Snowbee Top Rod Competition September 28th - Wimbleball Boats

Final Round 8 of the Snowbee Top Rod competition was at Wimbleball reservoir, high on Exmoor near Brompton Regis.

Weather forecast was a sunny day at 18 degrees with a light South Westerly wind.

13 anglers made the trip, having stopped for breakfast at Brewers Fayre in Exeter on the way.

We were met at the lake by Mark who sorted out the boats and lifejackets for us and we were out on the water by 0935 and fished until 1700 with the weigh in at 1730.

The lake is around 50% capacity so there is a lot of water missing making for some great pictures of the lake bed.

Wimbleball is 375 acres in size and 7 boats soon went to all areas of the lake to fish.

Fish were caught in all areas of the lake, towards Ruggs and Bessoms, Cow Moor, The Dam and Upton Arm all produced fish.

Best tactics were Intermediate and DI5 lines with Black and Green lures, Cats Whiskers and Boobies fished quite quickly. Many fish turned away at the flies and seemed to be just playing with the flies.

13 Anglers caught 31 fish for a bag weight of 67lbs 12oz

No one bagged up today but everyone caught fish.

Average catch was 2.4

Average weight was 2.2lbs

Best fish of the day was 4lbs 10oz by John Hern pictured below and Alec Hoare with 4lbs.

1ST ALEC HOARE OF ABBOTSKERSWELL - 4 FISH 13LBS

2ND JOHN HERN OF EXETER - 3 FISH 9LBS

3RD SAM SHEPHERD OF EXETER - 4 FISH 8LBS 14OZ

4TH DARREN PENFOLD OF LIVERTON - 4 FISH 7LBS 12OZ

5TH ROBERT GALE OF ASHBURTON - 3 FISH 6LBS 7OZ

6TH PAUL WICKS OF ASHBURTON - 2 FISH 5LBS 9OZ

Best Junior - Max Mockridge of Taunton.

Winners pictured below from left to right, Peter Brown of Brixham, Max Mockridge, Sam Shepherd, Alec Hoare and John Hern.

Result of Top Rod to follow and presentation and awards in November.

Thanks to all those members who have fished this year and a big thanks to Snowbee UK for sponsoring the competition.