Twin peak for veteran Mick

TWINGATES AC held their latest pensioners’ match on the club water and found it in good form, with Mick Diskin grabbing first place with 12lb of ide, skimmers and roach.

Geoff Carr was second with ide, skimmers, goldfish and others.

KEN Power (Tri-Cast Highfield) bounced back to winning form in the Old Hough Farm open on the Upper Benbo Lake.

Fishing corn and pellet tight to the island at 16 metres, Power caught 40lb 13oz of carp to beat team-mate Dave Holland into second with 38lb 9oz of carp taken tight over and down the track.

A second match at the venue again saw Cantello and Power in the money, the former second with 48lb 6oz and his granddfather third with 29lb 11oz. Power had made a disastrous start with three tiny fish after three hours.


PETE Eastwood won the latest Todmorden AS match fished on an in-form Townhouse Fishery.
His method feeder approach worked well as he netted himself 39lb of carp. Pete Mottram chose the long pole and corn as feed on the hook, netting plenty of carp and silvers for a second-best 37lb 1oz.

Todmorden are restocking several of their waters with f1s next Wednesday, with Portsmouth Reservoir getting 400lb, Croft 500lb, Townhouse 500lb, Grove 100lb and Cliviger 500lb.

No keepnets are allowed for a month after restocking, apart from in official Todmorden AS matches.


I TRIED out some new floats I have made and found small roach in abundance on the long-tunnel length of the Rochdale canal near Sowerby Bridge.
A small ball of “liccy” at just four metres, a four-number 12-chianti type float with a wire stem and 20s B511 with bread punch on the hook saw me catching a fish every put-in for two hours.

I fed just three times throughout and ended the day with 3lb of mostly small roach, with the odd four or five-ounce fish mixed in.

This canal can be difficult, but with a little local knowledge and careful feeding you can have a really good day’s fishing.


A REMINDER not to forget your Environment Agency licences run out on the last day of this month and you will need a new one from April 1. These are available at main Post Office branches or online at http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk


Venue Guide
Denshaw Vale – Memberships available. For further details, contact John on 665 1779.

Dowry Reservoir – Day tickets available from Sheddings Angling.

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

Strinesdale Reservoir – Day tickets on the bank.

Cargate Pool – Medlock Bridge AC members-only water.

Rochdale Canal – Roach to bread punch. Plenty of pike feeding.

Bardsley Canal – Day tickets on the bank.

Alexandra Park Lake – Day tickets on the bank.

Hollingworth Lake – Day-ticket water. Feeder tactics for silvers.

Tanners Dam – Diggle AC members only. Fishing well for carp and silvers.

Peak Forest Canal – Stalybridge length fishing well for skimmers and roach.


Diary
Every Sunday – Open match on Peak Forest and Macclesfield Canals. Draw 9am, fishing 10am to 3pm. Tickets £11-all in. To book and for further details, call Albert on 0161 792 2684. Sunday’s match is on the High Lane length of the Macclesfield Canal.

Sunday, March 30 - Todmorden AS match on Croft. To book, contact Chris Lett on 07818444543.

Every Sunday – Open matches on Old Hough Farm Fishery. Draw at 8.45am. Turn up on the day as no need to book.

Every Saturday – Open matches on local canals. Draw 9am, fishing 10am to 3pm. To book and for further details contact John on 07801 276059.

Every other Sunday - Slaithwaite individual winter league on Sparth Reservoir. For further details, contact Neil on 07768 138147.

To report any news or views on the local or national angling scene contact Jan Verbruggen on 07846 456408 or email janangling@hotmail.co.uk