Guru Festival 2017

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Welcome to the Guru festival 2017, its Guru’s second year in sponsoring out spring festival so a massive thank you for their support. This week the festival is full with 180 anglers all fishing for 5 days, the week has started very wet and it’s not looking much better for the week but will that dampen the competitors spirits!! Read on to see how the first day went.

Day One

First on the lake today was Olly Stringer with 61lb from peg 12, Olly spent most of his day fishing the long pole with 6mm pellets. 2nd was Andy Dargue from peg 25 with 49lb 01oz Andy fished the pellet feeder and short pole and 3rd on the day was Steve Clark from peg 32 weighing 39lb fishing the long pole with 6mm pellet.

First on day one was John Whincup from peg 14 Trelawney, John fished the 13 meter pole with banded caster shallow to end up with 163lb 04oz, 2nd on the day was Robert Taylor from peg 32 Twin Oaks with 131lb 02oz catching on the caster shallow and 3rd was Jamie Green from peg 12 Twin Oaks with 128lb 02oz catching on the meat short.

First overall Phil Canning with 102lb 15oz from peg 53 Trewaters, Phil fished the long pole with pellets on the deck and margins with meat. 2nd was Simon Gould with 73lb 06oz from peg 35 Trewaters, Simon caught most of his fish on the method feeder with pellet and 3rd on the lake was Chris Downes from peg 23 Trewaters with 70lb 14oz.

First on the day Terry Cockburn from peg 39 with 56lb 02oz, Terry fished the method feeder with corn. 2nd on the day was Dave Burns from peg 36 with 21lb 12oz, Dave fished the groundbait feeder with worms and 3rd was John Hannam form peg 77 with 13lb 14oz .

First on the day was Harry Billing from peg 38 with 176lb 05oz, Harry fished the short pole with meat and worm in the margins. 2nd on the day was Johnny Maddison from peg 16 with155lb 06oz swapping between the feeder and the meat on the short pole and 3rd was Adam Rooney form peg 17 with 121b 12oz, Adam fished the short pole with meat and feeder to the island.

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Day Two

First on the lake today was Martin Holmes with 56lb 14oz from peg 21, Martin spent most of his day fishing the long pole with 6mm pellets. 2nd was Kevin Wadge from peg 23 with 55lb 08oz, and 3rd on the day was Harry Billing from peg 36 weighing 51lb 08oz fishing the method feeder and margins.

First on day one was Andy Power from peg 22 Trelawney, Andy fished the long pole with banded caster shallow to end up with 189lb, 2nd on the day was Ben Reynolds from peg 16 Twin Oaks with 87lb 10oz catching on the method feeder with hard pellet and 3rd was Rod Finch from peg 2 Twin Oaks with 78lb 08oz.

First overall Ben Hagg with 119lb 15oz from peg 53 Trewaters, Ben fished the long line with 8mm pellets to the island. 2nd was Robert Taylor with 95lb 12oz from peg 14 Jennys, Robert caught most of his fish on the on the long pole with pellets and 3 lumps down the margin on worm late and 3rd on the lake was Andy Bennett from peg 25 Trewaters with 89lb 03oz.

First on the day Pemb Wrighting from peg 83 with 58lb 04oz, Pemb fished the pole with worms over groundbait. 2nd on the day was Tony Evans from peg 86 with 17lb 11oz, Tony fished the pole with worms and 3rd was Martin Rogers form peg 34 with 16lb 09oz fishing the hybrid feeder.

First on the day was Paul Holland from peg 24 with 160lb 08oz, Paul fished the method feed and meat and in the margins. 2nd on the day was Pete Franklin from peg 23 with141lb swapping between the method feeder and the meat in the margins and 3rd was John Hannam form peg 11 with 136b 12oz, John also fished the method feeder and meat in the margins.

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Day Three

First on the lake today was Paul Holland with 66lb 02oz from peg 25, Paul spent most of his day fishing the pellet waggler with 6mm pellets. 2nd was Pete Franklin from peg 28 with 54lb 03oz, and 3rd on the day was Francis O’Reiley from peg 17 weighing 48lb 10oz fishing the long pole with pellets shallow.

First on day three was Dave Bruton from peg 25 Trelawney, Dave fished the pellet feeder with 6mm pellet to end up with 121lb 14oz, 2nd on the day was Nathan Fox from peg 32 Twin Oaks with 116lb 11oz catching on the chopped worm and caster and 3rd was Tony Butler from peg 18 Trelawney with 95lb 05oz catching down the margins with worms.

First overall Richie Hull with 103lb 02oz from peg 37 Trewaters, Richie fished the long line with 8mm pellets to the island and worm over groundbait down the margin. 2nd was Andy Geldart with 101lb 01oz from peg 29 Trewaters, Andy caught most of his fish on the on the long pole with pellets on the deck and 3rd on the lake was Mark Richardson from peg 13 Acorn with 80lb fishing the chopped worm.

First on the day Robert Taylor from peg 76 with 28lb 12oz, Robert fished the pole at 13 meters with worms over groundbait. 2nd on the day was Wayne Sharman from peg 88 with 19lb 07oz, Wayne fished the method feeder with a mini boilie and 3rd was Danny Bennett form peg 86 with 14lb 15oz fishing the groundbait feeder with worm.

First on the day was Pemb Wrighting from peg 23 with 206lb 02oz, Pemb fished the method feeder with pellets. 2nd on the day was Russell Grimes from peg 7 with204lb 06oz, Russell swapping between the long pole with pellet and the margins and 3rd was Dan White form peg 30 with 166b 04oz, Dan also fished long pole with pellets and meat in the margins.

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Day Four

First on the lake today was John Dewberry with 87lb 10oz from peg 13, John spent most of his day fishing the long pole with 6mm pellets shallow. 2nd was Carl Williams from peg 23 with 68lb 11oz fishing the long pole with worm and 3rd on the day was Pemb Wrighting from peg 9 weighing 67lb 10oz fishing the long pole with pellets shallow.

First on day four was Paul Holland from peg 25 Trelawney, Paul fished the 5 meter pole with meat to end up with 119lb 12oz, 2nd on the day was Dave Burns from peg 18 Twin Oaks with 85lb catching on the 2+2 with meat and 3rd was Rob Peel from peg 14 Twin oaks with 79lb 02oz catching down the margins with worms and feeder.

First overall Johnny Maddison with 89lb 09oz from peg 31 Trewaters, Johnny fished the long line with 8mm pellets on the deck. 2nd was Chris Kitchin with 78lb 07oz from peg 35 Trewaters, Chris caught most of his fish on the on the feeder and margins and 3rd on the lake was Luke Webster from peg 53 Trewaters with 78lb 06oz.

First on the day Keiron Bailey from peg 89 with 18lb 15oz, Keiron fished the method feeder at 70 turns with corn and micro pellets. 2nd on the day was Richie Hull from peg 36 with 17lb 05oz, Richie fished the method feeder with a mini boilie and 3rd was Andy Geldart form peg 79 with 10lb 01oz fishing the groundbait feeder with worm and pole.

First on the day was Wayne Sharman from peg 36 with 165lb 10oz, Wayne fished the margins with corn. 2nd on the day was Jake Gallagher from peg 38 with150lb 02oz, Jake swapping between the long pole with pellet and the margins with meat and 3rd was Andy Bennett form peg 1 with 146b 06oz, Andy fished margins with pellets.

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Day Five, Final Day

First on the lake today was Steven Barraclough with 85lb 12oz from peg 15, Steven spent most of his day fishing the long pole shallow and deep. 2nd was John Whincup from peg 20 with 81lb 06oz fishing the long pole shallow and 3rd on the day was Jake Gallagher from peg 55 weighing 74lb fishing the long pole with pellet.

First on day two was Sam Collett from peg 32 Trelawney weighing 114lb 12oz, Sam fished the 13 meter pole with banded caster catching mainly F1’s, 2nd on the day was Phil Morris from peg 16 Twin Oaks with 98lb 10oz Phil fished the hybrid feeder and pellet at 5 meters and 3rd was Phil Canning from peg 20 Twin Oaks with 98lb 06oz.

First overall was Pete Franklin with 113lb 09oz from peg 33 Trewaters, Pete fish the pole at 5 meters with meat. 2nd was Roy Penkethman with 109lb from peg 19 Trewaters, Roy fished the pellet feeder with banded pellet and 3rd on the lake was Paul Holland from peg 21 Trewaters with 104lb 15oz also fishing the method feeder.

First on the day Neil Pickford from peg 38 with 16lb 13oz, Neil fished the hybrid feeder with micro pellets and a wafter. 2nd on the day was Paul Taylor from peg 36 with 13lb 11oz fishing the method feeder with a mini boilie and 3rd was Martin White form peg 87 with 13lb catching on the method feeder with a bandum.

First on the day was Rod Finch from peg 22 with 184lb 06oz, Rod fished the method feeder to the island. 2nd on the day was Richie Hull from peg 17 with152lb 06oz, Richie fished the short pole and margins with meat and 3rd was Andy Geldart form peg 30 with 145lb 08oz catching on the meat at 5 meters and corn in the margins.

Well what a great festival, the top 10 was very close, we would like to say a massive thank you to Adam Rooney and the Guru team for the fantastic prizes and extra sponsorship cash paid out to the top 3 anglers.

First place got an extra £1000, second got an extra £750 and third got an extra £500, every angler fishing got a goodie box and the top 10 got extra prizes presented on stage!

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