The competition was fished on a freezing River Dee on Sunday 1st February. Despite the conditions 150 grayling up to 43cm were caught and carefully returned giving a rod average of 8.
England International Phil Dixon gained a narrow victory from his father Martin and brother Mike. All ad 3 place points and they caught 25,26 and 15 fish respectively.
The other likely qualifiers were Gary Hedges of Wem, Andy Taylor of Stafford and Graham Willis of Kettering. The prize for the largest fish went to Tim Burn.
The anglers enjoyed fantastic fishing courtesy of Maelor AA and an intrepid band of controllers who endured the extreme cold.
The top 10 anglers were as follows:

1. Phil Dixon - 25 fish 3 place points (won on fish points)
2. Martin Dixon - 26 fish 3 place points
3. Mike Dixon - 15 fish 3 place points
4. Gary Hedges - 16 fish 6 place points
5. Andy Taylor - 8 fish 7 place points
6. Graham Willis - 6 fish 8 place points
7. John Emerson - 6 fish 8 place points
8. Paul Angell - 6 fish 9 place points
9. Bob Worts - 9 fish 10 place points
10. Tim Burn - 6 fish 10 place points

A big thank you to Martin and the rest of his team for the organisation and running of this event. Special thanks to Adrian and the rest of the controllers who had a pretty thankless task, standing in freezing conditions, watching the rest of us fish. My first river comp', what can I say - well organised, great fun, great company and what a location! Suffice it to say I'm joining Maelor for the season. Roll on next year!

Good job there's not more of the Dixon clan, well done chaps.

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