Monday, 14 September 2015

Round Robin at Draycote Sunday 13th September 2015


This missive finds your news reporter in a very buoyant mood - as Keith would say ‘A good day at the office’.
CFFC fished against Packington FFC in the annual Round Robin Match and- Yes! - we returned with the cup we won last year.
There were several new faces in our team, including Angus Craig Dennis, our promising junior member who only had a go at fly fishing last year on one of our junior days; Paul Day on only his third day out on a boat, never having fished on the drift before; and guest Eileen Chatwin, one of the ladies team Rosemary fishes with, together with the old stalwarts Keith Prowting, Kezz Saxton, Tom Morton and Rosemary Gunn.
The weather was really nice but the fishing was not straight forward in that fish followed and turned away more often than not. Many reported loads of taps and some lost fish, but it was all good fun with fish generally taking on or very near the top.
Biggin Bay was productive in the morning for Kezz and Angus who caught on floating lines with a booby on the top dropper and hoppers behind - 12 fish to the boat.
Keith and Paul drifted in Toft Shallows fishing black and green most of the day and also caught 14 to the boat. Keith, needless to say caught on his usual Di 5 and Montaddy, retrieving straight away so as not to let it go down. Paul fished black & green on a floater. Our top boat on the day.
Rosemary and Eileen had a very blank morning, experiencing follows to their dries, but eventually caught either on a midge tip or floater with a booby on top dropper and cormorants behind. They were another 12 fish boat.
Tom shared a boat with Packington angler Ray Ball and they had 5 fish each.
A huge well done to all and hope to see you back on the water soon.
The result:-
Colwick FFC 43 fish for 93lbs 3oz - Rod average 6.14
Packington FFC 33 fish for 75lbs 4oz - Rod average 4.71

RG 13.9.15

No comments:

Post a Comment