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Goodbye Alan Purnell
Unfortunately for
us, Alan Purnell, our Lead Coach
and Welfare Officer
who has run and organised our
fly fishing courses for some 10
years running, is leaving the
sunny south and moving
‘up-north’ to be closer to his
family.
As a thank you and
a memento of his many years of
service to the Branch and
latterly the Syndicate, at the
Committee meeting on the 25th
November, he was presented with
an engraved fly box on behalf
of the Syndicate,
Alan will be
greatly missed - his are big
fishing boots to fill.
Thank you Alan for
all your dedication,
professionalism and friendship
and best wishes for the future.
Cinder Hill
Trouting Syndicate
in association with
The
Sussex Branch of Salmon & Trout
Conservation UK
ONLINE AUCTION 2017
As last year, in order to
bolster our funds, we are
holding an on-line Auction of
various items kindly donated by
some of our sponsors, members
and friends of the Syndicate and
Branch.
A PDF copy of the catalogue of
the lots on offer can be
downloaded
here and members are invited
to make their bid for any one or
more of the items via our
Googlemail account
sta.sussex@gmail.com
The closing date for bids is the
20th October 2017 and regular
updates of the current situation
will be provided. Bidding is not
restricted to members of the
Syndicate or Branch, anyone can
make an offer.
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.
2017 Charity
Fishing Day in Aid of McMillan Nurses
On the 9th
September, member Laurie Storer and Secretary Mark Orchin organised and ran a very successful Charity Fishing day
at Piplye Ponds in aid of
Macmillan Nurses.
In all, over a dozen members and
guests caught over 20 superb fish up to 4lb.
The food team lead by
Val Orchin produced an excellent BBQ and special thanks go to Laurie for
inspiring the day when £400 was raised for a very worthy
cause.
Although we all got soaked
clearing up afterwards,
fortunately the fishing was in
excellent weather.
Junior Course, 3rd
September 2017
Report courtesy of Alan Purnell.
Regrettably, only four
youngster’s signed up for the
course, Corbin Burgess (9), who
won the rod at the Summer Show, Tom
(14) and Jesse (11) Lunt and Tori
Day (8) who joined as a
result of having a go at the Edenbridge & Oxted Show.
Although the rain started to
fall as Simon Young and Garry
Pool were running through health
and safety and the casting
demonstration, it did not dampen
the children’s enthusiasm to
learn how to cast with a fly
rod.
Garry paired up with Tom, Simon
paired up with Jesse and Tori and
I paired up with Corbin.
Following a short period of
casting with a wool tag the
youngsters were anxious to
commence fishing and it was not
long before Tori was into her
first fish, followed shortly
afterwards by her brother
Jesse. Tom was also soon into a fish
but it escaped just as it was
about to be netted. Not long
afterwards Corbin was into his
first fish and Tori was into her
second, a cracking specimen of a
Trout.
By 4 o'clock
the rain was falling heavily,
giving rise to the children’s
welfare, however, they were all
pumped up with adrenalin, and
did not want to cut the session
short. By 16:30 all but Tom had
caught their two fish limit and
we were able to close the
session by 5 o'clock much to the
relief of the parents who had
stayed to support their
children.
The
enthusiasm of the children,
combined with their eagerness to
learn made this a very enjoyable
course for Simon, Garry and
myself.
Summer 2017 Newsletter
To view our Summer 2017 Newsletter,
please click
here
Connect with the Countryside,
13th. July 2017
Once again
this July, volunteers from the
Cinder Hill Syndicate together
with the Sussex Branch of S&TC
UK, supported the team of GAIA
Instructors at the
Connect with the Countryside
event held for schoolchildren
from local schools, at the Ardingly show-ground.
It was a warm
and sunny day with just a slight
occasional breeze. The
children visited our enclosure
by the lake in class groups and
as many children as possible
were given the opportunity to
learn the technique of fly
casting by the team of
instructors. The
pace was hectic from about 9:30
in the morning until around 2:30
in the afternoon, with barely a
chance for anyone to stop for a
drink.
The feedback
from the candidates was good
and, although brief, they all
seemed to have enjoyed the
experience. Finally,
after the last child had been
seen, with the school coaches
filled and heading out of the
showground, the instructors and
volunteers adjourned to the
Norfolk Pavilion where a very
welcome buffet lunch was
provided for exhibitors by the
show organisers.
Adult Course, 18th June 2017
Report courtesy of Alan Purnell.
What fly fisherman would
contemplate an afternoon fishing
on possibly the hottest
afternoon of the year let alone
running a course for four
absolute beginners?
What an afternoon it turned out
to be. Following the “Welcome”,
Simon ran through the health and
safety brief,
which did not scare off any
participants, then Tony Kaatze did a
short presentation of the kit we
anglers carry before I covered
rod construction and assembly,
reels, lines, leaders and flies.
We then split into groups for
practical experience of the roll
and overhead casts.
Although there were millions if not
trillions of damsels hatching, no trout
were showing during the
practice with yarn tag on Grubbero
Pool. Following a short
refreshment break, fishing
commenced and it was not long
before two of Simon’s team were
into fish on Grubbero. I took
my team to Piplye Pool and it
was not long before the lady
participant was into a fish
which she played beautifully and
judging by the screeches and "ooohs
" and "aahs" reaching us, it was
obvious the team on Grubbero
were having a great time, as the
was lady was on Piplye.
The lady in my team caught on
a Rhubarb & Custard, but the killer fly was the
blue flash damsel (small,
anorexic tying) fished on the
floating line. Daren’t declare how many fish
were caught but suffice to say
four absolute beginners had a
cracking day and are likely to
take up the sport. I expect you
will soon get enquiries about
joining the Syndicate. Isn’t it wonderful the trout
don’t read the text books!!!!!
Sorry, no photos, Simon and I
were too busy running back and
forth netting fish.
Cinder Hill Trouting Syndicate and
Sussex Branch S&TC UK
at the
South of England Show 2017.
The 8th, 9th
and 10th of June 2017 saw
the Cinder Hill Trouting
Syndicate together with the
Sussex Branch of S&TC UK
back at the South of England
Show again and similar to
previous years, we met up at the
showground at Ardingly on the
Tuesday before the show to set
up our stand. The gusty breeze
brought with it some challenges
as we erected the tent and,
luckily for us, we had the roof
on before there was a brief
shower of rain.
The weather
on Thursday, the first day of
the Show, was dry but still
rather breezy. Visitor numbers
to the stand were moderate and
well spaced with more adult
casting candidates than
juniors. Friday was very
similar with the casting
emphasis reversing and a larger
number of juniors than adults.
Saturday was, however, our
bumper day with warm sunny
weather, a lighter breeze and
plenty of visitors to the tent.
We saw almost 40 juniors who
wanted to ‘Have a Go’ at casting
as well as a good number of
adults too. Many of the juniors
showed great interest in coming
to one of our Courses and our
‘Trial Sessions’ for people considering
Syndicate membership proved very
popular.
Saturday was, however, our
bumper day with warm sunny
weather, a lighter breeze and
plenty of visitors to the tent.
We saw almost 40 juniors who
wanted to ‘Have a Go’ at casting
as well as a good number of
adults too. Many of the juniors
showed great interest in coming
to one of our Courses and our
‘Trial Sessions’ for people considering
Syndicate membership proved very
popular.
This year we were
lucky enough to have Henry
Gould, who is a member of the
England Youth Fly Fishing Team with us
on one of the show days. It was
also good to meet up with some
of our members who popped into
the tent to say hello.
 Our prize Rod
this year was won by a very
enthusiastic young man from
Hurstpierpoint and our Hamper
went to a lady who lives in
Henfield.
Once again we
make no apology for mentioning
our hard working band of
volunteer Instructors and
Members who make it possible for
us to attend these shows which
help recruitment to the
Syndicate as well as the
national fishing organisations.
The Show was a great success and
we are indebted to everyone who
supported us.
We shall be
attending the Autumn Show and
Game Fair at Ardingly on the
30th. of September and the 1st.
of October so why not come along
and see us there.
Annual
Match, STCUK Sussex
Branch/Cinder Hill
Trouting Syndicate
versus
the Sussex Branch
of the Fly Dressers
Guild, Saturday 22nd
April 2017
Sadly our team of 12
representing STCUK
Sussex Branch / Cinder
Hill Syndicate
came second again in the
annual match fished
against the Sussex
Branch of the Fly
Dressers Guild, the
latter retaining the
trophy by a substantial
margin. With little
breeze to ruffle the
surface, the very clear
water and bright
sunshine made for
difficult fishing, most
fish being taken near
the bottom on small
flies, bloodworm
patterns being
particularly effective,
even the usually
reliable Birch lake
proved tough going for
many.
For the Guild team, 6
members managed their 4
fish limit and with just
three blanks recorded,
they caught a total of
30 fish for a weight of
46lb 15oz, giving them a
final score of 76lb
15oz.
For STCUK, only Mike
Newman and Brian Raw
caught their limit and
despite them having the
heaviest bags on the
day, unfortunately the
rest of our team, with 5
blanks, were unable to
back up their efforts,
resulting in a miserly
18 fish weighing in at
32lb 6oz, for a final
score of 50lb 6oz.
All fish caught were
rainbows, the best being
fish of 2lb 8oz by a Mr
Gray fishing for the
Guild and by Mike Newman
for STCUK.
January 2017
Newsletter
The
January 2017
Newsletter can be viewed
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