Now at Brenkley pond 6th December.  Bring a prize to the value of £3.00 ) or more).

Draw 9:00am fish 10 -3.  Pond Closed

Is confirmed at the Concordia leisure Centre Cramlington on 1st December 7:30pm as stated on the events information

Other dates for Fontburn

Next scheduled trip to Fontburn is Monday December 14th.

This Sundays winter league match has been postponed due to an extremely  muddy road at Horton Grange.  It will be re-arranged as soon as possible

Another good haul for Horton Grange

A second visit to Fontburn produced 62lb of roach for Horton Grange this time around

See projects link on the left Menu box

Didn't we do well!

Fontburn turned up trumps last Sunday for members fishing for the roach.  With kind permission from Northumbria water and the EA WACAC have been allowed to re-house some of the roach population into it's waters.

Brenkley received the first batch of over 60lb with Horton Grange targeted for next Sundays visit. 

Be aware that any member wishing to take part must not fish before 9:00am and must vacate the reservoir no later than 3pm (gear packed) so the gates can be locked.

Special thanks to Will Lovet from Fontburn reservoir who was very sympathetic to our needs on the day.

MEMBERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO USE THE ROAD TO HORTON GRANGE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS BECAUSE OF THE SILT SPILLAGE.  THE ROAD IS IMPASSABLE AT TIMES

The road to Horton Grange will be closed this Saturday to accommodate the heavy vehicle traffic which coincides with the fish removal

This Saturday 31st October.  From 10:00am onwards.  Bring waders (chest waders also), landing nets and net handles.  This will be the only opportunity to remove the last of the fish from Milkhope before work begins on removing the silt.

Annual trophies back for the next meeting

Winter league dates for early 2010

17th Jan

14th Feb

14th Mar

28th Mar

17/18th October meet 10:00 am.  Pre assembly of platforms in readiness for bringing Milkhope back on track.

TAA Junior match amendment

Apologies to Young Harry Hardy who, of course flew the flag for WACAC in the recent TAA junior match at Whittle Dene.

Members please be aware that the Milkhope project starts in a week or so.  This may cause some disruption during weekdays only with heavy dumpers removing the silt etc.

TAA match news

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Pike Annual match 18th October cancelled

Pike match organiser has opted out (any takers?)

Young Harry Hardy flew the flag for WACAC in the recent TAA junior match at Whittle Dene by taking 3rd spot in the under 10's category.  22 anglers from 5 clubs competed.  Many thanks to Northumbria Water who allowed the match to go ahead at short notice on the great Northern lake and thanks also to I.D.Fishing, Billy's Tackle, Bagnall & Kirkwood, Delta Flash Tackle who all donated prizes for the event.

Paul Scott with a 21lb 15oz mirror carp from the hotel bank which fell to a DNA bait.

Paul had another 2 carp of 15lb & 10lb in the same session

Driving rain didn't stop 13 anglers fishing the George Richardson memorial match on the QEII on Sunday.  Winner of the trophy was Geordie Sawyer with a pike of 5lb 9oz.

Sundays charity Shield a good turn out

Charity Shield is on Sunday 6th September not Saturday 5th as stated on some events sheets

Is now on Sept 13th at Horton Grange

New club record

For John Knox who landed an 18lb 11oz common carp from the QEII

Final placings for the Carp Overnighters

Won by John Knox with 18 points second John Murray with 20 points and third Dean Hetherington with 26 points

Bream overnighter on the QEII

Produced no bream for Gordon Fowler, Dave Smith, Paul Scott, John Knox and Alan Yunthank

Brenkley Carp still on form

Mark Thompson with a 12lb 8oz common caught on halibut pellet and plastic corn

Another haul from the QEII on New Bait

OAP Disabled match 6 (final match)

George "killer rig" Emmerson hangs on to 3rd spot overall (including disregards) as the series is now over.

1st Les Evans 7lb 04 oz, 2nd George Emmerson 3lb 14oz and 3rd Jimmy Appleby 3lb 10oz.

See match link for final positions positions

Yet another QEII fish for Tony Carter.  A Common carp weighing 11lb 7oz from peg 25 using a bloodworm dumbbell topped with fake white corn and crushed dumbbell stick mix.

T. Vickers nabbed top spot with the aid of a 3lb 150z carp on Tuesdays match at Brenkley pond.  2nd Erik Groves and 3rd Jean Appleby.

Norman strikes again for his 3rd win of the series in blustery conditions with 7lb 13oz.  2nd Stuart McBride 6lb 10oz and Third Geordie Emmerson 4lb 06 oz.

New bait fools a QEII double

Tony Carter with a 10LB 11oz common carp caught from peg 3 on a snowman set up of the new Dynamite Spicy Tuna and sweet chilli with a mainline milky toffee pop-up.  Well worth the 'weight'!

And a nice mirror carp from the QEII

Paul Scott with a lovely looking mirror from the QEII

Barry Linney's bream estimated to be over 10lbs caught on peg 1 on a pineapple boillie and an open feeder with halibut method mix with hemp and chopped worms.

The 4th Junior/Ladies match on the 5th July 2009 has been cancelled and will be re-scheduled later in the year.

Bob Hall Trophy

This junior event will still go ahead this Saturday - draw 09:00 am at Brenkley

Photo shoot for the recent QEII project work.

Press release [WORD]  [PDF]  from Northumberland County Council

The Blagdon estate is concerned at the amount of logs that have gone missing over the last few weeks.  Members be aware that we do not have permission to take anything away from the estate grounds especially cut wood. 

Although another blustery day at Brenkley, anglers appreciated the work carried out on the new footpaths and pegs.

1st Albert Thompson 4lb 4oz

2nd Les Evans 3lb 0oz

3rd Roy Small 2lb 6oz

Full list of weights in the match section

Second carp overnight match

Martin Deagle was the only winner with a single fish, a linear carp of 8lb 4oz

A difficult and blustery day in the second evening series on Sunday keeps Norman Wright in top spot with a winning weight of 11lb 13oz.

2nd Stewart McBride with 5lb 14 oz

3rd Andy Oliver with 4lb 4oz.

All members beware that due to some late night incidents the estate will now securely lock the gate from 9.30pm to 5am.  Access between these times is not permitted and anyone still on the water after 9.30pm will run the risk of being locked in.  Any members with information about these incidents please contact the club as they could jeopardise the lease conditions.

17 pounder from the QEII

Paul Scott with a pristine 17lb 6oz mirror carp from the QEII.

Bream from Horton

James Dryden had a 4lb 2oz Bream from Horton Grange earlier in the month

Nice one Scott!

Scott Fraser with a lovely looking common carp from Brenkley

A good turn out for the annual match on the 3rd May produced good weights from Horton Grange.

Numerous goodies were distributed on the day as shown

1st Place Bradley Barnes and partner John (something or other) caught 8lb 10oz

2nd Jordon McBride and partner Stew (new to fishing McBride) with 6lb 11oz

3rd Kieran and Graham Sibbett (not sure who's the 'young'n') with 3lb 10oz

No images of partners were posted for safety reasons (yours!)

Good turn out for the 1st Evening Series 10th May.

The fish switched off for the first evening series on Horton Grange but long suffering Norman Wright showed the way with his first match win over the other 22 competitors.

1st Norman Wright 5lb 14 oz

2nd Ian Bullock 3lb 15oz

3rd John Bull 3lb 0½oz

Full result in Match Results section

1st Dean Hetherington 2 fish for 26lb
2nd Gary Kislingbury 2 fish for 25lb 10oz
3rd and Biggest Fish Steven Clark 1 fish for 17lb 10oz

A total of 7 fish were caught for a average of 12lb 2 oz
 

Our thoughts are with the family of Geordie Richardson aged 67 who passed away on the lake he loved to fish on Friday 24th April.  The funeral is on Thursday 3pm at St. Michaels Alnwick.  His fishing colleagues will miss him dearly.

A good turnout for the 1st Senior Summer league brought  27 eager anglers to Stonebridge lake in Yorks.  Phil Dodds 17lb won on the day with Chris Weddle just pipping Les Evans for 2nd place with 15lb 04oz.  Not many carp but plenty Ide.

Members are reminded to lock all gates for security.  Brenkley is waiting for a new bolt but the chain can be wrapped round the post and securely locked with the padlock.

QEII on great form

Gordon Fowler had a bumper session lately on the QEII.  Here is one of the many carp he managed to land.  To see more click on catch reports

Paul Scott with a 13 pounder from the QEII

Alex with one species from the QEII.  Click catch reports to see more from Alex's collection

Horton Grange still bagging

Les Goreham and Ralph Paton fished on Tuesday on pegs 10,12 catching  11lb of Ide on the pole and 24lb on the waggler.

Come along to Horton Grange every Wednesday at 6pm.  No back breaking work involved

Keepnet Found

Give a description and location where you lost it together with the date and it could be yours!!

Pairs draw

Will be made at the May meeting.  £2.00 per person

Part of Jeff Hedley's two, double figure bags from Horton Grange caught on the waggler.

David Fowler with 11lb 6oz & 14lb 6oz carp caught in March on the QEII

Start on Wednesday 8th April meeting at Horton Grange at 6pm ish until the light goes.

Bumper day for Alex

Alex Duguid  caught over 54lb of fish at Horton Grange last week.  Alex also weighed in a bream of 5lb 8oz in an earlier session.  George Emmerson had over 30lb at Horton Grange too.

QEII - Carp

Horton Grange - Skimmers & Ide

It all kicks off at Horton Grange!

Last weeks winter league match was won by John Bull with almost 19lb, second Derek Dixon with 13½lb and third Ian Bullock with 8½lb.

Willy Thomas had 34lb a couple of days before the match!

Don't forget Brenkley

David Dodds did the business with corn on Brenkley's peg ten with a common carp 7lb 7oz and a mirror carp 4lb 12 oz and a common carp 8lb on 15/16 March

Course & Trout 2009/10    Due 1st April

Full £26.00
Concession £17.25
Junior £5.00
8 Day £9.50
1 day £3.50

Salmon & Sea Trout

Full £70.00
Concession £46.50
Junior £5.00
8 Day £22.50
1 day £7.75

This Saturday and Sunday meet at Brenkley from 10:00 am.  No special tools needed, hammers and saws should suffice.

A pair of glasses + case has been handed in to the club.  They were found at Brenkley pond and if you wish to claim them please contact us

John Newberry and son Michael (pictured) braved the winds to net a 62 fish haul on Horton Grange during an early 5 hour session.  Half the fish were Gudgeon and plenty of bites.  Some of the fish are shown below

All disabled members are now required to operate their hazard warning lights when moving around perimeter of the lake and when moving on or off their fishing spot.  This is a health and safety matter following a recent incident on the lake

April Summer league now booked

Stonebridge fishery Northallerton is the venue for the April Summer league.

In order to meet the deadline for the end of March and satisfy one of the grant conditions for Brenkley we call upon the members of WACAC to support the following dates:

• Feb 28th & Mar 1st

• Mar  14th & 15th

• Mar 28th & 29th

This is important because it could lead to approval of the grant application for the work to be carried out on Milkhope which will sort the water out once and for all.  Only 1 hour between 10am and 3pm is required on any one of the dates. All the hard work has been done by machines so there is no heavy work to do.

Potential members also welcome to see what it's all about

Please support your club!

Our deepest sympathy goes to the family of Steven Carr a member of the club from Lobley Hill in Gateshead who died on January 10th at the age of 17.

TUESDAY 2nd December 7:30pm

Concordia sports complex, Cramlington