Goose Green – This weekend very few anglers ventured out to fish at Goose Green, Paul “Pixie” Cripps fished an early morning session on the venues number 3 lake, he reports the capture of seven carp in the 3lb to 8lb bracket, all caught on float fished corn, Fishery Manager Ray Clark was to be found on Deep Lake, fishing the Pole with pellet and corn on the hook, Ray latched into a succession of skimmers and a few proper bream plus a couple of tench, he also hooked into, but did not land one of the lakes resident carp, the only thing Ray has to show for his battle against the unseen monster is a broken number 2 section on his pole, fishing on the opposite bank to Ray, was Tony of the clan Tester, Tony fishing pellet on the hook, was seen to be constantly pulling out the lakes resident bream, tench & crucians, at the end of the day Tony had put together a highly respectable net of approx 50lb.
Fishing in Crucian Corner on New Pond was Society webmaster, Mark “Spike” Emery, fishing the short pole and alternating pellet and corn on the hook, Mark caught Crucians, Skimmers and Roach for net of 15-0-0.
Earlier in the week, Paul “Pixie” Cripps fished a short evening session, once again on Lake 3, fishing floating pellet, Paul reports 9 Carp, the being a 10-8-0 Mirror and a 9.0-0 Common, also included in his haul were four bream caught on ledgered corn.
No reports received for Moor Farm, River Rother, River Adur
River Arun – Paul Hazeldine, fished the Arun at Parham on the opening day of the season before heading off to work, he reported that all he could see on the river were masses of spawning bream, who, with other things on their mind, didn’t want to feed.
Annual Teach In – This is an annual event at which we give one to one tuition to novice anglers, preference is given to juniors. Methods used are Pole, Whip or Waggler with all tackle being supplied by the tutor, all of whom are experienced Pulborough AS members.
We have a lower age limit of seven years for safety reasons. There is a morning and afternoon session, each lasting three hours, with tackle prizes being awarded for each session, in addition each pupil is given a small goodie bag containing useful tackle items.
Hot food – burgers, hot dogs and bacon butties are served at breaks throughout the day, together with tea, coffee and cold drinks.
This years event has been scheduled to take place at our Moor Farm Fishery on 1 July, to reserve your place at this years event telephone Sheila Olliver on 01903 213968 (evenings after 6pm) or visit our website, places are offered on a first come first served basis and sell out very quickly, BOOK NOW to avoid disappointment, further information about the Teach In can be found at www.pulboroughas.com.
Work Parties
For the benefit of those who wish to come and help “the few”, we hold working parties at Goose Green every Saturday, starting at 0900hrs, all assistance gratefully accepted, even if you can only spare an hour – as the television advertisement states “Every Little Helps…..”
Angling Training
Pulborough AS offer a comprehensive training scheme to those who wish to take up angling as a sport/pastime, we offer three levels of training from novice to advanced, further information is available on our website www.pulboroughas.com or from the Society Training
Officer ” Steve Moulding”, who can be contacted on 07762 019636.
The training scheme offered by Pulborough AS is highly successful, with some of our former pupils now representing the Society in matches at both regional and national level.
Match Results
Result of the 2nd evening match fished at Moor Farm bottom lake on 15/6/06 by 12 anglers.1st Pip Pranskus 16.6kg (41lb) mainly carp to method feeder and maggot. 2nd Nigel Aldridge 14.85kg (32lb 12oz) mainly carp to feeder and worm.3rd Trevor Mordle 10.55kg (23lb 4oz) carp to feeder and corn. 4th Glen Riley 10.4kg (22lb 15oz) 10 carp to feeder and pellet
Tight Lines
Mark Emery
Pulborough Angling Society
T: 07910 319485
http://www.pulboroughas.com
