All our yesterdays............up Choppies Street?

[TK]

[joffmiester]

newark dyke

[old_trentman]

Dfo Trent in Burton think the peg is on the gravels above the the raiway bridge opp the btm of the wood that used to be Draklow A C water good pegs CWH WILL PROB PUT ME RIGHT

[old_trentman]

POS TRENT AT TOP OF WILLINGTON OPP THE WOOD ON THE OLD STRETCH ????????? not sure

[TK]

You'd better delete that second post Kingfisher - you were right first time - the Trent at Burton.

That brings back a few memories too - used to have a Drakelow card for getting on for 20 years and had some brilliant club and league matches on there as MrV will testify.

Whilst there were some 'cock' pegs on the Sunken Gardens stretch, you could never ever predict where the winner would come from. Remember a feature in Match Fishing back in the 80's giving a peg by peg run down in which (if my memory serves me right) the section was described as the fairest match venue in the country

And now the stations gone

But the memories of happy days on there exist forever

[CHOPWORM HERO]

Its the old Allied water above the Leicester line bridge.
It's just below the Drakelow water with the peg opposite being the last peg on the sunken gardens.

[old_trentman]

on the same peg CWH mate well done i new you would now i won summer league of those gravels fished big wag over and picked up the hot water line it was so good

[bill yards]

Bottom of Branston??

Remember drawing next to Boris on the Sunken Gardens. First time we had ever met, we dead heated with 13 lb odd each

[old_trentman]

BILL WE COULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT ALL THESE PEGS OF YEARS GONE BYE THEY WERE GOOD AND PLENTY OF FISH TO NOBODY FISHES IT NOW

[petebagup]

Blimey next you will be talking about the old Alpha days

On a sad note i was in Spillos on Friday and heard about Ken Anderson-some funny stories were being bandied around tho!

[old_trentman]

They were good days on the derwent get 20 pounds of chub lets and not in the first 30 and had to book in by certain time or you wonot get a peg they were good times sorry going on to much

[old_trentman]

pete if CWH keeps on to me he will get going again looking forward to it

[petebagup]

Do you remember going across on that ferry at Trent Lock?

The bloke loved to rock it about just to put the fear of god into us

[old_trentman]

YE I DO AND HE USED TO LOAD UP THE BOAT AND AWAY I DONOT LIKE BOATS AT THE BEST OF TIMES I REMEMBER FISHING ABOVE THE BOAT HOUSE ON A RISEING RIVER AND WE WERE TOLD TO PACK UP EARLY BECAUSE IT WAS TO FAST TO TAKE THE BOAT OVER HE STARTED AT THE CROSSING AND ENDED AT THE SOAR MOUTH VERY SCAREY

[craftytafty]

Blimey, the old Alpha days. I won my first ever money in an Alpha match on the Derwent at Ambaston I think it was 1978, i'd be 17.
It was December, snow on the ground, freezing fog, you couldn't see the far bank all day and I had 15lb odd of chub, 5th overall won £15. ( oh and the walks were unbelievable!!!!)

Aubrey used to have wednesday matches at Trent Lock, it was like a who's who of fishing at the time.
And that boatman was a psycho

[bill yards]

They were good days on the derwent get 20 pounds of chub lets and not in the first 30 and had to book in by certain time or you wonot get a peg they were good times sorry going on to much

Yes remember drawing the Borrowash end of the Derwent in one of those Alpha matches. I drew the dreaded crappity smacking scales.
I was first to weigh in, 22 lb odd of bream on a stick float. Chap next door had slightly more.

Anyway it took two and a half hours to weigh in, never seen seen so many 40/50 lb plus chub catches. I was last with my 22 lb odd! If I remember right Bert Russell won this match with a big 60 lb of chub on flake, he told everyone he caught on wasp grub but he had left it at home by mistake!
I was well crappity smack after weighing in, it was pitch black and you could hardly see the dial.
Happy days

[joffmiester]

Blimey, the old Alpha days. I won my first ever money in an Alpha match on the Derwent at Ambaston I think it was 1978, i'd be 17.
It was December, snow on the ground, freezing fog, you couldn't see the far bank all day and I had 15lb odd of chub, 5th overall won £15. ( oh and the walks were unbelievable!!!!)

Aubrey used to have wednesday matches at Trent Lock, it was like a who's who of fishing at the time.
And that boatman was a psycho

taffy can email the dates for hatherton[i think thats the place ] matches on thursday you've been missing mate

[MrV]

Remember some of the Derwent matches too. Once drew next peg to Boris Barlow, and he warned me of the walk we had to our pegs 
I loads everything on my back and set off. 3 stops later, Boris passes me with a spring in his step and says "nearly there me duck". He only had his rod bag with him, so I says "have you got to go back and get the rest?" "No he says, I have hired a sherpa!!"   :o  I looked back, and theres a kid of about 12 lugging all his tackle across the fields, struggling like a good un. He was the son of a chap who was fishing the match and Frank had bunged him a couple of quid to carry his tackle both ways 
I think it was an hour into the match before I got my breath back