Royalty News Archives #3 (16/6/02 - 7/10/02)
Monday 7/10/02: Biggest Perch & 2nd Biggest Barbel
of Season
Apart from the following excellent catches, and a few other good size barbel, bream & sea trout, another quiet week on the Fishery. Hopefully the rain we had today will help a little but we really need much more.
Saturday 5/10/02:
Brian Farhall from Horsham - 12lb
0oz barbel from the Roadbridge on legered maggot/caster over hemp. Also
9 bream to 7lb on maggot/swimfeeder;
Steve Tubbs - barbel of 9lb 3oz and 7lb 8oz
from Greenbanks on sweetcorn;
Wednesday 2/10/02:
Bill Johnson from Nottingham landed the 2nd heaviest Royalty
barbel of the season, a 12lb 14oz
specimen from the White Stile using a blockfeeder with 4 maggots on a size 16 hook to
6lb line;
Hugh Goldsmith - 5 bream to 7lb 1oz
- his personal best;
Tuesday 1/10/02:
Peter Spears beat his own personal best perch by 4oz with a superb 4lb 4oz specimen from the Little Weir on floatfished maggots.
Last week I forgot to include an excellent catch by Jeremy Dearlove and Jim Townsend - very sorry - I've now added the details in that week's report, please click here to jump to relevent text and photos.
Monday 30/9/02: Sea trout Fishing Improved
Some excellent sea trout catches plus some good barbel in spite of the continued low, clear water conditions. Best catches during the week include....
Monday 30/9/02:
Mike Clark - 10lb 5oz barbel from Brewhouse
Hole
on caster feeding caster & hemp in a blockfeeder (Mike's 5th Royalty "double" of
the season).
Joe Andrzejewski from Stanmore - barbel of 9lb 0oz from
The Gate on blockfeeder/maggot over hemp;
Sunday 29/9/02:
Mike Clark - 9lb 12oz barbel from Piles
on caster feeding caster & hemp in a blockfeeder;
Anon - bream to 8lb
from Trammels;
Saturday 28/9/02:
Brian Goulding & Mr H Childs -
54 sea trout to 2lb 8oz from the Bridge Pool trotting maggots & worms
(53 released) + several much heavier fish lost. This is the most sea trout caught
from the pool in a day this season;
Ray Hyde & Tony Rostant -
8 sea trout including 3 over 3lb - best fish: 6lb
caught by Ray Hyde, all in the morning from Johnsons on trotted maggots (all released);
Peter
Snapes from Northampton - 9lb 2oz barbel from Fiddlers on meat;
Tuesday 24/9/02:
Joe Andrzejewski from Stanmore - barbel
of 7lb 14oz, 8lb 4oz, 9lb 3oz from just below Mug's Hole
on maggot swimfeeding maggot over hemp.
Monday 23/9/02: Heaviest Barbel of Season!
Not as many fish reported this week but the first 13lb barbel of the season has been caught by visiting angler Dave Andrew and 79 year old CAC member Alf Walton caught the first barbel of his 70 years angling career - an amazing 12lb 4oz! (until Thursday the joint biggest from the fishery this season). As usual for this time of year the Royalty barbel are packing on weight so it is surely just a matter of time before more 13lb+ fish are reported on this page. However, the river is again very low and clear so what we need is more rain. Best catches during the week include....
Monday 23/9/02:
Dave Andrew from Harlow, Essex - 13lb 0oz barbel - the biggest from the Royalty this season, from Brewhouse Hole on legered meat;
Dr Jeremy Dearlove and Jim Townsend from Durham had a memorable day in the Parlour Pool on their first ever trip to the Avon - at 10lb 10oz Jeremy caught his first ever "double" (from the west bank at the top of the pool) on double casters over a hemp and caster mix. Jim failed to tempt the barbel but caught a 6lb 0oz chub from the "Garden" swim on the east bank on swimfed maggot. Needless to say both are now Avon converts and will be back for more!
Sunday 22/9/02:
Bream to 8lb 8oz
from Trammels, very little else caught;
Saturday 21/9/02:
Mick Scarborough - 6 bream to 6lb from Greenbanks on swimfeeder/maggot,
Mr Scarborough (snr) - 5lb sea trout (fishing with his son Mick) on caster;
Tuesday 17/9/02:
Mike Clark - 10lb 5oz barbel from Piles
on caster over caster & hemp (Mike's 4th Royalty "double" of
the season).
Monday 16/9/02: Royalty Back on Form!
As predicted the fishing is much improved after last week's flush of fresh water with lots of double figure barbel being reported together with several specimen chub, carp and bream. Now that the river has fined off again, particle baits are accounting for most of the fish and some more rain would not go amiss. Best catches during the week include....
Sunday 15/9/02:
Mr Lloyd - barbel of 12lb 0oz & 7lb 8oz from
the white water in the Parlour on maggot/swimfeeder over hemp;
Derek Roots - 11lb
4oz barbel from Brewhouse Hole on caster over hemp;
Mark Taylor - 10lb
12oz barbel from Mug's Hole on meat;
Mike Clark - 8lb 15oz barbel
from Piles on caster over hemp;
Saturday 14/9/02:
David Taylor from Horsham - 12lb 1oz barbel
from the Lower Stile on double red maggot over hemp and caster;
Derek Roots
- two identical barbel of 10lb 4oz
from the Carpark on caster over hemp;
Tony Benfield from Middlesex
- 20lb common carp
from the Railway (E) on meat;
Friday 13/9/02:
Mick Spurden from Peterborough - 6lb
14oz chub from the White Stile on caster.
Andy McConnachie - 22lb 12oz common carp
from the Railway on Legered meat;
Anon - 21lb common carp
from Fiddlers West;
Thursday 12/9/02:
Anon - barbel of 11lb 14oz & 9lb 6oz
+ a 6lb 0oz chub from Lower Stile;
Wednesday 11/9/02:
Peter Foster from Chichester - 8lb 3oz barbel
from the House Pool on rolling meat.
Tuesday 10/9/02:
Joe Harrop - barbel of 8lb 6oz & 8lb 10oz
from the Gate on paste;
Andy Johnson - 6lb 2oz chub from White Stile
on legered cheese;
Monday 9/9/02:
Mick Donnohoe - 7lb 1oz chub from Telegraph
on double dendro;
Mike Mullan - 15lb mirror + 6 slabs from the
Roadbridge on banded pellet over pellets & hemp;
Monday 9/9/02: Rain at Last!
A nice drop of rain today and hopefully some more tomorrow should bring the Fishery back on form. Low, clear water conditions have made the fishing difficult everywhere but the Royalty has still returned some good catches including....
Sunday 8/9/02:
Colin Harvey & Ken Hill - 31 sea
trout
to 5lb from the Bridge Pool, all returned (27 to 3½lb on trotted
worm plus 4 to 5lb on fly). Also 4 bonus sea bass! This is the best catch of
sea trout reported so far this season. Big spring tides probably helped and the
much needed rain should further liven things up.
Saturday 7/9/02:
Derek Roots - 9lb 8oz barbel
from the Carpark on legered caster.
Friday 6/9/02:
Dave Rye from Chelsford - 7 barbel to
7lb from the Chair swim on legered meat.
Tuesday 3/9/02:
Bert Careford - 11b 8oz barbel from
the Harrigan's on trundled meat.
Peter Spears - personal best 5lb 8oz chub from the Lower Stile on legered meat.
2/9/02: Heaviest Barbel & Perch of Season!
Very few barbel were reported during the week but Chris Holley proved he hadn't lost his touch when he returned from holiday this weekend. On Saturday he caught 4 to 11lb 4oz from Fiddlers West then on Sunday he landed a 12lb 4oz from above the Pipes - the heaviest from the fishery this season. All were tempted by his favourite rolling luncheon meat method;
Peter Spears is in the news again with one of the biggest perch ever reported from the Royalty - at a staggering 4lb 0oz it is his third 3lb+ perch this season. Peter float fished the Little Weir with maggots on Wednesday for an excellent 40lb+ mixed bag including roach, chub, a 7lb 8oz bream and 5 other perch of 1lb or over. click here for a better photo of 4lb perch (held by wife Sylvia);
Three more salmon were reported last week bringing the grand total for the season up to 41 (see list) - an impressive 37 more than last season!
26/8/02: Good Catches in Spite of Hot Weather
Some good fish were caught again this week in spite of the hot weather and gin-clear water which made fishing difficult. Catches reported include three salmon, several big carp, some good bream bags and three barbel of 11lb or over....
Monday 26th:
Andy Browne - barbel of 7lb 8oz, 10lb 9oz and 11lb 3oz
from the Parlour Pool on caster,
Dave
Burgess - 6lb+ grilse from Jack's Corner on shrimp, the 38th Royalty
salmon this season (see list);
Sunday
25th:
11lb 8oz barbel from The
Nursery (witnessed but angler/bait not known);
Joe Harrop - 2 barbel
to 9lb 8oz from the Gate Swim on legered paste;
Rod
Bordley - 9lb 8oz barbel from Piles on caster hookbait with hemp
and caster in feeder;
Gordon Downey - 6lb+ grilse from Johnson's on worm
while sea trout fishing;
Saturday 24th:
Rod Bordley - 9lb 0oz barbel from Piles
on swimfeeder/caster;
Guy Rob - 9lb 0oz barbel from House Pool on
meat;
John Stack - 5lb+ grilse from Johnson's on trotted maggots;
Friday
23rd:
Dave
Mendoza - 11lb 0oz barbel (his 1st ever double) from Mug's Hole on boilie;
Shaun
Hodges - 16lb 0oz common carp from Trammels on Peperami!
Thursday 22nd:
Mike Pidgeon - 18lb
8oz mirror carp from Railway Slack on strawberry flavoured sweetcorn;
Ken Holmes - 9lb 8oz barbel from Fiddlers West on caster/maggot cocktail
over hemp and caster;
Tuesday 20th:
Mike Pidgeon - 23lb
8oz leather carp from Tramells on strawberry flavoured
sweetcorn;
John Miller - 6lb salmon from Johnson's while coarse fishing with trotted
maggots;
Richard Bickerton from Crewe - 17lb
8oz pike from the House Pool on blockfeeder/maggot
#14 hook to 4lb line - his first ever pike on his 50th birthday! Click here
to see full size photo (70 Kb)
19/8/02: Parlour still on Form for Barbel
The Parlour Pool has again produced the catch of the week. At 12lb 0oz, the biggest Royalty barbel of the season was reported from the famous Parlour Pool.12/8/02: Parlour on Form for Salmon & Barbel
The Parlour Pool is continuing to provide excellent catches. Chris Holley and clients landed 10 barbel including 4 doubles in 2 days and Tony Timms caught 3 salmon in one day from the famous pool. We're having the best salmon run for years but where are all the salmon anglers? Only Tony Timms and a handful of others have put in any rod effort since June 15th. Tony has now landed 11 salmon in just 6 visits bringing the Royalty total to 34 for the season.Sunday:
Richard Parsons (CAC junior) - 5lb 10oz chub from Gate swim on blockfeeder/maggot
Joe Harrop - 10lb 8oz barbel from Dick's Hole on paste;
M Skittrall - personal best 5lb 14oz chub from between Pipes om blockfeeder/maggot
Saturday:
Derek Roots - 18lb 2oz common carp from Brewhouse Hole on legered sweetcorn;
Friday:
John Holman - 10lb 8oz barbel from Fiddlers West on meat.
Thursday:
Hugh Goldsmith - 16 bream to 6lb 0oz. (total 76lb 4oz) from Nelsons, mostly on trotted corn;
Chris Holley, John Parker and friend Paddy - 5 barbel including 10lb 13oz (John) and 10lb 14oz (Paddy) from the Parlour Pool on blockfeeder/maggot
Wednesday:
Martin Holroyd - 11lb 3oz barbel from Greenbanks on trundling meat
Tony Timms - salmon of 5lb, 7lb and 8lb+ from the Parlour on brown shrimp;
Chris Holley fishing with Mike Hardinges - 5 barbel including 10lb 13oz and 11lb 0oz from Parlour Pool on blockfeeder/maggot/caster
6/8/02: Big Barbel, Bream & Chub!
Good catches again this week including Royalty View Guest House proprietor Joe Harrop's bag of 4 barbel totalling nearly 37lb (see below)....30/7/02: It Keeps Getting Better!
The Royalty continues to fish well with specimen chub, barbel and bream reported most days....23/7/02: Royalty Fishing Well.
Yesterday, Bert Careford caught a well known "two-tone" of 10lb 10oz from above the Boathouse followed by another well known double of 11lb 14oz from the House Pool. Both fish were on trundled luncheon meat. PAA angling coach Richard Wookey caught the 11lb 14oz specimen opening week at 11lb 15oz and John Stack caught it in February at 13lb 14oz)
David Kidby caught 16 sea trout from the Bridge Pool Saturday including 2 fish of just over 10lb each.
Colin Cherry reported a superb 20lb common carp from Fiddlers West on meat + maggot feeder.
16/7/02: Parlour & Weir Pools on Form.
The fishing continued to improve last week with good catches reported even after the "heat wave" struck. Not surprisingly most were from the well aerated swims including the Parlour, Top Weir, Little Weir and Falls.9/7/02: A "Quiet Week" on The Royalty
Even the regulars struggled to get a bite earlier in the week but catches have improved over the past few days...2/7/02: Big Barbel, Chub, Carp, Sea trout & Bass!
Small "natural" baits still producing the best catches this week, including...........
Nigel Buther from Haywards Heath - 3 barbel to 11lb 10oz from Pipes on caster with blockfeeder/maggot
John Stack is in the news again with a barbel of 11lb 4oz on trotted maggots while fishing above The Pipes.
Royalty bailiff Dave Gaukrodger failed to catch any sea trout from the Bridge Pool while trotting maggots but managed to land this 9lb 6oz bass which took a dace on the retrieve and put up a terrific fight on 3.6lb line.
Frank Barrett from Woodford Green, Essex landed a 7lb 0oz chub on worm from the Parlour Pool.
Gordon Downey from Bournemouth landed a 9lb sea trout and a 11lb salmon in consecutive casts from Johnsons using redworms. The salmon was the 20th to be caught from the Royalty this season. Both fish were safely returned.
Eric King landed a bonus 24lb common carp while catching quality bream from the Piles on legered flake.
25/6/02: Good Start Continues!
The Royalty continues to fish well with specimen barbel, chub, bream, carp and sea trout reported. It has also been encouraging that good numbers of small-to-medium size barbel & chub have put in an appearance. Some good size sea trout are showing including a 10lb+ fish hooked in the Bridge Pool on Sunday by yours truly who sportingly performed an "LDR" (Long Distance release)...On Friday morning Rod Bordley re-captured the 11lb 14oz barbel he caught last Monday then went on to catch a 10lb 6oz specimen in the afternoon. Both doubles were from the Piles using his favourite bait - caster with hemp & casters in the feeder.
Other noteworthy catches this week include........
Dave Windsor from West Drayton - 14 bream to 6lb on corn/maggotl + 14lb mirror, 7lb barbel & 2lb eel - Tramells;
James Collison from Maidstone - 8 bream to 6lb 8oz;
Mike Clark - chub of 4lb 10oz & 6lb 3oz - Falls - maggot with hemp & maggot in feeder;
Peter Spears - 3lb 0oz perch - downstream of Little Weir - swimfeeder, maggot;
Peter Spears - 7lb 8oz sea
trout - Watersmeet - swimfeeder, maggot;
John
Stack - 4lb grilse - Above the Pipes - trotted maggot.
18/6/02: A Good Start to The Season
The new coarse fishing season started well Sunday with most anglers catching fish on the "glorious 16th"... best barbel was 7lb caught by Andy "Raz" Raczinkaitis on trotted maggot from above the Pipes. Other specimens included chub to 5lb 12oz (Mick Spurden, maggot, Mug's), 10lb carp (Richard Wookey, crust, Clock House), 7lb 8oz bream (Peter Spears, Little Weir) as well as plenty of quality roach, dace and a 3/4lb grayling (Master R Murphy, maggots, Footbridge).
Monday saw less anglers on the Fishery but the 1st "double" - an 11lb 14oz barbel to Rod Bordley fishing the Piles with his favorite casters. Also a terrific catch by Peter Spears including 18 bream to 8lb 14oz, three good roach to 1lb 8oz, a perch of 1lb 5oz and a 6lb sea trout, all caught from Trammels on red maggots with a groundbait feeder.
On Tuesday PAA angling coach Richard Wookey beat Rod Bordley's double by one ounce when he landed an 11lb 15oz barbel followed by 2 more lost and 4 landed. All 7 were hooked above the Pipes on trotted maggot, size 14 hook to 4lb line.
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