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Work Party Outing to
Brick Farm, 30th
November 2016
Some twelve members
who had helped out at work
parties through the year, had an
end of season / pre Christmas day
out to Brick Farm Lakes at
Windmill Hill on 30th November,
where, in addition to the
fishing, we enjoyed a superb
full English breakfast provided
by Annie, in the magnificent oak
fishing lodge.
It was a beautiful sunny day,
not cold, with light winds, but
two nights of sharp frosts had
resulted in there being ice on
the water in the margins and the
early starters also found that
ice building up in the rod rings
made casting a little difficult.
The fish weren’t that
co-operative either, with just
three being caught before our 11
o’clock breakfast, two going to
Brenda Newington, the only lady
present.
However, whether it was due to
the lunchtime arrival of fresh
stock or not, the fishing
improved greatly thereafter and
most managed to catch their
limit, although sadly there were
still a couple of blanks, who
shall remain nameless. All in
all it was a very enjoyable day.
On-Line Auction
Our recent on-line
auction of 10 lots
kindly donated by
Syndicate members,
Duncton Mill Trout
Fishery, Brick Farm
Lakes, our sponsors Selectafly and the
Ridgeview Wine Estate, raised a total of £370
for Syndicate funds.
Thanks are due to all
the donors and bidders,
whether successful or
not.
Cinder Hill Fly Fishing and the Sussex Branch
of S&TC UK
at the
Autumn Show & Game Fair, Ardingly 2016
Cinder Hill
Fly Fishing and the Sussex
Branch of S&TC UK were at
the Autumn Show and Game Fair at
the South of England
Show-ground, Ardingly, held on
Saturday the 1st. and Sunday the
2nd.of October.
We didn’t
have quite as many people this
year on the Friday afternoon to
help set-up the tent and get
things organised for the Show.
We are demonstrably getting
better at it because it all
seemed to fit together quite
smoothly and we didn’t have to
repeat anything. Even the
weather was on our side and the
showers stayed away until we had
finished.
Unfortunately, the same
couldn’t be said about the
weather on Saturday, the first
day of the Show, as it started to
rain soon after 9:00am. and,
with only a few short breaks,
continued until the early
afternoon. Needless to
say, this kept most of the
visitors in the covered parts of
the Show and only a very few
intrepid individuals ventured as
far as our tent. Luckily
things changed in the afternoon
and we enjoyed sunshine for the
rest of the afternoon. This brought more visitors to
the stand and, in the end, we
had quite a busy afternoon. Sunday
started cool and breezy but the
sun appeared and we had a steady
footfall of people through the
tent.
We were lucky
to have Henry Gould helping us
with the casting and
demonstrations on Sunday. Henry
has been a member of the England
Junior Fly Fishing Team and is
now about to move up to the
Senior Team. You may have
seen the interview with him on
the Meridian South East News on
Sunday at 6:00pm.
There was
steady interest in membership of
the Fishing Syndicate as well as
S&TC UK and on Sunday we ran out
of Syndicate leaflets.
However, time will tell whether
that translates into actual
members next year.
 There was
considerable interest in the
Courses and we understand that the
remaining adult
course in October is now fully
subscribed and there is a list
of people interested in
attending courses next year. Our
attendance at these shows is a
valuable aid to recruitment for
the Syndicate as well as the
National Organisations.
The rod
awarded to one of the "Have-a Go"
casters at the end of the show
was won by a young man who is
very keen to continue fishing
and will be put to very good
use.
Needless to
say, the success of our
attendance at these shows is
wholly due to the time and hard
work of our trusty band of
instructors and volunteers to
whom we owe our gratitude.
We are
planning again to be at the
South of England Show at
Ardingly on the 8th. 9th. and
10th. of June next year so why
not put the dates into your
diary and come along to see us.
Water testing volunteers
required
The
Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust is
seeking new volunteers to join
their water testing team. They
meet monthly in Barcombe, near
Lewes, to test samples for
physical and chemical parameters
relating to water quality.
Full
training will be provided, so no
previous experience is required,
although a basic knowledge of
using scientific instruments
would be useful. This
opportunity is open to all, but
would be particularly suitable
for students wishing to boost
their CV and gain experience in
water testing.
If you’re
interested in finding out more
please email:
st.pierre@oart.org.uk
Cinder Hill
Trouting Syndicate
in association with
the Sussex Branch of Salmon &
Trout Conservation UK
Online
Auction 2016
In the past at our AGMs and
Annual Dinner, in order to
bolster our funds, we have held
an Auction of various items
kindly donated by some of our
sponsors and friends of our
Branch and the Syndicate.
Once again, this year, thanks to
the generosity of our sponsors
and friends, we have items to
auction.
However, this time, as the AGMs
& Dinner were held as completely
separate functions, the latter
at the Chequers Inn at
Maresfield being a purely social
event, we are therefore again
holding an Auction, but this
time completely
“on-line”.
The catalogue of the Lots on
offer can be accessed
here and you are invited to
make your bid for any one or
more of the items via our
Googlemail account:
sta.sussex@gmail.com.
The closing date for bids is the
31st August 2016 and regular
updates of the current situation
will be provided. Bidding is not
restricted to members of the
Branch or Syndicate, anyone can
make an offer, so please feel
free to circulate the details to
friends and family.
As soon as possible after the
closing date, the winning bids
will be announced, the
successful bidders contacted and
arrangements made for payment
and delivery.
Annual Dinner
Some 25 or so Syndicate
and
STCUK Sussex
Branch members, partners
& friends attended a
purely social event on
Friday the 17th June, at
the Chequers Inn,
Maresfield.
Unencumbered by the need
to hold the Branch and
Syndicate AGMs prior to
the meal, a very
pleasant evening was
enjoyed by all.
Cinder Hill Fly Fishing and the Sussex Branch
of S&TC UK
at the
South of England Show 2016
Cinder Hill Fly Fishing Syndicate together
with the Sussex Branch of
S&TC UK were once again at the
South of England Show, this year
held on the 9th. 10th. and
11th. of June.
Somehow or
other we managed to get the
tent set up on the Tuesday
afternoon without any of the
usual set backs. We even
succeeded in getting all of the
poles in their correct places
first time around, got
all of the walls up without
first attaching one or more of
them inside out and even
managed to get the roof on
before it started to rain and
therefore succeeded in remaining dry
for our journey home.
The weather
on the first two days of the
Show was warm and dry but, once
again, visitor numbers to our
stand were low. Numbers were
much better on the Saturday with
a steady flow of mainly juniors
wanting to "Have a Go" at fly
casting. So many of the juniors were
interested in taking information
about our courses such that we ran
out of course leaflets quite
early on the Saturday.
This
year we were again lucky enough
to have Luke Hill, who is a
member of the England Junior Fly
Fishing team with us to help
out. A healthy number of people
seemed to be interested in
joining S&TC UK, with the
majority also being interested
in membership of the Syndicate. We suspect attendance
numbers were probably lower than
last year but overall it was a
successful show for us.
It’s only
courtesy of our fantastic and
loyal band of volunteers that we
are able to attend these shows
which help recruitment to the
Syndicate as well as the
national organisations, so once
again, let us place on record
our sincere thanks to everyone
who helped us in any way.
We are
planning to attend the Autumn
Show and Game Fair at Ardingly
on the 1st and 2nd of October
so why not come along and see us
there.
Obituary -
Ron Staplehurst
It
is with sadness that we
report on the passing of
an old friend at the
beginning of April.
Always known as Ron, he
was a member of the
Syndicate for a good
many years, only giving
up a couple of years or
so ago due to failing
health. He also served
on the then Salmon &
Trout Association, East
Sussex & the later
Sussex Branch Committee
for many years.
Although somewhat
controversial at times,
until his health failed,
Ron would always turn
out to help on the
Syndicate work parties
and
at the various shows
where the Branch had a
stand. Most afternoons
at around 3pm, provided
the weather was half
decent, Ron would visit
Cinder Hill & Piplye,
sometimes he would fish,
but often he would just
tidy up the huts, empty
the rubbish bins,
disposing of the
rubbish, feed the ducks,
chat with any members
who happened to be there
fishing at the time and
collect the catch return
sheets every month.
Ron
simply enjoyed being
there and we are very
happy that his family
are planning to scatter
his ashes at the place
he loved so much.
January 2016
Newsletter
The
January 2016
Newsletter can be viewed
here
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