Traditionally this fixture would be on the Club’s Horseshoe Lake, but it was switched last minute due to the flooding and placed on the Fish Refuge at Stibbington. The day started with a hearty breakfast at Stibbington Diner, anglers fed and draw done, short convoy to the Refuge. Plenty of space for only 12 anglers, with higher than normal water levels, some good colour and fair weather. But it’s fair to say that it was a hard day’s fishing with very tight margins between some anglers.
Today was the last round of the Deeping Individual League Series (DILS). Anglers would use the best 4 points totals from any of the 5 matches they had fished. It was a 2 horse race going into the final round between Antony Johnson and Ray Torrington.
Drawing in one of the more in-form areas of the refuge “the bowl” and on Peg 3, first place and the DILS Cup went to Antony Johnson finishing with 4lb 12oz. Antony had a bag of mixed silvers including Skimmers, Roach, Rudd and Bleak. Fishing on the deck at 3m on double pinkie and also shallow at 3m using sloppy ground bait with pinkie hook bait
Antony finished DILS with 39 points from a possible 40 with his three wins and one second place.
Second place on the day and winner of this season’s Non Cup Winners Cup is Andrew Wilson. Fishing pinkie on the pole and whip over ground bait. Andrew had 2lb 5 oz from peg number 5.
Third place was Steve Borrett with 2lb 1oz from the opposite end of the Refuge on peg number 17. Steve alternated his pole length from 3, 4 or 5 metres fishing pinkie over ground bait.
Section wins for Paul Dotchin and Jason Chatham
Full Result
1st Antony Johnson 4 lbs 12 oz – Peg # 3
2nd Andy P Wilson 2 lbs 5 oz – Peg # 5
3rd Steve Borrett 2 lbs 1 oz – Peg # 17
4th Paul Dotchin 2 lbs 0 oz – Peg # 10
5th Trevor Walker 1 lbs 12 oz – Peg # 7
6th Ray Torrington 1 lbs 5 oz – Peg # 11
7th Jason Chatham 1 lbs 1 oz – Peg # 12
8th Pete Wray 0 lbs 15 oz – Peg # 9
9th Alfie Kendall 0 lbs 14 oz – Peg # 19
10th Graham Wright 0 lbs 13 oz – Peg # 20
11th Stephen Smith 0 lbs 6 oz – Peg # 14
12th Neil Speechley 0 lbs 1 oz – Peg # 16
DILS Result
