Rowan roars to Park prize

ANGLING:L JOE Rowan bagged top honours in the latest of the Medlock Bridge AC opens on the Park Lake, pole and maggot attracting four small f1s for a 5lb 14oz net.


Bob Harrison has enjoyed a profitable time on this venue, and he continued with a second-best 4lb 14oz catch on pole-fished maggot.



DAVE Chadwick seemingly makes the frame everywhere he goes. He netted first place in the latest of the Northern AA open matches on the Miners Arms lengths. After a slow start — Chadwick didn’t have a bite for the first two hours — he went on to land 7lb 9oz of skimmers and small roach on bread punch over liquidised bread. Shaun Paddon, of Tri-Cast Highfield, was second, with two good skimmers and a 2lb perch making up 5lb 11oz.



RAY Rigby topped the open match on Hough Farm Fishery’s Upper and Lower Benbo. He boasted 48lb 10oz of decent-sized carp on pole-fished maggot down the near side margins. He later switched to maggot long for ide and f1s. Second was Stephen Physick, who used banded pellet shallow for 10 decent-sized carp in a 35lb 13oz bag.



THE match dates for the teams-of-six Pennine Winter League have been finalised.

They are (all Sundays) — October 4, Huddersfield Narrow Canal at Slaithwaite; October 11, Rochdale Canal at Todmorden; October 25, Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Shipley; January 3, Mirfield Canal; January 17, Mirfield Canal.

Pay-outs should be excellent as organiser Richard East has planned for 10 teams. It’s £90 a team, payable at the first match. Individual pools are £15 for each match.



I GUESTED for the Dams and Locks team in a 60-peg Stafford Winter League match on the Shropshire Union Canal at Church Eaton. Using squatt and pinkie over groundbait at 11 metres, I managed over 150 small roach and gudgeon. My final tally of 4lb 2oz was good enough to claim the section spoils.

Dams and Locks were second overall, two points adrift of Shakespeare Superteam.



VENUES

Dowry Reservoir: Day tickets £5 per rod available in advance from Tight Lines, Shaw. Maximum two rods per angler. No night fishing. Carp to double figures.

Ogden Reservoir: Day tickets £5 on the bank and at Tight Lines, Shaw. Carp to double figures.

Strinesdale Reservoir: Day tickets on the bank. Roach, chub and skimmers on maggot.

Cargate Pool: Medlock Bridge AC members-only water. Pleasure anglers catching good nets.

Alexandra Park Lake: Day tickets on the bank. Weights were low in last Saturday’s open match.

Rochdale Canal: Bread or worm with roach, skimmers and perch feeding well.

Bardsley Canal: Day tickets on the bank.

Tanners Dam: Evening series finished, but still plenty of fish caught in the day.

Huddersfield Narrow Canal: Day tickets on the bank £5. Some decent fish on the Slaithwaite side of the canal.



DIARY

Sunday: Todmorden AS open match on the Kingsway to Gordon Riggs lengths of the Rochdale Canal. Draw 9am at McDonalds on Kingsway, with fishing 10am to 3pm. To book and for details, contact Frank on 07769 905319.

EVERY Sunday: Northern AA matches on various lengths of North-West canals. To book and for further details, contact Albert on (0161) 792 2684. Draw 9am. £12 all in.

EVERY Tuesday: Diggle AC matches on Tanners Dam. Draw 4pm. Tickets £10 all in. For further details, contact Dave on 07879 474029.

EVERY Tuesday evening: Twingates AC members-only matches on the club waters. Draw 5pm to 5.15pm. Book in advance at Tight Lines in Shaw.

EVERY Saturday: Open matches on local canals. For details, contact Tony on 07952 521730.

EVERY Saturday: Medlock Bridge AC open matches on the Park Lake. Draw 10am at Kings Road entrance. Fishing 11am to 4pm. Tickets £15 on the day. For further details, contact Darren on 07753 414838.

To report any news or views on the local or national angling scene,

contact Jan Verbruggen on 07846 456408 or janangling@hotmail.co.uk