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Notes - these apply to Plough Angling Society match events
Wolston Lane
Ryton on Dunsmore
Coventry
Warwickshire
England
CV8 3LG
Ryton on Dunsmore
Coventry
Warwickshire
England
CV8 3LG
Mobile: 07305972594
Ian Stringfellow
For bookings or other match enquiries please contact Ian Stringfellow, Joint Match Secretary.
Ryton Gardens car park is locked overnight! Please ensure that you vacate the car park in good time to avoid being locked in. Check on their site notice board for current opening hours as these will change.
Club Match Fishing
Match Rules
These rules apply to Plough Angling Society match events and must be adhered to at all times.
1. Plough Angling Society general rules apply.
Ryton Conservation Trust Water, Steetley Meadows. Go to peg one on the "Flats", turn left downstream. We have two meadows down to the scrap yard. These meadows are owned and maintained by Ryton Conservation Trust. Please respect the conservation, cause no damage and leave no litter.
2. Members wishing to enter a contest must be "booked in" with either Match Secretary.
3. An entry fee of £7 per angler will be charged for all contests on Plough Angling Society waters (Junior, Retired and Disabled, Pike and Christmas matches excluded) and shall be paid out in full as prizes at the Match Secretary's discretion.
4. Each competitor on drawing his/her number shall proceed to the corresponding number on the bank, except in the Pike Match where the anglers will fish in zones and this will be considered his/her fishing ground where he/she shall fish.
River Fishing in Warwickshire
Plough Angling Society
Don't abuse the parking privilege allowed to us by parking on the grass verge in front of the centre or obstructing the entrance.
7. Competitors must retain all fish in keepnets that comply with the relevant Environment Agency byelaws. Competitors must take every practicable step to keep their fish alive and after weighing them must ensure their careful return to the water.
If on arrival he/she considers the peg unfishable, he/she must appeal to the nearest committee member whose decision shall be final.
5. On Plough AS water on the River Avon, the angler must position him/herself between the peg and an imaginary live five yards downstream of the peg, except in the Pike Match where the angler may fish anywhere within the drawn zone.
6. No competitor may move his/her peg or exchange his/her peg or draw card with another.
If for any reason fish are seen to be in distress, a competitor or match official has the right to demand that they be weighed immediately and returned to the water during the course of the match. In the Pike Match fish must be weighed immediately.
8. A competitor must use only one rod and line at any one time but may have other rods and tackles assembled for use provided such other tackles are not baited. On the tackle in use, the angler must not have more than one single hood, except in the Pike Match.
10. No competitor shall have dead fish, except in the Pike match, or live fish in his possession before a match. All competitors must submit to a search if requested by a contest official.
9. Any bait subject to the local rules, can be used except . .
11. Before the starting signal no competitor must on any account ground bait or loose feed the swim.
Information and Rules
Competitors will be allowed to wet a line, plumb the depth and test the float, mix and wet ground bait, clear his/her fishing ground of weeds or obstructions and position his/her keep net. On no account must a feeder be used to plumb the depth before the starting signal.
12. A competitor must strike, play and land his/her own fish.
13. Any competitor who abandons his/her peg having decided to cease taking part in the match must leave the water.
14. A competitor may wade provided that the water does not extend above his/her knees, unless he/she can touch his/her own bank with fingertips, in which case the water can extend above the knees.
if the angler has the scales he/she must stay to the end, except in extenuating circumstances.
Information correct at time of publication but subject to change. October 2017
If a scales person recommends the disqualification of a competitor he/she will weigh the fish in case the decision is not upheld.
Any fish suspected of being weighted or any fish considered suspicious by the weighers must be laid before the match organisers and the angler's weight will not be confirmed until a ruling has been obtained.
17. All fish caught are eligible for weighing with the exception of Pike, Zander, game fish and crustaceans, except in the Pike Match, where only Pike count.
16. A competitor must cease fishing at the finishing signal. Should he/she still be playing a fish hooked before the signal is given, he/she will be permitted no more than fifteen minutes after time to land the fish.
15. If a competitor leaves his/her peg during a fishing contest he/she must withdraw his/her line from the water.
No member or competitor shall cause annoyance or seek to interfere with any other competitor during the course of a match. ie, no bank walking
On all matches the match length is closed to all non participating Society Members.
dead fish, frogs, spinning baits, artificial lures, except in the Pike Match, or live fish at any time
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All members intending to fish an evening contest must be "booked in" with the Match Secretary by 9pm on the day before the match. Fines will apply to evening contests.
Retired (age 60 or over) and disabled members only - assistance with transporting tackle will be available if required.
Entry to the Christmas Match (T Hurley Shield) is open to all members on a first come first served basis. Please book in early. An alternative venue will be found for this event should the river become un-fishable.
If it is not possible to re-schedule any match before the end of the season that match will be deemed null and void for that particular season.
by 1pm on the Saturday prior to a weekend contest
by 9pm on the day prior to an afternoon or evening contest
A final decision on the condition of the river will be made by 12 noon on the Saturday prior to the contest.
Having booked in, failure to attend a contest shall result in a fine equivalent to the entry fee for that event.
With the exception of the Christmas and Pike matches, if the river is unfishable for any contest it will then be combined with the next available match held on the river.
On any other water, every competitor must fish from within one yard of an imaginary line between the peg number and the water.
On still water, he/she may fish as far as half the distance between his/her peg and the pegs on either side.
Where competitors are drawn on opposite banks, the limit of the swim is the line midway between each bank.
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