| Kevin Heath Memorial Juniors Match - 17 May 2025. | ||||||||
Ten junior anglers
took part in the first match of this year's serie of matches on a cool,
sunny and windy day at Halnaby Lake, and all caught fish although most
were small roach and perch.
Jenny Breeze won the match with 2lbs 13ozs, mainly due to the 3 skimmers which she caught on feeder tactics from peg 36. Her largest skimmer weighed 1lb.
In
second place with 2lbs 9ozs was Rose Hutchinson of roach and perch from
peg 37. She also won the prize for the heaviest roach, a beautifully
conditioned fish of 5ozs.
Just an ounce behind Rose was Ted Wood on peg 40. Despite his perseverance he couldn't get a bite on his feeder and wafter tactics, but occasional spells on a short whip line did bring him a few small perch and roach, before a surprise 1lb 13ozs tench and a 7ozs perch came along to boost his total weight to 2lbs 8ozs.
Charlie Coverdale fished peg 30 for a total of 2lbs 4ozs which included a 6ozs perch and 7ozs skimmer.
Elijah Macauley had 1lb 6ozs from peg 35.
Hamish Barker had 1lb 3ozs from peg 26, narrowly beating Ethan Bainbridge (one of his closest friends) by just 1oz on peg 25.
Sam Neal had 13ozs from peg 23, and Sebastian Boyer had 12ozs from peg 32.
First-time angler Sam Taylor-Willis had 8ozs from peg 21 where he fished a 4m whip and maggot, but could probably claim to be the "unluckiest angler on the day" when he lost a very large fish (almost certainly a carp) which he will probably remember for a very long time.
Jenny Breeze won the match with 2lbs 13ozs, mainly due to the 3 skimmers which she caught on feeder tactics from peg 36. Her largest skimmer weighed 1lb.
Just an ounce behind Rose was Ted Wood on peg 40. Despite his perseverance he couldn't get a bite on his feeder and wafter tactics, but occasional spells on a short whip line did bring him a few small perch and roach, before a surprise 1lb 13ozs tench and a 7ozs perch came along to boost his total weight to 2lbs 8ozs.
Elijah Macauley had 1lb 6ozs from peg 35.
Hamish Barker had 1lb 3ozs from peg 26, narrowly beating Ethan Bainbridge (one of his closest friends) by just 1oz on peg 25.
Sam Neal had 13ozs from peg 23, and Sebastian Boyer had 12ozs from peg 32.
First-time angler Sam Taylor-Willis had 8ozs from peg 21 where he fished a 4m whip and maggot, but could probably claim to be the "unluckiest angler on the day" when he lost a very large fish (almost certainly a carp) which he will probably remember for a very long time.