Bream bring prizes; ANDREW WILKINSON rounds up all the activity on the local angling scene: Andy gets off to a flier on the Tees.THE first of the new season's matches on the Tees produced good results, with several species keeping rods bending along the river. Andy Hamilton raced away with the Yarm match last weekend - after he had made a tactical switch - easily coming out on top in a field of 52. The Daiwa Cleveland AC ace latched onto bream from peg 40, and his feeder and worm approach tempted 12 of them, for a weight of 45lb 9oz. He had started with pole before deciding to make the all-important switch. Runner-up Peter Rambow junior, of Darlington Angling Centre, weighed in 19lb 8oz, also made up of bream. Then came Louis McIntosh (Browning Quaker) with 16lb 11oz; Craig Hutchinson (Browning Quaker) 13lb 11oz; Brian Armstrong (Browning Quaker) 13lb 10oz and Scott Lister (Browning Quaker) 13lb 4oz. The small fish didn't show, but a few days later they put in an appearance. Geoff Douglas won a small midweek match by fishing pole and hemp hemp, common name for a tall annual herb (Cannabis sativa) of the family Cannabinaceae, native to Asia but now widespread because of its formerly large-scale cultivation for the bast fiber (also called hemp) and for the drugs it yields. for roach. He steadily caught fish to 6oz to win the three hour match with 4lb 4oz. Further upstream in the Thornaby match, fished between Croft and Hurworth, winner Billy Leonard was grateful to trout for putting in an appearance. The Thornaby angler caught six of them, and added a chub Chub, in the Bible Chub (kŭb), in the Bible, an African people. This may be a textual error for Lub (i.e., Lubim). chub, in zoology chub: see minnow. , for a winning 9lb 2oz. His fish all fell to stick float and maggot maggot: see blowfly; fly; larva. , from peg 61. Rob McTiernan was runner up with 7lb 10oz, while Thornaby's Brian Stubbs pushed him hard, but fell two ounces short and had to settle for third place with 7lb 8oz. Then came John Hay with 7lb 4oz, Steve Chantry chan·try n. pl. chan·tries Ecclesiastical 1. An endowment to cover expenses for the saying of masses and prayers, usually for the soul of the founder of the endowment. 2. (Darlington) 6lb and Pat Mackie (Thornaby) 5lb 15oz. The match was fished by 41 anglers. Weights on the Swale swale n. 1. A low tract of land, especially when moist or marshy. 2. A long, narrow, usually shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline. 3. have been good, with the river's chub again turning up in numbers. Kevin Weighell of Northallerton caught 17 of them on stickfloat, maggot and bread to win the Northallerton AC match at Scruton with 55lb. Steve Newns was runner up with 51lb 1oz. On the stillwaters top match weights at the Oaks and Woodlands have been around the 100lb mark.. The Yarm Open match, which is being fished in aid of Cancer Research, takes place tomorrow, and there is every chance of bream making up the top weights, especially as the venue will be the gold course upstream. And on the following Sunday, the Drennan Super League gets underway.. CAPTION(S): BREAM DREAM: The species have kept rods bending around Yarm, and are likely to feature in match and pleasure catches in the coming weeks. Fish of around 3lb are plentiful, once you locate a shoal |
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