Nobby's Knock Up
Stroud Farm Fisheries


Round 1: Stroud Farm Fisheries 2nd Jan 2005

The cold weather in the run up to the first round of Nobby Halls Spring Series at Stroud Farm Fisheries slowed sport but everyone still caught. On the day Bonus carp made up the frame and these came from the Feature pegs. Those unlucky enough not to draw a feature still had plenty of sport and could catch Roach all day by scaling down. The top places were all taken on pole with either maggot or Corn on the hook. The eventual winner was Darby Allen, who's 18-10-0 catch included an 11lb Carp, runner up was Colin Marshall with 18-1-0.
Perhaps the unluckiest angler on the Day was Steve Buxey who watched his chance of winning swim away when he skillfully missed his keep net with a 7lb Carp.

Sections:
A section 1st Mick Doran 16-4-0, 2nd Steve Buxey 15-10-0.
B section 1st Tony Thorn 11-4-0, 2nd Gerry Illingworth with 6-0-0

Round 2: Stroud Farm Fisheries 16th Jan 2005

The form book was turned upside down in the second round of the Nobby Hall spring series at Stroud Farm. At the draw everyone wanted to draw the feature pegs behind the Islands, but on the day they didn't produce and the deeper pegs in open water were the most consistent. The winner Gerry Illingworth, using 11m pole and maggot, had a string of Skimmers plus two small Carp for 17-10-0. Second was Paul Brindley (Fishy Paul) whose net included a 7lb ghost Carp, plus Skimmers and Roach for 13-10-0. Third was Deon Brindley pegged next to the run off , he had signs of Carp all day but could only temp one for 11-7-0. Mick White hooked an 8lb Carp on light Roach gear, and after 30 minutes battle an exhausted angler finally netted an equally exhausted Carp which boosted his weight to 10-10-0 for fourth. Fifth was Allans Marine Boss, and leading light, Allan Watson with 7-7-0 of skimmers.

Sections:
A section 1st Deon Brindley 2nd Loraine Tolbert
B section 1st Mick White 2nd Allan Wa

Round 3: Stroud Farm Fisheries 30th Jan 2005

The cool weather leading up to this match slowed sport and consequenly the colour dropped out of the water. In these conditions the silver were hard to come by and therefore Carp dominated the proceedings in the latest round of Nobby Halls spring series. The winner with 6 Carp taken on pole fished maggot was Tony Thorn with 20-6-0. Tony drew a corner peg and fished along the bank between two bushes using a bunch of maggots on the hook. Second placed angler was Loraine Talbot with two Carp for 18-12-0. Third placed angler Mick White was pegged next to the winner and took 5 Carp for 17-4-0. Fouth was Allan's Marine boss Allan Watson with two Carp for 16-11-0.

Round 4: Stroud Farm Fisheries 20th Feb 2005

Stroud Farm Pond at Petersfield has fished harder and harder as the temperatures have dropped and Paul Brindley (Allan's Marine) only needed two fish to win the latest round with a weight of 16lbs 2ozs. Brindley took a carp of 5lbs early on maggot over pellet and then waited till the last cast of the day to land a specimen of almost 12lbs on pole fished corn. Runner up was Nobby Hall who took all his catch of 4 carp in the first hour and then sat fishless for the remainder of the match. Results: 1st Paul Brindley (Allan's Marine) 16-2-0, 2nd Nobby Hall (Allan's Marine) 13-3-0, 3rd Mick White (Portsmouth & Dist) 11-7-0, 4th Al Symmonds (Southmoors) 7-8-0. League:

Round 5: Stroud Farm Fisheries 6th Mar 2005

This was the 5th round of the series and it turned into a real struggle with only a handful of the anglers managing to weigh in. Winner on the day was "Fishy" Paul Brindley (Allan's Marine) with 13lbs 8ozs. Brindley drew peg 4 and he fed chopped worm and pellet at 12 metres and landed 3 carp and a small skimmer on worm and maggot. Alan Simmons (Hants Fire & Rescue MT) had a 10lbs 6oz carp on his first cast of the match on hair rigged sweetcorn on the feeder and this was enough to secure the runner up spot. He did have another bite but unfortunately this fish straightened his hook otherwise he could have won. At the moment there is a tie for first place in the league between 3 anglers, Paul Brindley, Alan Simmons and Mick Hartley with 32 points with 2 matches remaining it looks like it will go to the wire. Results: 1st Paul Brindley (Allan's Marine) 13-8-0, 2nd Alan Simmons (Hants Fire & Rescue MT) 10-6-0, 3rd Dion Dukes (Allan's Marine) 7-0-0, 4th Mick Hartley (Southmoors AC) 5-6-0.

Round 6: Stroud Farm Fisheries 3rd April 2005

Stroud Farm Series, Stroud nr. Petersfield
The last match of this short series was the best yet with most anglers catching as the carp responded to the warmer weather. Alan Simmons topped the field with a net of pole caught carp weighing 31lbs 2ozs. Simmons was drawn in corner peg 14 and fished the rushes at 8 and 11 metres with corn and meat over pellet landing carp to 8lbs. Runner up was Lorraine Talbot with a net of carp and skimmers weighing 27lbs from peg 30 while Gerry Illingworth was third with 12lbs 9ozs. Paul Brindley took the league title with 40pts withMick White runner up with 39pts beating Gerry Illingworth into thir spot on a weight count back. Results: 1st Alan Simmons 31-2-0, 2nd Lorraine Talbot 27-0-0, 3rd Gerry Illingworth 12-9-0, 4th Pete Lemon 11-5-0. League:


Final League Position Points
1 Paul Brindley 40
2 Mick White 39
3 Gerry Illingworth 39
4 Alan Simmons 38