Amalgamated Fisheries Winter League Team

Match 4 -Angling Times Winter League was held on the canal at Bath between Darlington Wharf and Claverton.

It was 70 pegs and was held on the 29th November 2009.

It was very cold and hard going in most places, Most sections needed Bloodworm and Joker. Darlington Wharf was the place to be where most of the top weights came from. Thatchers made the most of the individual end pegs that they drew with 4 of the top 6 coming from their team. Kevin Boltz of Amalgamated Fisheries won the match with 10lb 8oz. He was fishing at Darlington Wharf between the wires and the footbridge. He had a skimmer of 1.8lb plus roach on bread and he finished off his fantastic weight with perch caught on chopped worm. Liam Braddell of Thatchers had 9lb 10oz. He finished in 2nd place, he was also pegged at Darlington, he caught Roach on bread and castor. 3rd Nicky Ewers Thatchers 8lb 9oz, 4th Mark Brennan Thatchers 7lb 8oz, 5th Matin Barratt Thatchers 7lb 7oz, and joint 6th Shane Caswell Amalgamated Fisheries Keynsham Angling and Andy Ottaway Sensas Bathampton Avon Aquatics 6lb 15 oz

Sensas Bathampton Avon Aquatics dominated the match on the day to finish 1st with 57 points, Preston Innovations Thatchers 53, Sensas Thyers 45, Sensas Veals 39, Amalgamated Fisheries Keynsham Angling 38, Maver Veals 23, Bristol Angling Centre

Team wise it is still anyone of 3 teams that could win overall with just one match left Thatchers are winning on 9 points, closely followed by Bathampton on 10 points and then Thyers on 11 points. Sensas Veals 20 Maver Veals 25 Amalgamated Fisheries Keynsham Angling 28 BAC 32

Match 3 - Angling Times Winter League held on the Avon between Swineford and Fry’s.

It was horrendous conditions with torrential rain at times, gale force winds and millions of leaves totally covering the river. Some fantastic weights were to be had though especially at Swineford where the Bream were incredibly hungry for the top 2 individuals. Thyer’s showed that they are used to fishing in winds by being top team on the day, closely followed by Thatchers. Thatchers now have a 2 point overall lead from Bathampton. Team wise Shane Caswell did really well for us winning his section with 9lb 8oz, he was at the Crane in the little ashtip field just above the bay. Mike also did well taking 4 points from Fry’s on the wires.

Match 2 - Angling Times Winter League

Below I have the results of the S.W.W.L. 2nd round which was held at Newbridge in Bath. It was very clear and hardly moving again and it was incredibly hard going for most people with the roach not really wanting to come out to play. Perch was the majority of most people’s catches apart from the odd pegs where they managed to get Bream. Most of the Bream came on in the last 2 hours.
Vincent Lunn did very well for us winning his section and finishing 6th in the match. He weighed in 10lb 2oz which consisted of a Bream of 7lb 2oz, roach and perch. Dave Haines was 3rd in the section and Mike Goodhind and Kevin Boltz both finished 4th. Our team did not do too well overall today though I’m afraid.

Match 1 - Angling Times Winter League

There were some staggering weights caught on the Bristol Avon which was very clear and hardly moving. In most area’s you needed double figures to win the section, a lot of anglers had problems with pike, there are so many in the river now they are taking fish up to 11/2lb, yet despite the pike there were still some fantastic weights caught. Bathampton and Thatcher’s both jointly won the 1st round, Thyer’s finished 3rd missing out by 1 point. They were closely followed by Maver Veals with 46 points and then Amalgamated Fisheries with 41 points. Team wise I was really happy, I thought the team done really well to finish in 5th place, we weren’t that far away from any of the teams finishing with 41 points. Mike Kent shone for us by winning his section and finishing 6th in the match. Mike was on the small wall in the 1st field of the Crane, he had a brilliant weight of 16lb 14oz of roach and chublets, which he caught on the pole and then the feeder. The top 5 individuals all came from Swineford.Paul Barnfield finished 2nd in his section with 9lb 151/2oz, he was on the fence just over the cattlegrid on the Crane, Kevin Boltz also finished 2nd in his section with 7lb 02oz, he was at Fry’s on permanent peg 43. Rich Schollar finished 3rd in his section also from Fry’s.

Report by Nicky Goodhind

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