2016 - ANGLING TRUST SOAR VALLEY WINTER LEAGUE - ROUND 2 - October 16th

With MATRIX-Trentmen taking the honours on the first match you can guarantee that the other teams wanted to make amends and challenge this early lead . The day started with rain but it did not dampen the spirits as after the great weights of round 1 the air was full of expectancy for more great weights however this time the water on is coming in cold and late in the match . With the water gin clear how will it fish ?



Jamie Tarplee with friends at Waterside ............keeping him company

First fish of the day

Lee Bennet .......its official ..... he does not like Pike , worm and maggot and his hooked fish !!

Jay fell on the Abbey

Clive Lloyd on Proctors

Clive's section win on Proctor's with 10750 gr

 David Mellors with 4th on Waterside

David's Friends ......appears to be MAS tradition

David with 3.700 gr on the Waterside

Martin Jaques took 2550 gr for 5th on 1860

Tony Beech was in good company with Swinno to his right

Twins separated at birth

John Harper continuing his good form with another good display on the Greens , 1st in section with 5650 gr .

Phil Mattock with a creditable 4th on Proctors with 3000 gr

John kilby took a 4th on the Kegworth LEF section with 2650 gr

Tony Marshall with 2nd on Greens with 4550 gr

Dan Jones of Matrix Trent men with 5700 gr on Proctors

Captain of Starlets Darran Bickerton with a  creditable 4th and 3350 gr

Sam Merry on Proctors with 3225 gr and 5th in section for Wigston

Kegworth Colmic angler Ross Winfield with a 2nd in section with 3650 gr

Mick Hitchin on 'The-Peg' 1st place on the day

2nd place Sean Ashby

3rd place Clive Lloyd

Long Eaton angler Mick Hitchins followed his team mate from previous round 1 to the same peg and did the business for the 2nd week running  12650 gr ...... Great result pal !

In second place was England International Kaman Starlets Sean Ashby with 11500 gr

In third place was Midland Angling Supplies Clive Lloyd with 10750 gr

In 4th was MATRIX - Trentman Matt Godfrey with 8450r

and in 5th Paul Taylor from the Wigstonians with 6050r , well done chap , richly deserved.

So Kamasan announce they are still in the hunt with a masterful display with 27 points and first on the day . In second place tied were Quorn and Trentmen with 37 points and in 4th were Wigston on 38 points . The day was close for all the teams compared to the first WL1 and Trent men still lead by just one point !

WL3 next Sunday !

2016 - ANGLING TRUST SOAR VALLEY WINTER LEAGUE - ROUND 1 - October 2nd

WINTER LEAGUE NO 1 - at last it arrived , like me , i arrived then went home . So disappointed to not fish and not be part of the day , this because of a horrible virus that had approached 5 weeks and was waring me down. 

After last seasons successful winter league Joff and Brian decided to let some one else have a go after  they had masterminded a very prominent Winter League for many years. Unfortunately as this league came under new management then three clubs decided not to participate but we gained one extra , those superb lads from COLMIC Kegworth AC run by owner of Soar Tackle , Scott Johnson.

The league is now run by the Teams so everyone gets involved . Various clubs volunteered themselves for specific tasks and these were ;

Notts Trentman  - Matrix - Pegging

Wigston AC - Shimano - Money matters 

Long Eaton Federation - Scales and boards .

Other clubs like Starlets , Midlands Angling Supplies , Kegworth AC have also requested to be involved in any way they can help on match days . Quorn AC take a particular mention as they have actively helped gain good peg space for the benefit of the League. 

The Day started with my early morning drive to the venue to drop off the scales for the match , it also gave me a good opportunity to deliver some of my teams ground bait and supplies they had ordered. After that i had to go home and get prepared on my computer ready for all the latest photos coming in from the lads on the bank. MAS manager Michael Carr was there to record the early beginnings and we have a few photo an films to show ; 

MARTINS MENU FOR THE DAY

JOHN HARPERS PEG ON THE GREENS

LOOKING DOWNSTREAM FROM MARTINS PEG ON THE WATERSIDE 

IN FRONT OF MARTIN

LOADS OF BALLS!

DAVID MELLORS ON WATERSIDE TOP SECTION

MARTIN

ANDY ON 1860

JOHN HARPER ON THE BOLO

NEIL ON THE DEEPS - WAS THIS PEG IN BEFORE ?

CLIVE ON DEEPS

DAVID REVEL WITH 55 KILOS ON WATERSIDE

TOBY BUNTING WITH 22 KILOS ON THE GREENS

KEGWORTH WINNER ADEY REYNOLDS OF QUORN VDE

LEE WITH 4TH ON KEGWORTH

2016 - MIDLANDS ANGLING SUPPLIES - three MAS out at the GAC

Saturday 16th and three MAS men went fishing on the Greenhill AC waters at Thurlaston Lake and Moat . The result of this was an excellent day by all .


Report and pictures supplied by David Mellors

Saturday 19th September 2016 was Team MAS (Midlands Angling Supplies) Product Day Out in alliance with Greenhill’s AC Thurlaston Lake and Moat.

Day started out with Buffet Breakfast at the local Toby Carvery at Enderby before heading off to the venue. Previous overnight rain and cloudy conditions presented the anglers with decisions to make on which lake to fish, as it went anglers set up on both lakes with plenty of opportunity to try out others pegs and talk best options and learn new skills on the day.

Mark Footitt decided to fish the carp lake with paste 1 side at 5M whilst later in the session Groundbait with corn/Dead Maggot down margin.

John Kilby and myself decided to fish the moat lake which is around 13M wide full of Roach, Perch, Rudd, Tench and Chub with the latter 2 not showing on the day. 

Weight on day: Mark Caught Carp weighed over 120LB with best fish being 12Lb, all 3 anglers caught in turns using paste using a Sensas 524 Car Pole fitted with a puller bung to a 14 Hook and a self-cocking float using a range of baits for the Sensas Crazy Bait range to make paste and feed. Killer Krill being used as feed Groundbait with IM5 best used as paste for hook.

For John and Myself nets of over 14Lb of silvers including stamp Roach and Rudd backs up with Perch soon quickly amassed a net using Sensas Black Lake and Super Black Gardons

For myself a Sensas 974 Nanoflex pole  to 13M was utilised, whist John used a Sensas 934 Nanoflex Pole also to 13M, Sensas Match Puller kits / Side pullers incorporated Sensas Competition and Crazy Hollow Elastic in sizes 4-6, 6-8, and elastic’s from the J range.

Line used on all rigs was Sensas Feeling in sizes 0.16 to 0.14 hook length for Carp with 14 hooks and 0.12 to 0.10/0.08 for silvers coupled to 22/20 hooks

My 1^st Rig: Sensas CCX4 4x10 float set up on Sensas Feeling Line 0.12 – 0.10 to size 20 Drennan Silverfish Barbless Hook,  shotted with 6no11 Sensas Green Coated Split Shot.

2^nd Rig: 5M: Sensas CCX3 4x12 float set up on Sensas Feeling Line 0.12 – 0.10 to size 20 Drennan Silverfish Barbless Hook,  shotted with 5no10 + 2no12 Sensas Green Coated Split Shot.

3^rd Rig: Sensas PP5 Maggot Pencil float 4x10 Sensas Feeling Line 0.12 – 0.08 to size 22 Drennan Silverfish Barbless Hook, shotted with 7no12 Sensas Green Coated Split Shot.

Depths on plumbing found 1.5Ft from top 4 to 12M so 3 areas where fed 2 with Groundbait and Dead Pinkie with alternating Pinkie/Maggot and Castor hook bait over the top. Other Area fed with Caster only.

Groundbait: 1 Bag Sensas Black Lake and 1 Bag Sensas Super Black Gardons for silvers. 2KG of Crazy Bait Killer Krill used for Feed for Carp with Dead Maggot/Corn with Sensas IM5 Grounbait used as Paste.

Product Tackle: Sensas Nanoflex 974 and 934 pole, Sensas 524 Carp Pole,  Competition and Hollow Elastics’, Feeling Classic Line, Green coated shot, PP5,CCX2,CCX3, CCX4 And CCX9 pole floats, Sensas Crocodile land net handle, Sensas Super Lite Landing Nets and Sensas Crazy Baits Crazy Rubber Floating Landing Net, Sensas Competition and Sensas Challenge Keep Nets, Sensas 670/760 Seat Box and Sensas London Luggage.

Thanks to Greenhill’s AC for the use of the water for this occasion and all the anglers from Team MAS for supporting their time and efforts for this MAS day out. Watch out for further updates from Sensas Team MAS on the website: midlandsanglingsupplies.com

Tight Line Dave Mellors

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Regards

David Mellors

JOHN KILBY

 MARK FOOTITT

DAVID MELLORS