ST MICHAEL FLY FISHERS
A Premier UK Club
Founded in 1987
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MAY 2022
LAKEDOWN
Twenty-four members attended the day, this meant we had the whole venue to ourselves! The morning started with a breakfast bap, tea and coffee and everyone eager to get to one of the four lakes on offer.
APRIL 2022
ROCKBOURNE
After anxiously checking the weather forecast every day for the week before our 35th Anniversary outing to
Rockbourne it turned out that we could not have wished for a better day.
MARCH 2022
AVON SPRINGS
The fishing initially started slowly, with one of the early fish caught weighing in at 6lb 10oz. During the first period about half the anglers caught good quality fish.
FEB 2022
LECHLADE
The level of excitement in returning to fish at Lechlade after a three-year absence was very apparent. Talk of huge fish and similarly sized breakfasts was in the air!
DEC 2021
AVON SPRINGS & AGM
With great expectation 23 of us arrived at Avon Springs for the last visit of the year. This is a fishery that ranks high on the list of favourites for many of the members and rarely if ever disappoints.
NOV 2021
MEON SPRINGS
A bright day with a gentle breeze greeted the 17 of us on arrival. A welcome mug of coffee or tea with biscuits set us up before the first hour’s session when we fished for The George Wilding Memorial Trophy.
OCT 2021
Duncton Mill
Our first visit to Duncton Mill under its new management.
An overcast day with some rain to start. Fishing started slowly but picked up nicely as the day went on and the sun came out.
SEPT 2021
Farmoor Reservoir
A Foggy drive through the Oxfordshire countryside. A hearty full English breakfast, a chance to catch up with friends followed by a day’s fishing. What a wonderful way to spend a day!
JUNE 2021
John O'Gaunt
Well what a fine day we were treated to at John O Gaunt, the weather really could not have been finer and we were treated to the sight of water sprays on the lower lake for the first time…
MAY 2021
Farmoor
Considering it was a midweek outing a great turnout of 12 members, and 2 guests attended. Debbie at the Waterside Café kindly opened early for us to have breakfast, which was excellent
and set us up for the day…
MAY 2021
Lakedown Trout Fishery
Members arrived at 8am by which time the heaviest of the rain had eased. Egg & bacon baps, tea & coffee accompanied a briefing by Ted the bailiff who suggested intermediate lines would be best…
MAY 2021
Rockbourne Social Club Outing
A brief report from the Day Captain of our first social club outing of 2021…
APRIL 2021
Avon Springs
Our first meeting of the year after a weary period of lockdown…
DEC 2020
Avon Springs
The day, after a very grey December was spectacularly bright and not too cold…
SEPT 2020
Rockbourne
First of all, I hope everyone enjoyed the club’s first visit to Rockbourne in 15 years or so…
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JUNE 2020
John O'Gaunts
we were delighted to be able to go fishing again when some of the lockdown measures were eased in May…
MARCH 2020
Duncton Mill
Having had Lechlade cancelled due to the recent storms it was good to at last have our first outing of the season.…
Tributes to Absent Friends
This year has been very sad with the loss of Kevin Doherty in March, and Godfrey Cotton in July and more recently Eddie Edwards earlier in December, they always fished with a smile.
DEC 2019
Avon Springs
Having endured freezing temperatures earlier in the week, and heavy rain two days later the gods smiled on us, and we had perfect fishing weather for this the last outing of the season…
NOV 2019
Meon Springs
This has become an event in honour of our past Chairman George who frequently enjoyed large bright and garish lures that he bragged always caught at Meon.…
OCT 2019
Duncton Mill
Despite the dire forecast of rain, rain and more rain, the legend of The South Downs rain shadow did us proud. …
JUNE 2019
John O'Gaunt
Flaming June has been flaming wet, but for this outing it was a beautiful day, could it be summer has arrived? 20 of us met at the Crown Inn for an excellent breakfast, then off to the fishery. …
MAY 2019
Farmoor
The day got off to a start with breakfast at the Farmoor Sailing Club where a choice of breakfast was served. This was our Club’s first visit for a while to this reservoir…
APRIL 2019
Avon Springs
It was raining cats, and dogs on the journey down, and to say the least rather windy. As we tackled up the rain eased off, and by the time we had finished breakfast it had stopped…
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