RD 5 OF THE DEVON WINTER LEAGUE CAME BACK TO STAFFY , THIS TIME HELD ON TANNERS AND PINES AS WE ARE DRAING DOWN WOODY TO MAKE SOME NECESSARY STOCK CHANGES AND MAINTENANCE, PINES WAS GOING TO BE A BIT OF AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY AFTER THE NEW STOCKING AND NETTING , WOULD THE FISH HAVE SETTLED DOWN?

THE LADS KNEW IT COULD BE VERY HARD ON PINES BUT AS IT TURNED OUT THE 16 ANGLERS AVERAGED ALMOST 20LBS A MAN OF SILVERS TOPPED BY CLIVE CARTERS 38LBS OF ROACH AND PERCH FROM PEG 28 , ALL ON THE TOP TWO AND CASTER , A TERRIFIC PERFORMANCE BY CLIVE AND A SECTION WIN , MAL KING WON THE OTHER SECTION WITH 25LBS OF SKIMMERS OFF PEG 8 ON CHOPPED WORM .

TANNERS ALSO FISHED WELL WITH CAPTAIN WINNING THE MATCH ON PEG 9 ON THE WAG AT DEPTH , FEEDING JUST A PINT OF COARSE 8MMS AT 25M ON THE DECK WITH LIGHT LINES AND SMALL HOOKS , STEVE INCLUDED 22LBS OF SKIMS AND TENCH IN HIS WINNING NET. THERE WAS 8 WEIGHTS OVER 50LBS TO PRODUCE A GREAT FRAME.

OVERALL TACKLE TRADER WON ON THE DAY , 2ND PLACE WENT TO TACKLE BARN A . OVERALL AFTER 5 MATCHES STAFFORDMOORS GONUTS ,STEVES TEAM ARE STILL HANGING ON TO THE LEAD, NEXT MATCH AT STAFFY TWO WEEKS TIME. PRACTICE OPEN THIS SUNDAY ON TANNERS (RD 4 OF SM OPEN WINTER LEAGUE ALL WECOME)NAMES TO ANDY ASAP

CAPTAIN STEVE WITH HIS WINNING CATCH 81.10LBS ON THE WAG AT DEPTH PEG 9 TANNERS