Webb weaves his way to top

Angling:

DESPITE losing a few carp, Darren Webb emerged victorious in the latest Chadderton Mill AC Winter League match on the club water.

The Medlcok Bridge AC was drawn on peg 15, and he used the eight-metre pole and maggot to net a 14lb carp, plus a few smaller samples and the odd silver fish for a 22lb bag.

Alan Sixsmith was second-best, with two carp and some silvers on pole and maggot adding up to 8lb 10oz.

Graham Mitchell had to sit and suffer for the first two hours, but a better stamp of fish later on with single maggot at eight metres earned him 8lb 8oz of ide and carp.

Jim Evans caught a roach a chuck at one point, with bronze maggot working well for another 8lb 8oz return.



ORGANISER Simon Walton landed top honours in the Todmorden AS match on the Lorry Park length of the Rochdale Canal. He boasted one 120 small roach on pole and bread punch, which tipped the scales at 2lb 5oz.

Tom Barlow was also among the tiny roach — he had in the region of 200 — for 1lb 8oz. Yorkshire rod Stuart Campbell, in third place, opted for bread punch for a 1lb 1oz net of tiny roach.



TODMORDEN AS are staging an open match on the Rochdale Canal on Sunday, Februray 26. To book, call 07947 476208 or 07769 905319. The society’s members-only trophy match is at Townhouse Fishery on Sunday, February 19. To book, telephone (01706) 374689. Draw is up to 8.30am, with fishing from 9.15am to 2.15pm. The matches take place every fortnight and alternate between Croft and Townhouse.

The first of the Todmorden AS Junior matches is on Friday, April 27.

Society memberships are available at the usual outlets, including Tight Lines in Shaw, and Rochdale Angling Centre.

Restocking has taken place on three Todmorden waters — Cliviger, Portsmouth Reservoir and Ramsden Wood — and all are attracting bream.



I HAD a two-hour pleasure session on the Middleton length of the Rochdale Canal and, using bread punch at seven metres, hauled in 20 small roach and one skimmer for around two pounds.



Venue Guide

Denshaw Vale: Memberships are available. For more details, contact John on (0161) 665 1779 for details.

Ogden Reservoir: Day tickets on the bank and at Tight Lines, Shaw.

Huddersfield Narrow Canal: Day tickets on the bank. Iced over for the best part of the week, so be careful. Bread punch as good as anything.

Rochdale Canal: Small roach attracted by bread punch.

Bardsley Canal: Chopped worm worth a go for perch. Day tickets on the bank.

Chadderton Mill Lodge: Maggot working for ide and carp.

Park Lake: Day tickets on the bank.



Diary Dates

Every Sunday: Northern AA open matches on the Macclesfield Canal. For further details, contact Albert on (0161) 792 2684.

Every fortnight: Chadderton Mill AC winter league on club water.

Monarch AC: Winter series members-only matches on the club water. For further details, contact Dean on (0161) 213 0539 or 07518 459714.

Every Saturday: Todmorden AS open matches on the Rochdale Canal. For details, contact Simon on 07896 237224.

Every Sunday: Todmorden AS open matches on the Rochdale Canal. For details, call Frank on 07769 905319.

Every Sunday: Pilsworth Fishery open matches. Draw 10am in the car park.



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