Tips for sea fishing and fly casting

by angling correspondents Roger Stocks and Stuart Lilley
Roger Stocks: 07733 092237 – Stuart Lilley 07811 923599 – email: roachpole10@aol.com

THIS week we are looking at some of the more specialised disciplines of our sport, namely the sea fishing and fly casting scenes.
Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th March sees Bridlington hosting the largest competitons to be held in Europe with £25,000 in prize money up for grabs in the British Open beach match.
This competition is won on a biggest fish basis which gives every competitor a chance of winning with the Bassetlaw area boasting two senior winners, one junior winner and a ladies winner over the last few years.
The cost of entering is £15 per day or £25 for both days when pre-booked. For more information visit www.eastriding.gov.uk/bobc or call Paul Roggerman on 01482 391668.
Beach anglers in the Guardian area have the opportunity to have a practice for this event as we are holding another open match two weeks prior on 17th February where the tide states and times mimics the conditions for the event exactly.
To register you must contact Roger on the above number, fishing will be on a limited rover basis from Alderburgh to Spurn with fishing between 11am to 5pm with the weigh-in at The Crown and Anchor at Kilnsea between 5pm and 6pm with entry being a mere £2 pools with winner-takes-all for the biggest fish.
There are a number of coarse anglers interested in being seduced to the dark side – fly fishing – but don’t know how to get started and have little or no basic knowledge of game fishing.
Well we have got some good news for you. Rob Clarke who is an advanced game angling instructor can give hourly or daily tutition designed to increase your enjoyment.
Whether you are a complete novice or someone looking for improvement, Rob gives lessons on a one-to-one basis or in larger groups.
If you are purchasing any tackle from his shop Carillion at Hawksnest near Bawtry, he will customise your tackle to your particular style and capability.
On Thursday nights between 6.30pm and 9.30pm, Rob is holding fly tying lessons for a mere £5 per session which includes all materials and you get to take home the flies and use them on your next angling trip. For further details you can contact Rob on 01302 719933 during shop hours or 07967 635713.

CLUB RESULTS
ON Saturday the Worksop United permit holders held their latest match on their home waters on the Bracebridge section of the Chesterfield Canal. 1st Roy Lamb 13lb 10oz peg 19 pole fished bronze maggot; 2nd Phil Strong 5lb 4oz peg 25 pole fished red maggot; 3rd Pete Armitage 1lb peg 28.
Club secretary Rob would like to remind members that the club fees are now due.

LAKESIDE ROUND-UP
THE sixth round of the Linda’s Lakeside Winter League took place on Saturday in a very stiff wind. 1st Mick Donnelly 15lb 5oz peg 29 mixed net maggot feeder; 2nd Andy Pettinger 12lb 15oz peg 37 carp on bomb and meat; 3rd Dave Wright 11lb 9oz peg 23 silver fish on the pole.
The strip ponds are still producing the goods for pleasure anglers with Mark Smithson putting together a net of skimmers, goldfish and roach in excess of 40lb off peg five on the second strip, employing pole fished corn worm or maggot.
Over on the trout lake, fluff chucker Paul East had a personal best rainbow of 12lb 11oz in his 12-fish haul using intermediate line and segmented bloodworm. Also having a good day was fellow fly caster Mark Robson who landed 17 fish to 8lb 10oz using white fritz on intermediate line.

RIVERSIDE ROUND-UP
THE Scrooby venue is still fishing exceptionally well during the recent open matches.
Tuesday’s open match on the main lake: 1st Jamie Masson 62lb peg 35 bomb fished meat and pellet; 2nd Geoff Bennett, 61lb 1oz peg 16 bomb fished pellet.
Friday’s open on the main lake: 1st Jamie Masson 75lb 14oz peg 35 pole fished meat; 2nd Les Richmond 35lb 9oz peg six pole fished meat and pellet.
Saturday’s open on the main lake: 1st Mick Hall 63lb 14oz peg 36 pole fished pellet; 2nd Les Richmond 35lb 12oz peg 38 pole fished pellet.

LODGE FARM ROUND-UP
THE Gateford Angling Supplies Wednesday open match took place on Lily Pond: 1st Mick Simpson 34lb 13oz peg 57 maggot feeder; 2nd Phil Batty 30lb 6oz peg 50; 3rd Stuart Brumpton 21lb 10oz peg 53.
Venue regulars Hodthorpe WMC visited Long Island on Sunday in wet and windy conditions: 1st Richard Hardy 18lb 7oz peg 97 mag and wag; 2nd Roy Butterfield 15lb 13oz peg 94; 3rd J. Harrison 12lb 2oz peg 98.
Bill informs us that the field pond is fishing well for pleasure anglers at the moment where pole fished sweetcorn laid on the deck between eight and 10 metres fed sparingly is producing nets to 40lb.

SHERWOOD FOREST FARM PARK
Holmedale Lake, Wednesday Fun League open, 19 fished: 1st Dave Madin 29lb 8oz peg 49; 2nd Mick Langton 21lb peg 24; 3rd Neil Wilkinson 17lb 11oz peg 17.
The start of the match felt like the start of winter and it just got colder and colder throughout. Dave drew in-form peg 49 and fished pole pellet and corn having 12 carp. Lost fish cost Mick the match, losing five carp but landing six on pole fished sweet corn. Next week’s draw is at 9am at the cabin, £14 all in. To book, ring 07721 316334.
Sherwood Lake, Tuesday 16th, 21 fished: 1st Rob Ward 62lb 10oz peg 26; 2nd Jim Strachan 34lb 14oz peg 27; 3rd Lee Payling 34lb 7oz peg 40.
Rob drew peg 25 and fished pole and pellet at the side of the weed bed having a bite nearly every put-in. He ended the match with over 30 carp and another good winter catch of 62lb 10oz. Second and third places were separated by 7oz with both anglers fishing pole and pellet for a mixed net of skimmers and small carp.

DAIWA HALLCROFT ROUND-UP
DAIWA Hallcroft Open (Saturday) Moat (28 pegs): 1st T. Pickering 91lb 2ox peg outer 41 groundbait feeder and maggot to catch fish to 8lb; 2nd Jamie Masson 77lb 5oz peg island 46 feeder and maggot; 3rd Steve Clarke 35lb 4oz peg outer 54.
Daiwa Hallcroft Tournament League (Sunday) Moat Outer (34 pegs): 1st Geoff Wilde 41lb 12oz peg island 45 pole, pellet and corn at 12m; 2nd Mal Edgecombe 41lb 6oz peg island 49 feeder and maggot for eight carp, one weighing 18lb; 3rd Jamie Masson 37lb 5oz peg island 39.
Daiwa Hallcroft Tournament League (Monday) Reed (14 Pegs): 1st Nick Speed 40lb peg 31 fished pole with pellet and bomb and corn; 2nd Andy Hemmingway 28lb 14oz peg 15 on bomb with meat and corn; 3rd Phil Morgan 24lb 6oz peg 32 pole and pellet.
Daiwa Hallcroft Tournament League (Tuesday) Croft (12 Pegs): 1st Kev Cresswell 66lb peg 21 pole, pellet and maggot; 2nd Mark Brumpton 58lb peg 24 pole, pellet and maggot; 3rd Andy Favill 56lb 4oz peg 26 groundbait feeder with pole and pellet.
Daiwa Hallcroft Tournament League (Wednesday) Moat (21 Pegs): 1st Tom Pickering 38lb 8oz peg outer 21 feeder tactics; 2nd Jamie Masson 29lb 10oz peg island 53 feeder; 3rd Ian Littlewood 26lb 15oz peg island 39 pole and pellet for a mixed net of carp and skimmer bream.

THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE
WORKSOP and District AA delegates hold a meeting on 1st February at The Innings at 7pm. Derek Brown would like to remind all secretaries that affiliation fees are due at this meeting.
The final round of the Worksop DAA/Gateford Angling Supplies Winter Pairs takes place this Sunday on the Sandhill Lake, Worksop. The draw takes place again at the Snak Attak café on Gateford Road at 8.30am where breakfasts are available from 7am. Fishing commences at 10.30am and the weigh-in takes place at at 3.30pm.