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First Cast ...

Rare copy of an OS map of Rutland Water showing depths in metres

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Rutland Weekend Television

This edi�on sees the celebra�on of yet another

great Rutland Icon. How many of you remember

the 70’s TV series Rutland Weekend Television

and the fabulous spin off group The Rutles ??

Cast your minds back to the 70’s, before Rutland

Water, when Rutland was a �ny agricultural

county in the Midlands ...

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Rutland Weekend Television (RWT) was a television sketch show on BBC2, wri�en by Eric Idle with

music by Neil Innes. Two series were broadcast, the first consis�ng of six episodes in 1975, and the

second series of seven episodes in 1976. A Christmas special was broadcast on Boxing Day 1975.

It was Idle's first television project aDer Monty Python's Flying Circus, which ended the previous

year. The show was the catalyst for The Rutles. Rutland Weekend Television or RWT centred on

"Britain's smallest television network", situated in England's smallest (and mainly rural) county,

Rutland.

The show's �tle alludes to London Weekend Television (then part of ITV and since renamed ITV

London). A Rutland TV sta�on would be pre�y small (represen�ng roughly 30,000 people in an

area less than 150 square miles), so a Rutland Weekend Television would have to be ridiculously

�ny. The joke was doubly meaningful as Idle had accidentally been granted a presenta�on budget

instead of the more lavish budgets associated with light entertainment – so the weekly pa�er

about their inability to buy props and sets reflected reality. Indeed, the last show of the first series

featured Idle and Innes, stripped and shivering in blankets under a bare bulb, singing about how

the power's about to be shut off. Idle speaks bi�erly about these condi�ons now but his a�empts

to overcome them formed the basis of a lot of the show's jokes.

Idle, in a 1975 Radio Times inter-

view, remarked, "It was made on a

shoestring budget, and someone

else was wearing the shoe. The

studio is the same size as the

weather forecast studio and nearly

as good.

We had to bring the sets up four

floors for each scene, then take

them down again. While the next

set was coming up, we'd change our

make-up.

Every minute ma�ered. It's not always funny to be funny from ten in the morning un�l ten at

night. As for ad-libbing, what ad-libbing? You don't ad-lib when you're working with three cameras

and anyway the material goes out months aDer you've made it."

A typical episode The episode begins with the announcer, usually with something going wrong or with something

out of the ordinary, from announcements catching fire to open audi�ons for the announcer itself.

Occasionally the announcement would be sung, or performed by more than one person. In one

episode, the announcements are performed by "The Ricochet Brothers" (spelled Ricochet, but

pronounced Rick-ot-chet) who begin the episode as a pair, and expand to a full cast, each speaking

the announcement in harmony.

The role of the announcer would be to announce the "programmes" (typically sketches) – many

programmes would lead into, or announce one of many songs and accompanying strange vigne�es

by Neil Innes.

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Eric Idle - As the star of the show, Idle plays many of the lead roles in the series. He is also the first

person to appear in the show, as an interviewer in the first sketch, "Gibberish" in which Idle and

Woolf talk in completely nonsensical sentences:

Ham sandwich, bucket and water plas�c Duralex rubber McFisheries underwear. Plugged rabbit

emulsion, zinc custard without sustenance in kipling-duff geriatric scenery, maximises press insu-

la�ng government grun�ng sapphire-clubs incidentally. But tonight, sam pan Bombay Bermuda in

diphtheria rus�c McAlpine splendour, rabbit and foot-foot-phooey jugs rapidly big biro ruveliners

musk-green gauges micturate with nipples and �ptoe rus�ng machinery, rus�cally inclined. Good

evening and welcome.

The Rutles were a rock band known for their visual and aural pas-

�ches and parodies of the Beatles. This originally fic�onal band,

created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes for 1970s television programming,

became an actual group (while remaining a parody of the Beatles)

and toured and recorded, releasing many songs and albums that

included two UK chart hits.

Created as a short sketch in Idle's UK television comedy

series Rutland Weekend Television, the Rutles gained

fame aDer being the focus of the 1978 mockumentary

television film, All You Need Is Cash (The Rutles).

Actual Beatle George Harrison notably appeared in the

film and assisted in its crea�on. Encouraged by the posi-

�ve public reac�on to the sketch, featuring Beatles' music

pas�ches by Innes, the film was wri�en by Idle, who co-

directed it with Gary Weis. It had 20 songs wri�en by

Innes, which he performed with three musicians as "The

Rutles".

A soundtrack album in 1978 was followed in 1996 by Archaeology, which spoofed the Beatles'

Anthology series which had recently been released.

A second film, The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch—modelled on the 2000 TV special The Beatles

Revolu)on—was made in 2002 and released in the US on DVD in 2003.

Sgt Ru%ers Darts Club Band in the Tragical Mystery Tour

Who’d have thought that li�le ol’ Rutland produced the world’s best loved band!! And the best

loved fly fishing lake!!

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THE LAKE - Fishery and Bank Report from John Wadham

Weather

As always, the weather has had the last word. September was one of the warmest on record with

34° the recorded widely on the 13th. This warm weather was punctuated by some very big rainfall

events: notably during the Water Aid event!

This heat has maintained an unusually high water temperature in the reservoir. Readings taken

towards the end of September showed the water temperature s�ll to be 20°C in the margins. From

the first week in October colder weather arrived with north-easterly winds and this has helped to

reduce the water temperature by 2° to 16C at the �me of wri�ng. This is s�ll high and represents

the normal water temperature achieved by the first week in June.

Water Level

At the �me of wri�ng the water is

now down 1.5 m. This is now ena-

bled access to the banks below the

stone work stonework. However,

care should be taken on the recent-

ly exposed rocks which are very

slippery in wet weather.

Weed beds

In contrast to last year we are

blessed with ample weed beds

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around the en�re perimeter of the lake. This growth of Canadian pond weed has a�racted a great

deal of lake fauna: including, s�cklebacks, corixa and snails. Unfortunately, with such a high water

temperature the fish of hitherto been disinclined to enter this warm water zone and have pre-

ferred to feed along the outer margin. However, with the declining air temperature I am sure that

the appe�te will get the be�er of them and they will come closer.

Blue-Green Algae

The weather referred to above is almost certainly cause of this which has been more widespread

than for some years. If you get this on your hands or boots remember to wash it off. It doesn’t

affect the fish: in fact, it offers some shelter from the bright sun which course is the other culprit

engendering the bloom. This is a common autumnal or late summer occurrence.

Diet

As suggested above, the main diet has been s�cklebacks, corixa and snails. Most useful pa�erns to

match this have been a variety of floa�ng fry from perch fry imita�ons to green “plastazote” s�ck-

leback sugges�ons. Daddy long legs have proved very useful in fooling fish feeding on snails! Ex-

plain that away!

Baitball ac)on, fry beware!

Where?

Yes! That is the ques�on. As suggested above, following the disappearance of the shrimp from the

margins the end of June, the bank fishing has been seriously tough. The have been occasional visits

to the margins by the fish but with no obvious reason, apart from the absence of the shrimp, why

they should stay offshore.

The hope is that, when the water temperature drops, these crustaceans will return to the margins.

Recent examina�on of the habitat on the Normanton bank revealed not a single specimen!

Nobody would describe it as a very hot summer: and it was only towards the middle of August that

the water temperature started to get a li�le uncomfortable for the fish. However, the quality of

the boat fishing the period is more than made up for the absence of fish the margins: with the

fishing, at �mes, being ‘too easy’: as it was from the Normanton bank in June.

Stoning

As you may be aware, work is in progress below the dam wall to replace the exis�ng French drain

system. This, as �me goes on, will provide the much-needed material for construc�ng anglers ac-

cess points on the rock armour cladding. The material will be stored on site. Your president has

requested a mee�ng with Anglian Water engineering staff to assess the most prac�cal way of dis-

tribu�ng the available material. We don’t yet know how much there is. I, as a layman, have no

concept of how much will be needed to construct each access point. So, some professional engi-

neering advice would be very welcome. You will be kept apprised of the work as it proceeds. Fol-

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lowing a mee�ng with Andy Ainscough Senior Ranger, 50 access points at the most popular spots

have been earmarked. This will include upgrading the exis�ng interim sites.

Perimeter Track

It is pleasing to note that during this season infilling of the potholes have hugely improved the

driving experience around the various tracks. However, it is of some concern to a number of us

fishermen that many cyclists are not s�cking to the 10 mph speed restric�on and have been en-

countered last thing light without any kind of lights. So, do take care when leaving the water in the

evening. Signs have been erected indica�ng that the track is a shared facility and we as fishermen

are pleased to abide by that request.

Rutland Water Partnership - Friday, 7 October

Your president a�ended this mee�ng held at the Rutland Sailing Club.

A number of ma�ers were discussed. The one most relevant to us as bank anglers related to ac-

cess improvements down the rock armour. We understood from Will Kirstein, Parks manager, that

work has now commenced on excava�ng French drain below the dam. This material will be stored

on site and used to create access points down the stonework. JW has requested a mee�ng with a

qualified Anglian Water engineer to advise on the most profitable use of the material.

Dogs off the Lead

If, in your travels around the reservoir you observe anybody with a dog running free, especially in

the vicinity of stock you are requested to contact the fishing lodge duty ranger and report the

ma�er as soon as possible so that some form of ac�on can be put in place. Don’t leave it �ll the

next day.

Your president recently observed two dogs off the lead, and, seeing two other dogs on the lead,

went for them. This resulted in a very unpleasant experience for the compliant dog walkers with

their dogs correctly tethered. This is not the only problem. Local farmers have lost numerous

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sheep from �me to �me which have been driven in to the water by loose dogs: one being re-

trieved from the water between Carrot Creek and Armley Wood with great difficulty, due to its

saturated fleece. Numerous new blue signs have been put up to try and offset this problem.

Perimeter Lrack

Also noted was the improvement in the surface of the perimeter track. JW expressed concern

about the speed of a minority of cyclists on the perimeter tracks some of whom were riding in the

dark without lights. Anglers clearly understand that this is a shared track, as indicated by the no�c-

es. As anglers share this track we have always tried to set an example by driving gently with our

hazard warning lights on.

Old Stamford Road

Anglers and other water users have expressed some concern about �pping of rubbish and the

ligh�ng of fires at the roadside leading to the fishing area at Tim Appleton’s.

This would appear to be quite hazardous to

anglers’ and bird watchers’ vehicles. The

ma�er is being inves�gated and you will be

kept apprised of the outcome.

Anglian Water sponsorship

JW took the opportunity, through Will

Kirstein, to thank Anglian Water for help and

sponsorship offered for RWFF events. These

comments were reciprocated by Will.

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Gate Lock

A new anglers’ lock has been fi�ed to the transformer gate at the car park at the bo�om of Ham-

bleton Hill. This will enable access to the North Arm shallows of the tree the water.

Rutland Water Users Panel Mee�ng - Thursday 10th

November

This is our opportunity to air our views on ma�ers rela�ng to our beloved fishery. So, if you have

any ma�ers you want to bring up please communicate them to John Wadham as soon as possible

so that these can be wri�en down and presented to the Chairman prior to your president’s a�end-

ance. This gives those who listen to our observa�ons �me to provide reasoned replies. There will

also be an opportunity to do this at our annual forum with Anglian Water this winter.

Browns

The brown trout this season have been the real stars of the show. Many of the fish stocked in

March at 750gm to 1kg have doubled in weight this summer and a many of these now exceed 3lb

and are a real joy to behold and, as they are triploids, are seriously good fighters. Not only that,

they are always much more ready to take your fly than rainbow trout at the same size. It’s reck-

oned that if 50 rainbows pass you while you’re fishing and one brownie, guess who takes your fly?

These wonderful fish have saved many people a blank this season.

The prospect, of them living up to 7 years in the reservoir compared with the rainbows limited

lifespan in the reservoir - probably no more than two years - jus�fies puWng them back to give

somebody else a day to remember. Many over 5lb have been caught this year: with quite a num-

ber over 6lb. Going on the aforemen�oned theory, it is very likely that, in three or four years’ �me,

they could be approaching double figures in weight. So, in order that they may achieve this, when

returning them to the water, please treat them with the respect they deserve.

Specimen Fish

During the period of this newsle�er, a number of good fish have been caught. Here are a few of

them:

• Season �cket holder Jim Wa�s ne�ed a big tailed 5lb 2½oz Brown which fell to a diawl-

bach fished on a midge �p off Lax Hill. Jim shared a boat with Robbie Winram and the pair

ne�ed 7 fish in a half -day session.

• Paul Wild had a good day boat fishing up the South Arm. Paul took seven Rainbows weigh-

ing 2½ - 3lb, all on cdc’s.

• 12 year-old Will Earland, made the most of his school holidays catching a nice brace of

Rainbows at 3lb 9oz and 3lb 2oz on dry fly whilst out fishing with Rob Waddington.

• Youth Interna�onals, Toff Crowther and Graham Hayward had a brilliant day at the top of

the North Arm catching a good number of fish. They retained 8 fish for 29lb 12oz! The pair

fished dries and small floa�ng fry with Toff landing the best Rainbow of that week at 4lb

7oz. The fish had been feeding on Roach fry and S�cklebacks. At a later visit, at the end of

August, Graham caught a superb brown of 5lb 6oz.

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• Andy Mosley from Mansfield and Jon BaWson from Ravenshead, NoWngham, shared a

boat in some blustery condi�ons. The pair followed ranger Nigel Savage’s advice and

sought out the shallows of the South Arm. They were rewarded with 16 Rainbows around

3lb with some up to 4lb. Jon also returned a Brown es�mated at around 5lb. Jon and Andy

fished dries all day and found fish holding in various spots between Lax Hill and Ca�le

Trough Bay.

• Phil Welbourn of Market Deeping ne�ed a lovely 5lb ¾oz Rainbow. He also took a personal

best Brown of 5lb 14oz. Phil boat fished fry pa�erns.

• Season �cket holder Toff Crowther, of Oakham, fished amongst the many weed beds in the

south arm with fry pa�erns. Toff en�ced 9 fish including a superb brace of Rainbows

weighing 5lb 7oz (best Rainbow of that week) and 5lb 3oz, plus another three Rainbows

and four Browns. Toff has an enviable tally of fish for the season including many Browns

up to 6lb.

• Roger Bailey “Taff” caught a fine 4lb 8oz Rainbow from the top of the Green bank. One of

the be�er fish caught from the bank for some �me. At the same �me Wal Holynski fishing

30 m from Taff took four good Rainbows. This was all in a very short space of �me. This

suggested a visi�ng shoal. Let’s have more visitors please!

Predator Fishing Pike to 20lb have been caught and numerous Zander. These are fairly small but one boat caught

around five between 6lb and just under 10lb.

Le- is: John having a break from Rutland Water with a lovely fish from the Oakham canal. Middle & Right:

Oakham angler Ma1 Gregory went specimen hun)ng around Hambleton Peninsula and wasn't disappointed. A

dry daddy tempted this 5lb 7 3/8oz brownie from the south side of the peninsula.

Lincs youngster Charlie joined one of Rob’s introduc�on courses and had a Red Le�er Day, catch-

ing 2 cracking fish from the bank at Barnhill on a popper minkie. His ever first �me fly fishing, he’s

hooked for life, well done Charlie!

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The rest of the group had takes, follows

and swirls also to various versions of

floa�ng fry pa�erns.

Get on the bank and join the fun.

This very pleased beginner catches a

lovely trout on a floa�ng fry from Old Hall

Bay.

John Wadham has been fishing Rutland since it opened and

has a wealth of knowledge on our lake. A fountain of

knowledge, he has wri�en a number of excellent books on the

subject, including RUTLAND WATER: BANK ANGLER'S GUIDE

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BOAT REPORT – Report from Rob Waddington

Boat fishing on Rutland throughout late August and September has been a game of 2 halves. ‘The

boils’ in the main basin have been producing huge numbers of fit, feisty trout, all pumped up with

oxygen and figh�ng like crazy. You think you’ve hooked a monster and it turns out weigh just a

couple of pounds.

There is a knack with fishing the boils, try and get one which hasn’t been hammered by other

boats as the fish do go off aDer a while. The trick with posi�oning the boat is to get the wind to

blow you onto them and the aerator jet to push you off, a bit like balancing on a football.

Cast over the boil to one side or the other and let the current move the fly. Aggressive pulls can be

immediate.

Treat the boils like a ‘block of flats’, and try and find which ‘floor’ the trout are on. Seek the top

floors first and watch fish chase your fly. Eventually try and leave the line to sink without any re-

trieve, then experience the sudden jolt as it locks up with a trout on the end. Hold onto your rod!

There are 7 aerators in all and oDen the least popular will give the best results. Not for the feint

hearted, it’s fran�c fishing but it can save a hard day. For �ps on fishing the boils see h�ps://

youtu.be/hVH6FH1qg0c

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Fishing the Rutland Water Boils Rudder boats have been very successful on the day but not consistently produc�ve. On some days

it seemed like the trout were in the boils and nowhere else. At least we have this op�on in the hot

days of summer.

The other side of the coin has been some of the most marvellous dry fly and floa�ng fry fishing in

the Arms. The water quality has remained immaculate over the lush weedbeds producing the visi-

bility of an aquarium. The ca�le trough area came into form in early Summer with some outstand-

ing dry fly sport on orange and hare’s ear cdcs. As this part of the lake became popular to more

boats, fish began to move away and show around Lax hill and into Manton Bay, with a big shoal of

quality grown on fish off the bird centre at Lyndon.

The weedbeds were oDen spreading 80 or so yards off the bank, invi�ng delicious driDs over gin-

clear water in the right condi�ons ie gentle breeze and overcast skies.

However, as with most seasons, the right weather condi�ons have been very important. ODen

dogged by squalling winds and/or bright sunshine, this superb fishing hasn’t been produc�ve every

day. But with a gentle wind and cloudy skies this has been a summer of world class ac�on. Sep-

tember and October oDen gives us brilliant sunlit landscapes over dark skies as these snaps of the

Normanton Bank show, making it just fantas�c to be afloat on Rutland Water in the autumn.

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Browns Island has been the scene of many a broken leader and a number of bow waves chasing fry

pa�ern and some great specimens have come from this area.

This Autumn, the North Arm has been equally good. Appelton’s, Burley Reach and Transformer are

covered in rich, food infested weeds and create the perfect larder for big trout. S�cklebacks have

been the main ‘fry’ food for the trout through August to mid September and small floa�ng mylar

fry flies have worked a treat.

Now as I write the trout are also feeding on

bream, roach and perch of up to 4” in

length, so larger popper-minkies and big

deerhair pa�erns are working.

This method is fascina�ng but not always

an easy op�on, the trout are easily spooked

and difficult to hook, oDen chasing the fly

without ea�ng it.

So a ‘commando’, stealthy approached is

required using the oars to get into posi�on

rather than the engine, gently driDing over

the shallows and covering new water con-

�nuously.

When the trout show interest it pays to

wait un�l the trout are commi�ed to

munch your fly un�l you lock up into it. A

quick reac�on may lead to the fly being

pulled away too soon.

Here’s a lovely fish (leD) which was fooled

by a popper minky fished over the North

Arm weedbeds in September.

Quality Rutland Trout/ Eat or Return

The Brown and Rainbow which live up the arms are the finest quality trout, the type which Rutland

Water is famed for, the reason we love this lake and one of the reasons Rutland is so special com-

pared to many other s�llwaters around the UK in that it can produce such magnificent fish.

These trout from the arms are generally grown-on fish and look like li�le Grilse, and they do eat

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very well. Indeed, grown-on fish oDen have similar taste and look to a wild salmon but we should

show a li�le constraint and return a few safely to become the double figure trout of the future for

us all to enjoy.

As these photos of the editor’s son James show below, it’s oDen as pleasurable seeing a lovely fish

swimming off to fight another day as it is to enjoy a superb trout supper!

A number of years back Peter DeKremer and John Seaton caught a large bag of fish

on the rudder and released them into the nets moored off Barnhill Creek. The reason was to exam-

ine some trout in the days of the gill infesta�on problem for research purposes.

They were unsure if these rudder-caught fish would survive the ordeal, however when they re-

turned to inspect the fish over the following weeks a %100 survival rate was recorded! Returned

safely, Rutland trout will grow on and get bigger and bigger.

Many of us love to eat our catch and we should be free to do that but it’s worth considering, espe-

cially as we are oDen heard bemoaning the number of fish in the lake. Here’s something which we

can do to help the stock figures. And remember if we return a good propor�on of oDen inedible

fresh stockies, these will be our grown-on fish of the future months.

A superb Rutland Rainbow.

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Here’s another! 5.75lbs caught by member Phil Welbourne (le-) and a

whopper brown trout caught by Graham Hayward (right)

Good fish are being caught in the open water in both arms by driDing boats fishing top of the wa-

ter fly pa�erns or by stripping humongous lures on fast glass lines. Rudder boats using fast glass

and minky boobies are also harves�ng these fry feeders.

It’s interes�ng to note that fish are being caught on the surface on fry pa�erns over 30-40 feet of

water. Phil Welbourne again (le-) , this )me with a 5 pound 14 oz Brown trout. And Toff Crowther (right)

who shared a big haul of grown on fish from the South Arm with Graham Hayward.

As I write, all boats are booked solidly for 5 days while Rutland takes its annual influx of compe�-

�on anglers from all over the UK and Europe for the AW/Airflo interna�onal.

Well done to the Rangers and AW for keeping Rutland Water a worthy venue for this top fly fishing

compe��on and good luck to all teams. We’re sure that there will be loads of great trout leD in the

lake for our fishing for the rest of the season. J Rob Waddington Editor.

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A visitor to Rutland admires the quality of his catch.

RWFF Chairman’s Autumn Message Now that we approach what promises to be a special autumn’s fishing at Rutland we will see the

club’s ac�vi�es moving indoors as we focus on the winter programme of events. I would like to

thank everyone that has supported the club and its events over the season. We have seen good

a�endance at the bank and boat compe��ons and I have been pleased to see some of our new

and less experienced members par�cipa�ng.

Thanks to John Wadham and Peter De Kremer for making these compe��ons happen. Also we

have seen a good number of new members this year showing that there is a lot of interest in fly

fishing and being part of our great club. Many of our newer members have taken advantage of our

‘Monthly Bank Mee�ngs’ to improve their knowledge of Rutland, whilst brushing up on tech-

niques. The club has again worked hard to promote fly fishing by running open days and a�ending

country fairs like Burghley.

We are very grateful to all the volunteers who helped out and special thanks go to Dave and Josie

Porter and Brian and Pat Bonner for all their �me organising and a�ending many (nearly all!) of

our events. I hope you enjoy your Autumn / Winter fishing and that we will see lots of you at our

winter events. Our AGM is on Thursday the 10th

Nov at Empingham Cricket Club and we will be

publishing the other events very soon. I’ll leave you to enjoy yet another great ‘Big Puddle’ maga-

zine from Rob. Tight Lines Chris Evans,

Rob is a well known Rutland guide and qualified trout and spey cas�ng coach

and Orvis endorsed guide.

He has fly fished for 45 years for many different species around the UK and

overseas.

RWFF chairman Chris, fishes regularly on Rutland. An angling trust Level 2 coach, he’s the driving force behind development of Youth programmes within the club.

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RWFF Members News Hanby Cup Sunday 11th September

The Hanby Cup is a members only reservoir rules pairs boat compe��on which was fished when

the water was s�ll very warm resul�ng in a low catch average of only one per angler despite the

fact that the rudder was available for use by all par�cipants. The fact that the fishing had been

difficult was obviously a factor in only eight members turning up but we would try to encourage

more anglers to turn up in future please, in par�cular it would be great to see those anglers who

take part in events such as the Major Clubs suppor�ng our club matches, you are all more than

welcome and your appearance would be greatly appreciated.

1st place Peter de Kremer and Peter Gover 4 fish for 8lbs

11oz

2nd place Lynn Walters and Dan Perks 3 fish for 7lbs 3oz

3rd place Dave Porter and Chris Evans 1 fish for 2lbs 2oz

Biggest fish Peter de Kremer 3lbs 10oz

Big Dave Porter (le-) fishing the Hanby Cup at Rutland. Taking us

to the fish with 1hr to go.

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Hanby Cup winners Peter Gover and Peter De Kremer. A tough days fishing but very enjoyable.

John Maitland Trophy Sunday 28th August This annual boat match between RWFF and GWFFA at Rutland was well supported again this year

with 28 anglers in total taking part followed by a meal and presenta�on in the Italian restaurant in

the fishing lodge. 117 fish were caught and weighed with a rod average of 4.2. All our compe��ons

this year have been a 5 fish kill only and many other fish were caught and released on the day (up

to a maximum of ten) with C&R coun�ng as 2lbs per fish.

Well done to GWFFA who managed to out fish us by 66 fish (134lbs) to 51 fish (108lbs).

• Best bag Richard Cooper 10 fish for 21lbs 7oz with best fish of the match at 3lbs 9 oz

• Best pair prize Chris Bobby and Graham Pearson 39lbs 14oz

• 2nd pair prize Richard Cooper and Neil Walsh 32lbs 8oz

• 3rd pair prize Chris Evans and Mark Brinkman 24lbs 3oz

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This was the first �me in three matches that GWFFA have won and the match will take place at

Gra]am next year. Well done and thanks to all who took part.

RWFF V GWFFA - report from Peter Waterhouse

I fished the annual Maitland Trophy match between GWFFA and Rutland Water Fly Fishers 29th

August. Rutland was challenging but there fish in the main bowl between V buoy and the dam. As

always the match was close - but pleased to say that GWFFA has taken the trophy for the first

�me!

I personally had a good day - like many, my partner and I went up to the weed beds hoping to find

some sport on dries - only to be disappointed. But returning to the V buoy we both managed to

take fish - while others were catching on blobs and boobies - I could not make them s�ck, but took

4 fish on a size 16 Diawl Bach!

Many thanks to Peter DeKremer for organizing the match and the meal at the Rutland lodge. The

GWFFA Team is pictured below

RWFF Open Day RWFF Open Weekend Fishing Lodge Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th August

Rutland Water Fly Fishers hosted an open weekend ably organized by Dave Porter. This was a

chance to talk to the experts, try fly-tying, fly cas�ng and fly fishing from a boat. Dave Porter and

Brian Bonner exhibited their customary fly tying skills and invited people to have a go.

Thanks go to Anglian Water fisheries staff who allowed us to take offspring and parents out fishing

in a boat.

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RWFF would like to thank those who helped out on the day and thanks also to Josie Porter and Pat

Bonner who presided over the excellent barbecue aDerwards.

“What a fabulous weekend for Rutland Water Fly Fishers open day. We had really good response

from interested people who came on both days. Two new members! One who, under John Wad-

ham’s guidance, ki�ed himself out at the shop ready for the rest of the season, and one who has

made enquires for kit, and is really interested in taking up the sport. Not many fish caught but

everyone enjoyed themselves.

Two new members for the club and a visit from a father and son who have recently moved to the

area, both members, but came to meet other members and will be joining us at the various

mee�ngs.

The weekend was finished with a barbecue and a good social gathering which was most enjoyed

by everyone, even the cooks!

Thanks must go to the members who turned out to be boatmen, give cas�ng help they worked

their socks off some�mes just having a quick drink before going our again. Also to the people who

come Friday and Sunday evening to help put the tent up and take it down. Some of who were not

members but family who came for the Barbie.

BUT and it is a big BUT we need more boatmen and cas�ng helpers if we going to run this

event again.” Pat and Brian Bonner.

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Bank Mee�ngs It was a great end to the RWFF bank meet season, Sunday October 2nd. RWFF members giving

their �me to help the future of fly fishing by encouraging youngsters to come to the mee�ngs.

Mick Connor safely returning a nice brown trout caught in difficult condi)ons.

RWFF volunteers even made �me for a bit of li�er clearing, (below leD). The best pull on the end

of the line was achieved by Ellio� (below right) reaching up to unhook his catch! This is a great way

of geWng people into the sport and our thanks go to all those who have conspired to make this a

very successful series of events.

Well done Mick Connor from Oakham for

temp�ng a nice brownie to the net. The

weather was a bit too good for the fish.

Thanks to everyone for suppor�ng the

bank mee�ngs, welcome to all our new

members and a big thank you to all the

RWFF members who run the event.

Special thanks to to Dave and Josie Porter

and Brian and Pat Bonner for organising

the equipment each �me.

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Also to John Wadham for his expert cas�ng tui�on week aDer week. RWFF are looking forward to

the next few months as the fishing promises to be superb off the bank and then it will be �me for

our packed winter programme.

Water Aid Day RWFF members helped as gillies in the 2016 Water Aid Charity Day in September. Here’s a mes-

sage from John Wadham.

Thank you all from me and the Water Aid team for turning out in such horrendous weather on

Friday for the 14th

year of this event. You all deserve an Olympic medal for your efforts!

We have, as hoped, now helped raise some £200,000 for the charity since we started sup-

por�ng the event in 2002. The team are now concentra�ng their efforts on sanita�on in underde-

veloped countries.

They are proposing some altera�ons to the event format for 2017. I have been invited to a

mee�ng in November to offer any ideas we may have for the future running of it. So, if you have

any comments or sugges�ons please get them to me as soon as possible.

The RWFF guide with the winning pair of novices who caught the best bag was Mick Connor from

Oakham. The best Rainbow went to Paul Fratwell: a well-condi�oned 4lb 1oz Rainbow. He also had

two more nice fish, with all three weighing just under 11lb. Paul fished fry pa�erns down the

South Arm.

RWFF member Mick Connor (above) helped the team from IWS win the top prize. Top guiding

Mick! Thanks to all the other members also for their huge effort today and to Amber and the AW

organisers for a great day.

Best Catch of the day (le-). Our "dry fly"

expert (right), all Ready for the Water Aid

off!

RWFF Young Members

fish for England

Young RWFF member Elliot Fawdington

was introduced to fishing about 2 years

ago by RWFF chairman Chris evans and

with his dads fantas�c support and

through

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RWFF bank mee�ngs has made it big in interna�onal youth team. We are very proud of him as we

are of our other young fishing stars Toff Crowther and Graham Hayward, the England Youth Team

Captain in Ireland this year.

LOUGHBOROUGH angler Ellio� Fawdington was in ac�on for England in August as part of an inter-

na�onal match against Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

The youth fly fishing event took place at Lough Lein in Killarney and was Fawdington’s England

debut, as the second youngest member of the team. Each team fielded 14 anglers and two re-

serves with two anglers and a boatman in each boat so the sight of 28 boats heading off at pace

from the start at Ross Castle was magnificent.

Anglers could only count a fish if it was over 22cms in length all others or indeed any other species

other than trout did not count.

Team England finished in the bronze medal posi�on with a total of 52 fish but home knowledge

proved far too strong with Ireland winning the compe��on with 84 fish.

Within the English team Elliot finished third with six scoring fish although he caught 13 on the day.

The third place finish guaranteed Fawdington a place in next year’s interna�onal EYF squad for the

championship set to be fished in Wales.

The youth fly fishing event took place at Lough Lein in Killarney and was Fawdington’s England

debut, as the second youngest member of the team.

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FISH’N’TRIPS RWFF Member Jeremy Ball Recounts his first Marlin trip.

It was a classic case of man against the sea. The sun beat

down relentlessly while we trolled the Atlan�c Ocean. A

crew of three Dutchmen, seven sports fishermen, five of

them also Dutch, a Spaniard and a lone English man

(don't men)on Brexit). For six hours we followed the

birds, looking for signs of fish, wai�ng for the sound of

screaming reels, but it wasn't to be.

We saw Dolphin and flying fish, but could not get the Marlin to come up. I bumped into the cap-

tain and his father in a cocktail bar by the harbour later that evening, they had just returned from

an aDernoon session, they had had more luck, lost 3, caught 1 white Marlin and a Dorado. That's

fishing ...!

Fish’n’Tips Con�nuing the ar�cle for beginners from licensed

fly fishing coach and guide Rob Waddington on

how many flies we really need in our box.

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

We’ve already covered numbers 1, buzzers, 2

nymphs, 3 Damsels and 4 Sedges. This �me we

end the series with the final countdown …

Number 5: Daphnia Daphnia, is an important li�le creature. About the size of a pin head it helps keep the water clear

by feeding on algae. You can buy pots of it from pet shops to feed your pet fish, and love it they

certainly do!

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There’s huge blooms of daphnia in Rutland, mainly in the open water and it provides an easy feast

for our trout. All they need to do is open their mouths and gorge on this rich protein rich soup.

Impossibly small to a�empt to imitate, and even if we could, there’d be a million real ones next to

it. What chance have we got to catch daphnia feeding fish. Simple!

Firstly daphnia blooms can be blown by the winds and undercurrents so note the wind direc�on to

find a likely loca�on. Then, guess the depth of the daphnia; in bright weather it doesn’t need so

much sunlight (it uses photosynthesis) so it’ll go deep; in overcast weather it needs more sunlight

so it’ll be just under the surface. Where the daphnia is so will the trout be. So get the correct den-

sity line to match the depth; Fast Glass/Di3/5/7 etc Then put something big and ugly on the end, I

honestly don’t think it ma�ers what, maybe a sparkler, snake, an orange blob (don’t forget the

blob was invented to give the compe��on anglers something as big and ‘in your face’ as is legally

allowed for this very reason, I’m sure they’d prefer to use an even bigger fly if the rules allowed!

Cast it out as far as possible through the daphnia and rip it back as fast as is humanly possible.

Long strips, roly-poly, whatever and …bang! An aggressive take as it wizzes past a trout’s nose.

It’s rather like we humans having vegetable soup for lunch, it’s quite ok, and filling, sort of, but if

you see a meat pie waDing passed you at the speed of knots geWng away then I think we’d all

make a grab for it! And that’s what these flies are imita�ng, the trout equivalent of a meat pie!

This is also why rudder fishing is so successful, dragging a meat pie many hundreds of years �ll you

get a take, it’s bound to cover a fish at some �me. Thank goodness for daphnia.

Number 6: Opportuni�es These are events which will possibly happen at

some point but which cannot be predicted. Be

aware of Hawthorn flies blowing onto the sur-

face in the Spring; migra�ng snails, occasionally

float to the surface and drop down to feed on

another patch of weed; Daddy Longlegs strewn

across the water; an explosion of shrimp. All

these items can be grouped into one sec�on,

opportuni�es, as if the fish lock onto any of

these items, fishing without a realis�c imita�on

is fruitless. And finally …

Number 7: COARSE FISH FRY Around May we usually see clouds of pin fry along the banks establishing themselves and hiding in

any rocks or weed cover away from searching predatory trout. We all know how difficult fishing at

this �me can be. Frustra�ng cas�ng at rises only for them to disappear and slash at another cloud

of jelly-like fry.

Well, now in the autumn the survivors of those �ny specs are now up to 4” in length and have

become a feast for the trout. Especially if a cold snap hits the daphia, buzzers, corixa and shrimp. It

may be that the trout turn their a�en�on away from the open water and back into the weedbeds

and bankside rocks, hun�ng for their food.

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Minkies are probably the best fry imita-

�on and with an added, en�cing ‘plop’;

Minkies Boobies, Popper Minkies, and

gurglers are all worth using.

The poor fry are being hammered by

trout from underneath and from the gulls

and terns from the air and many are to

be found dead, dying or stunned on the

surface. Easy pickings for big grown on

specimen trout. Use floa�ng fry pa�erns

for some heart stopping ac�on.

FLY OF THE MONTH

With the abundance of fry about this Autumn; perch, roach, bream and zander adding to the s�ck-

leback popula�on, it’s no wonder that the trout are feeding on them voraciously . Floa�ng fry fish-

ing from bank or boat is surely one of the most exci�ng methods of catching Rutland trout. Watch-

ing as a huge bow wave follows your pooping Minkie or Deer-hair fry and hoping that it’ll latch on

and engulf it, is one of the highlights of the season.

‘Gurgler’ and ‘Popper’ Minkies Fry Pa1erns for surface fishing

Minkie and ‘Spondoolie’ Deerhair Fry Don’t forget subsurface on sunny days, a natural, grey or black Minkies look more lifelike than an

actual fry!

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Dry Daddy-longlegs and Popper Hoppers If we ever get the ‘plague’ of daddy longlegs which the papers seem to predict, don’t be without

your imita�ons. Remember the last daddy bonanza, maybe 10 years ago, every trout in the lake

was locked onto this terrestrial feast and nothing else would do.

Dave Barker, GraJam Guru, from Colin Bre% Many of you will probably remember Dave Barker who was Chairman of GWFFA for many years,

well aDer he passed away, Lin his widow, gave me some books and folders that were Dave's diaries

of his exploits on Gra]am.

While these are too many for me to do much with I did come across the beginnings of a book that

Dave had always threatened to write about Gra]am and reservoir trout fishing. Several of us had

suggested he write something as he was a really experienced and innova�ve angler.

The text that follows is all he managed to write before his un�mely death.

In the beginning there was Gra]am

As a former devotee of coarse fishing, who had occasionally dabbled with the fly on my local rivers

for the odd dace & chub, fly-fishing for trout became a serious proposi�on in 1967 when Gra]am

Water opened as a new trout fishery. A local rod licence & a pound a day offered access to one of

the most exci�ng fisheries available where trout, especially the rainbows, put on weight at an ex-

cep�onal rate in the fer�le waters of the newly flooded farm land. Hence forth trout fishing was

no longer for the privileged but available to all at an affordable price. Most large S�llwater trou�ng

was far removed from the large popula�ons of London & the Midlands. Syndicated rivers, streams

& gravel pits inaccessible to most was the total. Gra]am Reservoir opened the floodgates to the

S�llwater boom. In 1967 tackle was s�ll in the Stone Age, rods for instance, were virtually all heavy

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split cane or greenheart & lines were basically silk, requiring an assortment of treatments &

maintenance. Flies also were basic, tradi�onal wets & some odd river nymphs, with a few more

adventurous anglers experimen�ng with larger sea trout or even salmon flies. No one was pre-

pared.

Technology has certainly moved on, for today countless rods & lines are available, manufactured

from a variety of high tech materials to suit every individual, occasion or even venue. Lines innova-

�on in fly-tying & the availability of many new tying materials offers the angler an almost infinite

number of pa�erns. I look back & think, if we’d had todays tackle & knew then what we know

now, how different things could have been

With the introduc�on of the large Midland reservoirs Gra]am principally in the late 60’s & later

Rutland in the 70’s, thousands of coarse anglers & first �mers took up the new sport. The demand

for suitable specialised tackle escalated, & the manufacturers were quick to respond. The s�ll wa-

ter revolu�on had begun & a new breed of trout angler was born.

Many of the successful names associated with the early developments, such as Cyril Inwood, Ar-

thur Cove & Richard Walker applied their coarse fishing ins�ncts to their fly fishing methods.

Methods incidentally, which as they developed were far removed from what was considered tradi-

�onal & in some cases were regarded by some as controversial. For instance, I well remember the

reac�on of many of the old school to the addi�on of lead to flies & the introduc�on of materials

other than fur or feather. Materials like foam & plas�cs were simply not cricket!

Those previously involved in fly fishing had, generally speaking, only fished small rivers & streams.

Reservoirs added new dimensions; depth, distance & bank fishing which on large waters has cer-

tainly not been the norm In the first year or so of Gra]am the majority of the ‘New Breed’ fished

from the bank whilst the tradi�onalists tended to s�ck to the boats. This ini�ally created a ‘them &

us’ situa�on but barriers soon came down & there was a natural integra�on of people, ideas &

techniques so everyone could benefit from all developments in both tackle & methods

It wasn’t long before the weekly angling newspapers began to devote sec�ons to S�llwater trout

fishing & a dedicated magazine was introduced with others to follow. They printed an everlas�ng

stream of informa�on promo�ng flies, methods & tackle as well as the sport itself. Demand almost

outstripped supply especially in the early part of the trout season, whilst the coarse fishing was

s�ll closed, space on the bank was at a premium & the boats had to be balloted.

It was not unknown for Gra]am to sell 600 day �ckets on opening day & 200 to 300 on weekends

up to June 16th & there were reports that Chew & Blagdon were having similar pressures

Ini�ally fishing �mes at Gra]am were restricted, 9am un�l 1 hour aDer sunset. I never could un-

derstand the late start. It certainly wasn’t to allow anglers of the ‘gentle art’ to have a lay in! Prime

fishing areas were always staked out with landing nets way before the sun even considered rising

above the horizon. The first day of the season was even worse, many spots had been reserved

before sunset the previous day.

Opening days especially & the following week or two, bore more significance in the late six�es as

stocking policies were different. Weeks before the opening, the en�re stock for the year was intro-

duced. Can you imagine a graph of catches & �cket sales? It must have resembled the descent of

Everest by the end of the season. ‘Ding’ the bell finally rang with the fishery managers & soon

trickle stocking was introduced. Pressures gradually declined with the opening of other reservoirs

& the crea�on of many smaller lakes & gravel pits as trout fisheries. Today most areas of the coun-

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try offer some form of S�llwater fishing on a day �cket basis.

Anglers are now spoilt for choice, with op�ons ranging from

the smaller ‘put & take’ fisheries, where some owners now

stock farmed ‘jumbo’ trout, to the bigger fer�le waters, where

generally the stocked fish are in the 1 to 1½ pound bracket &

a percentage that ini�ally escape the angler grow on naturally.

Me! I prefer the larger experiences feeling it is as close to wild

trout fishing as is ar�ficially possible. Is that next take a 1lb

stocky or a naturally grown on specimen? Is that element of

surprise & the unknown that a�racts me & reservoir trout,

strong bars of silver, have got to be the hardest fighters.

I suppose it was inevitable, although strongly resisted at first, that compe��on fly fishing would

evolve & become a serious aspect of the sport. Man is naturally compe��ve therefore it had to

happen. I personally hated the idea of the majes�c trout becoming the target for the match man,

but then I am a total hypocrite for I joined in & have enjoyed it ever since. In the first seasons of

compe��on fishing, the published results & all the razzmatazz of the bigger tournaments were

regarded by fishery managers as a promo�on for their water. Consequently, just prior to the big

events, large stockings were introduced to ensure what was considered a good result, & therefore

good publicity. The ‘no limit’ rule applied & it wasn’t unknown for individual boats to catch in ex-

cess of 50 recently stocked fish. It was ridiculous.

The idea soon backfired with the animosity of the pleasure anglers soon making their feelings

public, especially in the press. Fortunately common sense prevailed & gradually stocking policy &

rules changed with both pressure from the pleasure angler & the match men themselves who

recognised the stupidity of the situa�on. Today most compe��ons are fished to a 1 or 2 fish �cket

with total weights added too on a �me basis.

Say what you like about compe��on fishing, it has done a great deal of good for the sport in terms

of development & finance. Many of the big waters must relate of their turnover to these events,

not just for the boats & permits on the day but all the prac�ce sessions which are regarded by

most par�cipants as essen�al.

Methods & Notes:

High speed Hi D DriDing boat – nymphs, the liD & hang drogues/depth 18 to 5 feet

Anchored boat/or bank – boobies/suspenders/floa�ng fry

Nymphing

Bank – Arthur Cove – surface/deep, leaded Boat – driD – bright sink �p/slow sink

Float �p fly lines – distance & cross winds

Dry fly fishing

Boat – long leader 2 flies, driD Bank – weather – late season

Daddy longlegs – long season yellows & biggies Suspenders – dry, tails & dunking

Suspenders – wet Submerged & tall floa�ng suspenders

Minky Flies a) Floa�ng line – bank/boat b) Sink �p – bank (deeper water)/boat

Floa�ng fry Sideways, ver�cals perch & roach

Dave Barker RIP - Reproduced by kind permission of Lin Barker

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THE FISHERMAN’S FRIEND MEMBER’S LETTERS PAGE

Comment on permit op�ons from member Rob Stevens

Hi as I men�oned at the Sunday meet - you asked for

ideas around �cke�ng op�ons that could increase par�c-

ipa�on. There are two scenarios that crop up for me. The

aDernoon off work or visit with wife or family. I would

really like to have a "couple of hours" op�on.

I would be more able to do li�le and oDen than the longer sessions. There may be concerns that a

short �cket would be abused but for many starters as we see on the bank meets there is li�le

chance of reaching even a one fish bag limit.

What do the members think. This is an open forum for ALL members to share views, comments,

gripes, stories.

Email or post your comments to us.

Send your views and comments to rutlandwaterflyfishers@gmail.com or to the editor robwad-

dington@onetel.com

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have even been tales of mammoth Blue Fin Tuna being caught off the Donegal Coast in Ireland in

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‘Trouty Dips’ Trout Caviar. This recipe was found in rela�on to Steel-

head trout from Western Canada, but these fish are oDen

referred to as sea-run rainbows.

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Trout skeins (eggs) kosher salt 250 ml pickling

jars.

Separate the eggs from the skeins in a non-

reac�ve sieve of some kind. Rinse thoroughly.

Take your jars (sterilized, of course) and put in a

layer of about 1/4" of eggs. Follow by sprinkling

on about 1/2 tsp salt. Then more eggs, and

more salt, un�l you fill the jar about 3/8" or so

below the top.

Place the lid on loosely, and put the jar in the refrigerator. Open the top every day twice (don't

leave it on air�ght! The caviar might spoil!) and let it cure for about 10 days or so.

Trout caviar is delicious, I feel be�er than salmon, be�er than lumpfish and only a notch below

u�lity grade beluga. But the source for eggs is spawning fish, which you are going to have to catch

yourself in the Spring. The rest of the fish is not great at that �me of year, but can be smoked and

the carcass used for stock for chowder or dashi, quite successfully.

Above are a couple of pictures of presenta�on, with blinis, homemade pepper crackers and sour

cream!

… Last Cast

Tight lines for the Autumn

season to all our members.

There is s�ll �me to beat the

biggest fish caught by a mem-

ber, standing at 7lbs so far,

and perhaps the best fishing is

yet to come.

We look forward to seeing you

all at the Empingham Cricket

Club for our Winter evening

programme.

Keep an eye on h�ps://www.facebook.com/rutlandwaterflyfishers/?fref=ts for details.

Rob Waddington Editor. robwaddington@onetel.com

Chairman: Chris Evans, chrisd.evans@btinternet.com Treasurer: Paul Wild, 33 Kelthorpe Close, Ketton, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 3RS. Tel: 01780 720308 or e-mail: paul-wild1@sky.com Minute Secretary: Peter de Kremer. Tel: 01572-724873 or e-mail: pe-ter.dekremer@tesco.net Secretary: John Wadham, 6 Mendip Road, Oakham, LE15 6NN. Tel: 01572 771092 e-mail: john@ewadham.fsnet.co.uk Editor: Rob Waddington, The Lodge, North Shore, Rut-land Water Rutland, LE15 8AB. Tel: 01572 722422 or Mob: 07711 182853. or e-mail: robwadding-ton@onetel.com

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