Bright sunshine, little breeze and absolutely roasting on Grafham today, yet it fished its tits off, rod average of 7.76, absolutely amazing.

A huge congratulation to the winner Gary Owen (Uhulu on here), cracking bag and time bonus, 24lb 7/8oz bag, finished at 11.30am so 6lb time bonus on top of that, unbeatable performance.

Well done to all those who were thereabouts also.

Didn't get finished until 3.15pm myself (although the results wrongly state I had no time bonus), however was well off the pace anyway with a 20lb bag.

Great day out anyway with my boat partner Michael Low, top man and I have another bung convert under my cap

Roast beef dinner and free pint in lodge afterwards was most welcome.

Pip pip!

The Pirate.

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1. Gary Owen 8 fish for 30lb 7/8oz
2. Matthew Griffiths 8 fish for 28lb 3/8oz
3. Fredric Schmitt 8 fish for 25lb 125/8oz
4. Dave Johns 8 fish for 25lb 121/4oz
5. Paul Shaw 8fish for 25lb 95/8oz
6. Brian Shields 8 fish for 24lb 123/8oz
7. Peter Auchterlonie 8 fish for 24lb 23/4oz
8. Steve Collins 8 fish 24lb 11/4oz
9. Ryan Feber 8 fish 24lb 5/8oz
10. Paul Jones 8 fish for 23lb 143/4oz
11. Steve Welsh 8 fish for 23lb 141/2oz
12. Ian Bennett-Evans 8 fish for 23lb 131/4oz
13. Mike Cocks 8 fish for 23 121/4oz
14. Mick Hill 8 fish for 23 113/4oz
15. Ronald Gilbert 8 fish for 23 101/8oz


Congratulations to fellow Peregrine Brian Shields for flying the flag for our team and finishing a very respectible 6th. Well done too to Gary Owen for winning with such a good bag of fish in such a short time.

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sounds like you had a great day. coudnt get to
to fish it this year due to bloody work yea i know young Michael
great young lad did you lot all get drunk afterwords

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Great event and great fishing Grafham is in top form at the moment. Only four anglers unlucky not to get their eight fish. It was a shame the fishing was so short, many of the anglers spent the afternoon on the bank drinking beer and sunbathing.

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Well done Gary, good angling mate, what a great couple of days at Grafham the place has so many good fish in & amongst all the stockies you just dont know what you may hook next, the res fished unbelievably well i had a belting bream of around 7lb ..a good comp for the guys that do well in the team event, when maybe their teams didnt do so well, well done to the organiser's , hope i can qualify for next year
well done again to gary, & my team mate Stevie Welsh
Daz



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I fished with Sevie, he was a real gent and helped my out with a double shooter, he played a blinder and was good company.

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Tremendous 2 days fishing - unbelievable in the conditions - and quality, fit fish. I managed to secure 16th spot, with prizes to 15th, heh heh - one ounce behind. However result not that important, when you have the quality of fishing to compensate.
Nice one.


Ian

Thanks lads, I too could'nt believe how well it fished!. It was a long wait on tenterhooks back at the lodge watching people weigh in quality fish, one after another, but it was good fun watching dicko, shawie and co getting slowly rat-ar**d culminating in the obligatory beer fight!!. I think a good day was had by all even though there may be a few sore and sun burnt heads today!. I know some of them are fishing the vision pairs today also, so good luck to them. By the way if anyone wants a free england shirt with Phil Dixon's name on it, its stuffed behind the drain pipe about 50 ft up on the front of the lodge!!!.

Remember Lindsay don't STRIKE! Had a good day m8 just a pity it wasn't a 4 fish then c&r comp? there would of been some cricket scores out there. Well done to gary owen and the other prize winners.

stevie welsh

Crackin weather, crackin fish and a crackin comp, fished in a great spirit - knowing I had a good bag my boat partner Mike Egan was cheering for me when we saw a boat in front of us land a biggie but it turned out to be a bream! Cheers mate, hope Traws went well for you.

Well done all, and well done Anglian Water and Airflo for organising and backing the event.

Gutted that I haven't qualified for next year, but made up with the quality of the fishing - that's the first time I've fished Grafham for more than just a couple of hours, even had a personal best bream on the first cast - hooked it up the a*se!!

Just left thinking of what could have been if I hadn't snapped off on a proper biggie - apologies to those nearby whose concentration was shattered by my anguished scream.

Cheers
Brian