With a patch in the sea fishing Wayne has been tempting Pike on the fly at Chew
Valley, this fish 26lb 12oz.
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With a patch in the sea fishing Wayne has been tempting Pike on the fly at Chew
Valley, this fish 26lb 12oz.
Pete Gregory again out and about getting into some fine specimens albeit
freshwater specimens with a Pike
of 29lb 2oz and a cracking Perch of 4lb 4oz. Both fish lure caught.
Pete Gregory and his recent Bull Huss of 11lb 2oz from a South Devon rockmark
Chris Martin and a Bull Huss of 12lb 7oz
John Avery with a very recent Blonde of 14lb 3oz from a well known beach
Kevin Legge with his Bull Huss of 14lb 8oz
Guy Spriggs with his recent Blonde of 15lb 4oz
Mario, Jason and Paul with fish from The Tom Clark Memorial Competition
Richard Fishbourne with his 9ft 400lb Arapaima.... ( sorry this is not the
400lb'er....picture to follow.... ed. )
....the local whiting....
Wayne with his Bull Huss of 11lb 4oz
Chris Martin with his December Tope of 44lb
Paul Widlake with a 38lb Tope.......
.........and another of 31lb 8oz, both returned.
John Patten with his Tope of 41lb and
a cracking Bull Huss of 13lb 8oz
Tony Gooch with a South Devon Flounder of 2lb 13oz...and the other side..... 
....and a 3lb er....
Wayne Thomas, Mario Manley and Donald Kyte with a double figure Blonde and Trigger Fish from the boat
Wayne Thomas with a fine brace of Bass of 5lb 10oz and 6lb 12oz taken on the
same night as Kevin's club record
Ashley Clarke and Wayne Thomas with a couple of recent Trigger Fish from the
boat. A species which are again making a bit of a come back. Very common in the
early to mid nineties but very rare over the last few years. Global warming
obviously not to blame.
Derek Ferrett with his recent Bass of 9lb 3oz caught in the August Rover
A cracking Mullet of 4lb 2oz caught by Conrad Lees to take the July and North
Devon competitions.
Donald Kyte with his recent boat caught Tope of 54lb 4oz
Lurking in a lake near you.......a 45lb plus Catfish from The Anglers Paradise,
Halwill caught by our Journal correspondent Wayne Thomas caught at 5.00am.
However you look at it.................
.............bigger than your average rockling.
From our Clovelly trip
Keep hold of it Wayne.................
.............whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa............
Rob Pearson with his Gilthead Bream of 4lb 7oz from Hayle. A new Club Record.
Gary Andrews with his recent Eel of 28lb 10 1/2oz
Sheila Andrews with a Pollack of 7lb 3oz from Isles of Scilly
Aboard the Alykat, many thanks to Dave Roberts and to Martin Turner, Rob Pearson, Paul Widlake, Conrad Lees, Jason Barrow and John Avery
The bait....
giving plenty of these.......
John Avery with a Small Eyed Ray weighing in at 12lb 9oz, caught on the same
night as Waynes Blonde
Absolute cracking Blonde Ray caught by Wayne Thomas March 10th from a local
beach weighing in at 17lb 2oz,
then returned to the water
Thornback Ray of 12lb 4oz and 9lb for Kevin Legge. Both fish released. But do I
spot a small Codling for tea.
James Thomas with his boat caught Conger of 28lb 8oz, returned.
Wayne Thomas holds his Spurdog of 11lb 15 3/4oz and a 3lb
Mullet 
from Lynmouth
Donald Kyte with a boat caught Pollack of 2lb 8oz
Ashley Clarke and his boat caught Spurdog of 15lb 5oz caught off Lynmouth. A new
club record
Donald Kyte with his boat caught and released Spurdog of 13lb 4oz
Sheila Andrews and her Small Eyed of 10lb 12 1/2oz caught from Mothercombe
(South Devon) in the Plymouth
shore league. Sheila is secretary of The Roving Rods, based in Plymouth. Both Gary and Sheila have been
Club members for many years
Kevin Legge and his very recent Tope of 36lb 5oz in the North Devon compt.
Mario Manley with an Eel of 19lb 1/2oz caught in the first 2007 competition,
weighed
and then returned.
He's at it again. Kevin with a recent Tope of 36lb 12oz.
Small Eyed Ray of 13lb 2oz caught by Jason Barrow. A BCFSA shore caught record.
Wayne Thomas and his November Tope of 35lb 8oz.....
..........about to be returned
A small selection of scanned photos,Kevin Legge Conger 22lb
and Small-Eyed 10lb 1oz, Richard Budge Thornback 9lb 8oz. Dave Lovelock with a 9lb Small-Eyed, Kevin and a
Flounder of 2lb 7 1/2oz and Derek Ferrett with a 11lb Small-Eyed ray. Kevin Legge with Small-Eyed of 11lb,
Thornback of 13lb 12oz and another Small-Eyed of 11lb 5oz.
A cracking beach caught Bass of 11lb 2 1/2oz for John Avery
John Avery with a Small Eyed of 11lb 1oz
Wayne Thomas with a 2lb 2oz Gilthead Bream from Hayle
Paul Widlake with another Gilthead Bream of the same size
This is what we should have caught !! A Gilthead Bream of 7lb 9oz
and Paul again with a Small Eyed Ray of 9lb 10 1/2oz
Small-Eyed Ray 10lb 2 1/2oz caught by Wayne Thomas near Minehead
A beautiful Tub Gurnard, caught, weighed, photographed and
released
by Pete Pearson. ( Taken on a Sony Ericsson K750i phone ! )
Martin Turner with a spring rainbow ( fresh water )
" When a cold east wind blows and casting out to sea is waste of time it may give
some piscatorial joy to cast a fly for trout as Martin Turner did at Bratton
Water.
Ashley Clarke with his December Bull Huss of 12lb 8oz
An Away Day with Paul Widlake, Wayne Thomas, Mario Manley and Paul again
A small Sark Collection (Click here for more)
Nick Phillips Grey Mullet of 4lb 13 1/2oz
Wayne Thomas with a Black Bream of 4lb
Nick Phillips with a Black Bream of 2lb 12oz which most were
Martin Turner with a 4lb plus Grey Mullet
John Avery with his Conger of 32lb 12oz, one of several
caught and released the same night
Rob Pearson with a Mullet
Best Mullet of 5lb 2oz to Wayne Thomas
Conrad Lees with Black Bream, Mullet and Wrasse
Jason Barrow Blonde Ray 13lb 11oz
....and Bull Huss of 10lb 6oz
John Avery with a later returned Thornback of 10lb 2oz
Kevin Legge with a Smoothound of 12lb 1oz
John Patten with one Flounder of 2lb 13oz
Derek
Ferrett’s Flounder 2lb 5oz
Pete
Pearson with festival winning tope of 42lb 7oz
Wayne Thomas with a September Mullet of 4lb 14oz