River Idle Fish-in

[Sean Meeghan]

Ron can have the armchair swim that 'Pool Shark' Dexter had last year.

[chavender]

I'm in for the breakfast and meal ,not sure on the match as i may like a wonder about .

[Sean Meeghan]

Right the meals and the match length are booked. Those who don't want to fish the match will be able to roam below the bridge for the price of the match fee.

Both the pub and the match venue are flexible on numbers so if anyone else wants to come just let me know.

The Landlord of the Haxey Gate will do us a deal on accomodation for those who want to stay over.

Just one small point left to resolve:

Who's got the trophy?

[J K]

Not me I only won the money!

[Graham Marsden]

Originally Posted by Sean Meeghan

Just one small point left to resolve:

Who's got the trophy?

You need to have a word with Mark Hewitt.......

[Sean Meeghan]

Right folks, things are looking iffy weather-wise. What I'll do is check with the owner of the stretch we're fishing on Wednesday afternoon and make a decision then on whether or not we fish. If the banks are OK we'll fish, if not I'll cancel.

[Eddie Hirst]

Thanks Sean
Lets hope lady luck rides again and it will be ok

[Ron The Hat Clay]

At the moment I cannot get my car out of my street due to the height of the snow and the density of the pack ice underneith. The council will not grit it.

There are temperatures predicted at minus 12 and minus 10 on Monday and Tuesday this week. And that will be in the daytime.

If this weather continues I will not be able to go. The river will most likely be frozen too, to say nothing of the local stillwaters.

Therefore I will wait until we get a bit of mild weather which might be next week, then I will go at short notice.

I will keep in touch.

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Having consulted the long range weather forcast it looks like Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of the week after next will be OK. That will give quite a few days for a thaw to set in and clear the ice.

That's when I think I'll be going!

[Sean Meeghan]

I've had a (very expensive, as he's in Egypt!) chat with the owner and the pub and I'm going to cancel the event as it's unlikely the banks will be in any fit state for us to fish safely.

What I'll do is post another thread with some proposed dates (last week in Jan first week in Feb?) and see if we can rearrange.

[Ron The Hat Clay]

I think this is the only logical thing to do Sean.

I will be watching the weather and if we can get 2 weeks where everthing can thaw and the snow melt can fully run off, the river will fish it's *******s off!