Next Meeting Wednesday 7th March - Eric Edwards

We are very please to welcome Eric Edwards to the legion next wednesday night. Eric has given excellent talks when he has visited the region in the past and we are looking forward to hearing his new material. 



Eric is a PAC stalwart, who is only to keen to share his experiences and give some tips to budding pike anglers both young and old.  Find out more about Eric's exploits at http://pikefishing.blogspot.com/

Meeting starts at 8.00pm as usual, £3 on the door.

Next Meeting Weds 1st Feb 2012

Our next meeting at the legion will be this coming wednesday, this will be a meeting with a difference as we are not going to have a talk but have invited a panel of special guests to come and have interactive session covering all things piking.  So if you fancy getting involved and would like to come and discuss the issues facing pike fishing today please come along.  Usual time and place.

Stop Illegal Fish Theft Petition

Neil Cash from the Pikers Pit blog has asked us to post details about his petition.

In his words,

"I'm asking for your support to get DEFRA to take greater action to prevent the Illegal theft of fish from waters, particularly but not confined to the Fenland/East Anglia regions. For some time now organised gangs have used all manner of illegal methods to target native fish stocks, including the use of set lines, trawl nets and other such illegal boating activities. The ecological balance of many fenland waters have already been critically damaged, this is also having a financial effect on those whose livelyhoods depends on the tourist & sport fishing trades. The laws to prevent such actions are already in place, they just need stronger policing & heavier penalties on conviction. Please support this petition, before our waters are ruined forever. Thank You."

You can sign the petition by clicking here

Next Meeting January 11th - Jon Neafcy

We are pleased to welcome Jon to the legion on Wednesday 11th January.  Jon is RO for south lancs and will be entertaining us with his pike fishing exploits from across the border in Scotland.  Meeting starts at 8.00pm and is £3 on the door.

Dick wants a new bait freezer

Dick Culpins bait freezer has gone bang!  and he asked us to put a message out incase anyone has one they are looking to get rid of.  If you can help give him a buzz on 07967 629226.

Mick Brown - 7th December

We are pleased to announce that our guest speaker for December will be Mick Brown.  Mick needs little introduction.  Author, TV personality, profesional angler and above all a keen and dedicated pike  fisherman!  Mick will be talking about his newly relased book, " Mick Brown - Proffesional Pike Angler".  Signed copies will be avialable on the night.  Further infomation on Mick's book can be found at http://www.mickbrownangling.com/  The meeting will be at 8.00pm at Bottisham British Legion, £3 entrance on the door, all welcome.

10th Anniversary Predator Cup Badges For Sale

We (Dick and Cambs PAC) still have some of the commemorative 10th anniversary PAC/Predator Cup badges for sale for £4 each with proceeds going to Marie Curie. There were a limited edition of 100 made so grab one whilst you can. If you would like one either email me at andrew.blazey@primeag.co.uk or pick one up off us at our December meeting.

Well done Dick and Thank You! - Marie Curie Predator Cup

Sunday the 30th October saw the holding of the 10th Marie Curie Predator Cup on the Great Ouse between Ely and Littleport. Approximately 70 anglers fished the match. The winner was Ian Stimpson with an aggregate weight of 21lb 15 oz, 2nd was Fred Ashman with his single pike of 21lb 0oz and 3rd was Chris Duda with a total weight of 18lb.01oz. The biggest zander was 7lb.10oz.





The event raised over £1,800 for the charity and to date has raised in excess of £20,000. What an achievement, well done Dick Culpin for organising it and to all those who helped both before and on the day (too numerous to mention).

Thank You from Marie Curie

Next Meeting - Nov 2nd - Graham Booth

Our speaker for the next meeting on November 2nd will be Graham Booth. Graham will be well known to many of the region regulars and we are delighted to welcome him along to talk about his long awaited new book. A History of Pike Fishing - Volume 1. All or welcome, as usual £3 on the door and we kick off at 8.00pm. Look forward to seeing a good turnout to support Graham.

Predator Cup 2011 Application Form

For those of you looking to fish the predator cup this year application forms can be downloaded by clicking below. Further details about the event can be found on the entry form. Good luck!

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2011/12 Meetings

Below is "whats on" at the legion this season, further details about talks will be posted nearer the time, look forward to seeing you when we kick off on the 5th October.

October 5th – Martin Godliman Avid lure angler Martin will tell tales of his lure fishing both in the UK and abroad
November 2nd – Graham Booth Graham has a wide ranging talk covering his own pike-fishing approach, philosophy and recent escapades In addition he will talk about his new book, “A History of Pike Fishing – Volume 1”
December 7th – Mick Brown To keen pike anglers Mick needs no introduction, his talk will cover the topic of his new book, twenty years spent as a professional angler

January 11th – John Neafcy 2010 PAC RO of the year travels down from the north west to tell us all about his piking exploits February 1st – Eric Edwards Hugely successful and previous visitor to Cambs PAC Eric brings his new talk to the region
March 7th – TBA TBA
April 4th – Season Round up, Quiz and Raffle

PAC Junior Coaching event at the PAC Convention 1st October 2011

Well known Pike Angler and future speaker at Cambs PAC Eric Edwards is putting together something very special for young pikers at this years convention.

In Erics words,"Basically juniors get in for free as long as they are with a paying adult and we're laying on something really special for them. Some of the biggest names in piking are giving up their time to help with this and I'm keen that we get a really good turnout. The junior event will be opened by top piker and TV personality Mick Brown and we'll also have presentations from Denis Moules and Gord "Piking Pirate" Burton. Top flycaster David Wolsoncroft-Dodds will be giving hands-on tuition of pike flycasting and there will be three other workshops where the kids can learn all about the pike, make their own lure (which they get to keep of course) and learn how to make traces. All will be done under the watchfull eye of the PAC's fully qualified team of angling coaches, there will be freebies galore and what's more, in conjunction with this the PAC committee have agreed to slash the cost of junior membership to a fraction of what it was.

Cost of junior membership of the PAC has been slashed to just £7.50 for a year and for this they get all the magazines and benefits that the seniors get. What's more, any junior who joins on the day will receive a free pack of pike tackle courtesy of Alan Dudhill of Pikemaster Traces. As well as this all junior attendees will receive a free Rapala lure, a free Rapala hat and the chance to win some great prizes".

Please show your support to Eric and the future of our sport either by taking a young piker along or recomending the day to someone you think would benefit. Well done Eric! Further info on the convention can be found below.

Marie Curie Cup Info

The Marie Curie Predator Cup will be fished on 30 October 2011 at the usual venue on the Great Ouse at Ely with registration taking place at the Ely Beet Club from 7am onwards. Full details are available in the August issue of Pikelines and the Marie Curie team will be contacting anglers who have previously fished the event. This year is the 10th Anniversary of the event and we hope to have over 100 competitors taking part. Eddie Turner (ET) will once again be sponsoring the event and we hope to raise a bumper amount of cash for the charity. We will have on sale a specially commissioned cloth badge to commemorate the event, this will be a limited edition and is destined to become a collectors item in years to come!!

I look forward to seeing you on the day.

All the best

Dick

Fenland Country Fair 28th and 29th August

As usual Cambs PAC will have a stand at the Fenland Country Fair this August bankholiday Sunday and Monday. The stand will be manned by PAC regulars, come along have a look at the stand, have a chat and see what Digger has got for sale! Look forward to seeing you there. Further details can be found here.

Meetings 2011

We have nearly completed our line up of speakers for the coming season, speakers confirmed so far include Martin Godliman, Mick Brown, Graham Booth, John Neafcy and Eric Edwards. Should be a good season. The first meeting will be on the 5th October, as usual 8.00pm start at Bottisham British Legion. Further details and confirmations to follow.