GWFFA win Maitland Trophy for the 4th Consecutive Year.
This years Maitland Trophy was fished at Grafham with 32 anglers fishing in great conditions. the most popular area for the boats was between Normanton Church and the Dam and also along the Dam.
The first fish of the day was caught By Peter Costin at 09.32 – first cast so what a great start to his day however Neil Drapper had to wait till 14.30 for his first fish, Nobody blanked.
The first rod to catch 16 fish was Christopher Faulkner who bagged up at 14.20 winning the competion and a set of Finntrail Waterproofs donated by Wading Waters/UpAvon Fly Fishing. Fishing with Chris Evans who also bagged up at 15.00 they were also the top boat winning a bottle of red wine each
Chris Evans took second place with Frank Daly in third place both winning Wynd Fly Boxes donated by Wading Waters / UpAvon Fly Fishing
The final individual prizes for 10th, 20th and 30th went to Doug Skinner, Jeremy Jacobs and Neil Drapper
A total of 338 fish were caught giving a rod average of 10.5 so a great days fishing. 6 rod caught the 16 fish maximum. the team competition results were Rutland Water Fly Fishers catching 118 fish across their top 10 rods and Grafham Water Fly Fishers Association catching 143 fish – so congratulations to GWFFA.
Next years Maitland will again be fished the first weekend of September and it is hoped the Invicta Fly Fishing will again field a team
