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| John Leach with a net of specimen Roach | Foxcotte Christmas open 2005 winner Les Thirlaway with match secretary Dave Tucker presenting him with 1st prize of a booze hamper, Les was joint winner with 3lb 13oz but took 1st on the toss of a coin. | Foxcotte 2005 X-Mas Match joint winner Mark Kew Collecting 2nd place prize after the toss of a coin. |
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| Jackie lands a 16lb carp (the angle makes it look smaller, but we weighed it) - Jennets reservoir, Devon. We were fishing for bream but this one took the bait on a 3lb hook-link. Took her 45 mins to net it, but she did it! | Dee Carlton with a 26lb carp - caught on waggler/sweetcorn, we think on peg 10/11 - 17/09/05 | Terry Whenman (vice chairman) specimen hunting |
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| Andy Muir with 'Tango' | Maurice
Giles catching a good size Bream in the Last Chance Cup |
James Hillier fishing the Last Chance Open at Foxcotte caught a secimen Crucian Carp 1lb 14oz |
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| Jamie Higgs with his personal best common (20lb 10oz) at Foxcotte 2005 | Andy Muir with a 19lb 8oz common caught at Foxcotte a couple of years ago | Tracy with a 5lb carp caught on single corn on Python Lake at Whiteacres |
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| Dawn with one of her Tench caught on Python Lake at Whiteacres | !! Caption
Competition !! A tie between Dabbsie and Fishboy - Dabbsie - "I never had a bite all day!" Fishboy - "Buzzer seeks alchoholic treatment after getting sunburn in March!! While
is all smiles after he contemplates his lucky escape after taking
a hit on his left shoulder from a giant pigeon!" |
Dawn getting played by a carp |
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| Stu at the weigh-in | Mike at the weigh-in at The residents Gold Match Twin-oakes Whiteacres. | "The
Topping Open Trophy" Winner Martin Hopper collecting his Trophy from Chairman Charlie Topping Sept. '05 |
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| Presentation night of years gone by. What year?? | Team Missy's Maggette's | Team Dabbsie's Doods |
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| Stu with Highest Weight Andover Forum Open Match (17/04/06) | Sam with the Highest Female weight caught at Greenridge Farm (17/04/06) | Stu with fish birthday cake greenridge farm match 2 (01/05/06) |
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| Dawn with one of her bags of fish highest female catch greenridge farm match 2 (01/05/06) | A couple of pictures of the amazing spectacle of Mayfly coming back to the water to lay their eggs, and the trout going wild for them. Wherwell Estate 5/6/06. (contributed by Leaky Wader) | See previous caption. |
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| The Trip of a Lifetime for the Curtis Family (full story in articles | Jason and Jake fishing on the opposite bank of lake 2 at Bill's (full story in articles) | James Weeks caught a 17lb Mirror Carp from peg 1 on Foxcotte lake, Carp pellet paste on the hook, first week of the new season. |
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| Do you remember when Andover Angler Les Thirlaway won the National Championships? | Neil Thurston's recent catch from Anton Lake | Mike with his PB 16lb 4oz Common Carp caught on the pole at Foxcotte Lake |
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| Winner of the Old Gits Trophy Charlie Topping with his 30lb 8oz bag | Dawn with her bag of 26lb 2oz caught at Orchard lake | Perch caught at rooksbury mill on double red maggot on size twelve hook - Joe stockwell |
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| Jamie Higgs with a 19lb 8oz Common from Foxcotte Lake Aug 06 | Dawn with the Marcia Cup, winner 2006 | Name that year, Andover AC first ever National team. |
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| Greg Robinson with a 23lb 4oz Common caught at Foxcotte on artificial corn. | "At
last, got past the roach at foxecotte - here's my reward" - roachspecialist - 16/09/06 |
Greg Robinson with Tango (24lb 2oz) - 17/09/06 |
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| This 22lb 8oz carp was caught by Craig Blakeman on 21mm halibut pellet in the margins with 6mm pellet scattered around it. "lots of thanks to my fishing bud Greg Robinson" | Me and Scrag looking stupid with a small brace of carp... Thanks for the warning Terry! | A 7lb 7oz pike for joe stockwell at anton lakes (my first one) |
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| Jamie Higgs gives a 20lb+ Common a Cuddle | 10lb Common carp caught by Richard McMillan (first ever fish) | A pole-caught 20lb common carp for Les Thirlaway "get a bigger net" (sent in by Joe Stockwell) |
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| 14lb+ common carp caught by Luke Richardson at Foxcotte on peg 2. | T.J was caught at foxcotte a year and a bit ago by Craig Blakeman on 21mm halibut pellet (carp man scrag) | Club member Gary Curtis fished a weekend session at Brasenose Lakes, Linear Fisheries, Oxford recently. Gary caught 6 Carp up to 21lb 8oz, including these 4 clonkers. |
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| John Thirlaway with his catch of Rainbow Trout weighing in at 7lb 4oz and 4lb 10oz from Woodington fishery. | Mark Kew with his catch of Rainbow Trout 6lb 10oz and 5lb 8oz from woodington Trout fishery. | 12lb 5oz pike on floatfished headless sardine - caught by Joe stockwell |
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| Missy's 8lb 5oz carp caught at Foxcotte (03/12/06). Missy has christened this one "Goldie". | Contrary to (Joe's) expectations, Joe Stockwell was double-birded at the AAC Xmas Open... | Nicmac wrestles with the newly discovered "Lesser Scaled Chubby Carp" at the AAC Xmas Open |
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| Your not fixing the scales now, Mr Harland...? | Weighing in the webmaster, Birded | Not enough to stop you being Birded mate! |















is all smiles after he contemplates his lucky escape after taking
a hit on his left shoulder from a giant pigeon!"











































