Snowbee Top Rod Competition May 4th - Blagdon Boats

Round 4 of the Snowbee Top Rod Competition was at Blagdon on the edge of the Mendip Hills near Bristol.

Weather was generally cloudy with sunny spells and a moderate North Easterly wind with a temperature around 15 degrees.

We had a great turnout today with 19 anglers making the trip for the annual event in Bristol where the " Fred Pike Cup" was today's prize.

We were met by Rangers as we arrived to sort the boats and again by Peter who helped the boats back in at 1700.

It was a tough day out on the water and the fish that were caught came up at the top end of the lake using small nymphs and dries on a floating line or midge tips fished slowly.

19 anglers caught just 17 fish for a bag weight of 58lbs 10oz

9 anglers failed to catch.

Average catch - .89

Average weight 3.4lbs

Best fish of the day went to Gerry Scutt with a rainbow of 4lbs 3oz, Alec Hoare 4lbs and Alex Venn 4lbs.

1ST ALEC HOARE OF ABBOTSKERSWELL 3 FISH - 10LBS

2ND ALEX VENN OF WILLAND 3 FISH - 9LBS 15OZ

3RD ROBERT GALE OF ASHBURTON 3 FISH - 9LBS

4TH DARREN PENFOLD OF LIVERTON 2 FISH - 7LBS

5TH GERRY SCUTT OF BRIXHAM 1 FISH - 4LBS

6TH DAVE GROVE OF LIVERTON 1 FISH - 3LBS 15OZ

Blagdon has a number of Pike in the lake, Peter Brown of Brixham picked up a prize for the best Pike of the day approx 12-15LBS, pictured below.

Pictured from left to right. Alec Hoare, Robert Gale, Alex Venn and Peter Brown, Steve Floyd ( not in picture) won the raffle draw prize.