Upper Thames Winter League final round
Posted: December 15th, 2011, 9:47 pm
Sorry Lads, a bit of Trumpet blowing! But here's the results from the final Upper Thames Winter League match fished last Sunday, Its the report I sent into Match Fishing magazine.
AT Upper Thames Winter League 6th & Final Round
Venue: Bristol Avon at Chippenham and Melksham
11/12/2011. 7 teams of 10
The Final round was fished a week later than it should have been, due to a venue cancellation earlier in the season, but due to the unseasonably mild weather the venue fished fairly well, with the biggest winning weight of the series.
The angler to catch this was Garbolino Blackmore vale’s Richard Chave, who caught 20 chub on the pole from a peg at Beanacre on the Melksham water. Rich had a slow start catching about 20 roach on the pinkie before his first bite from a chub. 2 hooklengths later it was; chub 2 - Chavey 0. But a swap to double maggot on his heaver chopped worm rig resulted in 4 chub in the next 4 casts on a 14.5M pole to a tree on the far bank. By the end of the 5 hours Rich had caught another 16 chub to total 34lb 7oz
In second place was Ian Shepherd of Daiwa Gordon League who was pegged on Melksham’s Scotland road stretch and caught a beautiful net of roach, skimmers and hybrids on the pole with punched bread totalling 16lb 14oz. Ian went off to a flying start, having a net fish almost every run through for the first hour, accumulating around 10lb in that time.
In Third Place was another Gordon League Angler, Alan ‘end peg’ Jones, who like his team mate got off to a flying start with 3 chub on the pole in the first 3 casts! For the majority of his weight, Alan caught one more chub and a few perch on chopped worm to weigh 8lb 14oz
Chub also featured in forth placed Alan Brown’s net of 8lb 11oz. Alan was pegged in the line of trees at Chippenham and was the top weight from that end of the river.
Individuals on the day
1st Richard Chave Garbolino Blackmore Vale 34.7.0
2nd Ian Shepherd Daiwa Gordon League 16.14.0
3rd Alan Jones Daiwa Gordon League 8.14.0
4th Alan Brown Colmic Talisman 8.11.0
5th Kevin Rowles Devizes Match Group 7.8.0
6th Stu Dabbs Browning Andover 8.5.8
Top Individual
Gary Etheridge Garbolino Blackmore vale 37 points from 42
On the team front Daiwa Gordon League put up a fine display winning the round with 50 points despite one of their anglers blanking!
Devizes match group were second on 49 points with Garbolino Blackmore vale third on 45.
This was enough for Garbolino Blackmore Vale to secure the league and have a choice of still unknown semi final venues
Teams on the day:
1st Daiwa Gordon League 50
2nd Devizes Match Group 49
3rd Garbolino Blackmore vale 45
4thColmic Talisman 39
5th Browning Andover 37
6th Mosella Lobbies 31
7th Cotswold Angling 16
Final League
1st Garbolino Blackmore vale 11
2nd Daiwa Gordon League 13
3rd Devizes Match Group 17
4th Colmic Talisman 26
5th Mosella Lobbies 27
6th Browning Andover 32
7th Cotswold Angling 42
AT Upper Thames Winter League 6th & Final Round
Venue: Bristol Avon at Chippenham and Melksham
11/12/2011. 7 teams of 10
The Final round was fished a week later than it should have been, due to a venue cancellation earlier in the season, but due to the unseasonably mild weather the venue fished fairly well, with the biggest winning weight of the series.
The angler to catch this was Garbolino Blackmore vale’s Richard Chave, who caught 20 chub on the pole from a peg at Beanacre on the Melksham water. Rich had a slow start catching about 20 roach on the pinkie before his first bite from a chub. 2 hooklengths later it was; chub 2 - Chavey 0. But a swap to double maggot on his heaver chopped worm rig resulted in 4 chub in the next 4 casts on a 14.5M pole to a tree on the far bank. By the end of the 5 hours Rich had caught another 16 chub to total 34lb 7oz
In second place was Ian Shepherd of Daiwa Gordon League who was pegged on Melksham’s Scotland road stretch and caught a beautiful net of roach, skimmers and hybrids on the pole with punched bread totalling 16lb 14oz. Ian went off to a flying start, having a net fish almost every run through for the first hour, accumulating around 10lb in that time.
In Third Place was another Gordon League Angler, Alan ‘end peg’ Jones, who like his team mate got off to a flying start with 3 chub on the pole in the first 3 casts! For the majority of his weight, Alan caught one more chub and a few perch on chopped worm to weigh 8lb 14oz
Chub also featured in forth placed Alan Brown’s net of 8lb 11oz. Alan was pegged in the line of trees at Chippenham and was the top weight from that end of the river.
Individuals on the day
1st Richard Chave Garbolino Blackmore Vale 34.7.0
2nd Ian Shepherd Daiwa Gordon League 16.14.0
3rd Alan Jones Daiwa Gordon League 8.14.0
4th Alan Brown Colmic Talisman 8.11.0
5th Kevin Rowles Devizes Match Group 7.8.0
6th Stu Dabbs Browning Andover 8.5.8
Top Individual
Gary Etheridge Garbolino Blackmore vale 37 points from 42
On the team front Daiwa Gordon League put up a fine display winning the round with 50 points despite one of their anglers blanking!
Devizes match group were second on 49 points with Garbolino Blackmore vale third on 45.
This was enough for Garbolino Blackmore Vale to secure the league and have a choice of still unknown semi final venues
Teams on the day:
1st Daiwa Gordon League 50
2nd Devizes Match Group 49
3rd Garbolino Blackmore vale 45
4thColmic Talisman 39
5th Browning Andover 37
6th Mosella Lobbies 31
7th Cotswold Angling 16
Final League
1st Garbolino Blackmore vale 11
2nd Daiwa Gordon League 13
3rd Devizes Match Group 17
4th Colmic Talisman 26
5th Mosella Lobbies 27
6th Browning Andover 32
7th Cotswold Angling 42
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