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CLUB NEWS
| The Saturday fishing club will be moving venues 2010 |
The Saturday fishing club will be moving to British waterways Blythe waters as of January 2010.
This move is seen by the staff to offer a wider variety of fishing techniques, needed by young fisher people in an ever changing environment.
The new address is:
Blythe Waters Fishery
Hampton Road
Knowle
Solihull
B93 ONU
All prices and session times will remain the same, we hope to see all members their in January.
New members are welcome throughout the year
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| JUNIOR CLUB NEWS |
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The junior angling club which meets every Saturday throughout the year at Woods Farm fishery in Solihull. Began back in September 2003. With the intention that the club would cater for youngsters, that would either like to try fishing or get more out of there fishing. At first it was hard to find members as we are local to Earlswood lakes and most would be juniors are fishing their in the hope of a net full of big carp. The angling school soon capitalized on this with the birth of, The Earlswood Experience. These days soon saw juniors putting together some very large catches of fish including one of well over 200 lbs, By a 13 year old lad.
Now some 4 years on we have a healthy membership of young anglers coming from across the West midlands, to fish with each other every Saturday. Some hoping to fish for the team at National level. Others just wanting to improve there fishing skills.
The longest serving member is Daniel Tresigne who joined back in September 2004 And is now a leading peer coach for the fishing club helping out new comers in their early fishing days.
During the school holidays the fishing school holds junior fishing competitions and fishing trips to other venues to improve the overall fishing skills of the juniors. These days include the Earlswood Experience, Barble fishing and river fishing trips and days out on local canals and other commercial fisheries in our area.
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| JUNIOR FISHING CLUB MOVES TO THE STRATFORD CANAL |
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We will be moving the Saturday fishing club to the Stratford canal, on Yardley wood road, Warstock. as of the 5th December 2009. Due to the cutting of Christmas trees at Woods farm fishery.
All session times will remain the same.
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| Christmas 2009 competition |
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This years Christmas competition will be held at Woods farm fishery, Solihull. On Monday 28th December 2009.
Again this year we will be holding a junior and adult competition with two prize funds.
Draw time 10.00 am
fishing from 10.30am - 2.30pm
Presentation 3.00pm.
Entrance fee £10.00
This is your chance to use and show off your new fishing tackle.
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| Now this is what i call keen |
This is a picture taken on the second session at Woods farm fishery on Saturday 07th January 2006, Air temprature 0c and snowing, total number of youngsters fishing 14.
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| We will be fishing the Pine pool at Woods Farm |
As of 29/12/08 we will be using the Pine pool at Woods farm fishery for the Saturday club. This is due to their being more variety of fish in this pool. See pictures below of the first Saturday sessions on this pool.
If the weather cools down and the lakes start to freeze over we will move on to the Bridge pool. This gives us more chance of fishing as the lake is much deeper than the others on the complex. This means that the fish tend to feed longer because the water is not so cold on this lake.
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| Days out this year include |
BARBLE FISHING ON THE RIVER TEME.
This day we took 4 youngsters down to Eastern Bridge on the river Teme, with Barble society guide Dave Mason fishing for Barble. What an excellent day we had firstly learning the techniques needed to catch the most powerful of river fish. Then a short walk along the stretch we watch a shoal of fish feeding on loose feed, fed in by Dave to a crystal clear river (this later proved to be the main problem they had).
During the days fishing we only saw 1 Barble landed. But all the lads hooked at least 1 fish each.
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| EARLSWOOD EXPERIENCE |
The Earlswood experience is a very popular day out, for both young and older anglers due to the nature of the fishing. Earlswood lakes Engine pool is one of the best known fishing venues in the west midlands due to the stocking level and size of the fish in their.
It is not uncommon to catch well in access of 100 lbs of fish in a session. These days out are not for the beginner as most fishing is done with a method feeder at long range and due to the size of the fish expected they take a while to land. It is very possible to land fish to 20lbs on these days out.
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| The best of 2005 |
With 2005 drawing to a close it only seems right to give you all some information about how the fishing club has done through out the year.
This year we have seen some 346 individual juniors attending 1 or more Saturday sessions at Woods farm fishery. The youngest pupil this year was Joshua Sky aged 7
Who regularly attended the mid afternoon session and caught more than his fair share of Crucian carp.
The most pupils we saw in 1 day, was 37 on the 17/09/2005.
The biggest fish caught this year was a common carp weighing some 14lbs 0 oz and was caught by John Campball.
The most fish in a single session was when Daniel Tresigne caught roach, Crucian carp and mirror carp to make up a total catch of 86 fish in 2 Hours.
Best achievements came from Adam Clark 3rd overall in a national qualifier at Packington somers.
Daniel Bevan, became the BAA junior champion. After finishing above the crowd over a 3 match aggregate, in which he won two matches and came 3rd on the other
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| Our first National championship win |
This weekend 09/07/06, saw the lads from the fishing club take first place in the Clubs for Young People, National fishing championships on the Coventry canal in Nuneaton.
The team members were as follows
Captain, Richard O’sullivan age 15, Individual winner
Ben Kennedy age 13, section winner
Daniel Tresigne age 13 2nd in section
And Daniel Beven age 13 3rd in section
Overall team champions 2006
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| NEXT JUNIOR MATCH ! |
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Their will be a junior match held on Tuesday 7th & 14th April 2009 These matches will be held at Woods farm fishery, Bills Lane, Shirley, Solihull. Draw time 10.00am, fish 10.30 - 2.30pm.
Entry fee is £10.00 all in.
Prizes will be fishing tackle vouchers, which are valid at local fishing tackle shops.
All entrants must book in advance to guarantee a place.
Email: ianthefish2000@yahoo.co.uk
Tel:07970 139653
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| Junior match result Woods farm fishery 28/05/08 |
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1st Alex Thompson 10lbs 12oz, Carp and roach caught on pole from permanent peg 29.
2nd James Lawler 10lbs 4oz, With a mixed bag of fish from permanent peg 22.
3rd Jamie Hayes 9lbs 12oz from peg 28.
All in all a good match was had in what can only be described as poor weather conditions.
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| Christmas match 2007 result |
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This competition was held with both juniors and seniors competing togeather for seperate prizes.
The day was cold and clear with the wind blowing across the lake from the east (not the best conditions to fish in).
The overall winner being Pete Holthom with a 4lb Bream and 3lbs of small fish ending up with a total of 7Lbs 3 oz . Second was myself with 5Lbs of small fish.
Junior winner Jamie Hayes aged 12 weighed in with an impressive 2Lb 5oz of small Roach.
2nd Harry Taylor with 1lb 9oz
3rd Dale 1Lb 7oz
On the day 5 adults and 8 youngsters fished all competitors weighed in.
I would like to welcome Damian age 9 in to the world of match fishing.
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| Easter Holiday Match results! |
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11th April.
Junior match at woods farm fishery. draw 9.30 fish 10.00 - 2.30 on the Match lake, Bills lane.
Result!
1st: Richard o'sullivan 8lb 12oz net of small carp and tench
2nd: Daniel Tresigne 5lb 10oz of mainly roach caught using maggot hookbait.
3rd: Shaun Raven 3lb 4oz of Carp caught on sweetcorn in the first hour and half. As Shaun packed up due to heavy rain and no umberella.
18th April Pine pool, Bills lane.
1st Richard o'sullivan 16lbs 8 oz all carp catch using sweetcorn fished tight against the far bank of peg 4.
2nd Ben kennedy 3lb 2 oz a 2.5 lb bonus Carp made up the majority of this catch, well done to the new comer to the fishing club.
3rd Daniel Bevan last years BAA junior champion could only manage 2lbs 14 oz of small fish from peg 8, the fish came shallow to late in the match for daniel to capitalize on this peg.
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| Summer holiday match results |
25/07/06
1st Daniel Tresigne 9lb 7oz roach caught on pole and caster.
2nd Harry Taylor 8lb 8oz carp and chub caught on pole with maggot and sweetcorn.
3rd Daniel Watterson 6lb 4oz crucian carp and roach caught on pole and maggots.
08/08/06
1st Danny Bevan, 12lb 8oz small Carp and roach, caught using maggot and hempseed on a 8mtr pole.
2nd Richard o'sullivan, 7lb 4oz carp and chub again caught on short pole and cat food.
3rd Daniel Tresigne, 6lb 14oz of roach and crucian carp.
15th August.
1st Daniel Bevan 14lb 6oz of small carp and chub caught on pole with maggot and cat food.
2nd Richard o'sulivan 12lb 4oz carp and roach, caught on pole and maggots.
3rd Elliott Jennings 5lb 12oz roach and chub caught on pole and maggot.
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| Match result |
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Sunday 22nd October 2006
Jamie Hayes age 11 won his first competition with a mixed bag of Roach, carp and a bonus bream for a total weight of 8lb 8oz
Followed by Elliott Jennings again with a mixed bag of small fish for 6lb 12oz
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| RESULT |
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The first senior/junior math results were.
Seniors
1st Ian Boden. 4 lb 10 oz roach and small chub
2nd Pete Holthom. 2 lb 6oz roach and chub
Juniors
1st David Wall. 1 lb 2oz
2nd Phillip king. 12oz
On a very hard day with very few fish caught only 1 lad had a dry net.
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| HALF TERM MATCH RESULT |
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After cancelling the Saturday club due to heavy snow fall, this match proved to be very exciting, with 11 juniors turning out to fish. On a cold and windy day at Woods farm fishery. With mainly Roach being caught, it was a tight match between the final winner Daniel Tresigne who weighed in 7lbs 6 oz of small Roach and a bonus small Carp and second placed, Dale Jackson who continued his present form with 6lb 12 oz of Roach and a bonus Chub. 3rd place went to Harry Taylor with two small Tench and a few Roach for 3lb 6oz.
All 11 junior anglers caught fish in what can only be discribed as difficault conditions.
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| Would you like to join the club |
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The angling club is always looking to invite young anglers from across the area. If you would like to join the Saturday club, We run 3 sessions lasting 2 hours each starting at 9.30, 11.30 and 1.30. You do not need any fishing equipment, as we have enough to cater for all of our sessions.
The cost is £7.50 per session including Fishing tackle, bait tuition fee's and fishing fee's.
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| I am delighted to say thanks to |
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This year we still have the backing from the owners and staff of Woods farm fishery.
Solihull Angling centre who offer there support when ever possible.
Fosters of Birmingham fishing tackle supplies.
All the staff at British waterways.
Birmingham city council.
Solihull youth services,
All the tackle shops who have sent youngsters our way.
But most of all to all the youngsters that make this unique club, so worth while and we could not offer such a good package if it were not for you all.
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