Angling round-up: Honours shared in league...

Third place went to Bob David of Browning with 44-0-0 with Lee Edwards of Ockendon Bait and Tackle in fourth with 39-0-8.

John Hunt of Brentwood Angling Centre was fifth with 37-0-0 and Bill Walker of JP Simano Tackle was sixth with 31-0-0.

The league positions overall now stand thus: (1st) Alan Litchford 14 points (leads on weight); (2nd) Lee Edwards 14 points, (3rd) Bruce Welfare 13 points; (4th) Bill Walker 11 points; (5th) John Hunt 11 points (6th) Bob Davis 10 points.

Smith's winning combination

Wednesday's Open Match at Rayne Lodge, Braintree was fished on the top Lake, and saw regular winner, Dale Smith of Browning Trent Tackle take the honours with a catch of 59-5-0, Dale's winning combination was fishing with a 14 meter pole up in the water with soft trout pellets.

He fished from peg 11.

Second place was taken by Mickey Hood of Image Bromages with 46-8-0 and third place by Martin Seaman of Bowlers Tackle with 42-2-0.

B Fraser was fourth with 39-11-0, fishing for Tonne-up Baits and Steve Rees of Carriers, fifth with 30-4-0 and M Banks took sixth place with 28-0-0.

Carp gives Vincent the edge

At Tyler's Common in Nags Head Lane, Brentwood, the Willow and Ash Lakes were the venue for Saturday's Open.

Winner Dave Vincent of Browning A1 took a 67-4-0 catch from Willow Lake, mainly of carp up to 4lb.

Second place went to Dave Smith of Browning Trent Tackle with 54-13-0, again from Willow Lake.

Frank Thomas of Wickford AC was third with 51-9-0.

He fished Ash Lake and his catch included one 3lb carp, with the remainder being small carp of a few ounces each.

Fourth place went to Mick Millhouse of Ilford Nomads with 39-4-0, fifth place to Mick Vincent of Browning A1 with 38-7-0 and sixth to Jim Curtis of Ilford Nomads with 27-2-0.

The First heat in the Rods And Sods competition takes place on Horseshoe Lake at Tylers Common on Thursday, July 5, the final winner will take away a £40, 000 prize. For more information telephone Tony on 07710 483850.

Brookside trio are the tops

Sunday's Open Match at Central Park Lake in Chelmsford saw a good day's fishing on a hot day.

First place was taken by Bob Taylor with 23-1-8.

Gordon Green was second with 13-12-0 and Paul Canfield third with 10-5-0. All three placed were from Brookside.

There is a Charity match on July 1, it is being run by the Royal British Legion, London Road Branch, to raise funds for the National Poppy Appeal.

There will be raffles to win so even if you don't catch fish you can still win a prize to take home. For further details telephone Sally or Nigel on 01245 268693.

First league match is a scorcher

The first match in the Trent Tackle Summer League took place on Sunday, in baking hot conditions on the Maldon Canal, Heybridge.

Sixty anglers took part, both individually, and as part of 10 teams of six anglers.

Most took good weights with only a few struggling, and the result for the individuals saw Andy Howard of Browning Trent Tackle take first place. His 22-9-0 catch was mainly bream with a few skimmers, taken on a roach pole with bloodworm bait.

Second place went to Chris Sale of MAP Bills Tackle with 17-1-0, with J Southgate of X-Cam in third place with 13-5-0. Close behind his team mate, R Cox of X-Cam took fourth place with 13-1-0.

Fifth place went to Paul Chambers of Shimano JP Tackle with 9-13-8 and J Bance of Browning was sixth with 7-9-9.

The results for the teams on the day were as follows: (1) Team Browning 50 points; (2) Brentwood Trent Tackle 40 points (3) Wickford Angling Centre 39 points; (4) X-Cam 36.5 points (5) Shimana JP Tackle 35 points, (6) Raiders 31.5 points; Wickle Pickers 30.5 points; Colchester & Bait Tackle 26 points CAPS 24.5 points and (1) MAP Bills Tackle 16 points.

The next match will be in three weeks time at Ardleigh Reservoir.

At Northlands Park, Basildon, Peter Steward of Wickford Angling Centre took 47-3-0 in three hours to win the latest match in the Northlands Park Evening Series, sponsored by Tony Cheeseman's Colmic. He fished the caf lake, using worm and maggot bait with quivertip tactics, and landed fourteen bream and two small skimmers to finish well ahead of the other anglers.

Second place went to Alan Halsey with 26-7-0, which would normally be more than enough to take the honours. Alan fished by the Christmas tree in the caf lake to land his ten bream and three skimmers, again with worm and maggot present on a quivertip. Kevin Phillips fished a pole to take third place with 14-14-0. He fished from the outside of the caf lake to land a bream of 4-10-0, a tench and various skimmers.

Gloucester Park, Basildon regular Mark Acton took his first ever 100lb plus haul this week after a good session by the incoming sluices. He started his day free-lining sinking bread flake under the tree.

This produced a string of big carp up to 19lbs, and this disturbed the bigger fish, causing Mark to change to light pole tactics. Fishing with luncheon meat under a small dibber float, he continued to keep the fish coming, totalling an amazing 108lbs haul. This area also proved lucky for Chris Cooper,14, and his friend, 15-year-old Lee Watkins.

The duo fished waggler tactics alternating between sweetcorn and single red maggot baits, between them netting numerous tench and roach, and a decent carp.

Lake Meadows, Billericay continues to produce some excellent carp, with a fish of 23-12-0 for Nick Farrow. He fished the boathouse hedge to take a personal best mirror carp from a lump of cheese.

Charlotte Towse, 11, has landed two big carp on consecutive trips to Lake Meadows.

Her first visit produced a mirror of 15-8-0 to a tiger nut boilie, with a further mirror of 15lbs taken with a pineapple pop-up on her next visit. Her sister Cathy, also landed several bream, while their father, Raymond, who did their casting, blanked on his own rods!

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