3^rd September 2006

Luton A C fished in the NFA Division 2 Nationals at Northampton on Saturday.

The match secretary on behalf of Luton Angling Club would like to congratulate the club captain and the team for achieving the silver medal (2nd place). The matchmen put in many hours of practice prior to the event and it was a brilliant team effort. We had one section winner, Ian Browne.

We are now in Division 1 and next year's National will be held on the Stainforth and Keadby canal in Yorkshire.

To see the Division 2 team results on the NFA website click here or to see the Division 2 Peg by Peg results click here

On the Grand Union canal at The Globe, Jim Waller and his mate Pete had a great 2 hour evening session, between them they caught 4 bream and 4 carp. Jim came out on top, he only caught one carp but it went over 30lbs. His scales only went up to 30lbs and the needle went past that so he's invested in a new set of scales just in case it comes along again. The canal has been fishing well, at Grove Church at the weekend a number of bream were caught to 2lbs with lots of perch and roach. Through Leighton Town plenty of skimmers, perch and roach were caught and up at the lay by at Stoke Hammond, bream skimmers and roach were reported.

At Beckerings Reservoir Steppingley the heaviest reported carp last week went over 25lbs. An angler caught 3 carp to 18lbs in an evening session and junior angler Daniel Glass fishing at night for the first time caught 3 carp between 13 and 15lbs and a nice bream.

The South Lagoon at Wyboston is producing heavy catches of bream, swims 1 to 8 on the west bank are very productive. Will Holtum on a 24 hour session amassed 260lb of bream the heaviest going 9lbs 8ozs. He was using his own home made boilies with a method feeder. Paul Ralph caught 80lbs of bream to 7lbs in the same area. Mark Symonds caught 4 bream to 6lbs, Mick Barber had 12lb of skimmers on maggot and John Rutter caught 20lb of bream on feeder fed sweetcorn.

North House has produced a number of common carp over the week some of the largest were Stephen Dobson's 22lb 8ozs, Mark Newman's 20lb 4ozs, Ivan Sayer's 19 pounder and Stuart Oxborough's 15 pounder.

On the adjacent River Ouse roach have been the main quarry with some good bags reported. The biggest catch falling to Danny Kelly with over 16lbs all on wheat. Mark Elt had 8 perch the largest 2lbs 8ozs. Harrow Herons A C had a match on the river last Sunday.

Results.

1st    Ray Kedge    7lb 2oz (all roach)

2nd    Dave Pearce    6lb 1oz

3rd    Ray Bellamy    6lb 0oz

At Black Cat the roach fishing with hemp, tares and wheat is producing good weights. Danny Kelly was shocked when a 5lb chub took his grain of wheat.

On Sunday Luton A C fished the canal section 6a for the Swain Cup and

the 1st round of the Knockout Shield.

Results.

1st    Keith Oldroyd    8lb 2ozs (carp)

2nd    Pete Currell Jnr    5lb 9ozs

3rd    Kevin Woolford    4lb 3ozs

This Sunday Luton fish for the Pick'n'choose Trophy on the canal,

sections 4b & 4c bridge 108 Chelmscote.

Regards

John Morris

Luton AC Press Team