Bright conditions during the preceding week changed to overcast skies with a brief shower of rain in the morning. Moving fish were not as common as expected, so maybe the switch from a South Easterly to a South Westerly wind unsettled them.

The Causeway and West bank of No5 saw early action, while the Houses Bank and South West Bay of No5 seemed quiet. Tactics mostly centred around Blobs or Boobies on the DI5 or the DI7, with many finding it better to aim casts along the bank to pick up fish patrolling the margins. 

An increase in wind strength during the afternoon made the Causeway of No5 and the Railway Bank of No4 a harder proposition, but there were still rainbows taken along here. Others opted to nymph or washing-line it for the odd fish now moving in the sheltered water by the South West Corner of No4.

Nice conditioned silver 3lb+ fish from the pre-season stocking showed, plus some good overwintered trout, including 4-14-0 and 4-8-0 rainbows.

Walthamstow Wanderers did well to prevent a three year run of wins by Hanningfield, who were pushed into third place by the London Irish. In the individuals, Kevin Blackwell was not far behind Mike Heritage, with Leigh Pond edging it over John O’Regan for third with the bigger fish.  

TEAMS

1. Walthamstow Wanderers (14 fish) 35-11-0
2. London Irish (10 fish) 22-2-0
3. Hanningfield FF (8 fish) 20-0-0
4. Walthamstow Wednesday (7 fish) 16-5-0

TOP INDIVIDUALS

1. Mike Heritage (6 fish for 16-4-0 + 1 ret) 18-4-0
2. Kevin Blackwell (6 fish for 14-0-0 + 1 ret) 16-0-0
3. Leigh Pond (5 fish, best 3-8-0) 11-2-0
4. John O’Regan (5 fish, best 3-3-0) 11-2-0
5. Frank Daley (4 fish) 10-14-0

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