Cley 23rd January 2011
Forecasts varying from 10mph to 30mph Northerly deterred a few of the regulars but the hard core were there nice and early on Cley beach car park. As it happened the wind was a breezy North NorthWesterly producing a sea with no white water, a perfect bass sea but of course this is winter. With an early morning high water fishing the ebb at Cley generally brings the best results particularly for dab and flounder.
Pegging west of the car park from the boats westward gave everyone ample space without encroaching on the relatively shallow water towards the watch house. As usual everyone was ready for the off, spot on 10:00 a.m. As with last match, first to register on his first cast was Tony “yoda” Thomas with a double shot of dabs including a nice plump 24cm version whilst all round were content to bring in each other or empty traces. However, this was soon to change with a triple shot from Mike “last cast” Watts and a double from Paul “class act” Thorburn with both continuing to catch steadily.
Shortly after the start a shape was spotted trudging across the shingle from the car park and yes it was Pokerman Dene “smooth” Conway who had realised after a “late, late” night he had to fish. Not deterred he set about the task of finding the fish but found it tough as he had probably missed probably the best of the tide although he had the right gear for the job. Fish continued to appear with Mike and Paul steaming away but John “silverfox” Neave found it hard to even find a fish. A big tide gave a good ebb with plenty of flow but as this slackened so did the rate of fish but not for “silverfox”. A subtle change of rigs saw his match card start to fill up for a while.
This was a big tide dropping considerably which soon switched off the tide as well as the fish. All struggled to catch which was evident by members strolling the beach exchanging banter and wondering why Peter “inspector” Morse was trying to haul the gully up the beach or did he really have that specimen fish. At slack water the fish switched off completely and even when the tide started to flood they refused to play ball in numbers. The big tide did highlight a bank 150-200 yards off shore all the way from Salthouse to Blakeney Point and speculation was that the fish because of the low water had just moved across the bank and not returned.
When the whistle went top honours went to Paul “class act” Thorburn with 2lb 6 2/3oz from 12 fish followed by Mike “last cast” Watts 1lb 13 1/3oz. John “silverfox” Neave took the final podium place by one fish point (1/3oz) with 1lb 4 2/3oz from 7 fish.
Match Result Top 5
1st PaulThorburn 12 Fish 2lb 62/3oz
2nd Mike Watts 15 Fish 1lb 13 1/3oz
3rd JohnNeave 7 Fish 1lb 4 2/3oz
4th Tony Thomas 9 Fish 1lb 4 1/3oz
5th Dene Conway 6 Fish 1lb 0oz
… and finally, although the fishing was not very explosive on the following day (Monday) an unexploded bomb was discovered on Cley beach. HSAC would like to dispel any rumours that this was a result of their beach litter collection activity.
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