SUNDAY 27th April A short hop across to Rockell’s farm for today’s match. Lovely sunny weather and the carp didn’t disappoint. Quite tight for the frame. Well done all who fished and thanks to Fred for a well run match! 1: Mark Roscoe – 67-14 2: Barry Dickerson – 64-10 3: Graham Carter – 51-10
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MATCH RESULT – Long Pond [Clare]
Today saw us make the first of our two planned visits for this year to Long Pond. We filled the lake to capacity, with 18 members fishing [the pokey peg 10 was left out of the draw]. The day started out pleasantly bright, though the brisk westerly breeze kept blowing up throughout the day toContinue reading “MATCH RESULT – Long Pond [Clare]”
Reminder – Club AGM
R E M I N D E R!! The Club’s AGM will be on: Tuesday 15th April 2025 At the Plough Pub, Duxford, 7-30pm. All members are encouraged to attend. The outline agenda is as follows: 1 Apologies for absence. 2 Minutes of the last AGM 3 Matters arising: 4 Secretary’s report 5 Treasurer’s reportContinue reading “Reminder – Club AGM”
Another ‘Target’ hit!
Well….. this is a bit embarrassing….but I’ll get over it. The second of the Bordeaux ‘Target Fish’ was banked today, and your ‘Roving Reporter’ was the man to do it, on what was the busiest day at Bordeaux so far this year. A later than usual start for me meant that there were fourteen carsContinue reading “Another ‘Target’ hit!”
ANNUAL REPORT – APRIL 2025
We are approaching the AGM and the time for the renewing Club membership. The Committee thought it useful to have a brief recap of some of the events and highlights of the last year, to review where we are now and to look ahead to some of the plans for the future. Bordeaux Stock ManagementContinue reading “ANNUAL REPORT – APRIL 2025”
BORDEAUX -‘SMALL LAKE’ UPDATE
As some of you may be aware, our small team of dedicated ‘Elves’ have been working very hard over the last few weeks. Plans and progress to date are as follows: [The map below shows the approximate location of the pegs.] Peg 1 – construction complete Peg 2 – construction complete [and turf largely inContinue reading “BORDEAUX -‘SMALL LAKE’ UPDATE”
MATCH RESULT – Home Farm [Little Walden] Small Lake
Sunday 23rd March Just like London Busses; they come along in pairs – another match to report on this week and, once again, the lack of pictures of fish, gives a clue as to how things went. The day started out unexpectedly damp and never really dried up. Fortunately our intrepid band were able toContinue reading “MATCH RESULT – Home Farm [Little Walden] Small Lake”
MATCH RESULT – Goldstone’s Lakes Ashdon
Sunday 16th March You may have already noticed the lack of pictures of fish, which gives a big clue as to how today’s match went. A hard overnight frost and a cold wind blowing all day conspired to make for the hardest of matches on the Island Lake at Ashdon. Results: 1st. Peter Mottram [PegContinue reading “MATCH RESULT – Goldstone’s Lakes Ashdon”
CLOSE SEASON
The annual coarse fishing CLOSE SEASON is now in operation. As of today, the coarse fishing close season is now in place on all RIVERS, STREAMS AND DRAINS, and most of the Norfolk & Suffolk Broads. It is important anglers check regional rules for each area for more detail as there will still be manyContinue reading “CLOSE SEASON”
Well, that didn’t take long!
Congratulations to member Geoff Warwick, who is the first to bag one of our new residents at Bordeaux. The beautifully scaled Mirror tipped the scales at 20lb and was caught with an 8mm Activated Cell pellet presented with a size 14 hook via a Method Feeder, using a 10ft feeder rod. Great job! As promised,Continue reading “Well, that didn’t take long!”
Saffron Walden Angling Club 