Risby Park Fishing Ponds Saturday open matches in 2021.
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Saturday 14th Feb’26 Risby Open Match on Folly
The attendance was lower than of late, with most of the lads being under strict instructions to spend some time with their “better halves” on St Valentines Day.
For the rest of us divorcees and singletons it was business as usual, apart from the fact that it wasn’t raining !?
With temperatures hovering around zero all day in the shade, it was always going to be harder than it had been on Wednesday’s match.
However, Robbo was on peg 16 and despite a slow start and very slow last hour, he caught a few nice skimmers during the match to take the win.
Robbo alternated between double red maggot and a 4mm expander, fished over groundbait at 14.5m. Thankfully the roach weren’t feeding, which meant he could “lift and drop” to encourage bites, which worked well for the skimmers, he also had a goldfish of approx 2lbs and a 7lbs ghostie to add to his winning total of 39lbs 8oz.
Roger Edmond was sat next door in peg 17 and fished similar tactics but had to endure longer spells of the fish not biting, Rog still recorded a great winter “all silvers” weight of 17lbs 7oz.
Match Result
1st Robbo 39:08, p.16
2nd R.Edmond 17:07, p.17
3rd J.Moody 13:02, p.9
4th W.Eyre 11:01, p.27
Silvers Match
Robbo 30:08
Rog 17:07
Willy
Matches are run every Saturday.. please message Robbo on 07834 275278 to book on.
Tench and Folly Rover Wed 11th Feb 26
Wednesday 11th Feb’26
There was a decent turnout for the midweek open and as the weather had been so poor, it was agreed to do a rover over The Tench & Folly.
The lads fishing the Tench Pond had a few nice skimmers and odd carp, but other than Willy Eyre fishing peg 7, they weren’t in the running for the podium.
Willy fished the method with a 6mm wafter to land 6 nice carp for 36lbs 14oz.
However, the main action was over on the Folly with Pete Suggitt catching quality skimmers from start to finish.
Pete, (pictured below on the first photo), alternated his hookbaits from maggot to pellet to land a fantastic net of all silvers totalling 52lbs 4oz off peg 11.
Robbo pushed him close off peg 30 with another superb net of silvers totalling 48lbs 5oz,plus a stockie of 1lb 8oz for his total 49lbs 13oz.
Result
1st Pete Suggitt, 52:04 p.11 Folly.
2nd Robbo, 49:13, peg 30 Folly
3rd, Willy Eyre, 36:14, peg 7 Tench.
4th Dave Sharp, 23:03, peg 27 Folly
5th Shane Butcher, 20:08, peg 9 Tench.
Midweek matches are run every Wednesday, for further information/ to book on, contact Robbo on 07834 275278.
Saturday 31st Jan’26 Open Match on Folly
Saturday 31st Jan’26 Open Match on Folly
The weather was much better than the forecast had led everyone to believe with clear blue skies and still conditions.
Despite the good weather, expectations were low due to the recent heavy rain and cold nights. Thankfully the Folly fished really well and everyone had plenty of bites and a few fish.
Mark Magaharan, (Mags), won the match with 41:03 off peg 20.
Mags alternated between the waggler and feeder to land 2 big carp and a few smaller ones on maggot.
Matt Waites took 2nd place off peg 26. Matt had a lovely ghostie of 13:05 and 17:08 of silvers. Matt fished the pole at 14.5m with maggots on the hook over groundbait.
Result
1st M.Magaharan, 41:03, p.20
2nd M.Waites, 30:13, p.26
3rd Robbo, 23:06, p.17
4th G.Evans, 15:00, p.27
Silvers Match
1st Robbo 23:06
2nd Matt Waites, 17:08
3rd Tom McLean, 11:13, p.14
3rd Garry Evans, 11:08, p.27.
Matches are run each and every Saturday on The Folly,for more information contact Robbo on 07834 275278.
Saturday 17th Jan’26 Risby Open Match on the Tench Pond.
Saturday 17th Jan’26
Results of today’s Risby Open Match on the Tench Pond.
1st Jon Lachanudis, 8 carp on the bomb with pellet and maggot, total 73lbs 9oz off peg 7.
2nd Robbo, 39lbs 12oz, (all silvers), peg 9.
3rd Stephen Pulford, 4 carp, 30lbs 3oz,peg 28.
4th Jason Moody, 20lbs 8oz, peg 21.
5th Roger Edmond, 20lbs 5oz, peg 19.
Silvers Match
1st Robbo 39:12
2nd Jason 20:08
3rd Roger, 20:05
4th Garry Evans, peg 11, 13:08.
Pics are..
1) Jon the Bubble with part of his 73lbs 9oz.
2) Robbo with his 2nd place & winning silvers bag totalling 39lbs 12oz.
3) Pully, who was 3rd 30lbs 3oz & showing a nice ghostie.
Wednesday 10/12/25 Risby Open, Tench Pond
Water levels were extremely high and the pond looked as though it’d received a sponsorship deal from Cadbury’s!!
Amazingly however, it still fished really well.
Willy Eyre won with an impressive 57:14 off peg 9.
Willy used the method cast tight across to the empty bank to land 8 carp and a couple of stockies.
Roger Edmond used similar tactics and took second place with 40:01 off peg 31.
Pully won the silvers match with a lovely net of skimmers and roach totalling 23:07 off peg 12.
Result
1st W. Eyre, 57:14 peg 9
2nd R.Edmond, 40:01, peg 31
3rd R.Willey, 38:08, peg 7
4th S.Pulford, 28:01, peg 12
5th Robbo, 22:14, peg 10
6th M.South, 10:07, peg 28
Silvers Match
1st Pully 23:07, peg 12
2nd Robbo, 15:05, peg 10
3rd R.Willey, 10:05, peg 7.