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One Pound Seven

Ounces after 256

Individual Hours of

Fishing

Just twenty three ounces was

the difference between

Grafham ‘A’ Team becoming

Champions in 2012 and being

overtaken by two times

winners – Rutland.

Grafham needed not less than

two points difference between

them and Rutland to take the

Championship. Rutland took

second place. Grafham were

only these few ounces better

than the Navy/Marines and

took fourth rather than fifth

place.

Had they failed to do so they

would have had equal points

with Rutland and on a count

back of total weights thro’ the

season Rutland would have

topped the Group.

I think most would agree it is

always good to have a new

name on the Association

Trophy and we congratulate

them.

Bonanza – but will it

last?

There is no doubt that

Dikerogammarus villusis, the

‘killer shrimp’ has given

anglers some magnificent

fishing on Grafham. It tends

to concentrate around the

marginal stones and gives bank

anglers as good a chance as

boat anglers.

Below is one half spooning

from one fish caught hard

against the stones in Rectory

Bay.

As with all shrimp fed fish the

trout are in superb condition

and fighting fit. For those who

eat trout their table quality is

second to none.

The shrimp population is

immense. The problem is the

future of other species –

buzzers in particular – because

these shrimp kill above their

weight and indiscriminately.

The buzzer larva population at

Grafham is almost

unbelievable. It is possibly

larger than that found on Loch

Leven in Scotland in 1989 at

32,669 per square metre. To

loose these would be a disaster,

for both the ecology of the lake

and would have a major impact

on the fishing.

Superb shrimp fed rainbows

25th. Anniversary

It is possible that our earliest

archives are incomplete. I am

not sure if the first season of

the AMFC was 1988 or 1989?

This would make next year, or

the year after (2014) our 25th

Anniversary.

I am sure that the first season

was the year that Grafham and

Rutland were closed because of

the Blue/Green Algae.

The first match of that season

was fished on Rutland and the

final match of that season was

due to be fished at Grafham

and had to be cancelled and

transferred (I think) to Bewl.

If anyone can remember which

year it was that the reservoirs

were closed please let me

know. It would be

embarrassing if we celebrated

25 years either too early or too

late!

The 2012 Autumn Association

Match was fished on Grafham

in excellent conditions.

Practice day had seen a strong

wind and cloud. Match day

had light winds and sun. Most

anglers expected the sun to

have a negative influence on

the fishing. In the event the

bright sun had only a marginal

effect on the catch rates.

Group One had an average of

5.1 fish per angler – Group

Two 4.3 – Group Three 5.3 and

Group Four 2.9. These figures

gave a match average of 4.8.

Any match average over 4.0

usually indicates a good, but

not ridiculously easy match.

This was the case for this

match.

Most boats headed for the

North Shore. With the area

along Church Bay to the Dam

Wall the most popular end of

the reservoir. One early

finisher cast his flies onto the

Dam Wall and caught as the

flies were pulled into the water.

A significant number of fish

were patrolling along the

margins. The Dam Wall and

the newly constructed stone

walls (to control erosion) along

most of the North Shore was

alive with shrimp. It was here

that many fish were caught –

although not exclusively on

shrimp patterns.

Those anglers who took short

drifts into the margins tended

to use floating lines and

nymphs – those who fished a

little further out used a greater

variety of lines, flies and

methods.

In the ‘hot spots’ fishing

pressure was intense and catch

rates slowed down in the

afternoon. Over a third of

those anglers who claimed a

time bonus did so by fishing

close the last hour of the

match.

Mention must be made of the

attendance at the post match

events. Almost everyone

stayed for the Presentations.

Autumn Association Match

Fished at Grafham Water on Saturday 5th. October

*****

Superb Fishing in the Margins

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Individual Results

Autumn Association Match

With three of their anglers having best fish over 4lbs

SOLDIER PALMER ‘A’ Receive the

Kew/QM Plate Best Team in an Association Match

Left

With Best Fish and Best Bag

Paul Lee of Soldier Palmers ‘A’ Wins

The Eddie Gray Cup

Group One ame o Weight

Bewl Bridge F.C. ‘A’ Steve Collins 8 23lbs 14oz

Hugh Frew 8 19lbs 2oz

Bill Rankin 8 18lbs 1oz Dave Withers 8 17lbs 7oz

TOTAL 78lbs 8oz

Fish Hawks ‘B’ Dave Eames 5 11lbs 11oz

Si Gaines 7 18lbs 12oz

Kerry Richardson 6 15lbs 1oz Dan Taylor 5 9lbs 14oz

TOTAL 5lbs 6oz

Grafham Water F.F.A.’A’ Nick Preston 8 18lbs 8oz

Andy Linwood 2 3lbs 13oz Mark Brinkman 8 20lbs 12oz

Joan Russell 4 9lbs 1oz

TOTAL 52lbs 2oz

Royal avy/Marines Chris Anderson 2 4lbs 8oz Ed Smith 3 7lbs 10oz

Mark Glass 8 23lbs 9oz

Steve Scott 5 9lbs 1oz

TOTAL 50lbs 11oz

Rutland Water F.F. Paul Wild 5 10lbs 3oz Graham Pearson 8 16lbs 11oz

Ron Gent 8 18lbs 5oz

Al Owen 7 12lbs 14oz

TOTAL 58lbs 1oz

Group Three

Bewl Bridge F.C. ‘A’ Russell Bell 1 2lbs 9oz

Ken Holmes 4 7lbs 13oz Ian Watts 7 15lbs 7oz

Ralph Painter 6 14lbs 2oz

TOTAL 39lbs 15oz

England Police Chris Reeves 7 16lbs 15oz Dave Summers 3 6lbs 7oz

Doug Skins 8 23lbs 14oz

Mark Mathieson 8 21lbs 4oz

TOTAL 68lbs 8oz

Fish Hawks ‘B’ Lloyd Thompson 5 10lbs 9oz Lee Radcliffe 2 4lbs 8oz

Mark Grove 6 11lbs 8oz

Vince Cork 5 10lbs 12oz

TOTAL 37lbs 5oz

Invicta F.C. ‘A’ Graham Williams 8 18lbs 13oz

Mark Searle 4 8lbs 10oz

Kieron Bonus 5 11lbs 13oz Ron Lusardi 6 14lbs 5oz

TOTAL 53lbs 9oz

Group Two ame o Weight

Bristol Reeservoirs F.F.A. John Bowan 5 11lbs 8oz

Dan Hurley 1 2lbs 2oz

Paul Sharman 6 13lbs 5oz Graham Currie 5 13lbs 7oz

TOTAL 40lbs 6oz

Hanningfield F.A. Dave Bromley 2 3lbs 15oz

Alan Stern 3 6lbs 11oz

Dave Franklin 7 15lbs 9oz Stewart Pimblett 3 6lbs 4oz

TOTAL 32lbs 7oz

Queen Mother F.F. Jim Longmore 8 18lbs 13oz

Phil Hall 5 11lbs 0oz Alan Murphy 7 15lbs 10oz

Graham Hurbert 4 8lbs 0oz

TOTAL 53lbs 7oz

Soldier Palmers ‘A’ Lindsey Simpson 8 16lbs 11oz Andy Croucher 6 16lbs 15oz

Paul Lee 8 24lbs 8oz

Mick Angell 8 20lbs 11oz

TOTAL 78lbs 15oz

Tunbridge Wells F.F.S. Bob Holland 3 6lbs 7oz Keith Lawrence

Peter Thomason 7 15lbs 7oz

Mick Dwyer 8 20lbs 1oz

TOTAL 41lbs 15oz

Group Four ame o Weight

Foremark F.F. Dixi Baxter Peter Skelton 3 6lbs 6oz

Rich Miller 3 5lbs 6oz

Rob Wheeldon 3 5lbs 12oz

TOTAL 17lbs 8oz

Grafham Water F.F.A.’B’ Hillary Tomlinson 1 2lbs 2oz Derek Bravington 3 6lbs 13oz

Lianne Frost 3 7lbs 3oz

Yusriy Smith 5 11lbs 14oz

TOTAL 28lbs

Grey Lags Gar Legge 2 3lbs 13oz

Nigel Sudborough 2 3lbs 12oz

Phil Gilham Mike Roberts 3 6lbs 4oz

TOTAL 13lbs 13oz

Invicta F.C. ‘B’ Craig Foggo 3 5lbs 15oz

Mike Smith 7 18lbs 2oz Peter Oldham 5 9lbs 5oz

John Brownbridge 2 5lbs 0oz

TOTAL 38lbs 6oz

Soldier Palmers ‘B’ Rob Jackson 8 21lbs 6oz

Tom Robinson 4 10lbs 10oz Brian Perryman

Dave Froggatt 1 2lbs 6oz

TOTAL 34lbs 6oz

Final Tables 2012

GROUP O�E Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 TOTALS Position

Bewl Bridge F.C. 'A' 1 4 2 3 3 5 18* 3

Fish Hawks 'A' 5 1 3 2 4 3 18* 4

Grafham Water F.A. 'A' 2 5 4 4 5 2 22 1

Royal �avy Marines 4 3 1 1 1 1 11 5

Rutland Water F.F. 3 2 5 5 2 4 21 2

* Bewl Bridge F.C. 'A' had a season total of - 411lbs 15oz - Fish Hawks 'A' 396lbs 2oz

GROUP TWO Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 TOTALS Position

Bristol Reservoirs F.A. 4 2 0 4 3 2 15 4

Haningfield F.C. 2 1 4 1 4 1 13 5

Queen Mother F.F. 3 4 2 2 1 4 16 3

Soldier Palmers 'A' 1 5 5 5 5 5 26 1

Tunbridge Wells T.F.A. 5 3 3 3 2 3 19 2

GROUP THREE Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 TOTALS Position

Bewl Bridge F.C. 'B' 2 3 4 1 2 2 14 3

England Police 1 2 3 3 3 4 16 2

Fish Hawks 'B' 3 1 1 4 1 1 11 4

Invicta F.C. 'A' 4 4 2 2 4 3 19 1

GROUP FOUR Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 TOTALS Position

Foremark Fly Fishers 3 1 1 1 4 2 12 5

Grafham Water F.A.'B' 4 2 4 2 1 3 16 4

Grey Lags 5 4 5 4 5 1 24 1

Invicta F.C. 'B' 2 3 2 5 3 5 20 2

Soldier Palmers 'B' 1 5 3 3 2 4 18 3

Groups One Winners

NAME Round1 Round2 Round3 Round4 Round5 Round6

No Weight No Weight No Weight No Weight No Weight No Weight

Chris Bobby 6 12lbs 12oz 2 5lbs 5oz 8 17lbs 3oz 4 8lbs 9.75oz

Norman Rushton 3 9lbs 14oz 8 21lbs 5oz 4 9lbs 6oz 5 9lbs 15oz

Peter Hartley 1 3lbs 4oz 8 21lbs 13oz 6 12lbs 15oz

Steve Ellerbeck 4 8lbs 1oz 8 20lbs 0

Richard Kesek 8 20lbs 11.5oz 8 21lbs 12oz

Nick Preston 8 20lbs 2.5oz 1 3lbs 4oz 8 22lbs 12oz 7 16lbs 10oz 8 18lbs 8oz

Harley Smith 8 19lbs 15oz

Sheena Goode 5 19lbs 9oz 8 20lbs 1oz

Roger Hurren 4 10lbs 8 22lbs 7oz

Joan Russell 8 21lbs 9oz 4 9lbs 1oz

Andy Linwood 4 8lbs 7oz 2 3lbs 13oz

Mark Brinkman 3 7lbs 13oz 8 20lbs 12oz

Individuals results in the Winning Team - (12 members fished) Figures in bold/red indicate the best bag of the day

Association Champions - Grafham Water F.F.A. ‘A’

NAME Round Round2 Round3 Round4 Round5 Round6

No Weight No Weight No Weight No Weight No Weight No Weight

Jamie Thomas 3 7lbs 8oz

Tony Hoggart 1 2lbs 9oz 8 20lbs 5oz 5 17lbs 4oz

Paul Calvert 0 8 22lbs 2oz 6 11lbs 8oz

Paul Kitchen 0 7 17lbs 6.5oz 1 2lbs 4oz

Ronnie Christie 8 24lbs 2oz 5 8lbs 5oz

Pete Mumford 4 12lbs 2oz 0 4 7lbs 8oz

Lindsey Simpson 3 11lbs 2 3lbs 14oz 8 16lbs 11oz

Paul Lee 8 27lbs 0.5oz 5 8lbs 14oz 8 24lbs 8oz

Richard Robinson 4 10lbs 4oz 8 26lbs 15oz

Graeme Fergusen 5 13lbs 12oz 7 14lbs 2oz

Andy Draper 2 4lbs 2oz

Dean Rudd 0

Mick Angel 8 23lbs 4oz 8 20lbs 14oz

Si Elson 6 14lbs 14oz

Andy Croucher 6 16lbs 15oz

Individuals Results in the Wining Team (15 Anglers) Figures in bold/red indicate Best Bag of the Day

Group Two Winners - Soldier Palmers ‘A’

Group Three Winners - Invicta F.C. ‘A’

NAME Round 1 Round2 Round3 Round 4 Round 5 Round6

No Weight No Weight No Weight No Weight No Weight No Weight

Chris McLeod 4 9lbs 13oz 8 18lbs 4oz 5 9lbs 3oz 3 11lbs 3oz

Mick Facey 3 7lbs 5oz

Gary Howe 1 2lbs 12oz 1 2lbs 8oz

John Mees 4 11lbs 8oz 8 19lbs 7 16lbs 15oz 6 17lbs 8oz

Keiran Bonus 8 22lbs 4oz 7 14lbs 8 27lbs 8oz

Jeff Hickson 6 11lbs 11oz 7 16lbs .5oz

Ron Lusardi 4 10lbs 8 17lbs 6oz 2 5lbs 6oz

Mark Searle 8 17lbs 15oz 5 13lbs 13oz 1 2lbs 4oz

Graham Williams 3 6lbs 5oz

Adam Worker 8 22lbs 4oz 4 9lbs 4.5oz

Graham Bodsworth 3 7lbs 2oz 5 1lbs13.5oz 3 7lbs 15oz

Craig Foggo 3 5lbs 15oz

Mike Smith 7 18lbs 2oz

Peter Oldham 5 9lbs 5oz

Joihn Brownbridge 2 5lbs

Individuals Results in the Winning Team - (15 Anglers) Figures in bold/red indicate Best Bag of the Day

NAME Round 1 Round2 Round3 Round 4 Round 5 Round6

No Weight No Weight No Weight No Weight No Weight No Weight

Dai Davis 3 8lbs 6oz 8 16lbs 7oz

Roger Thom 1 2lbs 3oz

Si Morris 6 14lbs10oz 8 22lbs 4 6lbs 4oz

Mark O'Neil 1 2lbs 8oz

Henry Reynolds 8 17lbs 6oz 5 13lbs 2oz 7 11lbs12.5oz 3 6lbs 2oz

Nigel Sudborough 8 19lbs 5 10lbs 1oz 0 2 3lbs 12oz

Peter Glover 8 27lbs 12oz

Al Grice-Jackson 8 27lbs 12oz 2 5lbs 15oz 3 5lbs 7oz

Colin Faires 8 25lbs 6oz 0 5 1lbs 2oz

Peter Lewis 8 24lbs 6oz 8 21lbs13oz

Mick Brocksby 3 6lbs 1.5oz

Garry Legge 8 14lb 11.5oz 2 3lbs 13oz

Kevin Bennett 8 21lbs12oz

Phil Gilham 0

Mick Roberts 3 6lbs 4oz

Winners Group Four - Grey Lags

Individuals Results in the Winning Team (15 Anglers) Figures in bold/red indicate Best Bag of the Day

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The East Thames Aggregates Shield - Best Fish of the Season

Winner RAY SIMPSO Bewl Bridge F.C.’B’

8lbs 12oz Caught at Eyebrook

The Lew Cass Cup - Best Fish Lowest Group by Angler who has never

won an Association Individual Trophy

Winner DIXIE BAXTER Foremark Fly Fishers

6lbs 3oz Caught at Pitsford