Thames Tidefest 11 Sep 2016

Quick note to say this is next Sunday

Link is here https://thamestidefest.net/

Loads of activities along with the match, plenty of pubs around as well


I will be there late afternoon, cant fish as working, Ed is coming down as well

Details of the match if you want to come down and check it out. Great its on the full tidal, good challenge. All tickets gone which is impressive, maybe next year for me.


Thames Tideway Angling Championship - Sunday September 11th


   Match lnformation Sheet

Draw: 8.00am Brentford Boating Arch, Kew Bridge, Strand on the Green, W4 3RE


Tides: High 09.20    Low 15.20


Fishing: Five hours from 11am – 4.00pm (depending on tide height)  


Rules: Thigh wading permitted, all fish except eels can be weighed in


Zones: A) Strand on the Green. B) Barnes foreshore


Pegs: As per chalk numbers on wall. A) from Cafe Rouge down to just past the Grove Park Rd slipway. B) Barnes Railway Bridge down to just beyond the slipway.  


Prize monies: £500 First Prize then £250, £150 and £100 - split across both zones - winners trophy and medals plus section money. Winners cheques available on the day.


Tickets: £5 in advance with proceeds to the angling charity Get Hooked on Fishing


Sections and Pools: Eight 5 peg sections and £10 pools. Pay-out £50 to top place only (overall match winners excluded)


Parking: A) At Strand on the Green, Thames Rd or Grove Park Rd or roads off.

B) Barnes High St, Lonsdale Rd or roads off. (Please note at Barnes there will be an opportunity to    drop off your tackle at the slipway with stewards from 8am while you find somewhere to park – single yellow line parking available on Sundays and at free parking bays in High St)

I,m going as a volunteer,

Hope to see you there at some point during the day, have booked a boat trip with the Queen's Bargemaster
https://thamestidefest.net/2016/08/01/pre-book-events-online/

Fantastic day at Tidefest yesterday, the sun shone and the winning catch was some 46lb of bream.

My photos here: https://goo.gl/photos/49mMr5YwtuXszqPX9

More on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thamestidefest/

while doing me bit at barnes, left me sun cream and hat at home , 16 fisher-persons, not aloud to say fisherman, as I am a very "PC" correct person , the first thing i noties was there was no mud, not like last year, got home still mud free, the bell started them all off at 1159hrs, as we had to wait for the tide to go down so that all pers, got at least 30mins set up time, the first fish of any size took 45mins, a nice 5Ib bream, one person under barns bridge lost over 20 hook lengths, all pers started off with the feeder, and as time went on, some went on to float, only one pers, went on to use a 18m pole, only 2 people out of the 16, did not catch anything, one pers managed to get a nice bream of 4Ib, 2mins before cut off time, the winning weight was around 32Ibs for barns, all good size bream, 3 chub, a few roach, and only 3 dace, all fish were a good size, the bigist bream was around 8Ib,

I got relegated to stand on the main base at the rounderbout while the boss shoot off and took lot of pics, while I was there for 5hrs, I had to ansure all the question on what was going on in a very "PC", way, hand out leaflets, and inform the generall public, "YES", there are fish in the Thames, wot type, size, can they be eaton, things like that,

more info later, have to take me son to london

Great photos Ed, many thanks for posting the link.