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LEXUS DATES
AND RULE CHANGES
2012
The dates for the 2012 Lexus European Fly Fishing Championships have been announced, along with a number of
rule changes.
Team championship rule changes for 2012 are:
1, The final results will provide a detailed
list of individual placings.
2, Those placings will be ranked from 1st place
(1 place point) 2nd place (2 place points) 3rd place (3 place points) and so on…..
3,
Anyone failing to catch a trout will be awarded place points equivalent to the number of competitors i.e. 8 teams of six members
= 48 competitors = 48 place points.
4, All 6 team members’ place points will
be added together and the team with the lowest number of place points will be the winner.
5,
This system will reward the most consistent team.
INDIVIDUAL
dates and venues for 2012.
Sunday March 11 @ Llyn Llandegfedd, Wales.
Monday April 9 @ Rutland Water, England.
Tuesday April 24 @ Chew Valley, England.
Wednesday April 25 @ Chew Valley, England (floating lines only).
Saturday
April 28 @ Woodford, Northern Ireland.
Sunday April 29 @ Grafham, EnglandFriday
June 1@ Straid, Northern Ireland (evening session).
Wednesday June 13 @ Loch Leven, Scotland.
Friday June 15 @ Woodford, Northern Ireland (evening session – floating lines only).
Sunday
June 17 @ Foremark, England.
Monday July 2 @ Eyebrook England.3
Tuesday
July 3 @ Eyebrook, England. (floating lines only).
Wednesday July 4 @ Pitsford, England.
Thursday
July 12 @ Menteith, Scotland.
Saturday July 14 @ Lyn Brenig, Wales.
Thursday
July 26 @ Stocks, England.(floating lines only).
Friday July 27 @ Stocks, England.
Thursday
August 9 @ Ravensthorpe, England. (floating lines only).
Friday August 10 @ Draycote, England.
Saturday
September 1 GRAND FINAL @ Chew Valley, England
TEAM
dates and venues for 2012
Tuesday April 10 @ Rutland Water, England.
Monday April 30 @ Grafham Water, England.
Wednesday June 14 @ Chew Valley, England.
Friday July 13 @ Menteith, Scotland.
Sunday July 15 Llyn Brenig, Wales
Saturday
July 28 @ Stocks, England.
Sunday July 29 @ Stocks, England.
Saturday
& Sunday, September 15 and 16 GRAND FINAL @ Rutland Water.
To enter you
will need a download a form via www.lexusflyfishing.co.uk or email organiser John Horsey at lexus@johnhorsey.co.uk
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2012 ENGLAND LOCH-STYLE TEAM
GRAFHAM WATER
Fished: Saturday September 3 2011
One-hundred of the country's top fly fishers battled for a place in the 2012 England Loch-style Team at Grafham
Water.
Top of the qualifying list was Kim
Green who took his 8 fish limit by 12.14pm on short drifts across Deep Water Point.
Kim caught
7 of his fish in the first hour with a team of three flies consisting a Cruncher, a Diawl Bach and a Hare’s
Ear Nymph.
However, other competitors were quick to hone-in on his success. Boats crowded the area and he
had to wait another 1.25 hours to catch his eighth.
The biggest
fish of the day was netted by Denis Symonds who caught a 5lb 27/8oz rainbow with a Hares Ear
nymph and a floating line.
Qualitiers: 1,
Kim Green 8 fish for 23lb 115/8oz; 2, Ron Gent 8
fish for 22lb 151/4oz; 3, David Drake 8 fish for 22lb 113/8oz;
4, Paul Shaw 8 fish for 20lb 153/8oz; 5, Fred Bainbridge 8 fish for 20lb 87/6oz. 6, Alistair Beaumont
8 fish for 19lb 121/4oz; 7, Andy Croucher 8 fish for19lb 101/2oz;
8, Richard Slater 8 fish for 17lb 14oz; 9, Brad Gifford 8 fish for 17lb 01/8oz; 10,Steve Cullen
7 fish for 16lb 143/8oz; 11, Rob Sosbe 8 fish for 16lb 55/8oz;
12, Ian Donaldson 8 fish for 15lb 155/8oz; 13, Dave Morris 7 fish for 15lb 71/2oz; 14, Nick Dunn
7 fish for 15lb 21/4oz; 15, Lloyd Pallett 6 fish for 15lb 01/4oz;
16, Mark Howard 6 fish for 14lb 125/8oz;17, Colin Martin 5 fish for 14lb 7oz; 18, Bill Rankin
6 fish for 14lb 21/2oz; 19, Martin Greatbatch 6 fish for 13lb
143/4oz; 20, Paul Angel 6 fish for 13lb 141/8oz; 21, Mark McLeod 6 fish for 13lb 135/8oz; 22, John Stevenson
6 fish for 13lb 83/4oz; 23, Steve Collins 6 fish for 13lb 07/8oz;
24, Chris Micalief 6 fish for 12lb 143/8oz; 25, Peter Appleby 5 fish for 12lb 111/8oz; 26, Steve Ellerbeck
7 fish for 12lb 103/8oz; 27, Mark Withyman 4 fish for 12lb 21/4oz;
28, Sean Brooks 5 fish for 11lb 141/8oz.
Total number of fish caught: 410.(Six blanks).Rod average 4.1 Total weight of fish 907-15-0.
Average fish weight: 2lb 31/2oz.Average
bag weight 9lb 11/2oz.
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2010
BOX BROOK
REPORT
by
Adrian Wallace
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BRISTOL WATER FISHING DATES and PRICES - 2012
The opening
days for the Bristol Water 2012 trout fishing season will be staggered.
Barrow Tanks will open on Friday March 2.
Blagdon on Friday March 16 and Chew Valley Lake one week later on Friday March 23. Closing dates will be November 30.
Please
note: Barrow Tank 3 will not be available for fishing for the whole of the 2012 season and extra fish will be stocked
into Tanks 1 and 2 to compensate.
A Season Ticket to fish all waters will cost £700.00 while
a Chew and Barrow Tanks ticket will cost £570.00. A Barrow Tanks tab costs £435.00
while a weekend ticket will be £275.00.
Boats on Chew Valley Lake will
cost £35.00 per rod. Blagdon £30.00 and Litton £65.00.
Bank fishing at Chew Valley Lake is available at £17.00
per rod, Blagdon £20.00 per rod and Barrows £15-0-0.
Pike fishing dates are as follows and
all sessions will be for both bank and boat fishermen.
January
23-29; February 6-12 and 20-26. October 15-20 and 25-30. November 4-9, 14-20 and 25-30.
Boat fishing will cost £32.50 per person while bank fishing
will be £16.50 per person.
Please note: Restrictions on fishing areas may apply to pike anglers.
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