Crawley Post Office Angling Club was formed in the spring of 1987. The social club received a letter from SEPORA (SOUTH EAST POST OFFICE REGIONAL ASSOCIATION) asking whether anyone in the Crawley office would like to take part in a regional angling competition. A PHG named Les Bailey did a bit of fishing and set about getting a team together.He asked Colin Temple.(He had never fished before but he agreed as he thought it would be a good day out).Between them they managed to get 3 teams of 6 together. Most of them were sea anglers but took part for the fun of it. Unfortunately, Les got the sack before the matches took place and Colin was left to organise everything on his own. The teams did well and the anglers expressed a wish to form a club.By August 1987 the club had 20 members. Thanks to Colin's efforts the club has grown to what it is today.
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For a lake that has no Carp in it we didn't half hook some Carp! Everyone at the start treated this as a silver fish match(light tackle)but after a couple of hours it became obvious that there were now a lot of Carp in the lake as many anglers were getting snapped up on them. Those that adjusted their tactics, or more to the point, had the tackle with them to do it, did best. Keith Huggins took top spot on the day with 29lb-14oz.Ray Hill used a feeder approach to take second with 23lb and Gary third with15lb-14oz. Niff Noff rounded off the day by showing us his scouse patience trick. Having got the two sections of his rod stuck together he snapped it back into two across his knee. Some advice Niff. Don't get a pole!!!
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