October

Final Round
And Fun Day
How has it been for you this be called The Angling Trust.
year? I shall remember 2008
for the winds. For three The Salmon and Trout
months I poured over the Association has previously
 weather forecasts to find a
Tuesday when I could go to
been recognised as the
organising body for fly fishing.

E Rutland and not get drenched

as one motored back up the
drift. I eventually found one
W with light winds and cloud
cover – and the fishing was the
best I ever experienced on
S Rutland.
My understanding is that
because of its charitable status,
the S&TA is currently barred
from representing fly fishing
on this new body. At the
moment the S&TA have voted
not to give up their charity

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2008 Association Champions
Rutland Water Fly Fishers

2 Whilst it may have little impact

on the Association, the
0 organisation of English Fly
Fishing is in turmoil. The
government has decided that
0 for grant and representational
purposes they will only relate
to a single angling body This
8 has forced the various branches
to work together to develop a
single angling organisation.
At the moment this is going to
status and will only have a
peripheral role.
The Angling Trust will be
formed in January. Its brief
includes managing ational
and International Angling
Competitions and through an
associated organisation called
‘Fish Legal’, advice to
members. It will the only body
that Sports England recognises.

Edit. P.Firth, 4 ,West Field Lane, Thorpe on the Hill, Lincoln L6 9BF 01522-682668 peter@fishfly.plus.com
 Results of the Autumn Association Match
GROUP THREE
GROUP OE GROUP TWO ame o Weight
ame o Weight ame o Weight
Crawley F.C.
Bewl Bridge F.C. ‘A’ Bewl Bridge F.C. ‘B’ Baz Reece 8 17lbs 3oz
Tom Davis 3 6lbs 4oz David Little Dell Fell 1 1lb 15oz
Ashley Davis 8 17lbs Nick Cox 8 20lbs 15oz Alan Hall
Phil Thompson 8 16lbs 12oz Doug Skins 4 8lbs 4oz Peter Wyles
Steve Buck 3 6lbs 14oz Jim McGonigle 5 9lbs 13oz TOTAL 19lbs 2oz
TOTAL 46lbs 14oz TOTAL 39lbs
Invicta F.C. ‘A’
Bristol Reservoirs F.A. Fish Hawks ‘B’ Alan Taylor 6 13lbs 6oz
Tony George 2 3lbs 11oz David Eames 4 7lbs 8oz John Brownbridge 6 12lbs 2oz
Peter Kemptoin 8 17lbs 6oz Keith Jones 5 9lbs 12oz Mike Smith 4 8lbs 3oz
Pete Ford 8 17lbs 9oz Al Grice-Jackson 3 5lbs 8oz Carl Hunter 6 11lbs 3oz
Peter de Kremer 5 10lbs 2oz Willie Edmond 2 4lbs 70z TOTAL 44lbs 14oz
TOTAL 48lbs 12oz TOTAL 27lbs 10z
Invicta F.C. ‘B’
Fish Hawks ‘A’ Grafham Water F.A. John Brown 1 2lbs 2oz
Ian Whiteside 6 12lbs 6oz Mark Brinkman 4 9lbs 8oz David Hardick 2 5lbs 5oz
Colin Faires 4 7lbs 11oz Chris Lane 1 1lb 13oz ***
Si Morris 3 5lbs 12oz Andy Linwood 5 11lbs 1oz ***
Ian Baker 3 6lbs Harley Smith 5 9lbs 12oz TOTAL 7lbs 7oz
TOTAL 31lbs 13oz TOTAL 32lbs 2oz

Hanningfield F.A.
Alan Stern 7 12lbs 4oz Soldier Palmers ‘A’
Charlie Abrahams 1 2lbs ***
Ashley Livermore 2 3lbs 4oz
Nathan Ineson 1 3lbs 4oz Best Team on Day
TOTAL 20lbs 12oz
Receives the
Rutland Water F.F. Kew/Queen Mother
Mike Barrett 8 18lbs 5oz
Graham Pearson 8 17lbs 2oz
Plate
Al Owen 6 11lbs 2oz
Mark Haycock 3 6lbs 10oz Presented
TOTAL 53lbs 9oz By Mickey Bewick

Soldier Palmers ‘A’

Andy Everett 8 18lbs 8oz
Wayne Jones 5 10lbs 1oz Iver F.C. Royal avy/Marines
Tony Hoggart 3 6lbs 8oz Clive Collier 4 8lbs 4oz Chris Anderson 1 2lbs 2oz
Andy Smith 8 20lbs Andrew Green 3 5lbs 9oz Ron Tutt 2 4lbs 10oz
TOTAL 55lbs 1oz Ron Lusardi 4 8lbs 1oz Tony Wilkinson 6 13lbs 15oz
Roy Palmer 4 9lbs 30z Charles Bowers 6 13lbs 3oz
TOTAL 31lbs 1oz TOTAL 33lbs 14oz
Match Results All Groups
Queen Mother F.F. Soldier Palmers ‘B’
Micky Bewick 2 4lbs John Gamon 2 3lbs 15oz
Best Team Al Munn 4 6lbs 8oz Tug Lawson 2 3lbs 6oz
Jim Longmore 2 3lbs 9oz Jock Bending 8 14lbs 14oz
Paul Weiss Jamie Thomas
Soldier Palmers ‘A’ TOTAL 14lbs 1oz TOTAL 22lbs 3oz
55lbs 1oz
FIAL TABLE GROUP OE
Best Individual Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 TOTAL POSITION
Team
ick Cox Rutland Water F.F. 3 4 5 5 6 5 28 1
Soldier Palmers 'A' 2 6 6 1 5 6 26 2
Bewl Bridge F.C. ‘B’
20lbs 15oz Bewl Bridge 'A' 6 2 3 6 4 3 24 3
Hanningfield F.A. 4 5 4 4 3 1 21 4
Fish Hawks 'A' 5 1 2 3 2 2 15 5
Bristol Reservoirs F.A. 1 3 1 2 1 4 12 6
 Group One – Rutland Water Fly Fishers - see previous for table and picture
FIAL TABLE GROUP TWO

Team Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 TOTAL POSITION Allthe
Queen Mother 4 5 4 5 5 1 24 1
Grafham Water F.A. 2 4 3 2 4 4 19 2
group
Iver F.C. 3 2 5 4 1 3 18 3 winners
Bewl Bridge 'B' 5 1 2 1 2 5 16 4
Fish Hawks 'B' 1 3 1 3 3 2 13 5

GroupTwoWinners

Queen
Mother
Fly
Fishers

Receiving the

Anglian Water Trophy

FIAL TABLE GROUP THREE

Team Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 TOTAL POSITION

Navy/ Marines 5 5 4 5 4 4 27 1
Invicta 'A' 3 4 5 4 5 5 26 2
Crawley F.C. 2 3 2 2 3 2 14 3
Soldier Palmers'B' 0 1 3 3 0 3 10 4
Invicta F.C. 'B' 4 2 1 1 0 1 9 5

GROUPThree
Winners

Royal avy
and Marines
Receiving the

Essex Water Trophy

 AlltheIndividualWinners
AlltheIndividualWinners

The Eddie Gray Cup
For
The Best Bag of the Day

Nick Cox

Bewl Bridge F.C.’A’

20lbs 15oz

The East Thames Aggregates

Shield
For
Largest Fish of the Season

Jock Bending

Soldier Palmers ‘B’

6lbs 6oz

The Lew Cass Cup

For
The Largest Fish in Lowest
Group (restricted to anglers who
have never won an Association
Trophy before)

John Mees

Invicta F.C. ‘A’

(Trophy collected by Alan
Taylor)

4lbs 2.5oz
 Miserable Weather for the Autumn Association
Match on Rutland on Saturday 4th. October
Anglers were greeted with
unpleasantly cold temperatures
and a forecast of winds
strengthening to 20+ mph in
the afternoon.
Nevertheless, with only two
places (including relegation
places) already decided all but
one team (Invicta ‘B’) were
fully represented.
In order to be fair to all teams
Nigel Savage informed
everyone of a large stocking, in
Sailing Club Bay the previous
day.
Many had practiced the day
before and the boats split into
three groups and set off for the
known hot spots. One group
set off for Fantasy Island,
another turned left towards
Gibraltar Point and a small
group fished just outside the
harbour.
Whilst very cold the wind did
not start to blow until midday.
By 2.00pm it was so strong
that it became difficult to get
the line behind you. It did
warm up and blow less
viciously for the last hour.
Nevertheless most anglers
were pleased to come in.
Anything you can do! Alan Stern of Hanningfield (in the same
boat) catches one in the same place as his boat partner
Al Grice-Jackson of Fish Hawks’B’ takes an early fish
only yards from the harbour wall
With fish in many places it is
not surprising that a large
variety of methods and flies
worked.
Perhaps one of the most
unusual, which produced a
limit towards Fantasy Island
was hoppers pulled just sub
surface.
Many anglers used floating
lines and nymphs, but Graham
Pearson, fishing in the Sailing
Club Bay to Gibraltar Point
area used a fast sinking line
and blobs. He started his
drifts right on the edge of the
week beds and started pulling
before the line had sunk too
deep. Like many others he
found the morning the most
productive with six fish by
midday. It took him until
5.15pm to catch his other two
fish.
All the teams, who were
heading the table before the
match, achieved enough points
to remain in first place,
although none of them won on
the day.
Rutland, in group one, even
though they caught more fish
and had a larger time bonus,
were beaten by Soldier Palmers
by better average weight of
fish. (An unusual occurrence!).
In group two Queen Mother
F.F. came last on the day but
had already won the group.
The Royal Navy/Marines also
came second on the day to
Invicta ‘A’ but that was
enough to give them the Group
Three Title by one point.
At the bottom of the tables the
only change was in Group
Two. A winning performance
by Nick Cox of Bewl ‘B’ gave
them all five points. Just
enough to keep them from last
place.
 Who saidthis
was fun?
Association Fun Day
On
Eyebrook Sunday 12th. October

The Weather for on the western shore between

ame o Weight theAssociation Fun Day was Harrison’s Corner and the
FU! Sunny, warm and with Three Trees Point. Here the
1. Invicta F.C. ‘B’ only light winds. closer you could get to the
Steve Middleton 1 1lb 13oz bank the more chance there
Bob Ayres 2 4lbs 2oz The Fishing for the was of a fish.
Paul Stevens 3 6lbs 5.5oz Association Fun Day was OT
Alan Taylor 1 2lbs 14oz
TOTAL 15lbs 2.5oz
FU! With an average of Most anglers used floating
only one fish each it was lines but they were not
2. Hanningfield dreadful! Three out of the exclusively successful with a
Alan Stern 2 3lbs 8oz thirteen boats failed to catch a few fish falling to
Nigel Angus fish. Only one team managed slow/intermediate lines.
Ashley Livermore 1 1lb 15oz
Nathan Ireson 2 4lbs 13oz to scramble at
TOTAL 10lbs 4oz least one fish
each. Only
3. Odds & Sods two anglers
Garry How 1 1lb 4oz managed three
Harry Byrne 3 5lbs 15oz
.... fish and the
.... rest scraped
TOTAL 7lbs 3oz about for ones
and twos.
4. The Committee
Graden Smith 1 2lbs
Peter Firth 1 1lb 9oz With fish so
Mike Clark scarce there
John Caldwell 1 3lbs 1oz was no one
TOTAL 6lbs 10oz One of a few fish caught, tight up to the bank, in the early
area, fly or afternoon drifting out from Harrison’s Corner
method which
5. Bob’ Bits
Bob Sanger 1 1lb 8oz deserves
Alan Hall 2 5lbs recognition. Fish were caught on buzzers
Martyn Borrows types, minkies and fry patterns
Bob Birchall A few fish were caught early and at least one angler (in
TOTAL 6lbs 8oz
on the eastern shore between winning team) fished all
6. Invicta F.C. ‘A’ The Bell and the Old Road. In afternoon with a red hopper on
Graham Williams 2 3lbs 8oz the afternoon most boats ended the surface for his one fish.
Mark Searle 1 2lbs 1oz
Arthur Sexton
Mike Smith
TOTAL 5lbs 9oz

7. Grafham Water F.A.

Norman Rushton
JohnTattersfield
Peter Hartley
Richard Kesek 2 3lbs 7oz
TOTAL 3lbs 7oz

Best Boat Paul Stevens

Alan Taylor

Best Fish Alan Hall

Invicta F.C.’B’ – Winners
7 fish for 15lbs2.5oz