Sunday 11th March - Bristol Avon invitation match

Press report which I sent off to local papers and Anglers Mail......

On Sunday 11^th March an invitation competition was held between Kingswood and Hanham Royal British Legion, Clevedon FWAC and Bristol Post Office on the Crane stretch of the Bristol Avon. The river looked in perfect condition and with warm temperatures and little or no boat traffic everyone was expecting a good day. Pike were a nuisance however and attacked a number roach prior to them being netted, one competitor even managed to land one which was around 15lb, unfortunately they did not count. Clevedon provided the overall winner by way of Paul Faires who caught small roach consistently all day using a pole, 1.5 gram float and bronze maggot or caster on the hook for a total weight of 7lb 14oz. Bristol Post Office angler Paul Pitt was not far behind with 7lb 12oz and joint third was British Legions Les Williams and another Post Office angler Leigh Wakefield with 7lb 2oz.

1^st – Paul Faires, Clevedon FWAC 7lb 14oz

2^nd – Paul Pitt, Bristol PO 7lb 12oz

3^rd – Les Williams RBL and Leigh Wakefield Bristol PO 7lb 2oz

Sections

Steve Brown Bristol PO 1lb 3oz

Julian Pinkett Bristol PO 7lb 0oz

Me, well I weighed in 3 fish for 3.5oz but in the 6 pegs above me the top weight was 1lb 2oz!!!

Pic below is of Paul Faires who just scraped a win by 2oz.

Next Sunday back on Acorn lets hope there is not a frost and I get a decent draw.