Date                                     Sunday May 24th
Report by                  Ben
Best Catch                         16 fish for Nigel Blackly
Best Bag Weighed in       2 fish for 13lbs 9oz Bob Fitzpatrick
Best Rainbow             17lbs+ Brain O’Hare
Best Brown               Several at 2lbs
Boat Rod Average              3.14 fish per man
Bank Average                       2.23 fish per man
Sport: Today we hosted a heat of the Winnerweb Challenge, which is a new competition. It is very generously prized, the winner of each heat will win £300 plus the captor of the best fish will receive £10 for every 1lb of fish. 24 anglers took to the water to try and qualify for the final on Toft Newton and the chance to win some big money prizes. The results were as follows:
1st Bob Fitzpatrick, 2nd Andrew Grabham, 3rd Derek Moore, 4th Bob Karwowski, 5th Steve Moxon, 6th Brendan Ginty, 7th Lee Ferrity, 8th Anthony Harrison, 9th Jamie Hogg 10th John Forster 11th Mark Chippendale and 12th Gerard Kearny. (see photo below. Good luck to all in the final. If you fancy a go you can still qualify in the final heat next weekend at Elinor Fishery. Details can be found at www.winnerweb.net
Outside the match with the freedom to roam there were some good catches. Two particularly stood out. Nigel Blackly fished a white and green cats whisker to take 16 fine trout to 3lbs he had many other pulls and tugs which kept him going. His best area was The Alders on the East Bank. On this side of the reservoir down in Hollins Raymond Gregson was showing everyone how it’s done with 11 trout to the net. Raymond used various fritz lures.
Out on the boats Carl Nixon and Paul Moore took 17 trout on the washing line. Paul Bebb and John Sykes had 10 to their boat also on the washing line method. But the best fish went to boat partners Denis Bell and Brian O Hare who both landed trout of over 15lbs the best was estimated around 17 or 18lbs. They fished damsels over the Northern Shallows. Tight Lines Ben
All the Qualifiers to the winnerweb final and the Heat winner Bob Fitzpatrick with Hywel Morgan. Bob took home over £400!
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