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Roy Jones Cup 2016

Congratulations to Chris Carter who was presented with the Cup he won last May at Carsington. On a very blustery day Chris won with 7 fish to his rod.

The 2016 trophy was fished for last Saturday 14th May at Stocks reservoir in the Trough of Boland. On an absolutely beautiful day 8 members fished for the Cup. Winning boat was boat 15 with 7 fish. Everybody caught fish which was pleasing. Some cold mornings had possibly put the fish down, because record bags were caught by members who were practising on Tuesday / Wednesday.

The winner of this year’s trophy was David Hild with 4 fish, followed by Dudley Hosfield with 3 fish – all these fish were taken in the afternoon. Chris Carter got 2 fish along with Brian Greengrass. Jim O’Brien, Simon Dowling and Chris Shepherd all caught.

The biggest fish of the day was a tremendous Brown Trout over 6lb for Mel Woods, winning him a bottle of the amber nectar.

It had been quite a week for Mel on his practice trip on Wednesday he got 24 fish including a massive rainbow of 12lb.

Regards,

Dudley

Toft Newton 19/03/16

The first outing of 2016 saw us at Toft Newton.
Eight of us were responsible for landing 28 trout for the day.
G Jones – 9 – With more from the bank
M Wood – 8 – Biggest fish
B Jones – 3
B Greengrass – 3
Peter Aldred – 3
D Hild – 2
Chris Carter & J O’Brien – 0
Very cold wind blowing most of the day made lunch time welcome. In the afternoon the wind dropped but the temp remained very low and a cold group enjoyed a bit of friendly banter after a good day out.

Jim O’Brien

Leeds FDG Fishing 2016

Melvyn Wood has yet again done a wonderful job of arranging fishing for the club in 2016.

  1. 19th March – Toft Newton Reservoir
  2. 16th April – Eyebrook Reservoir
  3. 14th May – Stocks Reservoir. The Roy Jones Trophy Competition.
  4. 11th June – Malham Tarn. 8 places only, First come first served.
  5. 9th July – Carsington Water
  6. 6th August – Draycote Water
  7. 10th September – Thornton Reservoir
  8. 8th October – Rutland Water

These are all on a Saturday. If our members would like to fish any or all of these please get in touch with Melvyn or Dudley.

I have added these dates to the Events section of this website. If you have a Calendar application such as Outlook or use a smartphone you can click on the event for full details then click the +GOOGLE CALENDAR or +iCAL EXPORT buttons to add them straight into your diary. You can also scroll to the bottom of the list of events and click +EXPORT LISTED EVENTS to add all the entries to your calendar in one go so you won’t miss anything.

Chris.

Stocks Reservoir – 5th September 2015

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Our day out to Stocks was again a good day for the lads & lasses of the branch. Not many fish caught, but one boat outshone the rest by bringing four to the net and releasing two more at distance. A day of difficult fishing, blustery winds and accusations of cheating by the top boat!

The eight of us started a bit later than usual with me and Dave leaving the boat dock at about 10:15. I was up the sharp end today and Dave took us down to Gull Island where my trio of wets soon produced the first fish. It took a keen liking to the drogue and promptly did three laps around the ropes making me lose two flies, but I got the fish, number one. A long spell then came number two to a Sweet Suzie. This was just before 12:30 when we said we would return to the dock for lunch. But we decided as we had found the fish at last we would have ours on board. This is where the green monster of jealousy appeared and the subsequent committee meeting held without a defence, deemed the fish caught during the lunch break were not eligible for recording!
At this point I had two, and David had two to the net. I went on to lose 2 due to poor knots giving under the tremendous strain of a gargantuan rainbow of at least 2 lb. (60 years fishing and I still can’t tie a knot, maybe a lesson for buddy night?). Dave went on to miss a few more takes to his floating flies and 17:00 was upon us.

My favourite 5 weight Marksman Drifter rod didn’t even get a tug. I tried all the flies in my competition box to no effect on the other 7 weight I had also set up in desperation to catch! Floating and sinking lines didn’t find me a fish either. I think we only saw one fish caught on another boat all day. I don’t know why it was fishing so poorly when conditions looked pretty good? – Chris.

It was quite calm in the bays by late afternoon but there was hardly a fish to be seen all day, even with a good ripple and overcast sky.

When we returned to the dock we were met by some sad tired faces, only Judith had succeeded to catch.
That soon changed when the banter started and a good laugh was had by all, and we continued to laugh all the way to the local pub.
Yet another good day out for the branch members.

By Jimbo & Chris C.

Toft Newton Fishery on 8th August

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Hi All,

After a very successful trip to Ladybower, where David big fish Hild managed another big fish of 13.5 lbs, on a dry mayfly pattern. David is in the habit of catching big fish. He had a big Brown Trout on Rutland water last year. All caught fish right on or in the surface. Fantastic fishing and very visual.

The next boat fishing trip is to Toft Newton Fishery on 8th August. I have not fished the venue before but I believe from those that have that its a first class fishery. I would advise that you have a look at the website www.toftnewton.com

If you would like to fish, please let me know by email please before this coming Friday. If you have not boat fished before we always put the inexperienced with the experienced. Hope to see you all there.

Kind Regards.

Melvyn

melvynwood50@gmail.com

Ladybower – July 11th 2015

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A short report of our day at Ladybower on July 11th.
Six of us made the journey into Derbyshire for this months outing.

Not a lot of fish caught, but fish of the day went to David Hild with a 13.5 lb Rainbow.

​Thanks to Melvyn for organising yet another good day out with good company.
Next time out is to Toft Newton on Aug 8th.
James O’Brien

Roy Jones Trophy 2015

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Just to let you know how we went on in the Roy Jones Trophy competition yesterday at Carsington Water near Matlock. Eight Leeds branch members fished.

It was a wild, wet and windy day however despite this everybody had a great time with everybody catching except DH. It’s a beautiful lake with crystal clear water and a blue tint from the limestone.

Judith Milner was 3rd with 4 fish, I was 2nd with 7 fish but Chris Carter was the winner with 120” from his 7 fish.

Melvyn graciously decided not to put his card forward into the competition this year to let someone else have a go, which rightly or wrongly I accepted his wishes.

Bob Lomax was true to his word and joined us our boat totalled 19 fish so we were just pipped by 1 by Chris & Mel. Bob steered me to my total including the biggest fish at 4lb but he led me astray to the “dark side” to catch the 23” fish – as you know I am a purist when it comes to fly fishing.

I’m off to the Dee today and suspect I won’t have as much fun up there!

Dudley Hosfield

Carsington Water