ANGLING

The venue was coloured following an extremely wet start to August and almost everyone caught bream - 24 double figured returns.

Marsh Tackle's Peter Hyde raised the new best to 45.14.0 sat two swims above the Levenmouth.

Working groundbait feeder packed with chopped worm and casters across, Peter landed his first skimmer within half an hour. A bad underwater snag in front of him resulted in a step up to 3.2 hook length to a size 14 offering worm on the hook. Back in command Peter landed 20 bream up to 2.8.0 plus quality perch to claim the record for the delighted Leeds angler.

Then runner up Bill Blythe of Newman Scott added 4ozs to the old record heaving out 44.10.0.

On the cabbage patch length upstream of Nellies Beck Bill put in five balls of groundbait at the start over the shelf at 13 metres and located perch and roach. A skimmer boosted things on the hour so a switch to a small groundbait feeder with worm and red maggot inside soon saw the action hot up. From then on 19 bream including fish to 3.8.0 came in succession for yet another big Tees bream net.

Others: Rob Morgan (Cleveland Angling Centre) 29.10.0; Mick Leesam (Thornaby) 29.4.0; Jimmy Messer (Darlington Angling Centre) 27.11.0; Ian Worton (Yarm) 26.12.0.

Competitors were greeted by two feet of dirty water for the Darlington and District Team Championship on the Over Dinsdale match length of the Tees and small silver fish were the order of the day.

Winner Brian Armstrong of Harrowgate Hill pulled peg 101 out of the hat, a good draw and settled down on the caster and whip. As anticipated roach and dace fed throughout making for 12.8.0 to snatch the verdict.

Bomb and worm tactics paid off for Haughton angler Ian Hamer whose mainly chublet net off peg 83 totalled 12.1.0 at the weigh in from Des Scullion Haughton 10.3.0.

Teams: 1 Haughton 41 pts; 2 Harrowgate Hill 36 pts; 3 Darlington 33.

Ripon's Annual Prize Match the Bradford Cup resulted in a decent match for the 68 rods no big weights but everyone had fish and 42 prizes were handed out.

Staged on the deeps Barn Island to Bishop Monkton the Ure was up above normal level and local man Nigel Robson took the day's only double figured net to hold the rest at bay.

Drawing below the yacht station on peg 99 Nigel utilised the stickfloat close in with worm on the hook into slack water collecting three perch, four eels, two roach and a bream of 4.0.0 to push the scales to 10.4.0.

For fellow rod John Stark eels perch and 15 small roach came off the bargefield as maggot feeder delivered 9.2.0 from peg 72.

Competitors left the Tees and turned carp hunters for the day during the fourth round of the Drennan Northern Division hosted by Woodland Lakes.

Split between Skylark Kestrel and Partridge Lakes North Ormesby Institute anglers filled three out of the top four placings.

First into the frame Stuart Bell made a good impression bagging 64.4.0.

Pulling out corner peg Kestrel 19 and setting to work on the pole at eight metres into the corner both pellet and paste established contacted with all carp the majority small fish.

Splitting the North Ormesby surge Ronnie Wilkinson of Newman Scott Blue also relied on pellet and paste combination off Partridge Lake. On peg 24 Ronnie went out to seven metres and bar odd tench and barbel made up a carp return of 57.12.0.

Teams on the day: 1 North Ormesby Institute 58 points; 2 CAC 57; 3 DAC Gold 56; 4 Newman Scott Blue 50; joint 5 Newman Scott Red & DAC White.

League placings: 1 Newman Scott Blue 213 points; 2 Newman Scott Red 204; 3 CAC 203; 4 DAC Gold 198; joint 5 DAC White & Anglers Services Hartlepool 181.

Individuals (out of a possible 40 points): joint 1 Jimmy Messer & Gerry Bowes 37; joint 3 Dave Walker Andy Dargue & Chris Hawkes 34 pts.

Carp Scne

Knaresborough's Brian Sowerby is fast becoming the man to beat on Carlton Miniott's prolific Woodland's complex.

Wednesday's Section Showdown was spread across Curlew Kestrel Partridge Skylark and Wagtail Lakes and 81 competitors turned out to fish.

Brian crowned a super month on the red hot venue beating the strong field with a massive bag of 97.5.0.

On Curlew peg three Brian used paste over diced luncheon meat on the pole at three and seven metres tempting carp all day marked by a common of 8.0.0.

In an amazing match each of the five match lakes produced an angler in the top five on a day when 30.0.0 was required for 46th place.

Skylark delivered next best for Map Elton's Dean Smith. Fishing up in the water pellet at 13 metres soon had the carp responding for an arm aching 75.2.0 on an already overworked scales.

Woodlands (Saturday), Partridge & Skylark (71 rods): 1 D Taylor, Map Elton, 70.6.0; 2 R Singh, Map Elton, 54.10.0; 3 D Gill, Map Elton, 53.15.0.

Oaks Sessay regulars ruled Thursday's Open with the top trio all tasting success on many occasions off the consistent Maple Lake.

Map Elton's Paul Taylor emerged the strongest link recording 60.4.0. On peg two Paul using the pole at 11 metres took all carp including samples to 6.0.0.

Tri Cast Whizzo's John Allerton replied off peg six netting 58.4.0. All small carp fell to worm and caster at 13 metres from Map Elton's Dean Smith 57.4.0.

Oaks Sessay Maple Lake (Sunday), (63 pegs): 1 J McGarrell, Map Elton, 52.4.0; 2 A May, Sensas Middlewich, 46.4.0; 3 M Lucas Ted Carters Preston, 44.8.0.

Trout News

Brompton on Swale's Roy Pickard certainly enjoyed his session on Redworth's Jubilee Lakes. He holds the venue's rainbow trout record with a super specimen of 24.10.0 and last week got among the action landing rainbows of 18.12.0 on an olive buzzer and another on a hares ear which took the scales to 14.6.0.

Leighton Reservoir: 127 rods - 325 rainbows - best 6.0.0 to Dan Thomas of York. Top patterns pheasant tail, bibio, muddlers, black fritz and Dawsons olive.

Scaling Dam: 212 rods - 366 rainbows up to 5.0.0. Worm tops.

Grassholme: 167 rods - 398 trout. 13 limit bags. Dam Wall hotspot with rainbows to 6.4.0 and brownies to 3.8.0.

Hury: 202 rods - 455 trout. 12 limit bags. Fish of the week a brownie of 7.0.0 for N Robinson.

Blackton: 80 rods - 176 trout. Dark flies fished deep. Best rainbow 8.4.0.

Derwent: 412 rods - 1192 trout. Hoppers, cats whisker & hares ear doing well from Dam Wall and North Shore.

Fontburn: 437 rods - 848 trout. Rainbows to 7.0.0. Worm accounting for many fish with cats whisker and orange dog nobblers most successful.

Kielder: 187 rods - 465 trout. Rainbows up to 6.12.0.

Fixtures

Tomorrow: *Northallerton & DAC Open (100 pegs) River Swale - Scruton to Far Fairholme - Tickets on 01609 / 778031; *NFA Embassy Division 1 National Basingstoke Canal; *Boroughbridge AC Fire Brigade Charity Open (100 pegs) River Ure. Tickets on 01423 / 323603; *Woodland Lakes Open.

Sunday: *DBT v Durham Police Lane Fox; *Embassy Pairs Qualifier Lower Tees Yarm (100 pegs); *Calder League Round 1 River Calder at Brighouse; *Black Ox AC Lascelles Cup River Swale. Fish 3 - 8 p.m at Far Fairholme; *Ripon Pisc Helmsley Cup (80 pegs) River Ure - Hutton Beck to Barn Island. *Albert Hill WMC visit Tees Over Dinsdale. *Oaks Sessay Open Maple Lake.