A somewhat quiet Decoy Lakes car park greeted the anglers, a sign of a drop in popularity of the venue maybe ? Those that were there braced themselves for a hot one with temperatures set to reach 27 degrees.
With only 14 anglers we spread ourselves across Yew lake. Plenty of fish were already in the upper layers and crashing around.
Fished at both Decoy and Kingsland Fisheries over 4 rounds, today was the final round of the Fenland Cup. Also today the anglers were competing in the Dennis Clarke Cup, a trophy donated to the club by Nobby Clarke who used to run a tackle shop in Deeping St James.
Taking all the glory on a very difficult day’s fishing was Peter Wray with 48lb from peg number 6. Pete fished Maggots in the margin and at 11m as well as paste on top 2 +2. Pete wins not only the Dennis Clarke Cup but also with his maximum 10 points he is this year’s Fenland Cup winner.
Second place to Phil Price with 43lb 2oz from peg number 18. Phil rotated his lines through the day using a method feeder, pellet waggler and pole.
Third Place to Paul Barron with 23lbs 9 oz from peg number 27. Paul stuck it out with his Hybrid feeder and pink wafter.
Sections Wins for Paul Sugarman and Kevin Compton
Full Result
1st Pete Wray 48 lbs 0 oz – Peg # 6
2nd Phil Price 43 lbs 2 oz – Peg # 18
3rd Paul Barron 23 lbs 9 oz – Peg # 27
4th Kevin Crompton 20 lbs 3 oz – Peg # 22
5th Paul Sugarman 18 lbs 0 oz – Peg # 3
6th Joe Price 13 lbs 9 oz – Peg # 30
7th Jason Chatham 12 lbs 4 oz – Peg # 15
8th Paul Wild 10 lbs 5 oz – Peg # 13
9th Richard Grech 6 lbs 6 oz – Peg # 20
10th Trevor Walker 4 lbs 13 oz – Peg # 16
=11th Lee Annis DNW – Peg # 8
=11th Andy Wilson (chairman) DNW – Peg # 10
=11th Nathan Grech DNW – Peg # 24
=11th Jon Bowland DNW – Peg # 26
Fenland Cup Result
1st Pete Wray 7 + 9 + 10 + 10 = 36 points
2nd Nathan Grech 10 + 10 +8 + 2 = 30 points
3rd Ray Torrington 8 + 7 + 9 + 0 = 24 points
4th Phil Price 2 + 6 + 5 + 9 = 22 points
5th Jason Chatham 4 + 5 + 7 +4 = 20 points
