Monthly Archives: July 2012

2011 Newsletter – Matches

I can do a simple cut and paste from last year’s newsletter as it still applies perfectly: Pete Cowan has continued to do a great job in organizing the Societies match section and a regular group of anglers now meet (more…)

2011 Newsletter – CVAC (Colne Valley Anglers Consultative)

We maintain an active presence as one of the many member clubs and benefit in many ways – most recently by way of the loan of a pump from the equipment store to reduce the stock pond levels when we (more…)

2011 Newsletter – Angling Trust

If you have attended either of the past two AGM’s you would have heard me talk of the importance as I saw it about supporting the Angling Trust. We can count ourselves very lucky that, at present, we have no (more…)

2011 Newsletter – Membership

Little of great interest to report to be honest but remember you are welcome to propose someone for membership who, providing you also have a seconder, will be put on the waiting list. Please remember however, that you should only (more…)

2011 Newsletter – Car Parking

A number of vehicles are being left in Society car parks without displaying the car park permit issued at the start of the season. Please remember that the only voluntary element about their use was the inclusion of a mobile (more…)

2011 Newsletter – Working Parties

I have banged on at Committee meetings for the past few years that we need more control over attendances at work parties. The process of letting members choose when they attend has not worked very well with numbers tending to (more…)

2011 Newsletter – Working Parties, planned works

Despite me spending quite a lot of time on the river this last year I will restrict comment to the lake at present as Steve Clarke’s river report is enclosed. To make life a little easier for us it is (more…)

2011 Newsletter – How did the lake fish last year ?

At the start of the season there was the usual flurry of activity with a number of fish being caught in the early days including, as already discussed, the father of our babies! By July things had settled down into (more…)

2011 Newsletter – Feeding of Fish in Stock Ponds

These fish are on a controlled diet. Under NO circumstances are members to feed these fish or introduce bait of any kind into the stock ponds. When the netting mentioned above was carried out I was appalled at the number (more…)

2011 Newsletter – Lake Carp Stocking Programme

I mentioned in last year’s newsletter our plans to cross a male carp from the established Springwell stock with selected females. Our male carp was duly caught by Steve  Young on June 16th last year and so began 36 hours (more…)