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Work Party Outing to
Brick
Farm
Lakes,
Wednesday 5th December 2018
11 members who had
helped out at the work parties
throughout the season had a
great day at
Brick Farm Lakes
on Wednesday 5th December. Thankfully the weather stayed
dry after all the recent rain
and although overcast, with a
moderate south westerly breeze,
it was still relatively warm for
the time of year.
The fishing was excellent,
commencing around 9am, when
members were soon into fish,
such that several had completed
their limit by the time we all
sat down for a superb full
English breakfast at 11am,
complete with Christmas crackers
and paper hats.
After dining,
some then took out a second
ticket; while others went on to
complete their limit. The fish
were all of a good size,
averaging around the 2lb mark,
in great condition and gave a
good account of themselves.
All in all, a really good day,
thoroughly enjoyed by all
participants and hopefully to be
repeated again next year.
Autumn Show and Game Fair, Ardingly, 6th & 7th October 2018
Cinder Hill Fly Fishing
together with the Sussex Branch
of S&TC UK were at the Autumn
Show & Game Fair at Ardingly
again this year on Saturday the
6th. and Sunday the 7th. of
October.
The weather forecast
for the first day of the show
was was not good with heavy rain
anticipated in the afternoon.
The Saturday morning was cloudy,
breezy and cool and right on cue
the rain started at about
1pm.
Visitors to our stand
were fewer than we had hoped in
the morning and the rain in the
afternoon kept people in the
covered areas of the show with
very few venturing our way.
Luckily, the second day of the
show was completely different. The weather was bright with long
periods of sunshine and we were
rewarded with a good public
attendance.
This year most of
the Casting participants were
adults with only a few juniors
wanting to "Have-a-Go", while our
Casting prize Fly Rod Kit was
won by a young man from Hartfield.
Maintaining an adequate membership is
vital for the future of our organisation and our Taster Days
proved very popular with
approximately 10 experienced Fly
Anglers expressing interest in
coming along to the fisheries for
a trial session with a view to
future membership. We
also provided S&TC UK
application forms to several
interested anglers.
Once again we are indebted to
our members, the Game Angling Instructors and Sussex
Branch S&TC UK volunteer members
who gave up most of their
valuable weekend to make this a
successful show for our two organisations once again, in
spite of the weather.
Online Auction 2018
The 2018 Online Auction closed at the
end of October and successful bidders
have been contacted with the
good news. This year the catalogue of
auction lots was expanded
further and included a broad
range of interesting and
valuable items. Total bids in 2018 almost
doubled the value of bids in
2017 demonstrating the
popularity of the event and at
the same time generating very
valuable revenue for the
syndicate.
Thanks therefore to all our
sponsors and individuals who
gave so generously and have
continued to support us. Thanks
also to everyone else for all
their hard work making this
event possible.
Obituary: Brian Robert
Raw. 29th October 1945 -
12th June 2018
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Brian Raw who was
finally ‘brought to the net’
on the 12th June.
Brian was certainly a
larger than life
character, somewhat
Falstaffian in
appearance, big and
bluff
and occasionally
opinionated, but the
overall
impression was
of someone who was both
genial and
generous of his time
and
expertise to an extent
that is rarely found
today.
Although he relinquished
his membership last
year, Brian had been a
member
of
the S&TC UK
Sussex Branch and Cinder
Hill Syndicate for many
years and
was one of the
very early members of
the Syndicate where he
involved himself
enthusiastically in all
aspects of the
organization, whether it
be arranging work
parties to ensure that
the lakes were kept in
prime condition for the
members
(and the trout),
managing our fishing
courses and helping out
at the shows.
Brian was an angler of
outstanding ability who
could always manage to
tease
a fish out of the
most
unpromising waters or
conditions.
Retirement from a
distinguished career in
teaching allowed him to
devote even more time to
game fishing whether
for
trout in the Home
Counties, sea trout on
the Dovey in Wales or
salmon on the Findhorn
in Scotland, coaching
and guiding, as well as
helping out at various
local shoots. It was his
fishing skills coupled
with his background as a
teacher that enabled him
to organise numerous
fishing opportunities
for children (many with
special needs) under
the
banner of the Masonic
Fishing Charity (MTFSC).
The fact that Brian
connected with so many
people from different
walks of life was
evident from the packed
church
at his funeral.
His was certainly a life
well-lived. Our thoughts
go out to his widow
Sheelagh and family for
their sad loss
Summer
2018 Newsletter
To view our Summer 2018 Newsletter,
please click
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Connect With the Countryside, Ardingly,
12th July 2018
Once again this July, on a very
pleasantly warm and sunny day, volunteers
from Cinder Hill Fly Fishing,
together with the Sussex Branch
of S&TC UK, were at the
annual Connect
with the Countryside event held
at Ardingly Showground, for
schoolchildren from local
schools.
Unfortunately,
this year, we only had two
instructors available, which
meant that we had to change the
way we organised things. The
children came to our enclosure
by the lake in school groups,
which were divided and allocated
to one of the instructors. Each
session started with a brief
demonstration of casting
techniques and then as many
children as possible were given
the opportunity to try their
hand at fly casting.
The pace
was hectic and the two
Instructors worked continuously
with barely even a moment to
stop for a drink. Once the
school coaches had all departed,
instructors and volunteers
adjourned to the Pavilion where
a very welcome and enjoyable
buffet lunch was provided for
all of the Exhibitors by the
Show Organisers.
Cinder Hill Hut
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The new floor in the hut
at Cinder
Hill has
now been completed and
will soon be getting a couple
of
coats
of paint to finish the
job.
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South of
England Show, Ardingly, 7th, 8th & 9th June 2018.
The South of England
Show was held at Ardingly this year on the 7th, 8th and 9th of June
and once again, Cinder Hill Fly Fishing and the Sussex
Branch of Salmon &Trout Conservation UK were there.
Thursday and Friday
were a bit cloudy to start with, but there were long periods of warm
sunshine. The Saturday was warm and
sunny all day, the visitors were out in force and the Instructors
were kept very busy with large numbers of both adults and juniors
wanting to “Have-a-Go” at fly casting.
Encouraging numbers of
the people visited the tent during the day and approximately 15
anglers signed up for our “Taster Sessions” with a view to joining
us, while several of our existing members and Sussex
Branch S&TC members called into the tent to say hello.
Once again, we make no
apology for mentioning our hard working band of volunteer
instructors as well as the Sussex Branch S&TC members
without whom it would not be possible for us to attend these shows,
which are so valuable in helping with recruitment for us
as well as for S&TC UK. 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 6th and 7th of of
October so do try to come along and see us there.
Charity
Fishing Day in Aid of McMillan Nurses
Sunday
20th May 2018
At Piplye on May the
20th, member Laurie Storer and Secretary Mark Orchin once again
organised and ran a very successful Charity Fishing day in aid of
Macmillan Nurses. Laurie also very
kindly donated funds to enable an additional stocking of some
considerably larger fish. A tasty barbecue was
provided along with scrumptious cake, drinks and a raffle.
Attended by some 13
members plus guests, the day raised £281 for this very worthy cause
and a similar event will be arranged again in 2019, most likely
again in May, we’ll keep you posted.
Annual
Match with the Sussex Branch of the Fly Dressers Guild,
Saturday
14th. of April 2018
Report courtesy of Rod Yuill.
The Annual Match with the Sussex
Branch of the Fly Dressers Guild was held on Saturday the 14th of
April and, once again, took place at Duncton Mill, near Petworth in
West Sussex.
It was a cool misty morning and
visibility on the drive over there was not good. However, everyone
arrived at around 8:30am and, as usual, a welcome cup of coffee was
available in the Lodge. The Draw for the order of lakes to be fished
took place at 9:00am and we all set off in the mist to our first
lake, with initially, the mist seeming to become denser before
eventually the sun managed to burn it off by mid-morning.
Some fish were caught within
minutes of arriving at the lakes but it took me some time and a few
flies snagged in trees before I managed to break my duck and land my
first fish. By the time the bell rang to change lakes, most people
had been lucky and caught at least one fish.
We all moved to our second lake at
11:45am. and continued to fish until lunch at 1pm when everyone made
their way back to the Lodge where once again an excellent lunch was
provided by Martin and Caroline, after which, at about 2:00pm, we
made our way back to our final lake of the day.
Fish continued to be caught in the
afternoon until the final bell when we all convened for the
weigh-in. A good number of people had managed to catch their 4 fish
limit, but unfortunately for us, the Fly Dressers had managed to
catch a greater number of fish and two or three of their fish were
in excess of 4lb. meaning that the total weight of their fish
exceeded ours and they therefore retained the trophy for yet another
year. However, it was a very enjoyable day and the weather had been
good. Surely it has to be our turn soon.
Our
Chairman's New Year Newsletter, January 2018
To view Rod Yuill's New Year Newsletter
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