generous sent me a new line. (I had already had half my expected life out of it)

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1 The Association of Major Fly Fishing Clubs 2011 JU E ewsletter All the All the Reports Each Month More Apologies Once again a number of numbers!!! when my keyboard failed to register the second stroke so 11 s appeared as 1 etc. Also I failed to include the Rutland Water total in Group One. It was 50lbs 4oz. Bob Handford pointed out to me that the boats on Chew DO NOT SINK! They have built in floatability (as I am sure do all the boats on the reservoirs we use). Also the date of the re-arranged match is for September 23 rd. How Long do Your Lines Last? Most of my fishing nowadays is with a floating line. My previous lines would last me between 50/60 days fishing (this works out at about 300/350 hours of fishing) For my last line I was persuaded to change to another manufacturer. Whilst the photo is not very good it clearly shows the cracking after only 24 days fishing. I returned it and the manufacturers who were very generous sent me a new line. (I had already had half my expected life out of it) I hope this was just a rogue line because it was the most pleasing line I had ever used, and the most effective. Is it unreasonable to expect 300+ hours of fishing out of a line? I don t think so. I don t suppose that it will ever happen, but it would be helpful if the manufacturers would include an expected durability factor in their information. A Wonderful Season So far! As far as things to write about in the editorial, this season has been wonderfully boring! Every match report tells of an enjoyable match with full teams. Most matches have been followed by a meal at which most anglers have attended. Reports of these meals are that they have been very good value at 8.0 a head. I shall be more than happy if the season continues in the same way. I do NOT seek controversy to write about. If I have one problem it is the few Winning Team Photos I have received. Lots of individuals but very few teams. It should not be a problem if there is a post match meal. More of a problem if not! An almost insurmountable one if very few anglers stay for the result. There s Rules and Rules Or is there Half way through the Group Four match on Eyebrook yesterday I was asked if the rolly-polly was legal. Somewhere at the back of my mind I seemed to remember a rule that the Rod must be hand held at all times. This would have the effect of making the rolly-polly illegal so I said it was not legal! Only looking through the rules a few moments ago I could not find it. Unless anyone can show me otherwise, it appears I was wrong, and the rolly-polly technique is legal! One rule I am sure about is that drogues, whether fixed at one, or two points should be out of the water when under power. This was ignored by some at Eyebrook. It did not matter because boat density was light. But when it is busy only being able to turn one way is dangerous.

2 Sadly! The And Match Report Of the Group One Match On Grafham On Saturday 25 th. June Are not yet available

3 7.3 Average for Group Two Round 3 On a Splendid Bewl Water Fish Hawks B K. Gilchrist 8 18lbs 7oz K. Jones 4 7lbs 5oz 25lbs 12oz Bristol Reservoirs F.A. A. Wilde 7 11lbs 9.5oz A. Gysler 8 15lbs 4oz C. Perkins 8 19lbs 15oz P. Sharman 8 14lbs 5oz G. Currie 8 16lbs 13oz A. Williams 8 16lbs 4oz 94lbs 12.5oz Queen Mother F.F. T. Kirkham 8 19lbs 4.5oz D. Kidby 7 12lbs 9.5oz P. Hall 8 21lbs 9oz S. Radcliffe 8 21lbs 1oz M. Hall 8 18lbs 10oz M. Conroy 7 12lbs 0.5oz 105lbs 2.5oz Royal avy/marines D. Morton 8 17lbs 2.5oz T. Wilkinson 8 16lbs 3oz I. McAllister 8 17lbs 10oz C. Anderson 8 14lbs 13.5oz S. Scott 8 17lbs 1oz M. Collins 1 1lb 8.5oz 83lbs 6.5oz Soldier Palmers A T. Hogart 8 20lbs 15oz A. McEldon 8 17lbs 12.5oz B. Frans 8 18lbs 5.5oz M. Rose 8 20lbs 2.5oz T. Bunny 6 11lbs A. Everett 8 17lbs 0.5oz 105lbs 4oz Best Bag 21lbs 9oz Phil Hall (Queen Mother) Best Fish 3lbs 15oz Phil Hall (Queen Mother) The Editorial was written before this Match Report and sadly we have the first match with less than full teams. Nevertheless, with almost every angler bagging up it was a splendid day s fishing. Tony Kirkham of Queen Mother reports that the day started with a light South Westerly wind and a dark overcast sky, but the forecast was for it to get bright and hot by 2.00 in the afternoon. The forecast was correct and as soon as the sun broke through the fish dropped lower in the water With the fish up in the water in the morning the lines were an array from floaters to glass lines. The boats split into 3 when leaving the pontoon, heading for Hook Straight, the dam and Bewl Straight. One of the best drifts was from Ferry Point across to Chingley Bank with fish tight in to Ferry Point, right out to the middle, however there were fish everywhere. Phil Hall (Queen Mother) with his Best Fish (He was also Best Bag) In the morning, floaters or slow sinkers were the successful lines. Various combination of flies worked, although pulled lure types worked much better than nymphs. One successful method was a booby/lure/booby combination. A Woofta Booby was very effective. So effective that Tony reported TWO double hook ups and all four fish landed. The rearranged Round Two is on September 23 rd. on Chew Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd 5 Rd6 Totals Position Bristol Reservoirs F.A Fish Hawks B Queen Mother F.F = Royal avy/marines = Soldier Palmers A

4 Invicta A Take all the Honours at the Group Three Match on Hanningfield on 26 th. June Best Bag - Best Fish - Winning Team Bewl Bridge F.C. A David Little 1 2lbs 10oz Bob Shaw 6 10lbs 8oz Ray French 8 18lbs 2oz Ralph Painter 2 5lbs Chris Nunn 8 18lbs John Benfield 3 4lbs 14oz 59lbs 2oz Grafham Water F.F.A. B Kevin Appleton 3 6lbs 2oz Tony Sterling 8 16lbs Chris Lane 5 12lbs 4oz Steven Ellerbeck 3 5lbs 10oz Joan Russell 8 19lbs 59lbs 0oz Invicta F.C. A Graham Williams 8 13lbs 2oz John Mees 7 16lbs 12oz Lawson Wight 4 7lbs 4oz Mark Searle 8 29lbs 2oz Chris McLeod 5 7lbs 14oz Gary How 8 18lbns 92lbs 2oz Tunbridge Wells F.S Peter Thomason 3 6lbs 4oz Joel Beeney 4 7lbs 14oz Mick Priest 1 2lbs 4oz Bob Holland 2 6lbs 2oz Richard Lovett 3 5lbs 4oz Dave Crouch 4 9lbs 6oz 37lbs 2oz Best Fish 6lbs 14oz Mark Searle (Invicta A ) Best Bag 29lbs 2oz Mark Searle (Invicta A ) The match was fished in blistering heat, initially with no wind at all and latterly in a light breeze. Lodge Bay was declared out of bounds. The fish came from two principle areas, The Mound and Middlemead Bay. Some anglers decided to stay at The Mound and bashed the stockies, others headed for Middlemead for the better fish. Various lines and flies were employed. The majority of the fish were caught on flies retrieved very slowly. Mark Searle fished Middlemead and had his eight fish by 12:50. His biggest fish was 6lb 14oz and including the time bonus his total bag weighed 29lb 2oz. He fished a Di3 sweep very slowly with a blob on the top dropper, cormorant middle dropper and alternately a blob or a booby on the point. Invicta won the match by a country mile. Bewl came second having pipped Grafham by 2oz. Tunbridge Wells came last. Mark Searle Best Bag/Fish (of season) Bob Holland hooked a duck in flight on the back cast at the mound within the first five minutes of the match. The duck ascended, at speed, over the flotilla of boats. After a couple of spectacular aerial runs the duck was netted, released, and paddled off apparently unharmed. The incident did not amuse the writer or the duck, but appeared to greatly amuse others. Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 POSITION Bewl Bridge F.C. B = Grafham Water F.A. B Invicta F.C. A = Tunbridge Wells T.F.S

5 Group Four Round Three on Eyebrook on Saturday 25 th. June BIG FISH and Shuttlecocks reign supreme East Midlands T.F.A. Graham Bodsworth 8 25lbs 5oz Bill Knight 2 3lbs 12oz Alan Sefton 1 1lb 11oz Ashley Cooper 3 7lbs 3oz Melvin Parrott 2 3lbs 15oz John Clark 1 1lb 7oz 43lbs 5oz England Police Mark Matheison 8 19lbs 13oz Chris Reeves 6 11lbs 11oz Mick Cartlidge 5 12lbs 8oz Bob Eatoen 2 3lbs 14oz John Goodwin 8 30lbs 10oz Dave Summers 8 15lbs 7oz 93lbs 15oz Invicta F.C. B John Brownbridge 3 8lbs 1oz Alan Prevost 2 3lbs 12oz Paul Stevens Mike Smith 5 14lbs 8oz David Moore 6 16lbs Simon Sells 2 4lbs 6oz 46lbs 11oz Soldier Palmers B Jim Wright 2 4lbs 12oz Dave Froggat 1 1lb 6oz Clark Colman 3 8lbs 2oz Brian Perryman 8 17lbs 15oz Col Pennington 4 10lbs 10oz Paul Kitchen 8 23lbs 3oz 66lbs Best Bag 30lbs 10oz John Goodwin (Eng. Police) Best Fish 6lbs 7oz Graham Bodsworth (East Mid.) Three things dominated the Group Four Match on Eyebrook. The Wind The numbers of big fish Shuttlecocks All day a strong wind, gusting to over 25 mph, blew from the West. This made casting difficult and seeing small dry flies eye straining! At least, with only a few patches of sunlight the fish were high in the water. Three fish over 5lbs were caught, as were many of last year s stock which were in the 3lbs range. The largest was 6lbs 7oz caught on a red shuttlecock by Graham Bodsworth of East Midlands. There were two main areas of fish. The Main Bowl, which fished well in the morning. Blobs and sparklers did quite well here during this period. Shuttlecocks also caught fish here in the morning, and it was here that Graham caught the largest fish. The other area was the Western Shore around Mucky Bay and The Chestnut bank. Here Shuttlecocks dominated the fishing. o other dry fly pattern worked. Even in the windy conditions it had to be Shuttlecocks. Colour and size were only marginally important but the fly had to have that vertical profile in the water. John Goodwin s Best Bag also included a fish of 5lbs 12oz Rd1 Rd 2 Rd 3 S POSITION East Midlands T.F.A = England Police F.F.A Invicta F.C. B Soldier Palmers B' =