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Match 1>
30/3/03
was fished on the stables stretch of the Forth and Clyde
canal (just passed the dead tree).
The weather had been warm (12c to 15c) all week, with some night frosts.
On the day the weather was warm and bright with a light right to left breeze 12 to 14 C.
The water was very clear, barges what barges! we could have done with one or
two, to put a bit of colour in the water.
Tactics tried were chopped worm, bread punch, pinkie, chopped pinkie, caster, hemp.
After all this effort not 1 fish decided to show its face and everyone blanked.
Match 2>
13/4/03
was fished at Lochburn Rd on the Forth and Clyde
canal. The weather had been warm (12c to 14c last 3 days), on the day the
weather started of bright and sunny with a light breeze. THIS! soon
changed to overcast with a strong breeze and turned very cold. The water a
little coloured, and with two barges going through later on this helped.
It took over 2 hours for the first fish to be caught a small Roach (after the
first barge).
The pegs look clear of weed but just under the surface it was very weedy out to
about 7mtrs. Once a way was found to combat the wind and the weed (top 3
or whip, fishing 2 feet deep) lots of little Roach and Rudd were caught in the
last hour and a half on pinkie with a little sloppy ground bait (7½oz won the
match (30 to 40 mostly small Rudd).
Match 3>
27/4/03
was fished at Bishopbriggs sports centre. The weather had been very wet
and on the day it was very windy
and cold. The water was a little coloured due to all the rain.
there was a lot of small Roach 1 to 2oz and
the match was won by John Smoat with 1lb 8oz
Most of the fish were caught close in due to the strong wind and driving rain, Pinkie and maggot
being the best bait with a little sloppy groundbait.
Match 4>
11/5/03
was fished at the Girlings. The weather had been wet windy and cold all week
on the day of the match it was cold and windy and the water was clear. after a slow start
20 minutes to catch the first fish, but after a barge went through things picked up a bit and
the
match was won by John Smoat with 1lb 9oz.
and second place was Charlie Roberts
with 15oz.
usual canal tactics some sloppy ground bait and pinkie close in 5/6/7 metres
to catch roach in the 1 to 2 ozs
Match 5>
1/6/03
The match was won by John Smoat with 8lb.
second was Jim Watson with 7lb 8oz
third Charlie Roberts with 6lb 4oz.
Match 6>
15/6/03
The match was won by John Smoat with 8lb 7oz
second was Willie Harper with
7lb 6oz.
third John Keir with 3lb 11oz, forth Jim Watson with 3lb 1oz
Match 7> 29/6/03
was fished at Lochburn rd. The weather was very warm and sunny and the water was very clear
with a light breeze from left to right.
The match was won by John Smoat with 13oz of small Roach.
second was John Keir.
and third was Jim Watson.
Tactics sloppy ground bait and loose feed pinkie.
Due to the weather the fish were moving in and out the swims and were very easily
spooked, and
with the number of Pike in the area it proved to be a very hard match for this time of year.
Match 8> 13/7/03
Was won by John Smoat with 5lb 6oz.
second was Willie Harper with 5lb 1oz.
third was Jim Watson with 3lb 6oz.
fourth was Charlie Roberts with 2lb 15 oz.
fifth was John Keir with 2lb 3oz.
last but not least was Billy Brownlee with 1lb 3oz.
on a very warm and sunny day. Perch were the predominant catch but a few good Roach in the
12oz to 1lb mark were also caught.
Match 9> 27/7/03
Was fished at Firhill basin. The match started well with a fish a chuck, small Roach and Rudd.
This was not to continue. The last 3 hours of the math were very slow.
The winner of the match
was John Smoat with 2lb.
2nd was Willie Harper with 1lb 7oz.
3rd was Charlie Roberts with 14oz.
4th was John Keir with 7oz.
Jim Watson left before the all in, as he had a disagreement with
the peg he was trying to clear out, the peg won by breaking his landing net handle and pulling
him into the water. luckily it was not to deep, and he got away with a soaking and a gallon
of water in each welly.
(BEEN THERE--) a quote from the Chairman John Smoat.
Match 10 + Club Open> 9/8/03
Was fished at Torwood House Hotel in the Borders. The weather was baking hot and had been that
way all week.
The match and day one of the Open was won by
1st John Smoat 8lb 12 1/2oz
2nd Charlie Roberts 5lb 14oz
3rd John keir 5lb 13 1/2oz
4th Billy Brownlee 3lb 6 1/2oz
Day two of the open
1st John Smoat 6lb 1oz
2nd Charlie Roberts 5lb 10z
3rd John Keir 4lb 4oz
4th Billy Brownlee 2lb 8 1/2oz
Total weight for the Club Open
1st John Smoat 15lb 6 1/2oz
2nd Charlie Roberts 10lb 15oz
3rd John Keir 10lb 1/2oz
4th Billy Brownlee 5lb 15oz
Both days of the match were fish a chuck at the beginning with small Rudd, as more feed went
in, Skimmer Bream started to be caught 2/4 oz with a couple of 2lb better fish. On day two
the weights were down a little on day one, as people spent more time targeting the bigger bream.
I think if not fishing a match Fishing for the Bream with chopped worm and caster would
produce a lot of the better Bream and a good weight
As is the norm at Torwood Dave and Veronica were the perfect hosts and great food and lots of liquid e.g.
CIDER Was drunk. (well it was very warm) and a great time was had by all.
THANK YOU ALL AT TORWOOD. From all the boys .
Match 11> 24/8/03
the match was fished at Dullater on the Forth & Clyde canal. It was a very warm bright day
with a strong breeze from left to right.
The winner was John Smoat with 2lb 8oz
second was John Keir with 1lb 2oz
third was Charlie Roberts with 1lb
forth was Billy Brownlee with 12oz
Match 12> 14/9/03
The match was fished at Torrance bridge back towards the Stables, the weather was overcast
but warm, the water was clear with a touch of colour. There were a lot of small Roach and the
odd Perch, loose feeding pinkies and a little ground bait at 6-7 Metres. Some better Roach
4-12 oz were also showing from time to time, as John Smoat found out by bumping 3 Roach
in the 12oz plus range on his whip in the opening 20 minutes. A change to the pole saw
John Smoat win the match with 2lb 13oz of small Roach and Perch with a couple of the better Roach.
Match 13> 21/9/03
The Match was won by John Smoat with 6lb 11oz Second Was Jim watson with 5lb 10oz
Third was Charlie Roberts with 4lb 9oz and Forth was John Keir with 2lb 12oz
lots of small Perch and Roach with the odd better Roach to a 1lb and a couple of eels to a pound.
Match 14> 5/10/03
The Match was fished at the boards in Kirkintiloch and was won by John Smoat with 3lb 8oz second
was Billy Brownlee with 11oz third was Jim Watson with 3oz.
Designed by John Smoat MM3