Arthur in pole and meat position to become Champ.

COVENTRY match fishig ace Jo Arthur got his UK Champs campaig off to a flyer i the first roud held at Lidholme Lakes.

Fished o Bosai Lake, the former UK Champ put 134lb 3oz o the scales from Peg 64. His catch cosisted of te small carp o the Method feeder early o with the rest caught o the short pole ad dow the edge with meat.

Secod place wet to Marc Joes (Worms UK) with 105lb 9oz of carp ad F1s caught o the pole shallow fromPeg 27. That was just eough to relegate Ady Fidlay (Presto Iovatios/Korum) to third place with a feeder-tempted 101lb 1oz from Peg 52.

The competitio is sadly udersubscribed this year but ew orgaiser Nigel Harrhy has still doe a sterlig effort to keep this prestigious evet ruig at such short otice. The ext roud is at Maver Larford Lakes.

THE bream at Patshull Park Fishery's Great Lake, which re-opeed last week, really wet o the feed for Steve Flemmig, who weighed i 135lb of them.

Steve was fishig from a boat, ad started off o the feeder ad worm for eight big fish. He soo switched to fishig a 6m pole ad simply carried o catchig. You ca bak fish the Great Lake ad slider float, feeder ad pole will all catch you fish. Day tickets cost just pounds 6 ad the veue is ope from 8am - you get your ticket from the lodge o the way i.

THE bream also wet o the feed at Barsto Lakes, Solihull at the weeked - Darre Cox settig a ew match record for the water with a super 124lb bag of bream. Darre drew Peg 83 i the summer league evet where he fished pole ad pellet over groudbait i the 72-pegger for 40 bream ad a few F1s. It was a stuig match with all the sectios wo with over 40lb, ad you eeded 60lb to get i the top six.

THE fial qualifyig roud of the British Waterways Stillwater Champioships was held o Egie Pool at Earlswood Lakes i Birmigham, ad produced eight to-up weights. Pellet waggler ad Method feeder were the mai tactics adopted by most aglers. Goig through to the fial from this heat are Geoff Riger, Grat Albutt, Steve Cooke, Toy Musticoe ad RolyMcEeaey. The 25 qualifiers will ow fish for a pounds 3,000 first prize o Saturday September 12, o Egie Pool.

IT'S bee a week of chageable coditios for trout aglers at Draycote Reservoir, startig with flat calms ad a thick gree algal bloom, the fresh wids ad cloud, the bright with a ew wid ad so o. The fishig has bee harder, but by the ed of the week the sigs were much more positive. The bigger bags take from the boats seem to idicate the fish are chasig agai as the water clears.

Best raibow of the week fell to Covetry agler Marti Hacox, who took a fie 10lb fish at Raibow Corer. Fellow Covetry me Joh Baker ad Ray Cramp ejoyed the fishig, with eight-fish bag limits of 24lb 5oz ad 25lb respectively. Richard Yates, also of Covetry, had a otable five-fish limit of 17lb 12oz, as did Nueato's Ray Bird with a 17lb 4oz five fish bag.

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HAUL... Jon Arthur got his UK Champs campaign off to a good start.