ANGLING TRUST OXFORD WINTER LEAGUE PRACTICE OPEN

The match was fished in blustery conditions on a very low and clear Thames where, although the top weights were good, a lot of the areas fished very hard. Drennan Oxford’s Steve Townsend drew opposite Wilsham road at Abingdon and had skimmers and perch on 13m pole and caster over groundbait and loosefed caster. He totalled 23-10-0. Sat at the next peg was team-mate Carl Eland, and he managed the same mix of fish on similar tactics.

Result: 1 S Townsend, Drennan Oxford, 23-10-0; 2 C Eland, Drennan Oxford, 21-7-0; 3 M Bowerman, Sensas A4, 17-14-0; 4 S Harwood, Drennan Oxford, 17-13-0;