Charlie and Zoe Take the Prizes

Today, we held our 2nd junior match of the year at Bradshaw Hall Fisheries Lake 7, where we had 8 of our juniors taking part. Once again, we split the match up into 2 sections; Section 1 Advanced Juniors and Section 2 Up and Comers.

With a decent weather forecast for a change, we were hoping for an enjoyable day on the bank. The draw some a few repeat pegs from match 1 (Charlie and Peter), with Lucy in her first ever competition drawing the ‘death peg’ (as sportingly informed by her older brother – but fortunately actually related to a different lake 😊).

The match started off fairly slowly across the whole lake, but then each person started to work out how their peg was working. Surprisingly, it varied significantly across the lake with maggot working in some areas and pellet in others – plus we had a few showers that weren’t welcome.

In Section 1 – Advanced Juniors, Charlie took the top spot with a weight of 43lb 3oz followed in second by Harry L with 12lb 13oz.

In Section 2 – Up and Comers, Zoe took first place with a weight of 34lb 12oz (individual PB), second place went to Rory with 18lb 11oz, and 3rd place was Peter with 12lb 8oz.

Well done to all who took part today especially Charlie and Zoe on their great wins 🎣🎣🎣🎣. Also, a special well done to Lucy fishing her first ever match and working hard all the way through to the very end.

Thanks to all the coaches and supporters for giving up their time to help today, much appreciated. And a special mention to Colin, who has become the clubs diving champion today 😂😂😂

Cheers

Lee (match secretary)

Colin Scott Demonstration

A massive thank you to the one and only Colin Scott for his demonstrations and presentations this evening at our junior coaching evening.

Not only did the Juniors learn a lot but most of the adults learnt something new as well.. Once again I would like to thank Colin for his time and support to our club and can’t wait for the next session with him 🎣🎣🎣

Cheers
Lee (match secretary)

Container with a view!

Dave and Neil had a busy day (Saturday) putting wood panels in the container at Bradshaw’s getting it ready for the seasons advanced coaching sessions.

There will still be much more work to do but big thanks to these two for the work they are doing for our juniors – sure the juniors will appreciate it. If we need more help we will let you know!

Another fantastic junior coaching session

Would like to say a massive thank you to Howard Kelly for what was a superb evening… The Juniors (and may I add the seniors) learnt a lot on elastication and shot patterns we are all looking forward to seeing you back down on the coaching evenings very soon.

Thanks once again
From myself and all at RAA
Lee (Match Secretary)

Fly Tying Coaching Session

What a good evening fly tying. Tony and Gwyneth were excellent, again, and the youngsters picked up more knowledge and skills. Our Secretary got as much pleasure as the youngsters just need to get him on the water now.

Next up, on Thursday 28th February, we have got Howard Kelly (Matrix) who is going to show you how elastication of poles works and also float shotting. WE HAVE LIMITED PLACES so you must contact Lee on 07931 570581 to secure your place (this will work on a first come first serve basis).

Carp Coaching Session with Colin Scott

What a fantastic evening at our coaching night with a great turn out… With loads of great ways of fishing and feeding for carp by the one and only Colin Scott… As well as fish welfare… Would like to say a massive thank you to Colin for his great great coaching evening.. And I hope you all enjoyed the evening and have learnt some new techniques.. I sure have… We will be seeing Colin again on 28th March for some more great coaching.

 Carp Coaching with Colin Scott

Tight lines 🎣🎣🎣
Lee (match secretary)

Advanced Group Receive Worm & Caster Training

Ramsbottom Juniors Advanced Group took to Bradshaw Hall Fisheries tonight on lake 9.
The juniors had their pens and paper at the ready to take notes on WORM and CASTER fishing methods which were presented by two fantastic anglers namely Dave Pimlott and Daz Shaw.

 cutting worms

All the juniors asked Dave and Daz lots of questions about worms and casters. They were all shown about how to prepair the bait, chop and hook the worms, how much to pot in and how to build your peg up.This is such a wonderful experience for the juniors to have and to learn so much in one night. Even the adults who attended learnt a few skills tonight.

rory

A massive thanks to Dave and Daz for the time they spent with the juniors. Hopefully they can put into practice what they have learnt tonight.

Springwood Work Party – A Job Well Done!!

Some hard working lads shifted tons of stone to improve the dam path on our Springwood water today. Big thanks from Allan and Neil, we couldn’t run the club without you. A warm welcome to Dan, new member on his first working party and a real bonus for us. Thanks again and if nothing else pop down for a cuppa on Thursday nights when the junior coaching starts.

 SP work party

To find out to get there just visit our Springwood club waters page.

FREE Angling Trust Membership for Juniors

For all Junior RAA members – you can register for FREE membership of the Angling Trust through their website www.anglingtrust.net. If you are taking part in any of their competitions you will have to register with them beforehand. It’s not the easiest of processes, so we have put together a simple ‘How To’ guide to hopefully make it easier.

Angling Trust Application Process

Unfortunately, if you are registering more than one child then you have to complete 2 applications which will need a different email address for each or you can register over the phone (Tel 0343 5077006 – Option 1).