Midweek Evening Series 2026.
Bideford and District Angling Club Evening Competition No.9 Tarka Swims.
Results:
1st: Craig Crash Lamey 58lb 4oz
2nd: Ian Croxton 53lb 8oz
3rd: Martin Turner 48lb 12oz
4th: Mike Snudden 47lb 14oz
5th: Keith Copland 47lb 13oz
The penultimate match of this season produced another cracking match only marred by the match secretary mislaying the scales, resulting in a rather late weigh in.
The warm day followed by a mild evening encouraged the residents to have a feed.
Winner on the night, Craig, drew peg 19 and fished meat shallow, he was run close by second placed Ian on peg 6. The forgetful match secretary was 3rd on peg 8.
All to play for on the final match in the 3 hour evening series of 10 matches, next week.
Craig the cup holder now has a 5 points advantage over Nathan Underwood ..
Bideford and District Angling Club Evening Competition No 8 Tarka Swims.
Results:
1st; Craig Crash Lamey 83lb 7oz
2nd; Rhys Eyles 70lb 4oz
3rd; Richard Jefferies 67lb 5oz
4th; Nathan Underwood 54lb 13oz.
10 members fished. The evening began with the quiet buzz of World Cup commentary as England scraped though to the last 16.
The slightly cooler conditions, has produced another fantastic match with over 22lb the lowest weight in the 8th of our three hour evening events.
The ever consistent Craig has once again done the business, this time on peg 21. He has fished out to the island for some early fish then had a great run down the margins, his winning catch was mostly taken on sweetcorn. This result puts him in equal first place on the same points with Nathan, in the league.
Rhys has drawn peg 15, and despite losing a number of fish has finished 2nd, all taken on 8mm luncheon meat.
Richard led for most of the match on peg 10 fishing the jigger, but at the whistle had to settle for 3rd.
Bideford and District Angling Club. Evening Competition No 7 Tarka Swims.
Results:
1st; Martin Turner 46lb 12oz
2nd; Ian Croxton. 43lb 8oz
3rd; Richard Jefferies 42lb 4oz
4th; Nathan Underwood 41lb 15oz
14 club members fished.
After days of record breaking weather, George's lake, Tarka swims has produced some fantastic nets in the 3 hour evening event.
Top 4 all over 40lb !
Organiser Martin has caught carp late on a top kit on peg 13, maggots over hemp seed, just enough for first place.
Maver Coventry & Warwickshire backed Ian has drawn peg 6 and fished the margins to put the Tarka ghost to bed, and come second on the night
Assistant match Secretary Richard has sat on his favourite peg 16 and fished shallow on the pole with 8mm pellet for third spot.
The league, with 3 matches remaining, is still being lead by Nathan, but the chasing pack is very tight.
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Bideford and District Angling Club Midweek Evening competition No.6 Tarka Swims.
Results:
1st: Craig Crash Lamey 44lb 6oz
2nd: Rhys Eyles 40lb 2oz
3rd: Paul Whitehead 23lb 6oz
4th: Antony Bentley 21lb 12oz.
12 members fished.
Tonight's weather was dull and damp, however this didn't stop the Bream from feeding particularly on the pegs around the islands.
The two youngest members in our mid point match have dominated.
Craig has come out winner off of peg 21 with another cracking mixed net . He's fished the long pole first on the meat then switching to dead red maggots with groundbait.
Rhys has put a super mixed net on the scales off peg 6, short pole and 8mm luncheon meat saw him in second place.
Paul has had a mainly silvers net on peg 16 for third.
Bideford and District Angling Club Midweek Evening Competition No.5 Tarka Swims.
Results:
1st:Craig Crash Lamey 48lb 14oz
2nd: Nathan Underwood 45lb 2oz
3rd: Richard Jefferies 34lb 14oz
4th: Paul Whitehead 27lb 14oz.
14 members fished.
At the half way stage in the 10 match series, Craig has just got into his stride with win number 2.
Despite a Carp leaping from the net, his overall bag, off of peg 6, was enough to put Nathan on peg 19, into second spot on the night.
Both fished mainly luncheon meat on the pole.
Richard came in third on peg 26, using hard pellets also on the pole.
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We draw for pegs at 5pm.
Bideford and District Angling Club. Midweek Evening Series Tarka Swims.
Results:
1st: Craig Crash Lamey 37lb 6oz
2nd: Richard Jefferies 33lb 5oz
3rd: Nathan Underwood 32lb 12oz
4th: Kevin Shears 29lb 14oz
10 members fished.
Tonight's match was the fourth in the ten match series, the predicted rain held off although a gusty Westerly wind made for tricky conditions.
However Carp, Tench and good roach fed, making for another close match.
Winner on the day was Craig on peg 1, after a slow start he put together a great net of quality fish mainly on luncheon meat.
Second place went to Richard on peg 16 he has caught mostly Carp on paste close to his platform.
League leader Nathan was third on peg 12.
Bideford and District Angling Club Midweek Evening Series No.2. Tarka Swims.
Results:
1st: Nathan Underwood 23lb
2nd: Antony Bentley 14lb 6oz
3rd: Richard Jefferies 14lb 1oz
4th: Paul Whitehead 13lb 6oz
11 members fished.
Despite what seemed like ideal conditions, mild and dry with a light South Westerly breeze, the fishing proved tricky.
Nathan drew peg 16 and took a convincing victory, using long and short pole tactics with meat and paste
Benny was second next door on 15 and just pipped Richard into 3rd place.
Bideford and District Angling Club Evening series No.1 Tarka swims.
Results:
1st: Martin Turner 31lb
2nd: Keith Copland 29lb 4oz
3rd: Nathan Underwood 26lb 10oz
4th: Warren Thornton 25lb 12oz
5th: Antony Bentley 21lb 1oz
14 members attended.
Our first competition in the 10 match series was fished on a cold and blustery evening .
The winner, Martin, match secretary, drew peg 6 and fished the margins with paste and meat over hemp.
In form, Keith sat on peg 1.,and fished with maggots on the pole, his mixed bag was enough for second place.
Ever reliable Nathan was third on peg 4.
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Midweek Evening Series 2025.
Bideford and District Angling Club Midweek Evening Pairs Competition.
Results:
1st Craig Crash Lamey and Richard Jefferies 97lb 5oz
2nd Paul Whitehead and Kevin Shears 69lb 3oz
3rd Stace N Dazza Polden Keith Mountjoy 68lb 2oz
4th Reg Sutton and Nathan Underwood 66lb 8oz
16 members fished.
Conditions were dry with a brisk North Westerly.
A most fitting end to our summer evening series saw the league winner Craig putting nearly 80lbs of mainly carp on the scales enabling him and Richard to win the pairs shield. Winning tactics were the ever favourite luncheon meat on the short pole on peg 6.
His partner contributed on peg 18 .
Paul and Kevin have both had 34lb each combining to come second on the night. Corn and meat the successful method.
Bideford and District Angling Club Evening Series Final Round
Results:
1st Nathan Underwood 38lb 22oz
2nd Craig Crash Lamey 34lb 8oz
3rd Rhys Eyles 33lb 14oz
4th Martin Turner 32lb 2oz
5th Keith Copland 27lb 4oz
6th Richard Jefferies 26lb 15oz
16 members fished.
The final match in our summer evening league was keenly contested in damp but mild conditions.
Tarka Swims has once again produced a very close
results.
The two main contenders for the league title have finished 1st and second. Nathan on peg 18 has done enough to win on the night but Craig's second place was enough secure the league title 103 points to 98.
Kevin Shears has finished a very credible 3rd on 91 points.
Tactics on the night have mainly been short pole with luncheon meat.
The league has been fished in great spirits and mostly very pleasant conditions. We thank the club for providing a terrific venue and allowing us to use the lake on Wednesday evenings.
Next week is the evening pairs event this concludes the 2025 summer evening series ,
Bideford and District Angling Club Midweek Evening Competition No 8.
Results:
1st Craig Crash Lamey 43lb 6oz
2nd Stace N Dazza Polden 39lb 1oz
3rd Martin Turner 37lb 1oz
4th Mike Snudden 33lb 2oz
5th Kevin Shears 32lb 15oz.
17 members fished.
Weather conditions were perfect, warm and gentle westerly breeze after a hot day.
Craig has once again done the business in style, this time on peg 19 another great net of Carp Bream and Tench mostly taken on luncheon meat on the pole.
Darren had to settle for second on peg 14, a mainly Carp catch, again the meat in the margins.
Martin was third off peg 11 with a mixed net on paste.
Bideford and District Angling Club Midweek Evening Competition No. 7
Results:
1st Martin Turner 34lb 13oz
2nd Nathan Underwood 34lb 9oz
3rd Stace N Dazza Polden 29lb 15oz
4th Kevin Shears 29lb 6oz
5th Antony Bentley 28lb 10oz
6th Ian Croxton 21lb 11oz
13 fished.
Tonight's 3 hour competition was held on George's lake in a brisk westerly breeze.
Martin won on peg 19 mostly using paste in the margins, his net included some good Tench and Bream.
Nathan came a very close 2nd on peg 13, again using paste and meat in the margins.
Darren was third on peg 14.
Sunday sees the home leg of our annual interclub match with Plymouth.
Bideford and District Angling Club Midweek Evening Competition No.6
Results:
1st Craig Crash Lamey 49lb 10oz
2nd Kevin Shears 37lb 7oz
3rd Keith Copland 35lb 6oz
4th Keith Mountjoy 30lb 2oz
5th Les Polden 26lb
14 members fished.
Light drizzle and still muggy conditions seemed to switch the Carp off, but the bream certainly had a good feed .
There appears to be no stopping Craig, who chalked up his 4th victory in a row. This is quite remarkable, as he has done this from all areas around the lake.
This time off of peg 10, again on luncheon meat.
Kevin's bag of mainly good sized skimmer bream was taken on corn fished in the margins on peg 6.
Keith has come third on peg 17.
Bideford and District Angling Club Midweek Evening Competition No. 5
Results:
1st Craig Crash Lamey 50lb 8oz
2nd Stace N Dazza Polden 30lb
3rd Les Polden 28lb 15oz
4th Ian Croxton 21lb 15oz
5th Keith Copland 18lb 15oz
6th Keith Mountjoy 18lb 5oz
19 members fished.
Just pass the half way point in the league, Craigs convincing victory on peg 24 pushes him into 2nd place in the league, father and son, Les and Darren,
took second and third places Darren on peg 6 and Les on 12.
The conditions were warm with a brisk wind mainly emanating from peg 16, where our new league leader took 4th place.
Meat corn pellet and paste have all featured in the mixed catches.
Bideford and District Angling Club Evening Competition No4
Results:
1st Craig Crash Lamey 56lb 3oz
2nd Nathan Underwood 44lb 15oz
3rd Kevin Shears 32lb 7oz
4th Steve Johnson 30lb
5th Ian Croxton 29lb 9oz
6th Martin Turner 28lb 14oz
19 members fished.
Another great evening sport was enjoyed by our matchmen, 1st and second have come from opposite ends of the lake .
Craig has moved into 5th position in the league with a terrific win on peg 14 , with a bag of mainly larger carp from the margins on meat.
Nathan maintains his lead in the 10 match series taking 2nd spot on peg 24 using similar tactics .
Kevin keeps up his form at the draw bag , taking 3rd place on peg 10.
Midweek Evening Competition No.3
Results:
1st Craig Crash Lamey 33lb 4oz
2nd Kevin Shears 32lb 4oz
3rd Nathan Underwood 29lb 10oz
4th Ian Croxton 22lb 8oz
5th Reg Sutton 16lb 3oz
17 members fished.
George's lake produced another interesting competition, the weather remained dry although cooler than recently.
Craig our youngest competitor, made no mistakes on peg 22 and had almost equal amounts of carp and silvers, for a well deserved victory on the long pole with meat.
Despite a dislocated shoulder Kevin has been able to catch a decent net of mainly silvers and tench on the pole with corn hookbait for second spot off of peg 17.
Third spot went to Nathan on peg 19, with a fabulous all tench catch on paste bait.
Midweek Evening Competition No.2
Results, :
1st Nathan Underwood 52lb 13oz
2nd Steve Johnson 27lb 12oz
3rd Ian Croxton 23lb 6oz
4th Kevin Shears 22lb 13oz
5th Keith Mountjoy 22lb 1oz
6th Richard Jefferies 21lb 3oz
20 members enjoyed another pleasant evening on George's lake.
Nathan, last year's midweek series winner, drew on what's now becoming the infamous, peg 4.
He has made no mistakes and fished the long pole for a clear victory. Luncheon meat over micros was his choice of tactics. Steve and Kevin have had a next peg battle on 21 and 22 , Steve has added 4 carp to his silvers bag to secure 2nd spot .
Ian has taken 3rd spot on peg 6 using both pole and feeder tactics.
Kevin's mainly slivers net was taken on the pole on corn for 4th place overa
Midweek Evening Competition Tarka Swims.
Results:
1st Rhys Eyles 60lb 7oz
2nd Craig Crash Lamey 50lb 5oz
3rd Richard Jefferies 35lb 5oz
4th Ian Croxton 32lb.
12 fished.
Fantastic weights for our first evening competition of the summer.
Rhys has fished a blinder on peg 4 to put a terrific net of carp and tench on the scales.
His winning catch was taken on the long pole on meat.
Craig had a similar catch to take second place on peg 26, also using luncheon meat on the pole.
Richard stuck to his favourite pellet waggler for 3rd place on peg 14.
Midweek Evening Series 2024.
Midweek Evening Pairs Match.
Results:
1st Rhys Eyles and Dazza Polden 96lb 12oz
2nd Nathan Underwood and Roger Ackroyd 69lb 8oz
3rd Warren Thornton and Kevin Maddocks 48lb 14oz
16 members fished
A wet cold evening didn't put the fish off, on this our final evening match. The pairs are drawn for this event, although the top three places didn't need their partners weight !
Rhys's almost 70lb catch from peg 4 was enough for victory on its own. His long pole luncheon meat approach, was backed up by Darren on peg 18.
Nathan and Roger came in second on pegs 16 and 2 respectively.
The evening matches have once again proved very popular with our members who have generally enjoyed good weather throughout the series, and long may they continue.
Bideford and District Angling Club Final Midweek Evening Competition.
Results:
1st Kevin Shears 40lb 15oz
2nd Rhys Eyles 33lb 11oz
3rd Nathan Underwood 27lb 4oz
4th Martin Turner 24lb 4oz
5th Warren Thornton 24lb
6th Craig Crash Lamey 21lb 10oz
19 fished
Our regular Wednesday match fishers were treated to another pleasant evening to round up what has been a cracking series.
Kevin has won his first match of the 10, with a great net taken on luncheon meat in the margins of peg 14.
This has moved him up the table into second position
Rhys, on peg 24 has fished out to the island on the pole for second place.
Nathan's complete dominance of the evening series was confirmed with his 3rd place off of peg 9, this has earned him the the winners shield with a record score, almost 40 points clear
Next week sees us competing for the evening pairs shield.
Bideford and District Angling Club Midweek No. 9
Results:
1st Warren Thornton 43lb 9oz
2nd Nathan Underwood 35lb
3rd Ian Croxton 30lb 13oz
4th Craig Crash Lamey 28lb 13oz
5th Keith Copland 28lb 9oz
15 fished .
Tarka Swims has produced another terrific contest, 10 out of 15 have weighed in more than 20 lbs ,
Warren has topped the bunch with a cracking 3 hour total net of almost 44lbs, he has fished with luncheon meat on peg 9 for his first ever win.
Nathan has, again, done his paste on pole trick to conjure up second spot off peg 1.
Ian made the trip up from Kilkhampton worthwhile with another paste net for third on peg 18.
Our final match in the series, that has come around all too soon, and is next Wednesday.
Bideford and District Angling Club Evening Competition No.8
Results
1st Keith Copland 34lb 1oz
2nd Nathan Underwood 24lb
3rd Kevin Shears 20lb 1oz
4th Mike Snudden 19lb 6oz
5th Richard Jefferies 18lb 8oz
13 members fished
With 2 matches to go Keith has managed to knock Nathan off the top spot.
His mixed net was taken on the short pole on corn over micros on peg 14.
League leader Nathan has come in second on peg 19
and Kevin 3rd on peg 4..
Bideford and District Angling Club Evening Competition No. 7
Results:
1st Nathan Underwood 43lb 10oz
2nd Warren Thornton 30lb 7oz
3rd Kevin Shears 28lb 11oz
4th Rhys Eyles 22lb 1oz
5th Roger Ackroyd 20lb 8oz
6th Ian Croxton 17lb 11oz
17 members fished.
Nathan continues his remarkable run of results, with another victory in our summer evening series. He has drawn peg 16 for the second week running! , and made no mistakes using the trusty pole and paste beside the lilly pads.
Second spot went to Warren on peg 13 using corn then meat over micros.
Kevin on peg 1 has caught some decent carp on hard pellets out towards the island for third place., moving him up the league into 4th position.
Bideford and District Angling Club Evening Competition No. 6
Results:
1st Roger Ackroyd 43lb 2oz
2nd Nathan Underwood 40lb 4oz
3rd Craig Crash Lamey 39lb 8oz
4th Kevin Shears 22lb 5oz
5th Martin Turner 21lb 11oz
11 fished.
Our members were treated to a beautiful midsummer evening, and the top three had a very close battle, Roger came out on top on peg 19, he fished with a long pole to the island shallow with pellets.
Nathan has done his thing with paste off peg 16 for second place.
Craig has fished in the corner on peg 13, shallow with pellets for a very close third spot.
Bideford and District Angling Club Evening Competition No 5
Results. :
1st Nathan Underwood 24lb 8oz
2nd Ian Croxton 24,lb
3rd Craig Crash Lamey 23lb
4th Mike Snudden 17lb 14oz
5th Les Polden 17lb 4oz
16 members fished.
At the midway point of our summer league we were treated to a warmish, less breezy evening.
Nathan has once again performed his paste on the pole trick for yet another victory off of peg 9.
Ian, on peg 6, was a close second on 24lb, and Craig, not far behind in third on peg 1 with 23lb .
Bideford and District Angling Club Evening Competition No. 4
Results:
1st Nathan Underwood 38lb 1oz
2nd Kevin Shears 33lb
3rd Thomas Scott 22lb 5oz
4th Ian Croxton 20lb 8oz
5th Les Polden 19lb 9oz
18 members fished
Pleasant conditions, warm but a sneaky North Westerly breeze, for this the fourth in the series.
That man Nathan on peg 9 has made it 3 on the bounce, with another victory, paste on the pole the winning technique.
Kevin on peg 1 has fished towards peg 26 again on pole and paste for second on the night.
Youngster, Thomas has made a welcome return and managed third spot on peg 13.
The Cornish Brummie settled for fourth.
Bideford and District Angling Club Evening competition No. 3
Results:
1st Nathan Underwood 33lb
2nd Richard Jefferies 29lb 15oz
3rd Stace N Dazza Polden 26lb 7oz
4th Keith Mountjoy 22lb 11oz
5th Martin Turner 22lb 10oz
6th Roger Ackroyd 22lb 5oz
18 members fished.
The 3rd match in the 10 match series was fished in reasonable conditions, a brisk westerly and warmish evening led to another close competition..
Out of the 18 numbers in the draw bag Nathan has again drawn peg 13 !
He fished with paste over pellets in the margins for his second victory of the series.
Richard has drawn the adjacent peg 12 and fished in a similar fashion for the second spot.
Darren has had a couple of larger fish and some skimmers for third off peg 3 .
BDAC Midweek evening series No 2
Results
1st Nathan Underwood 34 lb 9oz
2nd David Bailey 24lb
3rd Mike Snudden 23 lb 10oz
4th Craig Crash Lamey 20lb 11oz
5th Stace N Dazza Polden 18lb 8oz
14 members fished.
A rather damp evening proved tough going for some, Nathan has bounced back to form with a convincing victory from peg 13 , paste fished into the weed bed was his chosen tactic.
David has made a successful return with a lovely net of mainly silver fish on maggot from peg 8 for 2nd spot.
Mike has caught on worms on the pole on peg 5 for 3rd place.
BDAC Midweek Evening Competition No1
Results:
1st Martin Turner 21lb 5oz
2nd Rhys Eyles 17lb 7oz
3rd Kevin Shears 15lb 11oz
4th Ian Croxton 12lb 10oz
13 members fished.
The first match of our summer evening series was fished in a brisk Southerly breeze and warm sunshine meaning tricky conditions for some of the competitors.
The top 3 weights all came from the right hand bank
Martin won with 2 small Carp and a good net of mainly Tench, taken on paste and worm on peg 16.
Rhys drew peg 19 and had some better Carp on the long pole for second place.
Kevin ,on the adjoining peg 18, took third place , shallow maggot on the pole was his choice.
