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2010 England Rivers Qualifier

The regional qualifying round of the Rivers competition was held at Fingle Bridge on the River Teign, the Peninsula Federation organized this annual event and was open to anglers from all over the country. The Peninsula region covers an area from Bristol to Land’s End and organizes this and other fishing events.
The anglers found the fishing quite difficult this year, mainly due to the low water condition, however there were some notable exceptions. Pete Kempton from Exeter fished in the morning session and managed to catch double the number of fish than his nearest rival. Pete fished the ‘Piddledown’ run and caught his fish using the ‘duo’ method, this is where a dry fly is used on a top dropper and a nymph fished underneath it, all of Pete’s 20 fish came to the nymph. 
The quality of fishing on the River Teign, which is a part of the Upper Teign Association water, is outstanding with 136 measurable fish, up to 32cm, being caught; each fish is measured and then returned carefully to the water. The details of the size of the fish are then recorded by an independent controller, points being awarded for each fish and the overall length of the fish, these points are then totalled up at the end of the competition.
The winner of the Snowbee Perpetual trophy was local angler Pete Kempton, who caught 20 trout in only 31/2 hours of fishing.  6 anglers will now go on to the National Final to be held at Llangollen on the Dee in August where the top 5 anglers will represent England.
Snowbee UK Ltd again provided  sponsorship for the competition with prizes and the perpetual trophy.
Winner Peter Kempton with Trophy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The annual quest for for places in the National Final of the Loch Style fishing started at Blagdon Lake on Sunday 25th April. The event sponsored by Snowbee UK attracted 24 competitors to try and gain a place in the England team.
The fishing at Blagdon had been unusual, it seemed that all of the fish in the lake were along the North Shore, Orchard Bay and Pegs Point. In practice this information seemed to be accurate, but fish also seemed to be moving along the bank away from the North Shore and further up into Rugmore Bay. This knowledge meant that most of the boats and all of the bank anglers would be concentrated there.
The winner, Paul Jones, fished along the area from Ash Trees to catch his 8 fish by 12.45 using a Di-5 and two flies, a ‘Blob’ and a Booby and slowly pulling it back and then hanging the flies, Paul had also lost another 6 fish using this method.
There were fish willing to take a more natural fly in Rugmore Bay and these could be caught using a floating line and Diawl Bachs, until the wind picked and made this method very difficult. Towards the end of the match boats tended to make their way back to the lodge area and Home Bay, where some found fish that hadn’t shown up before this weekend, one angler caught his eight fish with 20 minutes to go using the floating line method. One angler was playing a fish here when a pike grabbed the fish and started to swim off with it, the angler managed to turn both fish and got them back to the boat, the pike then let go of the fish and managed to knock it off the hook as well, it was that fish’s lucky day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Position	Name	Fish	Lbs	Ozs
1st	Paul Jones	8	19	1
2nd	Mike Cocks	8	18	4
3rd	Tony Chipman	8	15	0
4th	Peter Kempton	6	13	13
5th	Mark Stevens	7	12	7
6th	Dave Johns	6	11	6

 

The Federation of Peninsula Fly Fishers was formed in 2005 to promote fly fishing in the South West peninsula, and in particular competitive fly fishing. In conjunction with the Confederation of English Fly Fishers (CEFF), the Peninsula Federation organises qualifiers for the National Rivers and Loch Style  Finals. These finals enable the top anglers to represent England at Fly Fishing. We also organise social fishing days and less formal friendly competitions throughout the year.