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Match 1 >(April 11)
Lockburn Rd 3 ways.
Weather: Fine sunny day warmish, light breeze.
Water: tinge of colour.
Tried bread punch with no success, tried a little dark ground bait and Pinkie with no success.
other baits tried corn, hemp, worm, no fish. Every body blanked. usual first
match result.
Match 2 >(April 25)
the Girlings, Kirkintiloch
Weather: Very warm sunny day, light breeze.
Water: clear.
Very slow for the first hour until two barges went through and increased the colour
in the water. Started catching but very slow. Loose fed pinkie and hemp on the 4 metre line with
a little ground bait brought a few fish, to 3oz. More fish were caught at the 9/10 metre line
with the same tactics. Most of the fish came from the bottom, to 6 inches off bottom.
1lb 14oz won the match, all Roach from small to 4oz, but mainly
in the 2oz range.
Match 3 >(May 9
Briggs sports centre (right towards Cader bridge)
Weather: Very warm overcast day with some sun, flat calm.
Water: tinge of colour.
Caught straight away with a little punch crumb and loose feed Pinkie on the 4metre whip
line. With the presence of Mr Pike and the fish still spawning, it got very hard and you
had to search all of the swim to pick up small roach and Perch. A change to match black
mixed sloppy with Pinkie brought some more fish. Most fish caught on the drop with very
light float and strung out shotting. 2 better Roach in the last 15 minutes
took the winning weight to 1lb 4oz second was 10oz.
Match 4 >(May 23)
Briggs sports centreb (left towards Milton)
Weather: Very warm bright day, light breeze,
Water: tinge of colour.
Every one caught straight away, small Roach and Perch, then it slowed till a boat
came through. The wind picked up to very strong, and made fishing very hard.
The match was won with 1lb of small Roach and Perch.
Match 5 >(June 6)
Magiscroft
Weather: warm, overcast, breezy,
water: coloured.
Bait loose feed Pinkie, dble Maggot on hook,Casters, ground bait Sensas Ton-up.
Fishing at 8 to 9 metres in 5 to 6 feet of water in peg 34.
Started 3 to 4 inches over depth. 1 Orange sized ball of ground bait with
added Hemp + Casters. Caught within minutes (Bream).
As the wind picked up changed to the rod, same depth, fed maggots or Pinkie
on and 4 to 5 metres past ground bait area. Caught on the drop, if not nudged
the float back over the ground baited area and caught. Caught 1 bigger Bream
on the drop. (2lb 2oz)for a total weight of 18lb 10oz.
90% Skimmers, 3 chub to 10oz, 5 to 6 4oz Carp.
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Match 6 >(June 20)
Stables (dead tree)
Weather: warm, cold, sunny, cloudy, wet, windy.(Thank god it's summer).
Water: tinge of colour.
bait: Pinkie + Maggot,ground bait 1/4 bag of Sensas Ton-up.
Very slow the weather over the last 2 night had been cold.
Fishing on or over depth, caught Roach, Rudd, Perch, to 6oz, not a lot of small fish caught.
With the help of a bonus Tench, (1lb) the winning weight was 3lb 2oz, on a very slow day.
Match 7 >(July 4)
Magiscroft: right of the big tree.
Weather: showery but warm.
Water: clear.
On a very hard day 9oz won the match in very deep water 9ft to 25ft, pure murder.
Match 8 >(July 18)
Stables: passed the dead tree.
Weather: windy, showery, cold.
Water: clear.
With very clear water it was very hard. Small Perch + Roach. the match was won by
John Keir With a bonus Eel and a good Perch.
CLUB OPEN >July 24/25
Torwood:
Weather: Saterday: overcast, warm,---
Sunday: rain clearing to very warm sun shine, mild breeze.
Water: coloured.
Saterday: The first day of a two day match, a lot of small fish were caught mainly Roach, Rudd, and Bream.
1st john Smoat---------------6lb 5oz
2nd Willie Harper------------5lb 14oz
3rd John Keir----------------2lb 12oz
4th Charlie Roberts----------2lb 8oz
5th Billy Brownlee-----------2lb 3oz
6th Stan Kulis-------------------10oz
Sunday: Again a lot of small fish, you caught Roach Rudd and a few Bream, or you had mostly Bream. John Smoat had 3 good fish on, but lost them. Willie Harper had 2 good Bream 2lb 8 oz + 2lb 5oz
1st Willie Harper -----------13lb 8oz
2nd John Smoat ------------5lb 10oz
3rd Billy Brownlee ----------2lb 120z
4th Charlie Roberts ---------1lb 5oz
5th John Keir ---------------1lb 4oz
6th Stan Kulis ------------------13oz
The Milton Coarse Angling Club--OPEN WINNER---WILLIE HARPER: --- 19lb 6oz---(WELL DONE)
Match 10 >3 August
Briggs facing the sports centre
Weather Cold to start but got warmer, windy.
Water Clear.
On a cold summers day a lot of small fish, (Roach Perch) were caught, just of the back
of the lillies.
Ground bait was used at the start but the fish seemed to prefer loose feed pinkies or maggots.
With a couple of boats going through the water colour improved,as did the fishing
Winner John Smoat 3lb 13oz
Second John Keir 2lb 5oz
Third Charlie Roberts 1lb 8oz
Designed by John Smoat MM3