Author: Ray Smallwood

Although there was a cold easterly wind, the fishing was generally good after the warm weather in the run up to the match. Ray Smallwood took a couple of bream early on the feeder, then a switch to the pellet waggler resulted …

Although the weather was good for fishing it wasn’t very pleasant to sit in! With scattered showers and sunny intervals forecast, the first shower lasting nearly three hours was rather unwelcome; however, it did seem to make the fish feed. John Hayes …

After 3 days of heavy frost, with the water low and clear, and bright sunshine combined with a cold wind the fishing was very hard. A few carp did however show for the top two with Les Eggleton taking top weight fishing …

With a heavy frost on the morning of the match, and the water in Roost very clear and cold, a hard day looked on the cards from the start. That proved to be the case with no bream or carp being taken …

After heavy frosts on the days before the match, but not on the match day, the feeling before the start was that the fishing would be very hard, as the water was very clear and cold. This proved to be the case …

After the last few matches where bites were hard to come by, Fox Hole provided plenty of bites although not necessarily throughout the day. Ray Smallwood took top weight on the method feeder with a net of small carp plus a few …

The first two legs of the Christmas Competition were fished in cold and unpleasant conditions, and this leg was no different, with a cold north westerly wind making bites hard to come by. Ray Smallwood took top weight, with one bream of …