Wye supremo Mike Spragg lands chub to take top spot (From Malvern Gazette)

Wye supremo Mike Spragg lands chub to take top spot

5:20pm Thursday 4th October 2007 in Sport

MALVERN United Angling Club members visited Holme Lacy for the second of their three season's outings to the ever popular river Wye on Sunday.

Fishing the Wye is a real challenge, with big chub, barbel and dace, living in fast water and deep holes, requiring strong tackle and plenty of bait.

Conditions were not ideal, with the river containing a few inches of extra water, but running clear.

Drawn at the bottom end of the stretch on the faster water was Mike Spragg, a winner last time out on the Wye. Mike set his stall out for dace, fishing a waggler float and feeding maggots, no dace appeared but after constant feeding Mike caught a nice chub of about 2 1/2lbs, several more chub to 4-8-0 followed at intervals during the day to give Mike a winning weight of 32-15-0.

Drawn just upstream was Neil Humpage, who also had to wait a long time for his waggler and maggot tactics to pay off, but he was rewarded with six nice chub to 3lb and six small barbel to 2-8-0, which tipped the scales at 20-7-0 and gave him second place on the day.

Third spot went to Richard Webster who did manage to find some dace and netted 11-0-0. Barbel man Pete Roberts again landed two of his favourite species by feeder fishing meat, giving him a weight of 9-0-0 and fourth spot.

This weekend sees the Roy Bouston Memorial contest on Sunday, this year hosted by the Hanley Castle club, you can still book a place if you are quick, by calling Mick Perks on 01684 561777.