BRADFORD No 1 AA

This year’s annual meeting will take place on Wednesday, October 10. All members are welcome to attend, and full details, including the location and agenda, are in the yearbook. Any rule change proposals must be received by the general secretary at least a month beforehand.

The River Aire at Beal will be closed tomorrow for an outside booking. Round five of the Calder League will take place on Sunday, drawing at the Railway in Brighouse at 9am.

Tickets are now available from Simon on 01274-571175 or Tackle 2U in Bradford for the Calder Championship Open match on Sunday, September 23. Entry is £15 and there is a guaranteed first prize of £500.

SKIPTON AA

It is rather disconcerting that our secretary received a letter from a member of the public about finding an assortment of food litter wrappings mixed with discarded fishing tackle on the banks of Embsay Reservoir, where we have enjoyed fishing rights for almost 100 years.

The litter may have been left by a thoughtless member or it could have been a day-ticket angler but it is up to the vast majority of innocent members to try and stamp this sort of behaviour out – firstly by reminding anglers seen leaving litter and secondly by removing litter they find, even though it is not their own.

It goes without saying that anyone caught leaving litter of any sort will be severely dealt with by the association and it is hoped that this warning will be sufficient to bring this sort of disrespectful and potentially dangerous behaviour to an end.

While on the subject of unsatisfactory behaviour by anglers, it has also come to our attention that illegal baits and ground baiting have been used at Embsay and that members are again beginning to park on the top of the banking at Whinnygill Reservoir.

Only the fly, worm and spinning are allowed at Embsay and parking is only permitted in the small parking area just to the right of the main gate at Whinnygill.

On the subject of fishing, Whinnygill seems to be the most rewarding at the moment, with catches of good-sized roach, perch, tench, bream and brown trout, the latter two species being well over the 1350g mark.

Simon Chenier has landed a good chub that tipped the scales at 1,193g, some 56g heavier than the present record fish. Photographs were taken of the weighing scales and the fish but the record has not yet been verified.

Recent rain has increased the flow in the River Aire and should help to provide some decent sport during the last month of the brown-trout season, which closes at midnight on Sunday, September 30. Anglers have been reluctant to fish during the drought period but are now beginning to come back to the river.

LEEDS ASA

There has been quite a lot of activity on the match scene recently, and the rivers have been affected by the rise in water levels. Result of the Saturday match at Kippax Park: 1 G Watson 117lb 1oz, 2 P Cromie 80lb 3oz, 3 M Turner 78lb 8oz. Result of the Wednesday match at Moor Monkton Pools: 1 M Gallagher 200lb 14oz, 2 A Warren 128lb 13oz, 3 G Watson 108lb 3oz, 4 A Covick 96lb 9oz.

Result of the Sunday match on the front pool: 1 M Gallagher 143lb, 2 M Dodsworth 122lb, 3 L Smith 88lb. Result of the under-70s veterans’ section: 1 S Goodhall 55lb 2oz, 2 I Upton 29lb 1oz, 3 P Robinson 28lb 5oz, 4 A Gandy 19lb 1oz. Result of the over-70s veterans’ section: 1 D Bocking 46lb 13oz, 2 L Burton 34lb 14oz, 3 D Scott 27lb 2oz, 4 E Harrison 21lb 2oz.

Result of Sunday’s annual match at Hunters & Linton on the River Ouse: 1 S Smith 8lb 6oz, 2 J Jordan 6lb 8oz, 3 S Wilson 6lb 4oz.

Result of the bank holiday match at Chappel Hadlesey on the lower Aire: 1 I Bowman 18lb 6oz, 2 D Armitage 18lb 1oz, 3 A Benstead 17lb 9oz.

LISTERHILLS AA

The RAF Wings Appeal Open match on the Aire Valley Marina length of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal was fished in continuous rain but was affected by the ban on the use of the locks, so that no boats came through and the bottom could be seen in five feet of water.

Result (all competitors weighed in and several topped 1lb): 1 M Moss 2lb, 2 M Paton 1lb 12oz, 3 B Mason 1lb 8½oz, 4 R Thorne 1lb 6oz.

Result of the Wednesday match at the Rising Sun complex (silver fish only event): 1 E Harrison 13lb 4oz, 2 J Harrison 10lb 6oz, 3 G Kitchen 1lb 8oz. Draw for Sunday’s open is at 10am on the car park at Armley, to book on contact 07532-115556.

BRADFORD SEA AC

The eight members who went to Scrabster in the north of Scotland had a good time over the five days that they fished. They caught plenty – no big ones – but lots of species, such as cod, ling, haddock. pollock, coalfish, gurnard etc and an octopus. The weather was not too kind for them but they did manage to get out on all of the days, and six boxes of mixed fish were caught.

We have a trip to Scarborough on Friday, September 7 and there are a few places left. Anyone wishing to go should ring our trip secretary on 07711-987833 to book their place. Our next general meeting is on Tuesday, September 18 at the New Inn, East Bierley (8pm). New members will be made very welcome.

CENTRAL AC

Result of our match at Woodhouse Grange on Sunday: 1 R Creek 103lb 8oz, 2 P Main 100lb 6oz, 3 S Worley, 4 G S Cooper 55lb 12oz. Our next match is at Tollerton Heron Lake on Sunday, September 9, meet at venue 8am, fishing 9am-3pm. This is the last match of the season, peg fees for next season are due at £98.