BREADPUNCH KEY TO SILVERFISH WIN ON A DIFFICULT RIVER CAM

Teams close after opening league fixture

ANGLING DIRECT/ESSEX WINTER LEAGUE (SUN) River Cam, Pike & Eel-Baitsbite Lock (32 pegs)

A CLEAR river made for a hard opener to this league, and this was reflected in the weights.

Just 9-5-0 was enough to win for Danny Mason, as the Bill’s Tackle Black man fished maggot at 13m and breadpunch at 8m to take a net of small roach, dace and bleak from the Baitsbite area Ben Bray finished second on 7-3-0. Top team were Phoenix with 24 points, two in front of a tie for second between Sensas Coleman’s Bait & Tackle and Maver Coleman’s Bait & Tackle/Matchpack.

Result: 1 D Mason, Bill’s Tackle Black, 9-5-0; 2 B Bray, Phoenix, 7-3-0; 3 P Grant, Browning Wickford, 3-12-0; 4 S Holden, Maver Coleman’s Bait & Tackle/Matchpack, 3-7-0; 5 M Campion, Sensas Coleman’s Bait & Tackle, 2-1-0; 6 A Leutchford, Bill’s Tackle Black, 1-14-0.

Teams: 1 Phoenix, 24pts; jt2 Sensas Coleman’s Bait & Tackle and Maver Coleman’s Bait & Tackle/Matchpack, both 22; jt4 Browning Wickford and Coleman’s Cottage, both 17; 6 Bill’s Tackle Black, 16.