FEBRUARY MEETING : ERIC EDWARDS

Februarys meeting is on Tuesday the 2nd Feb at the Papermakers Arms
This month we have the pleasure of welcoming Eric Edwards to the Thames Gateway

Eric has caught the biggest brace of pike ever taken by a UK angler, fish of 41lb and 37lb from Blithfield res, and will be presenting his talk on Big Water Piking.

I have heard nothing but praise for Erics' talk from other RO's, so this is a do not miss evening!

We will be meeting from 7pm onwards with Eric starting around 8pm, and of course we will have the raffle and buffet, and hopefully the Eddie Turner Pike Tackle stand as well

Members £3/Non Members £4

DECEMBER MEETING : MIKE GREEN

Decembers meeting will be on Tuesday 1st December at the Papermakers.
For your entertainment this month we have the pleasure to welcome Mike Green to the region.
Mike is a very successful angler, specialising in catching VERY big pike to over 40lb on the fly, and on lures.....I saw Mikes talk at the Cambridge region and can assure you this is one you do not want to miss....

Mike and a 30lb fly caught pike

As usual, we'll meet from 7 onwards for an 8.00pm ish start for Mikes' show.
Members £3.00/ Non Members £4.00 plus the usual buffet and raffle,
and we will have the Eddie Turner Specialist Pike tackle Stand in attendance as well

                 ***** We will also be announcing some fish-in news at this months meeting ******

NOVEMBER MEETING : CHRIS LEIBBRANDT

A highly amusing and informative talk by Chris had the lads thoroughly entertained this month. Numbers were down on last month, but i think we'll have to go a long way to try and top that turn out!!..Thanks again Chris, top fella.

NOVEMBER MEETING : CHRIS LEIBBRANDT

For our meeting this month we have another of the Dartford PAC "old guard" Chris Leibbrandt. Chris was the RO of the Dartford PAC region when I joined back in 1984, Chris was in the first 100 members of the PAC...since then he has gone on to be General Secretary of both the Pike Anglers Club and the Lure Anglers Society. His talk will take us from his early days in the Darenth valley to his fishing today, centered around the River Severn near his new home in Tewkesbury. Along the way Chris has been Marketing Director in charge of Product Development for some of the major tackle companies including Masterline and Ryobi, and will be explaining his involvement in the development of some of the items and lures that we take for granted as pikers today....all in all I think will be a very interesting talk and a bit of a blast from the past for some of the older region members
The meeting will be on Tuesday 3rd November at the Papermakers, with the usual buffet and raffle...7 oclock onwards with an 8pm start for the talk
Members £3.00 / Non members £4.00

Chris, the "Chris Yates" of the piking world

WATTO DRAWS THE CROWDS

A record turnout for John Watson last month saw 65 eager pikers cram into the Papermakers to listen to John impart his wisdom of pike fishing old and new....
The lads were in a spending mood too, with John selling 25 copies of his new book, plus a couple of leatherbound editions. Bill and Colin also saw brisk trade at the Eddie Turner Specialist Pike tackle stand...a great night all round....the landlord was particually happy, he'd never seen so many people in his pub on a Tuesday night before....

October meeting : John "Watto" Watson

Octobers meeting will be on Tuesday 6th October
This month we will be graced by the presence of one of the icons of the pike fishing world, John "Watto" Watson. John has had a very successful and sometimes controversial career in pike angling, and is the author of what is considered one of the best books on Pike fishing ever written "A Pikers Progress".
We are privileged as this will be the first talk John has done for 17 years, and along with the release of his new book "A Pikers Progression" this is going to be an evening not to miss!!



John will have copies of his book for sale, and we will also have the Eddie Turner Specialist Pike tackle stand visiting us as well.

We will meet at the Papermakers as usual around 7ish for a social and John will get under way around 8pm with the buffet and raffle later on...

Members £3.00 / Non members £4.00

September meeting : Mark Salt

Thanks to Mark for a very interesting and informative talk this month. Mark is working very hard to highlight the plight of the European Eel, and i can recommend that other regions snap this speaker up soon.
More details of the N.A.C can be found on their website.

http://www.nationalanguillaclub.co.uk/