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Jasons Lake Sweepstake 7/3/10
It gets a little tiresome to keep repeating the same old story, but once again the weather saved its worst for the weekend....Although the day itself was very pleasant, the night time temperatures of -7/-8 meant that, once again, the first job of the day was ice clearing!!! It was 2 hours into the match before Alan Smith landed the first fish of the day...a 2oz Perch! Strangely, although the fish were not feeding as yet, the Carp seemed to be mooching about. a succession of foul hooked fish followed in the next hour. Phil Sandsby hooked and lost a carp, on peg 12, whilst fishing on light "roach tackle". Mick Farmery went even better... he foul hooked three Carp in peg 14.....and lost the lot!!! Vinnie Logi, on peg 20, joined the party and also lost a "foul hooker" In the other half of Jasons (pegs 1-9) things were just starting to improve slightly with an odd roach being caught. Den Porter then landed one of his two Carp from peg 4 that was going to, eventually, leave him in a tie for first place. To be fair, peg 17 is a peg that screams fish...but very rarely produces much in a Match situation. After drawing peg 17 for the second Jasons Lake match in succession, Dave Kimber was not to chuffed After earlier losing three foul hooked Carp, Mick Farmery must have thought that his chance of picking up some prize money had gone; but Micks persistance paid off when he, finally, got a Carp to eat his bait! Dave Hemmings on peg 13 elected for a ledgering approach, and with the end of the Match drawing close Dave was rewarded with a fine 6lb Carp that was enough to give him Section 2. Long time leader in the Match, Paul Cooke, watched, with horror
An Absolute Stunner! 3/3/10
Marcus Barrowcliffe has only been a member of Brooome A.S. for a couple of weeks, and already he has been right at the heart of the "action". He hooked this beauty on a cold winters morning... Read his account, below...
On the 27th of February 2010 at 5.45am I had a blistering take on my left hand rod which resulted in a battle which lasted 25 minutes with a stunning mirror carp on the landing mat, which weighed in at superb 25lb. I caught this beauty at one of Broome's lovely lakes at 50 yards range. It was my third visit having only previously caught them up to 19lb. I caught this on this on a piece of pepperami in conjuction with a solid pva bag of sweetcorn, amino groundbait and crushed meat. Well done Marcus, and thanks for sharing your catch with us
Jasons Lake Sweepstake 23/2/10
With 4inch's of snow laying on the ground it was clear to the six members who turned out for a sweepstake match on Jasons Lake that this years winter will not go without a fight!! There was a thin covering of ice over some of the Lake and this caused more of a problem than a thicker ice covering. Thick ice can be pushed out of the way, but the thinner stuff just floats about and makes a nuisance of itself It was decided to make the match a "rover"...six numbers were put into the bag and drawn out by the matchmen, number one had first choice of pegs and so on until all six anglers had chosen their pegs. Keith Macfarlane pulled out number six, and therefore had last choice!! He was hoping to get peg 9, probably the deepest peg on the Lake. He was thankfull that none of the others fancied it as he made his way to his fancied peg 9.... A wise choice it turned out to be as well as, after a slow start Keith started to put a string of silver fish into the net, finishing with a very creditable 4lb 12oz and first place Jason Farmery had first pick of pegs and he opted for peg 5, a peg that dad, Mick, had been catching a few fish off all week In a very close battle for second place Frank Lyons just missed out and had to settle for third spot with his 2lb 5oz. There were only a few ounces between all of the rest of the competitors, so all in all it was a pretty good match on a pretty difficult day.
The Beast of Peatling 16/2/10
Just to remind everyone that summer is not to far away
Chris hooked this 19lb 8oz beauty on the "Pellet Waggler" and landed it about half an hour later!!! Hopefully
Fly Tippers strike again 12/2/10
The picture shown below is not what most people would expect to see on a fishing clubs website. Nor is it the kind of picture that we want to display. Once again, however, we have been visited by a Fly Tipper, who for reasons best known to themselves think it easier to dump their rubbish on us rather than take it to Sileby Tip; where it could have been left legally and for free!!! If anyone knows who may be responsible for this anti-social behavior then please let us know. They WILL be prosecuted.
Once again it was poor old Terry Branston who had to deal with the problem, and this is what he has to say on the matter... I found these 5 settee cushions today (7/2/10) by the top last peg at Jurassic at 7am. I took them home and photographed them on my decking before I took them to the Tip. A couple of them are wet and mouldy so I dont know how long they have been there. This is absolutely disgusting, having to clean up after some members, who will not learn!!! It makes you wonder if it is worth the hassle having to clean up after some of them....I'm sick of it.
New date for cancelled Pike Match 9/2/10
The Pike League match that was scheduled to be fished on 10th Jan 2010 was cancelled due to the Icy weather. This match will now be fished on 7th March 2010 at Frisby. This re-scheduling will not affect any other members as the Pikers will fish "around" any other anglers.
Winter League Match Change of Venue 8/2/10
The Winter League Match scheduled to be fished at Manor Farm on Sunday 14/2/10 will now be fished on Colver Lake. The venue has been changed because of fears that we may, once again, suffer from frozen lakes. It is thought that the ice, should it materialise, will be easier, and safer, to break on Colver. We apologise to all other anglers but Colver will be closed to all other anglers on 14/2/10.
Another Jurassic Pike 5/2/10
It seems that the Pike are really "having a go" on Jurassic. With the capture of another 20lb+ Esox...or could it be the same one?? Grant Smith was inspired to go and have a Pike session after seeing the picture of Davids Caunts similar sized fish.
Grants account... After seeing Dave Caunt's photo I thought this is definitely worth having a session.
Thanks to Grant for sending in his photo, and story.
Winter League Match - Rescheduled 31/1/10
It has been decided the the 17/1/10 Winter League Match that was "frozen off" will now be rescheduled for 7/2/10. The abandoned Match was originally on Colver Lake but the rescheduled match will take place on the two lakes at Rothley. It will be intresting to see how these lakes fish at this time of year, and how they respond to the "match pressure". These two lakes will be closed to all other anglers on the above date, but the River will be available to any member wishing to fish.
Davids Pike 27/1/10
A fine, fit and healthy looking Pike was Banked by David Caunt recently. Read, below the photo, Davids account of the capture...
I caught this pike today 23/01/10 on Jurassic Lake. On a short afternoon session, with my dad, after a few missed runs between us I finally hooked it on a float leger rigged eel section injected with Van Den Eynde Predator Plus. My previous best was 4lb....! After a good fight I was amazed when the scales stopped at 22lb 9oz!! Just one hour before the end of the session. Many thanks to David for taking the time to send his photo in. This picture will be displayed in the "Gallery" section in a couple of weeks.
Smiggys Lake Sweepstake 26/1/10
With the icey conditions behind us, hopefully until next winter!!! Thirteen members fished a sweepstake match on Smiggys Lake last sunday, and although it was good to get out to a spot of fishing again, the results were a little disappointing. All of the money was won from pegs that, on previous evidence, you wouldn't normally run to! Jason Farmery was the only angler to catch Bream, and just to rub it in....Jason caught two At the other end of the Lake, on peg 30, Chris Shaw put 3lb 4oz of silver fish on the scales to claim 2nd place. Third placed Dave Kimber, peg 10, also caught silver fish and just 2lb 2oz was enough to take that third spot. Section winners were Chris Skinner 1lb 4oz from peg 16 and Mick Farmery 1lb 14oz from peg 28. Strangly the pegs that you would usually expect to catch a few fish from, pegs 1-7, fared worst of all with just one bite and no fish caught....The only way is up.....so they say
Meadow Lane Sweepstake 18/1/10
With the abandonment of sundays Winter League match eight of the eleven, who turned up for the Winter League draw, decided to fish a sweepstake match....the problem was to find a venue!!! All of the Frisby Complex was in much the same icey state as Colver. First look was at the Wreake Junction Canal on Meadow Lane, but after the recent snow thaw and heavy rain the canal was very high and chocolate coloured. Next on the list was Meadow Lane Lake, and although the Lake had a covering of ice it was pretty thin. A few swims were soon cleared enough for a competition to take place. As expected it was very hard going, but with everyone suffering from "cabin fever" after being shut in for so long, it was just nice to get out and cast a line again Dave Hemmings, on peg 10, carried on his good form of last year and managed 1lb 6oz of perch....we shall all remind Dave of his perch net when he starts moaning about catching "damned pesky footballers" in the summer!!! Second place went to Alan Smith, with 1lb 4oz of small roach from peg 14. Steve Harrison claiming third spot, from peg 8, with 1lb of small perch. Not a great deal of fish, but it is nice to be reporting some action, at last, instead of all the weather related doom and gloom.
Winter League Match Abandoned 17/1/10
Todays (17/1/10) Winter League match, scheduled to be fished on Colver, had to be abandoned due to the thick covering of ice. A slow thaw is underway but unfortunately it has arrived to late for this weekend. Eleven anglers turned up for the match but their best attempts failed to make any impression on the frozen lake. Due to there being no available dates, this match will not now be fished. The next Winter League match will be on Jasons lake on 31st January 2010....weather permitting!!
Big Freeze Continues 10/1/10
A trip down to Frisby complex today revealed all of the Lakes still with a thick covering of Ice....Unsuprising really, given the recent temperatures!!! A Sweepstake match arranged for the River Soar at Rothley was cancelled and the Pike League match was cancelled. As yet I am unable to find out if the Pike League Match will be re-arranged. I will let you know as soon as I have more information.
Amazingly enough...Two anglers were fishing on Colver!!! Simon Pepper and Jason Farmery had somehow managed to clear about a square meter of Ice and were doing their Eskimo impressions...Even more amazing, they had both caught a few small fish!!!
Attention Pike Anglers!!!
Could anyone who is involved in the Pike Matches, either as a competitor or organiser please get in touch with me regarding the Pike Match results. I am missing results from the 8th Nov 2009 and 6th Dec 2009 matches. I can be contacted by email Webmaster or by telephone (my number is in your membership book). If you know anyone who attends the matches I would be grateful if you would pass on this message. Thanks
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and he set about telling everyone who cared to listen, that he wasn't to chuffed...
. The two fish weighed in at 9lb 14oz and resulted in a tie with Den for top spot. 
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