| The first ever Stoney and Friends river fish-in took place on 27th September 2003. Thanks to the generosity of RMC and a number of angling clubs around the Midlands and South, over 700 swims were available on a variety of well known river stretches. Despite the quality of the stretches offered, only about 30 anglers bothered to purchase tickets for the event. Whether this is indicative of the apathy by many anglers to participate in “traditional” angling on rivers, the fact that most rivers were low and clear, it wasn’t a match, specimen river anglers already have access to rivers they want to fish, or just that river anglers aren’t as generous as Carp anglers we will never know. What we do know however is that we won’t be running an event on the same scale again, as for one it’s not fair on the clubs who generously gave up their waters for the day, and secondly, the money raised whilst beneficial to Macmillan, isn’t commensurate with the effort required to put together an event of this nature. Despite the poor turn out, we still managed to raise £ 380 for Macmillan Cancer Relief, lower than our normal events, but still not to be sniffed at. Those who did participate all enjoyed themselves and below are a few catch/event reports that have been submitted. Lee Tebble reports Sunbury-on-Thames angler, Lee Tebble, had clocked up seventeen consecutive blanks since September last year whilst targeting the Chub and Barbel at St. Patrick’s Stream in Berkshire. However, the 35 year-old Sales Director still selected the RMC venue from the list of flowing waters available for the recent “Stoney and Friends” Charity River Fish-in. His perseverance was finally rewarded when this 5lb 6oz chub snaffled his halibut pellet hookbait hair-rigged to a size 4 ESP Raptor hook. Stoney and Friends have now raised over 60,000 pounds for Macmillan cancer relief during the past six years. Next event is a Pike fish-in to be held at Wraysbury in February 2004. For further information check out www.stoneyandfriends.co.uk
The Stour at Throop had the most anglers with about 12 anglers putting in an appearance. This was nearly only nine, as two of us were travelling with Allan Stone who ‘knew the way to get there!’ He had promised us a good breakfast at a caf  When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission, which supports our community.
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