10 Nomads ventured out up to Stocks Reservoir today. In windy conditions the top pairing was our England Youth team members, Oliver Avis and Aaron Carnie, with a fantastic 31 fish to the boat. Good angling young 'uns.

Members. Today saw the first of our dual outings. Our Chairman, Nathan Jones lead a group of four down to Staffordshire for our first ever visit to Blithfield Reservoir . The group consisting of Nathan, John Burrow, Olly Avis and Dez Lynam, found this new venue tough going. Windy conditions hampered their progress a little but not enough to claim a blank catch return.

All four got into the fish with Olly bagging 4 and Nathan with 3.

Secretary, Steve Elliott, lead the other group to Raygill over the Yorkshire border. The group of 5 battled against the strong gusting winds to claim fish close to the bank. First trout to the bank was netted by Aaron Carnie - closely followed by Jim McGinley.

By lunchtime all the Nomads had found fish. Aaron and Jim leading the totals with well over 20 fish between them. Steve had 4, Nick Woodward with 2 and new member Paul Kuczera with 1.

The afternoon session belonged to Steve Elliott, with and incredible return of 32 rainbows finishing the day as top rod with a massive total of 36. White Cats Whisker Boobies and White FABS taking the Lions share of the fish in the top three feet of water.

Not to be outdone, Aaron ran Steve a close second, finishing with 31, while Jim bagged-up with 24. Boobies and Blobs also doing the damage Paul managed a further 4 and Nick finished with 2. An amazing total of 98 for the day. Good angling chaps!!!