Drennan Super League Northern Division

Despite the conditions, Yarm AA's Neil Waters found the fish in a feeding mood and amazingly went on to break the Bowesfield stretch match record bagging 34.10.0 during this 88 pegger.

Fishing at the top of the shallows below Bassleton Wood Bend, Neil opted to fish midriver on the groundbait feeder and worm and picked up 20 skimmer bream including a few better fish over the 3.0.0 mark then added a few perch to round off a memorable day.

The individual stakes were all decided in this 'breamy' area and Andy Dargue of Shimano Quaker A, 4 pegs downstream, weighed in 24.8.0. Red maggot and caster hookbaits accounted for 12 bream, highlight of which proved a nice Tees specimen of 5.5.0 from Derek Fox of Shotton AC Match Group 19.15.0.

Diawa Cleveland came out top team on the day scoring 70 points that's 8 more than Newman Scott's but at the halfway stage the Scotts overall hold a clear 9 point advantage over Shimano Quaker A.

League to date: 1 Newman Scott 202 pts; 2 Shimano Quaker A 193; 3 Diawa Cleveland 187; 4 Big Waters 163; 5 Shotton AC MG 156; 6 Shimano Quaker B 141.

On the Croft to Hurworth length of the Tees competitors lined up for the Thornaby AA Stockwell Cup and were greeted by a river carrying a few inches of very dirty water and catches certainly suffered.

Durham's John Hay made the result look respectable when he weighed in the days only double taking 9 chub totalling 17.0.0.

Below Croft Road Bridge on peg 1, John swapped between bomb and float, casting over to the island willows and varied caster corn and meat hookbaits.

For Billingham youngster Michael Grainger a hard earned 7.4.0 secured runner up spot.

Sat on the groynes, dace grayling and one decent chub all responded to stickfloat maggot and caster approach.

Darlington's Terry Longstaffe settled the Northallerton and District John Grainger Trophy on the Scruton reaches of the Swale rattling out an all chub net that pushed the scales upto a staggering 52.3.0. Floatfishing caster and wasp grub brought specimens to 4.8.0 from below Mill Beck Island.

Travelling companion Keith Atkinson made it a Darlington 1:2 when identical tactics delivered 35.9.0 of chub off the willows above the jetty.

Best of the rest: Pat Adams (RSPS Tek Neek Trabucco) 17.2.0; Les Morton (Darlington) 14.10.0.

Other results: RSPS George Winney Memorial Upper Swale Championships - 1 K Warburton (RSPS Tek Neek Trabucco) 15.1.0; 2 R King (RSPS Tek Neek Trabucco) 14.8.0; 3 S Taylor (RSPS Tek Neek Trabucco) 12.10.0.

Helperby & Brafferton Village Charity Open Lower Swale Helperby - Jt 1 D Glover (Shipley) & T Harvatt (Beverley) 13.11.0; 3 S Machell (Aireborough) 13.5.0.

CARP SCENE

Reigning Kamasan Champion Dean Smith hit the headlines once again on the carp scene when he hauled out 90.13.0 at the Woodland's complex on Wednesday to leave the rest trailing.

The Tek Neek Trabucco Elton star caught carp on the meat off Mallard 19. Initially Dean started off on the short pole then extended to 13 metres and finally an arm stretching 20 metres over to the island in his quest for sport.

Cleveland Angling Centre's Geoff Leyton filled next spot off Mallard 12.

Pole and paste at 11 metres throughout encouraged a netful of small carp for 63.8.0.

Saturday - Partridge & Skylark Lakes (71 pegs) - 1 D Pimlott (Drennan Elton) 84.12.0; 2 D Willan (Sensas Garbolino) 76.0.0; 3 D Smith (Tek Neek Trabucco Elton) 74.4.0.

The usual slot at the Oaks on Thursday delivered some excellent returns and Map Elton giant Mark Calvert quickly disposed of the 'carp king' Dean Smith when he hammered home 76.8.0.

Mark on peg 61 located all his fish down the track at 9 metres taking lots of small carp to worm over loose fed casters. For Dean 56.12.0 came at 13 metres on the pellet off peg 11.

Sunday Oaks Maple Lake (55 pegs) - 1 P Shehan (Sensas Garbolino) 68.12.0; 2 D Smith (Tek Neek Trabucco Elton) 56.0.0; 3 A Mitchell (HAS / Oaks) 50.6.0.

TROUT NEWS

Four double figured rainbows last week at Jubilee Lakes. The pick was a heavyweight of 17.12.0 landed by Ashington's Robert Hall. Many patterns working well cats whisker, Dawson's olive and black fritz. Rod average 3.2.

Stobhill's D Armstrong took the largest rainbow of 14.4.0 from the Northumbrian Reservoirs. A visit to Fontburn resulted in the specimen, which fell to an orange booby.

Reservoir Returns: Fontburn 339 rods 693 trout. Best patterns hoppers, sedges and daddy's deadly. Blackton 76 visitors 272 trout to 5.0.0. Muddlers and Zulus most popular. Grassholme 283 anglers 882 trout - 41 limit bags - Fish to 4.8.0. Black and orange fritz with green and black montanas best.

Scaling Dam 183 rods 504 trout - 27 limit bags - fish to 4.2.0. Sedge patterns and bibios most successful.

Derwent 480 visitors 1265 trout with rainbows to 6.8.0. Black hoppers, sedges and Hawthorns tempting majority of fish. Kielder 193 anglers 333 trout - best 10.4.0. Dawson's olive consistent. Tunstall - Rod average 2. Best bag 14 fish to Spennymoor's Peter Thompson.

Martin Watson grassed the best rainbow of the week a 3 pounder. Bibios, black hoppers, CDS and daddys all encouraging bites.

Ferryhill 3 Rivers Match - Dinsdale Spa on the Tees - 1 Barry Hignett (Chester le Street) 3.12.0 chub and roach net 2 Norman Birlinson (Chester le Street) 3.0.0. 3 Geoff Richardson (Ferryhill) 2.12.0.

FIXTURES: Saturday 9 August - *NFA Sensas Cadet Jnr & Intermediate Nationals River Nene North Bank - Peterborough; Woodland Lakes Open (71 pegs) Partridge & Skylark - Tel: 01845 526110; Sunday 10 August - *Idle & Thackley Open Swale Swainby - Tickets on 01274 / 899288; *Drennan Super League (4) Woodland Lakes; *Bradford No1 AA A. Phillips Memorial Thorpe Underwood Lake; *Ripon Pisc Bradford Annual Prize Match River Ure, Barn Island to Bishop Monkton; *Darlington & District Team Championships River Tees at Over Dinsdale; *Oaks Sessay Open Maple Lake.