Club Match | Hamsey | July 17th 2022

Dave Harper | 5lbs 6oz | peg 8

Norman Cragg | 5lbs 1oz | peg 1

Steve Pead | 4lbs 15oz | peg 6

Match Overview

On a very hot, sunny day the match was brought forward by two hours, with a six o’clock draw, so the match would finish at one o’clock, meaning the anglers taking part could avoid fishing during the hottest part of day and also fishing the better part of the tide. The match yet again was very close with Dave Harper taking the honours with 5-6-0 of small Chublets, Roach and Dace, from the favoured end peg. Runner up Norman Cragg was not far behind landing 5-1-0 of similar stamp of fish from the other end peg. Third place Steve Pead rued the loss of a large fish that surged away to a far bank snag and weighed in 4-15-0 of the same size silver fish. There was only one pound separating the top five anglers with everyone saying that in the last two hours the bites dried up. Dave Harper thinks his swim died because 15 people decided to start swimming and a canoeist let go of his canoe and had to rescue it.