Pat Adams gave a perfect display of maggot feeder fishing scooping Sunday's Woodland Lakes Open in convincing style, writes JEFF HERBERT.

The RSPS member pulled out unfancied Kestrel 29 and left both anglers either side over 20.0.0 adrift as pin point accuracy delivered a continuous supply of small carp - best 2.8.0 for 39.14.0. at the weigh in.

Elton Tackle's Nigel Hargreaves failed to notch a weekend double filling runner up spot with 28.3.0 off Partridge 4.

Skylark Lake's red hot peg 22 produced for Nigel who stormed ahead returning 47.8.0 during Saturday's Woodlands event.

The small maggot feeder and single maggot on the hook located a carp shoal just short of the middle and fish up to 6lbs fed.

Best of the rest Map Elton's Daryl Taylor put together another all carp bag of 30.4.0 from Partridge 15.

Match fishing finally returned to the Yorkshire Ouse. The river back within its floodbanks was carrying a mere four foot extra.

Round three of the Yorkshire Winter League was always going to be a scratching affair under the conditions.

Staged on Hunters Lodge, Linton, Thorpe Underwood and Widdington Anglers World Mick Potter found 2.11.0 enough to stave off the 96 strong field.

On peg 224 below the famous bungalows at Hunters Lodge Mick picked up four small roach on pole and maggot tactics before pushing further out on the bomb and lobworm adding two eels and another roach.

At the next peg Craig Bray of Marsh Tackle swapped between pole and pinkie and bomb and worm for a similar return of 2.2.0.

Faps Bradford won on the day flying ahead on 16 points from overall leaders Hirst Tackle.

Teams: 1st Faps Bradford 95 points, 2nd Hirst Tackle 79, 3rd Anglers World 78.

League: 1st Hirst Tackle 29 points, 2nd Anglers World 28, 3rd Faps Bradford 27, 4th Armley 24, 5th jointly Marsh Tackle and Team Normark 22.

Top weight on the region's still flood effected rivers came in Saturday's Middlesbrough AC Gordon Brown Trophy on the Swale.

Durham's Gerry Bowes ledgered lobworm at Ainderby tempting a trio of chub including a huge specimen of 5.10.0 on his way to 11.5.0.

It was little different the next day for the Darlington Brown Trout Memorial on the upper reaches.

Darlington's Terry Longstaffe landed two chub on bomb and bread to win with 7.2.0. below Brompton Village.

On the Tees an influx of cold water pushed the level up a foot for the Yarm Simpson Cup and for the second week on the trot skimmers failed to show and roach were the mainstay.

Darlington Angling Centre's consistant Peter Hamilton frame once again.

In the greenfield below theTown bridge groundbait feeder and chopped worm attracted plenty of small roach for 6.13.0.

Meanwhile Derek Parrington of Cleveland Angling Centre worked downstream below the shorde alternating maggot and worm for a net of 5.8.8.

Thornaby AA's Presidents Cup went down as one of the worst ever. The Tees around Croft two foot up at the onset rose as much again during a very long and arduous event.

Shildon's Harry Growcock tackled the bottom of the Salmon Pool feederfishing maggot and meat and managed to winkle out a chublet and an eel for 1.0.0.

It was marginally better on the Wear around Chester le Street for the second fixture of the River Wear Winter League but rods still faced a difficult task with little chance of a big weight.

Tommy Marshall of Turners red led the 60 hopefuls and was surprised to get so many bites.

Pegged in the willows above the bridges feeder and chopped worm brought 15 small eels for a creditable 3.2.0.

Dick Clegg Metro finished ahead on the day beating Turners Red by two points and now command a healthy 14 point lead overall.

League: 1st Dick Clegg Metro 91 points, 2nd Sunderland 77, 3rd Turners Red 66, 4th Tying Big Waters and Turners Black 63.

Other results: l Knaresborough Piscatorials, River Nidd: 1st Martin Dodsworth (Claro) 5.7.0 - 6 grayling & one chub stickfloat and maggot, 2nd Cliff Lofthouse (Ripon), 5.2.0, 3rd John Livesey (Thirsk) 4.9.0. l Bradford AA Sykes Cup, R. Ure Brampton: 1st Chris Brook (Glen) 2.6.0. single chub ledgered bread, 2nd Ray Scott (Glen) and Paul Wood (Aireborough) 2.4.0. l Woodlands midweek open: 1st S Cameron Sherbourne 40.4.0, 2nd P Noble Stokesley 30.8.0, 3rd G Poole Leeds 29.10.0.

Fixtures

Tomorrow: l Middlesbrough AC Watson Trophy middle Swale - Gatenby to Baldersby.

Tickets on 01642 - 899288. l Woodland Lakes Fur and Feather Open - Tickets on 01845 526110.

Sunday: l Northallerton and District AC Fur and Feather R. Swale at Scruton. l Stockton AA Fur and Feather R. Tees Low Worsall. l DBT AA Cloke Memorial Xmas Cheer Rivers Tees, Skerne and Swale. l NE Winter League (6) Lower Tees around Yarm. l Middlesbrough AC R. Tees Bowesfield. l Woodlands Lakes Open. l Thirsk AC Further & Feather R. Swale - Skipton to Baldersby. 60 pegs tel: 01845 524633. l York WL (1) R. Ouse - Fulford & Middlethorpe. l Ripon Piscatorials Open R. Ure - 80 pegs Tickets on 01765 605467. l Tadcaster APA Open 60 pegs - R. Wharfe at Smaws Ings. Tickets on 01937 832972