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the ideal league
Posted: April 11th, 2011, 2:51 pm
by joffmiester
what would make everyone happy
what sort of leagues do anglers want
what sort money do they want to pay
what sort of fishing makes a good league
what sized teams 4,6,8 or 10
answer all of theses and you should get some idea myself i think 8 men teams are the way forward and allowing spare anglers to fish in a seprate team i think the league should be over 6 rounds 2 canal,2 river and either 2 commercials or lakes its fare better to keep anglers interested in fishing if one or two teams don't run away with it .i'm sure and i have seen plenty of ideas on team fishing ,but yet to see anyone grab them by the balls and organise them
my biggest bug bear is the fact i can't fish most saturdays or i would be running something by now
you only have to look at the barston series because its a individual league carpcrunchers getting 80 anglers on a saturday fisho's 130 anglers it seams to me its the way fishing is going
the ideal league
Posted: April 11th, 2011, 10:42 pm
by Dodge
the ideal league
Posted: April 12th, 2011, 8:45 am
by bill yards
Dodge, I think you are spot on with everything you say there. The writing was on the wall for 10 or 12 a side teams a good few years back.
I think the only one that has a chance of being there in twenty years time is the National, it has been going for over 100 years, and is purely a one-off.
Anyone can make stats talk in their favour. However, it is fact that that 116 teams fished the 1971 national (widely recognised as the peak in match fishing times). This year, 40 years on should see a slightly larger number than that, around 120.
I can't forward any ATWL figures but they would not make for very good reading over that time span. Most Leagues had twelve teams of twelve then, some had fifteen and some had even more; there wer even queues of teams trying to get in some Leagues because they were over subscribed. If my memory serves me right, (perhaps someone will confirm or not confirm) I think you were placed in a League, you couldn't pick and choose like today
the ideal league
Posted: April 12th, 2011, 8:52 am
by bill yards
I must admit I haven't fished the Middlewich Spring League. This is quite simply because our lads, me included, want a short break, nothing more nothing less.
All but the League I have mentioned I have fished the Crewe and Wirral winter leagues for the past two years, winter and summer.
They are bang on and the banter and company is second to none; for those that seem to thrive on moaning and complaining in matches it is not for them though! In some ways the fishing is unimportant but in reality I have seen it improve even over that short space of time I have been going.
the ideal league
Posted: April 12th, 2011, 10:34 am
by joffmiester
the ideal league
Posted: April 12th, 2011, 3:47 pm
by samsman
You have to take your hat off to the wigan lads , very healthy situation up there year in year out even though the wigan canal is crap !
it's not crap
it's challenging
if you want somewhere that's a little bit easier may i suggest trying one of the many commercial fisheries available, it might be just what your looking for
the wigan circuit is popular not because of the fishing,but because it's a cheap affordable match where eveyone (well almost) has the crack.
the ideal league
Posted: April 12th, 2011, 4:36 pm
by Dodge
the ideal league
Posted: April 12th, 2011, 7:25 pm
by bill yards
There's crappity smack all wrong with the Wigan Cut.
Proper fishing
When is the next National on it?
the ideal league
Posted: April 13th, 2011, 9:13 am
by joffmiester
the ideal league
Posted: April 13th, 2011, 9:21 am
by bill yards
Some three years or so back I was fishing a match up on Wigan Cut. When I was packing up I emptied my carryall out and packed it from empty. I left a short 'bar' behind that I used a fair bit and at the time they were hard to come by. It was presented to me next time I went up there, - top guys, lovely bit of cut.
I know places no too far from here you dare not even empty your carryall
the ideal league
Posted: April 13th, 2011, 9:34 am
by joffmiester
the ideal league
Posted: April 13th, 2011, 9:37 am
by bill yards
the ideal league
Posted: April 13th, 2011, 9:44 am
by joffmiester