JUNIORS

A WARM WELCOME TO ALL OUR YOUNGSTERS
IF YOU HAVE A GOOD CATCH TELL US.
We would really appreciate your input.

CONNOR FLOORS THE OLD MAN

Young Connor Jones decided that it was time he fulfilled a long term promise to his dad and taught him how to fish properly. Connor who is reasonably new to the piscatorial art showed his dad Austin the way you should fish if you intend making a success of it. Any old body can catch a Carp says Connor but it takes a master to catch a good Bream.

Ryans Perch

Young Ryan accompanied his dad Steve to the Banbury lane section of the canal where young Ryan proceeded to catch a daddy ruff and a good quantity of perch Ryan is pictured above with one of his fish.

Leah's day

Young Leah accompanied dad Rex to the Meadow Lakes fishery at Rothersthorpe during one of the recent unsettled periods, and among many mutterings of we should have brought the shelter, I told you we should have .... Leah went on to prove that dad is not the only angler in the family. Though dad can catch the big fish it takes a real expert to catch these says top rod Leah as she displays her perch.

William's Catch

Young William pictured above, with both his personal best and the Junior fish ofthe year so far. Well done William all you need to do now is teach dad how to catch one like it. William is pictured above with his 27 lb Mirror.

THE THINGS THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF

The day was over cast and breezy not a day you would assume for glory. The anglers on the water had, had fish but having spent a few hours in the wind had pretty well called it a day. Then at just after four Ryan arrived with dad Steve. No sooner had Ryan left (his mums) car and before dad had even finished unpacking he'd grabbed his new whip and with maggots in hand and dad in tow he set off to the water. Then the sun came out. Never has there been a brighter spot on the lake than when young Ryan perched on his box landed his first fish.

The elation in that young lads face was enough to brighten the coldest of days as he landed his first fish. Then his second and so it went on. He must have landed twenty before I left.

All was right in the world for Ryan and then he went and did it. He caught the fish of the day.
Well done Ryan, we'll make an angler of dad yet.

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The club today put on a junior angling event In conjunction with the coordinator of the Northants Canal Partnerships Joanna Neill. The event was a roaring success with all of the seven kiddies ranging from five to eleven years catching plenty of roach perch gudgeon and a pope through out the two and a half hour event. The parents in attendance expressed a definite interest in another event as did the Kiddies a couple of whom were doing so well that they were reluctant to pack up. As a result of the interest shown we hope to get something else up and running soon.
A great day was had by volunteers and kids alike.

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Dad Steve caught the above fish a 25lb 5oz common off the surface at Meadow Lakes
As can be seen by the look on three year old Ryans face he is extremely pleased for dad but could no doubt catch a better one himself.

Young Samuel Attfield 7 enjoyed a day out at Turvey with his dad John last week, and thought he'd show the old fellah a thing or two about fishing the River Great Ouse. Having listened to all the advice dad John offered, young Samuel promptly showed dad how it's done. Whilst dad had a bash at the bigger fish Samuel landed a quality Roach of one pound eight ounces. Well done Sam a specimen fish by anyone standards.

Friends Rhiann and Jamie spent the evening at Meadow Lakes and had a good time catching some of the newly stocked small carp. A bonus for both youngsters neither of whom had ever caught carp before.

Sisters Rhiann and Hannah Easey enjoyed an outing to the Banbury Lane section of the Grand Union Canal on the afternoon of the 9th of August and for two young ladies who had'nt really done much fishing before they had a great time catching small roach bream hybrids perch to about half a pound and a few gudgeon and small roach. Well done girls.

One for the Youngsters
From Pete Davis.

Rather than using all that valuable pocket money by buying expensive floats which you may break or lose by getting caught up, why not try the following and save yourself a lot of money. After all you can get a lot of floats out of a pack of normal drinking straws.

To make this drinking straw float, buy a packet of drinking straws from the supermarket and cut them down to about 6" for short floats or leave them longer if you prefer.

Get a piece of fine garden cane or a piece of round balsa and push it into one end of the straw with a bit of waterproof glue. Now do the same to the other end and paint the tip with some float paint. Push a float over the bottom of the float so that you can fix it to your line or use a large float adapter if you have one. The floats may not last a long time and the paint may come off the tip but you can always afford to make a few at a time and with straws being cheap and easy to make it does not really matter if you lose one or two.

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It's been a long time in the making but we are finally getting something done for the younger angler.
There have been several things done by the Club this year which were aimed at the youngsters in the local community which were to include fish ins which were run in conjunction with British Waterways and the Northampton canal partnership where Club members helped to show some of the local children something about fishing and introduce them to the sport. As the report below outlines.

The Canal Partnership, British Waterways and Northampton Nene Anglers got together on Saturday
the 5th of May to introduce youngsters to angling and the fish of the canal system. There were twelve youngsters of varying ages all of whom had a good day and caught fish of different species the event took place between one and four in the afternoon and the result is that all parties are keen to get another day arranged. For further details contact Jacqui Palmer on 01604 858709.

As well as this there was one particular youngster who took on the adults at their own game and though he was only ten years old Josh Palmer certainly did well in a match of 17 adults Josh went on to record a weight that was better than some of the some of the adults. See below.

27th July 2003

The latest Nene Angling open match was today fished at the Ransome Road Lake.
The conditions were reasonable with some cloud cover and the seventeen anglers caught with varying degrees of success with the top weights being made up of both Tench and good Bream though there were plenty of bits to be had as well. On top of the catches made by the senior anglers we must take our hats off to ten year old Josh Palmer who fished a very good match to beat some of the adults with a very respectable 1lb 12ozs made up of a skimmer bream and perch, this is the type of thing we need, more junior interest in the match scene well done Josh keep up the good work.

Then we have our pleasure anglers take young Sam Chapman who went down to Meadow Lakes for a mornings fishing and ended up with 19 fish one of which was a Tench of 4lbs 8ozs. This was his first visit to the lake and he did very well. Sam who is ten enjoyed his day, and is looking forward to his next visit. Incidentally the Tench was Sam's personal best.

27th October 2003

Jake and Callum Horwood enjoyed a days fishing at Banbury Lane on the Grand Union Canal in Northampton today. Though it was very hard to get a bite initially the fish did begin to feed after the first hour and the boys went on to catch 21 fish between them. Jake caught the biggest fish of the day a Pope (daddy ruff) with the youngest of the brothers Callum showing Jake how its done.