Darren at the double

ANGLING:

THE Chadderton Mill AC match on the club water saw Darren Webb finish first with 47lb.
In-form Darren is on a good run at the moment, winning the Medlock Bridge AC Monday evening match on Park Lake with 26lb 15oz of chub.

Ian Cox won the Chadderton Mill AC match on the club water with 52lb.



THE second of the Diggle AC Tuesday evening matches contested at Tanners Dam was won by Mark Heginbottom. His 10-metre pole and meat netted him 24lb 6oz of carp and skimmers.



JOHN Jones (Garbolino) took first place in the Hollingworth Lake open match with his groundbait feeder and maggot hookbait cast 35 yards catching him bream to 3lb 8oz, and a final 14lb tally.



THE Diggle AC match on Tanners Dam was won by John Berry with his 12lb 4oz catch of skimmers and roach falling to maggot and pellet, at six metres and 14 metres.



DARREN Sixsmith won the latest Chadderton Mill AC Thursday evening match with 62lb 2oz.



I fished the last of the Huddersfield Broad canal spring league matches. And to be honest it couldn’t finish quickly enough.

The fishing was really poor as the roach failed to feed throughout the six-match series.

It was the same pegs throwing up big bream, chub or pike and everyone else struggling.

Without drawing a decent peg throughout the series it really was a struggle: I broke the 1lb barrier only once!

Individually it was Trabrucco team-mate and fellow Oldham angler Martin Taylor leading going into this last match, closely followed by Dennis White.

A bad draw was gutting for Martin as Dennis had drawn a peg that had won four out of the previous five matches. And he didn’t disappoint, winning the match with 17lb of bream.

Teamwise it was a close run thing with a few of the Trabrucco teams in with a chance of winning the £800 prize.

But several lost big fish, which saw them relegated to second, beaten by Barnsley by just one point.

Our Trabrucco Halifax National is on the Keadby Canal in South Yorkshire this year so there will be plenty of travelling over the next six weeks as the big match is on Saturday, July 28.





VENUE GUIDE

Denshaw Vale – Memberships are available. Contact John on (0161) 665 1779 for details.

Ogden Reservoir – Day tickets on the bank and at Tight lines Shaw. Bream and roach feeding well with the bream to red maggot and worm on the tip whilst the roach can be caught on the float.

Huddersfield Narrow Canal – Day tickets on the bank. Mossley for small fish. Odd tench and bream showing.

Rochdale Canal – Caster for quality roach, tench and skimmers. Pegs behind garden centre good for a few fish. Foxdenton lane for roach on punch and caster.

Bardsley Canal – Day tickets on the bank. Silvers on maggot.

Chadderton Mill Lodge – Usual bagging up for carp and ide.

Alexandra Park Lake – Day tickets on the bank. Maggot and pellet for skimmers, chub and roach with odd tench also showing. Day tickets available on the bank.

Hollingworth Lake – Fishing really well for skimmers and the odd big bream to red maggot and groundbait feeder.



DIARY DATES

Every Sunday – Open matches on Hollingworth Lake. Draw 8am at the wine press pub ( previously the Fishermans ). Match fished 9.00am to 2.30pm. Pools are £15 all in. To book on and for further details contact Darren on 07971 376699.

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

Every Monday evening – Medlock Bridge AC open matches on the Park Lake. Draw is 3pm with the match fished 4.00pm to 9.30pm.

Every Thursday – Tameside federation members only matches on Stonepits. Draw 9.30am and fishing 10.15am to 3.15pm. Pools are £5 on the day.

Every Tuesday – Diggle AC matches on Tanners dam. Draw 5pm to 5.30pm with the match fished 6pm until dusk. £10 all in. To book on contact Ian on 07966 903662.

Anyone with any news or views on the local or national angling scene contact Jan Verbruggen on 07846 456408 or email me at janangling@hotmail.co.uk  




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