Northallerton's Pat Adams is the toast of the Swale after pulling off an unbelievable weekend double winning back-to-back matches with incredible scores of 51.14.8 and 64.11.0.

Win number one came during Saturday's big RAF Leeming Annual Charity Event, which this year raised over £1080 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance Appeal.

Staged between Bedale Beckmouth and Gatenby, the RSPS Tek Neek Trabucco ace was on a peg just below the bottom bend at Far Fairholme.

Fishing his beloved stickfloat, the lightly shotted rig enticed 15 quality chub and three smaller samples to maggot hookbait over loose fed caster to leave Pat almost 20.0.0 in front of his nearest rival Martin Highe.

Well done to Kirk Wood and the lads - a perfectly organised match that boasted 16 double figured catches.

Don't miss it next year - always the first Saturday in October.

Others in the frame: Martin Highe (Hirst Tackle Black) 31.13.0; Ian Bates (Hirst Tackle Blue) 26.2.0; Dave Watkin (RSPS Derby) 25.7.0; Steve Newns (KL Tackle) 24.5.0 & Ray King (RSPS Tek Neek Trabucco) 20.14.0.

Teams of four: 1 Brotherton Wasps 59 pts; 2 Hirst Tackle Black 52; jt 3 Hirst Tackle Blue & RSPS Tek Neek Trabucco 48 pts.

Then on Sunday Pat scooped the Northallerton and District Trenholme Cup at Scruton.

Fishing upstream of the ICI bend a fruitless opening hour didn't worry the confident angler as the trusty stickfloat and maggot caster combination switched on bringing 4 big barbel including one that weighed 8.0.0 along with ten prime chub during an action packed three hours and 64.11.0 despatched into the bulging net.

Others: Steve Taylor (RSPS Tek Neek Trabucco) 23.4.0 and Keith Atkinson (Darlington) 17.7.0.

The North-East Winter League got underway on Sunday with the first round on the River Wear spread around Durham down to Chester le Street.

Individually Mark Shadworth of Dunelm stormed to victory recording 28.11.0.

Pegged in the Chester Moor section, legered wasp grub and caster tempted eight chub from Shotton's Peter Scott who located 6 to identical tactics from Chester le Street for 15.12.0.

The talk of the match was definitely the masses of tiny gudgeon that made up the third to sixth place nets.

All drawn in a line at Chester le Street and fishing the whip and maggot to hand for the hungry little bottom feeders that weigh in drams rather than ounces, Newman Scott's Ronnie Wilkinson gained the edge taking enough to pull the scales down to 13.6.0 followed by Scott Douglas (Dunelm) 11.12.0 and Jim Prescott (Northallerton) 10.10.8.

In the team event mighty Newman Scott were back 'on form' after their shock defeat in the Drennan Super League.

Scotts accrued 82 points from Team Shimano Quaker 80 and Billingham Tackle Box 69.

It was bumper chub sport for the full house on the Norton Conyers Estate waters on the River Ure during the Ripon Piscatorials Webster Trophy.

KL Tackle's Steve Newns had the most 48.4.0 from a noted peg above the island.

Ten chub fell to the waggler with red maggot and caster in the initial stages then the shoal vanished before a whirlwind final hour on floating bread added another six.

Stickfloat and caster tactics paid off for runner up Ripon's John Fletcher who also caught late on netting all chub for 36.2.0.

Best of the rest: Martin Bush (Ripon) 33.8.0; Ray Gilby (Ripon) 27.9.0 and Robin Pickles (KL Tackle) 26.6.0.

Darlington rod Ken Close proved far too good for the rest winning the Thornaby AA Open on the Tees at Croft and Hurworth with a super bag of 25.7.0.

Drawing the last peg on the groynes, Ken continually worked the float alternating between bread, worm and maggot for nine chub, dace, grayling and a barbel of 4.0.0.

Dave Hanson also Darlington relied solely on chub and nine specimens made for 16.0.0 as a farside feeder and bread approach worked a treat off the plantation fence area.

Idle & Thackley AA Open River Swale at Swainby: 1 S Evans (Bentley AC) 19.6.0 6 chub on legered grub; 2 B Higgins (Brotherton) 18.0.0; 3 C Hardaker (Idle) 9.13.0.

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Excellent sport with orange cactus cluster, white bunny leech and cats whisker all doing well on an intermediate line. Bloodworm, damsel and olive zonker also accounting for good numbers of fish.

Stanley's Nicholas Hart pulled out a big rainbow of 15.9.0 falling to a Consett Budgie while Dunston's Dave Smails fishing cat's whisker landed a specimen of 12.14.0

Fixtures

Tomorrow: Woodland Lakes Open Tickets on 01845 / 526110.

Sunday: DBT AA Charlesworth Cup River Tees Coniscliffe.

Yarm AA Williams Cup Lower Tees.

Bradford NO1 AA Spenborough Guardian Match River Aire.

North Central League (5) R Nidd - Knaresborough.

Thornaby AA Croft Helpers Cup River Tees Croft.

Black Ox AC Bedale Beck.

Darlington WMC Tees - Over Dinsdale.

Oaks Sessay Open Maple Lake.