Southern Federation

---

FEDERATION OF ENGLISH FLY FISHERS
SOUTHERN REGION NEWS LETTER

Loch Style Qualifier Results Bewl

Test River Qualifier, Saturday 19th February. Once again I was struggling for numbers two weeks ahead of the Qualifier, please try and commit a bit earlier next year and save me a load of grief! We actually ended up with nineteen fishing, including a few ‘first timers’ and at least one that came along just to support the Federation. The damp drizzly start to the day lasted just long enough to soak the paperwork and cause my briefing notes to run, but had, more or less, cleared by the time the morning session was underway. Historically, six grayling in the morning would be sufficient to get you through but on this occasion either the fish were being more cooperative or our grayling-catching skills had improved. Between the nine anglers there was a total of forty two landed and measured, almost as many as were caught during the whole day last year! The afternoon session was even more prolific with seventy-six between the ten anglers. Howard Croston led the way with twenty-four, confirming what we already knew...that he is an outstanding angler. Simon Lucas, in his first river competition, came second with twelve grayling including a beauty of 48cm and Martin Bailey, who has had the disadvantage of my mentoring over the last few years, came third with eleven. Relevant results: Morning Session: Robert Brown 10 for 476pts, Martin Burgess 9 for 449pts, Mark Tunley 10 for 400pts, Ben Bangham 7 for 309pts. Afternoon Session: Howard Croston 24 for 1037pts, Simon Lucas 12 for 535pts, Martin Bailey 11 for 446, Rob Thomas 9 for 357pts. Many thanks go to Ivy for the tea & coffee in the morning and the soup at lunchtime, kindly assisted by Bernie & Chandra.

 

Wherewell Qualifier Results fished on the 20th Feb 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

Programme 2011

 Event                                      Date                Closing Date  Cost                Notes  

 

2nd River Qualifier for             Sat 19 Feb       07 Feb             £35.00             Includes Registration Fee
2011 River Test, Wherwell                                                                             Min 12

Spring Match                          Sun 3 Apr        21 Mar             £36.00             Cold Buffet Lunch included
Haywards Farm, Theale                                                                                  Auction & Raffle

Loch-Style Qualifier               Sun 17 Apr      04 Apr             £50.00             Includes Registration Fee
Bewl

Pond Fishing                           Sat 14 May      03 May            £50.00             Includes Breakfast & Lunch
Wherwell                                                                                                         Max 12

Loch-Style Qualifier               Sun 22 May     09 May            £50.00             Includes Registration Fee
Chew                                                                                                               SC/Dis Rate £47.50

Southern Federation               Sun 10 July     27 Jun              £28.50             Max 20
Championships, Wimbleball                                                                           SC/Dis Rate £25.00

National Rivers Final              Mon/Tue 15/16 Aug                                        For Qualifiers from Itchen/Test River Dee     

Quadrangular Match               Sun 21 Aug     08 Aug                        £28.00             9 Required
Blagdon                                                                                                          SC/Dis Rate £26.00

National Loch-Style Final       Sat 3 Sept                                                        For Qualifiers from Bewl/Chew
Grafham

1st River Qualifier for              Sat 8 Oct         26 Sept            £35.00             Includes Registration Fee
2012, Lower Itchen                                                                                        Min 12

AGM                                       Sun 5 Feb 2012