Author: pembertron

32 anglers fished the Match, Specimen and Arena Lakes. The round 4 field faced very difficult conditions with a  further deluge of rain for most of the week prior to this latest round and further heavy rain the night before the event. Temperatures were little more than 5C so a tough match faced the teams. Overall winner was Neil McKinnon […]

A very disappointing turnout with countless people booked on the match who simply failed to attend. Needless to say, probably the last Fur & Feathers that Larford will run. Winner overall was Richard Ahern who drew peg 24 on the Arena weighing in 89lbs of carp mostly caught short and down the edge with pole, pellet and sweetcorn. Second overall […]

1st individually on the day was Rich Lawson, fishing for Brians boys on the Match Grass peg 28 and caught on pole & pellet to weigh 55-10-0. second individually on the day was Darren Fisher (Vikings) from peg 54 on the Match Burr. Darren caught on the long pole and pellet weighing in 47-11-0. Third was Neil McKinnon (Misfits), landing […]

A disappointing turn out for this sliver only festival. For those that booked on but didn’t fish and for those that simply stayed away, a fantastic four days of prime sliver fishing was missed. To win a section, 40 – 50lbs was needed. On the main, long pole with caster or cage feeder tactics were the winning methods with loads […]

32 anglers fished the Match, Specimen and Arena Lakes for Round 2 of the Winter League (8 teams). Conditions today were overcast with highs of just 5C. Heavy rain one hour before the end dampened spirits. Winner overall was Steve Ford fishing for Misfit’s who drew peg Match 26. Steve fished pole and pellet to weigh 142-10-0. 2nd overall was […]

Match & Specimen Lakes, 32 anglers, 8 teams A difficult first round match as the Specimen Lake had been subjected to adverse  flooding. The chalet bank of the Specimen Lake was un-fishable s the sections on the far side had to be pegged on the Specimen Burr which in effect put 16 anglers peg for peg. The match lake levels […]

1st was Mick Bull (Frenzee / Bag’em) from peg 8 on the Speci Burr. Mick caught on the long pole and short pole and bomb landing 231-1-0 with carp to 20lbs plus. In 2nd place was Warren Jennings (Bag’em) from peg 10. Warren weighed in 208-11-0. 3rd in the frame was Neil Colcombe (Larford) from peg 6. Neil landed 174-10-0. […]

24 anglers fished the Specimen Lake today conditions were overcast, slight breeze and highs of around 14C. Winner today from peg 82 was Barry Byrd (Spotted fin / Dot ‘em Down) with a weight of 166-13-0 Barry caught all of his carp on a shallow rig at 17.5m with hard pellet landing fish to 20lbs plus. 2nd on the day […]

Match Lake. 21 fished todays open. Temperatures of 15C with a stiff breeze and heavy rain for most of the day. Winner today was Darren Hudson (PR Floats) from peg 60. Darren fished short and down his edges with hard pellet landing 162-4-0. 2nd overall was Mark Skidmore (Larford) from peg 28. Mark caught on pellet short and down his […]

Specimen Lake, Chalet Bank. 15 anglers fished this latest open and it was last weeks winner, Stuart Pulsar (Guru) who again took the honours. Stu drew peg 80 and opted to start on the method taking a couple of early carp then switching to his 6m line with hard pellet to land 133-6-0 for comfortable win. 2nd placed travelling partner, […]