Angling: Bithell’s the best on River Dee

Dec 28 2007 Chester Chronicle

THE Holt and Farndon AC match on the River Dee at Holt saw some impressive weights.

It was won by Dave Bithell with chub and dace for 58-0-0, beating Reg Williams with the same for 23-0-0 and Dave Jones with 18-8-0.

Rake and Pikel AC’s match on the marina length of the River Weaver yielded only one weigher, Dave Spencer, with 3-8-0 of roach.

Mark Pleavin was top rod in the Saturday open match on the rock pool at Hampton Springs Fishery. A carp-based 14-8-0 put him ahead of Keith Bean on 12-8-0 and John Heald with 11-0-0.

The Sunday match at Hampton Springs went to Gary Vincent with carp and chub weighing 29-2-0 taken to sweetcorn, while Gregg Roberts had 25-14-0 and Rob Denny 14-14-0.

Pleavin picked up a second win, in Chester Tackle Locker’s silver-fish-only match at Hampton Springs Fishery. With maggot below a waggler, he took roach and chub weighing 27-14-0, enough to see off Gary Whalley with 17-0-0 and Stuart Davies with 16-14-0.

There is another match tomorrow. To book in, call Chester Tackle Locker on 01244 345069.

Pleavin claimed a hat-trick after breaking through the ice to win the Tuesday Rovers AC match on Hampton Springs Fishery’s Poplars Pool. Netting chub and roach gave him a winning weight of 23-0-0, beating Wendy Locker with 11-0-0 and John Sturgess with 9-8-0.

Billy Bristow claimed victory in the Manley AC match on Mouldsworth Lake. He put 8-12-0 of roach on the scales to beat Steve Roxburgh with 6-0-0 and Eddy Day with 4-10-0.

Steve Openshaw took both open matches at Lingmere Fishery. He triumphed in the Thursday match with carp for 12-6-0 defeating Tony Irvine and Paul Jones who each had 11-15-0.

Openshaw then won the Saturday match taking more carp, this time weighing 9-4-0 to beat Bob Evans with 7-7-0 and Alan Dewhurst with 6-2-0.

Steve Norman walked away with a win from Airbus AC’s match on the Long Island Pool at Hampton Springs Fishery. Carp and roach weighing 21-12-0 gave him the edge over Thomas Lea with just 13-4-0 and Andy Amos with 12-6-0.