November meeting : Dennis Moules : 40 Years of Fenland Piking

For the meeting this month on Tuesday 4th November, we have the man who has forgotten more about pike fishing in the Fens than most of us will ever know...

Dennis Moules

Dennis is a lifelong Fenland angler, as well as being the author of the seminal work "The Fenland Thirties", and a stalwart of the PAC for many years.
If you've ever considered fishing in the Fens, then this is the talk you need to come and see.
We'll be meeting at The Papermakers Arms from 7pm onwards and Dennis will start the precedings at around 8 o/clock
There will of course be the usual raffle and more than adequete buffet, and all for the credit crunching price of £3 for PAC members and £4 for non members

We also hope to have Eddie Turner and Bill Hancock with a selection of their Eddie Turner Specialist Pike Tackle, including the rod of the moment , the 4 piece ET sneaker, which accounted for a few Cats and Zander on our recent foreign expedition.

http://www.eddieturner.co.uk/

October Meeting : Ian Welch

Visiting the region this month, we have Ian Welch. Ian, a fishery scientist and past fishery manager of Cemex angling, Ian is well known for his columns in the weekly angling journals, and his captures of specimen fish of all species. For this meeting at The Papermakers Arms on Tuesday 7th October, Ian will be recounting some of his trips to Thailand in search of Mekong Catfish and the ever elusive Giant Freshwater Stingray, believed to be the largest freshwater fish on the planet.
We will meet at 7ish for the speaker to start at 8 o/c.
Members £3.00/Non Members £4.00 : Usual raffle and buffet (with lots of bangers and chips this month)

Graham Slater : September 2nd

A truly inspiring talk from Graham, delivered in his own inimitable no nonsense style. We were taken on a journey from the humble drains and pits of Lincolnshire, to mighty Scottish and Irish Loughs and onto the trout reservoirs, with the culmination being his phenominal last seasons catches, taking in the learning processeses along the way.
An excellent talk that will be one of the highlights of this months PAC Conference at Stoneleigh Park.....
The Alan Partridge of Piking doing his thang!!

A top presentation and well recommended..Thanks Graham

And don't worry chaps....there will be plenty of sausages and chips at next months meeting!!!

September Meeting

With the traditional pike fishing season only a few weeks away now, next week will see the beginning of the guest speaker meetings for this coming winter at the Thames Gateway region.
The meeting will be on Tuesday 2nd September at the Papermakers Arms nr Dartford, and we’ll be meeting from 7 pm onwards, with the speaker starting at 8 o’clock.
For your delectation this coming month, we have the newly crowned “pike angler of the year”,

Mr Graham Slater.


Graham is one of pike fishing’s quieter exponents of the fine art, who has enjoyed some phenomenal catches over the years, and over 30 years fishing in all corners of the British Isles has shaped the way Graham thinks, and goes about his fishing. His presentation will detail his experiences along his journey of catching our toothy adversary, along with last season’s adventures which resulted in his most successful season ever.
As usual we will have the buffet and raffle.

Members £2.50, non members £3.50

See you on the 2nd

Steve and John

Winter Guest Speaker Itinery

I've almost completed the line up for our upcoming season of guest speakers, with a couple of loose ends to tie up, so for now, here is the provisional list for your winters entertainment

3rd September 2008 : Graham Slater

PAC Pike Angler of the Year Graham will be revealing how he goes about the vastly varying facets of his pike fishing. This could be his warm up gig, before he faces the masses as a speaker at this years Conference at Stoneleigh.
7th October 2008 : Ian Welch

Angling times coloumist, Fox consultant, and past fishery manger of CEMEX angling, Ian is to reveal all about his trips to the far flung corners of the globe in pursuit of the biggest freshwater fish that swim....Mekong Catfish and Giant Freshwater Stingrays, and much more!!
4th November 2008 : Dennis Moules

The oracle of all things regarding Fenland Angling, author and lifetime Fenland pike angler Dennis will regale us all with tales of his "40 years of Fenland Angling" Now including "special guests" Eddie Turner and Bill Hancock with their range of tackle and other goodies!
2nd December 2008 : Tim Kelly

Avid lure angler Tim will be availing us with his quest for the hard fighting Muskie in the good ol' US of A.
6th January 2009 : Phil Cheriton and Marc Barnett (The Irish Sessions pt2)

I know this is one that a lot of you will be waiting to see, after their excellent preliminarly talk earlier this year. This time Phil and Marc will be telling of their phenominal catches from various places around the Emerald Isle in the Winter.










3rd February 2008 : John Milford

Former founder member of the Dartford PAC region, John "Plugger O'Toole" Milford, returns to his old stomping ground from "opp north" to impart his vast and encyclopedic knowledge of lures and lure fishing in his own inimitable style.

3rd March 2008 : Colin Brett

Colin joins us in March covering his Zander fishing and Sturgeon fishing in British Colombia. Colin is the the dashing bearded gentleman on the right!

April 2009 : T.B.C (watch this space!!!)

Summer Special June Meeting " Catfish"

Junes' meeting will be at the Papermakers on Tuesday 3rd June.

With the warmer weather threatening to make an appearance, no doubt a few of you are turning your attentions to the more traditional summer species,
and so to that end, and with a predator theme, for this months meeting I have persuaded Simon Clarke to come and impart his vast knowledge about catfish upon us. Simon is the Secretary of the Catfish Conservation Group, as well as running Catfish Pro, a highly successful internet company selling all things catfish related.
Simon has 20 years experience fishing for cats all over the UK and Europe and has published the CCG catfish waters guide, and his new book containing all you need to know about cats and catting.










As usual we be meeting at 7.15-7.30 for an 8pm start, no doubt Simon will be bringing a selection of stuff for you to peruse at your leisure, and we will of course be having the buffet and raffle......See you there Cat fans

May Meeting "Pike Quiz"

The winners of the quiz receiving their hard fought spoils from Mr Synnuck

1st Prize : A days piking on the Ski Lake : Paul Sharman
















2nd Prize : £30 tackle voucher : Bill Palmer
3rd Prize : £20 tackle voucher : Gary "spawney git" Hayes

Thanks and well done to all who participated