Once again this premier event in the angling calendar was a great success and with angling conditions near perfect, 67 senior and 11 junior anglers cast their lines from the Breakwater at 11am.
The match ended at 5pm and everyone of the particip
ating anglers agreed, that yet again Holyhead Angling Club had produced an excellent competition.
Senior winner on the day was Dave Morrell, from Colwyn Bay, whose 25 fish gave him a total of 6.65 Mtrs, and he took home the £500 first prize plus another £186 pool money.
Second place went to Julian Shambrook, a rod designer and distributor from Devon, with 18 fish measuring 4.75m and in third was one of Holyhead's own members and international angler, James Fraser.
Top junior, and a member of the Holyhead Club, was Ben Price from Kingsland.
Winner of the longest fish pool worth £124 was Mike Flynn, national team manager for the Welsh National shore squad.
A large variety of fish were caught, all of which were measured and returned, and included, Bull Huss, Dogfish. Pollack, Pouting, Poor Cod, Ballan Wrasse, Corkwing Wrasse and Conger Eel.
For more information about the Holyhead Angling Club and pictures from the open, visit www.holyheadangling.co.uk
Llyn Alaw weekly angling report
QUITE a difficult week at Llyn Alaw at times with fish hard to find, specially on the more popular banks.
Once again anglers using fly and spinner seem to be taking some of the best catches, probably because the move from place to place rather than sticking to the same spot.
There are still older fish being caught with several trout of over two pounds taken and the best bag of the week at nearly 12 pounds.
In addition, there are signs that the weed beds are starting to break up, which should make the trout have to search a bit harder for their food, given reasonable weather in the autumn anglers should have some good catches.
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