PEBMARSH LAKE CLOSED FOR WORK PARTY Thursday 10th August 5pm for swim and pathway strimmering and a general tidy up, members are requested to pack up fishing by 4-30 and to vacate the car park by 5. Volunteers are requested, strimmers would be usefully if anyone has one.

TACKLE FOUND After fishing Pebmarsh Lake recently member Gavin Curran found a considerable amount of tackle lying on the side of the road between Pebmarsh and Earls Colne, it could have belonged to one of our members or a Caps member leaving their lake at Pebmarsh, and could have fallen of off a roof rack, out of a trailer or out the back of a pick up truck. If you have lost this tackle please ring Gavin on 07803 364733, with a description of the items found and the date you lost them, please share this to help get it back to its rightful owner.

WORK PARTIES This Sunday April 23rd Boley Road Reservoir will be closed to fishing for the second big work party of the new season, members are requested to volunteer for this as there is quite a lot to do and which starts at 8am, if you have any queries on this please contact Kevin the fisheries officer who's phone number is I the club hand book. A big thank you also goes to the members who turned up to help at the work party two weeks ago at Pebmarsh.

WORK PARTIES This Sunday April 9th sees the first work party of the season at Pebmarsh Lake when the water will be closed for fishing, help is required from any members who can attend and starts at 8am. There will also be another work party at Boley Reservoir two weeks later on Sunday 23rd April also with an 8am start, further details can be obtained from Kevin the fisheries officer who's phone number is in the club handbook.

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NEW SEASON MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED As from April 1st new membership cards will be required to fish club waters, these are available from all the same retail outlets as last season and are also available by post, further details are available for both members and new members on the club's website, colnesanglingsociety.co.uk also information can be obtained from club officials.

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SENIOR CITIZENs MATCH This coming Wednesday the first Senior Citizens match of the year will be held at Pebmarsh Lake, this will be a silver fish only match, and full details are in the 2016/17 club handbook, and any member over the age of sixty is welcome to fish. The club's 2017/18 club card's will be on sale prior to the match, these are also available from all the same outlets as last year and will run from April 1st.

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Club official Paul Emson had his best pike session of the season on the river Stour recently, he landed eight ranging from five to just over thirteen pounds, with second run coming just as the first fish was being landed and was fortunate he fishes with a large pan net and specimen net when pike fishing, also Match Secretary Kevin and witnessed several of the fish.

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2017/18 Club cards are now in stock and available from Stour Valley Tackle Halstead, Just Fishing Sudbury, Wass Fishing Tackle Colchester, Bills Tackle Braintree, Colchester Bait and Tackle, Fork Andles Coggeshall and Fork Andles Earls Colne, this outlet also incorporates a post office so club card's and Environmental Agency rod licences can both be purchase at the same time and seven days a week.

AGM Just a last minute reminder about the club's AGM as shown in the club handbook, tonight in Colnes Constitutional Club, Earls Colne 7-30 pm.

CAN YOU HELP Club member John V. has lost a black Lumix camera in a hard case at either Pebmarsh or Boley some time since August 20th, if anyone has found or has any information regarding his camera, could you please contact one of the secretaries, either Paul on 01787 223331 or James on 01787 461012, or by email as shown in the club handbook.

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Wishing all our members a very merry Christmas and happy and prosperous New Year.

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The weather might be getting colder, but the carp are still being caught from Boley Reservoir, at Sundays match Kevin Dewsnip romped in to first place after landing a 28lb common and a 22lb mirror.