Simple Match Fishing Forum

Just reading the match results in the Anglers Mail for week ending July 25th 1992........

'Paul Yates (Matchman Supplies) delivered the goods on the fancied Osiers stretch in the 94 peg Loughborough Soar Open.

Stick float and double caster on 2lb line straight through bough chub averaging 2lb then after half an hour fight he landed an 11lb 8oz carp.

He would have won without the fish, as he had 32-2-0.

Steve Roach (Shepshed Charterhouse) drew the Broen Weir section at Bonsers Meadow and alternated caster and maggot hook baits under a stick float for 17-12-0 of chub and roach.

Team mate Graham Elliot put up a great challenge to finish just short with 17-5-0.

His was a mixed bag on pole and bronze maggot from the Little Meadow.

Others
Terry Moroz (Daiwa Trentmen) 15-10-0
Bradley Titmus (Sensas Leicester) 14-9-0
Rob Jones (Quorn Shire) 14-6-0
John Shellard (Sensas Leicester) 14-4-0
Nick West (Long Eaton Fed) 13-10-0 '

In the same mag - probably reported by Bill Digger Conway broke the (then) cut record on the Coventry Cut at Polesworth with 25-11-8

Some other good reports of matches..........and one thing is noticable.........

There were a few cut matches in this neck of the woods to go at too.......

Advertised were........

SCC Gailey - Four Ashes canal 60 pegs
Angel - Wyrley Essington Canal 60 pegs
BRS Birmingham - Fazeley Canal 80 pegs
Crewe Pioneer - Shrops Union Market Drayton 150 pegs
Hodnet - Shrops Union Goldstone 80 pegs
Fishermans Friend - Staffs Worcs 200 pegs
RAF Stafford - Trent & Mersey Salt 100 pegs
Rugeley & Brereton - Trent & Mersey Mossley Bridge 80 pegs
Shugborough - Trent & Mersey Shugborough 100 pegs
Walsall - Trent & Mersey Kings Bromley 100 pegs

And elsewhere in the match reports........

'The Staffs Worcs Canal at Wombourne came alive with gudgeon last Saturday for the Wolves Open and Peter Plant (Starlets) had 1,038 to win with 11-0-0.

Peter fed 2lb8oz of brown crumb and two pints of squatts and caught his fish on a three metre whip with pinkie.

Others :
Neil Turner (Starlets) 6-8-1
Clive Wolverson (Menvier MG) 6-6-2
Karl Baker (Penkridge) 6-5-15

Those days were when matches were proper matches.
They had about half the pegging distance than today but all the competitors were interested in was enjoying their fishing not bullying
and blaspheming match organisers like some do today.

also bill there were no carp holes .

also bill there were no carp holes

To true Scotty85 - that's why I posted

and one thing is noticable.........

i couldn't draw then either

even bucko said to me yesterday that i draw worse than he doe's

Too right Scotty, there were a few crap hole though!
Well done yesterday.

I would have gone to Shugborough on that match list; draw 5.30am and sold out virtually every match. Makes you think dunit.

TK, I well remember doing the reports then!