lb. Two 50’s in one session is something I will never forget.”
The Fishing For Everyone Ladies Fishing Club are organising a Grayling fishing trip
To be held on Saturday 16th of January on a private beat on the River Tweed.
This is the first Grayling fishing trip organised by the Club and the day will be led by Hardy & Greys Academy member, and owner of Tweedguide, Scotland’s leading guiding company, Ron Mccombe.
A qualified angling instructor, Ron is one of the most experienced guides on the Tweed and his company has been in operation since 1999, having established themselves an enviable reputation as a tried and tested guiding service.
The trip will cover all aspects of Grayling fishing, including an introduction to the mysterious fish, effective casting styles for river fishing, one to one casting tuition, locating grayling and safe river practises.
A limited number of places are available for this fun event. If you would like to attend this event contact Club Chairman, Lucy Bowden – lucy@fishingforeveryone.com or visit www.fishingforeveryone.com for more information.
The Club are also organising a second Grayling trip (date and venue TBC.)
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New Code Model Capacity Weight (g / oz) Diameter (in / mm)
2010 HREUN005 Uniqua # 2/3/4 DT3 + 40M, WF4 + 45M 177 / 6.24 3.23 / 82
2010 HREUN010 Uniqua # 5/6 DT5 + 65M, WF6 + 70M 181 / 6.38 3.46 / 88
2010 HREUN015 Uniqua # 7/8 DT7 + 100M, WF8 + 140M 190 / 6.70 3.70 / 94
2010 HREUN020 Uniqua # 9/10 DT9 + 160M, WF10 + 250M 235 / 8.29 4.17 / 106
2010 HREUN025 Uniqua # 11/12 DT11 + 125M, WF 11/12 180m 246 / 8.68 4.53 / 115
