Carp catch tips it for Mellor

ANGLING: JOHN Mellor topped the weights in the third and final round of the Todmorden AS Teams of Three League staged on Croft Fishery and the Rochdale Canal.

His two carp on the tip and some silvers on pole and caster saw him finish with 16lb 15oz. Steve Hall was next with similar tactics netting him 16lb 8oz.


KEN Power (Tri-Cast Highfield) went back to Old Hough for the open match fished on Upper and Lower Benbo Lakes, and was glad he did after taking a magnificent 73lb 15oz.

Again it was dobbed bread fished at 14 and 16 metres that did the trick as he caught mirrors and common carp to beat Matthew Roberts into second. He netted 52lb 6oz.

Roberts fished corn over micros at 11 metres for mostly f1s.



DAVE Wells (Tri-Cast Rochdale) added to recent wins in the Shipley Open match on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, with bread punch and caster fished short and long netting him a super 13lb 10oz of roach. Nigel Storr (Halifax Matrix) took second with his 8lb 3oz net also including some decent roach taken on bread punch and caster.



DARREN Bladen took first place in the latest of the TH Open matches on the Boat and Horses length of the Rochdale Canal. His 2lb 10oz catch included one or two better roach taken on bread punch. John Edwards was second on the next peg and again it was bread punch that caught 1lb 10oz of roach.



ICE forced Tuesday’s Old Hough Farm Open match to be switched to a rover on all of the fisheries’ lakes.

Phil Cliff took first on Prospect with dobbed bread accounting for his 38lb 13oz of carp, followed by Kevin Twigg (Edgeley Sports), with identical tactics tempting 34lb 3oz of carp.



JOHN Harman won the Slaithwaite Pairs League match fished on the Mirfield Canal, with just eight perch taken on worm for 9lb 4oz. He beat another Slaithwaite angler, Andy Turner, into second place as he took 6lb 2oz of roach and perch. Top pair, and now leading the league, were John Harman and Paul McMillan.



THE Shropshire Union Canal fished reasonably well for the Cheshire Teams of Four Winter League, with Jeff Shaw taking top spot with 12lb 14oz. He beat Gordon Roberts into second, with his 9lb 2oz helping the Guinness team to first on the day.



TOMORROW’S TH Open match is on the Morrisons length of the Rochdale canal. Call Tony on 07952 521730 for details.



DIARY

Every Wednesday - Open matches on the Mirfield Canal. Draw 9am, fish £10am to 3pm. £13 all-in on the day.

Every Wednesday – Open matches on Rhodes Lodges. Draw 9am, fish 10am to 3pm.

Every Saturday – Open matches on local canals. Contact Tony on 07952 521730 for details.

Every Saturday – Medlock Bridge AC Open matches on the Park lake or Strinesdale Reservoir. Draw 10am at Kings Road entrance, fish 11am to 4pm. Tickets £15 on the day. Contact Darren on 07753 414838.

Sunday, February 8 - Todmorden AS trophy match.



VENUE GUIDE

Ogden Reservoir – Day tickets £5 on the bank and at Tight Lines.

Strinesdale Reservoir – Day tickets on the bank. The tip will catch you silvers and the odd better fish with maggot on the hook.

Cargate Pool – Medlock Bridge AC members-only water.

Park Lake – Day tickets on the bank. F1s and bream were feeding before the freeze. Expect these and chub to feed now with the tip the best method with either worm or maggot on the hook.

Rochdale Canal – Fished hard at weekend, but will settle down in the next week or so. Pegs at the side of the causeway bridge in Chadderton for plenty of bites and small roach on bread.

Bardsley Canal – Day tickets on the bank.

Tanner’s Dam – Diggle AC members only. Before the

freeze, silvers and newly-stocked carp feeding well so expect

them to feed again. The tip and maggot will get you bites.

Plenty of gudgeon close in on peg five.

Huddersfield Narrow Canal – Day tickets on the bank, £5.

Dowry Reservoir – Day

tickets, £5 per rod, available in advance from Tight Lines, Shaw. Maximum two rods per angler. No night fishing.