Grey skies and a lively south westerly wind greeted the anglers who were going to exercise their skills in the dual lake and river match fished on Haysden Lake and the Six Arches stretch of the Medway.
Many of the field found shelter from the elements that whipped up a strong ripple on Haysden, but to their advantage it also stirred up a strong undertow and put some colour in the water.  Not quite enough to encourage the resident Bream to feed confidently but enough to tempt the Roach to the baits on offer.
Mick Smith took the morning lead with 8lb of quality Roach closely followed by Martyn Hill with 6lb 4oz of the same. Lee Wakeman commanded third position with 5lb 4oz which did include the only sizeable Bream of the morning. The anglers then switched to the Six Arches for the afternoon.
The south west wind was still prominent and the sun shone brightly through the fluffy white clouds which had replaced the early grey blanket that had shrouded the sky. The fish decided to be elusive in the bright conditions but again Mick Smith managed to tempt 5lb 7oz of mixed silvers to his net followed by Martyn Hill with 1lb 10oz of quality Roach on sweetcorn. Paul Mitchell took third place with 1lb 6oz of Roach.
The weights for each section are substituted for points then aggregated to give the positions for the overall match. Mick Smith was victorious with 17 points followed by Martyn Hill with 15 points and third place going to Lee Wakeman with 12 points.
Overall not a bad days fishing as all of the field managed to tempt a few fish to their nets in the less than ideal conditions.

PS.  A new lock has been installed on the gate to Haysden Lake and the code is printed on your Membership Card.