Round one of the Harleston Junior Angling Club's summer series.

Twelve year old Travis Woodward starting his match fishing career in style with a great win in his first ever fishing competition. Harleston Junior angling Club first Thursday evening competition of the season part of a six match summer series attracted a good turnout of nineteen keen youngsters. With the weather staying warm all week and a good cloud cover on the night good weights were expected but did not materialise for most of the field. The match started with promise and plenty of fish were landed in the first hour, but then the wind dropped and slowed sport leaving Daniel Elliott and Travis well out in front at the final whistle.

Travis drew well pulling one of the pits most productive pegs, peg seven out of the bag but drawing well and catching them are two different things. Travis fishing his first fishing competition kept things simple by just setting up one method feeder rod, this was cast the short distance to the side of the island. Travis then lost a fish on his very first cast then settled down and was then soon into a nice steady rhythm catching small carp regularly using pellet hook baits. Daniel Elliott and Jack Weatherley put the pressure on early with good runs of fish until the wind dropped and the fish moved. Travis was the only angler who could maintain a steady catch rate for the full three hours to amass a very respectable total of 28lb of carp and one Bream a personal best specimen weighing 2lb 7oz to force club champion Daniel Elliott into second place.

Reigning club champion Daniel Elliott thought his luck was in when he drew peg 30 scene of his record-breaking catch last week. He started well catching three big carp tight to the lilies in the margin all on pole fished meat over a pellet feed once this swim died a switch to the waggler with floating baits fooled two more to finish with five for 22lb 8oz and good points in his bid to win the Club championship for the fourth consecutive year.

Third placed Jack Weatherley and arch rival Charlie Hodd were locked neck and neck in battle all match and only 4oz separated them with Jack just nicking it with 9lb 10oz to Charlie Hodd's 9lb 6oz. Jack pole fished pellet from peg 3 towards the island and tight to the nearside reed bed to take mainly small carp with a few silver fish.

Last years runner up Charlie fished a similar match from peg 8 to land two big carp and a few small fish fishing pellet at thirteen metres into the corner most of the competition.

Jack Denny another new angler this year just missed out on a top three finish fishing peg 26 landing one big carp weighing 5lb 15oz and losing two more big fish which broke him in the lilies.

Full result

1. Peg 7 Travis Woodward 28lb
2. Peg 30 Daniel Elliott 22lb 8oz
3. Peg 3 Jack Weatherley 9lb 10oz
4. Peg 8 Charlie Hodd 9lb 6oz
5. Peg 26 Jack Denny 5lb 15oz
6. Peg 29 Thomas Sage 5lb 1oz
7. Peg 17 James Collings 4lb 14oz
8. Peg 5 Samuel Clifford 4lb 8oz
9. Peg 32 Edward Howman 3lb 14oz
10. Peg 22 Kaden Spooner 3lb 2oz
11. Peg 14 Ricky Leggett 3lb 1oz
12. Peg 10 James Aston 3lb
13. Peg 18 Philip Shulver 2lb 2oz
14. Peg 3 Andrew Clifford 2lb
15. Peg 15 Kieron Loane 1lb 6oz
16. Peg 16 Shane Riches 14oz
17. Peg 28 Jack Risebourgh 10oz
18. Peg 13 Ian Lange 2oz
19. Peg 11 Liam Baker DNW

Match Facts.

Attendance : 19
Venue : Weybread Club Pit
Weather : Overcast with a light South east wind.
Total weight : 110lb 1oz
Average weight : 5lb 12oz
D.N.W : 1