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Latest official news updatesShemmings Pond further work and stocking
Members will be aware of the swim building and two visits of a Digger Boat to clear the “Cabbage” lily from the pond. Since then, although reduced, the lily was still a nuisance, rending many swims unfishable. This lily is the one normally found in rivers and when...
Hunts Farm Reservoir swim rebuilding
As the photographs show, the swim rebuilding at our Tollesbury water is complete apart from the handrails that will be installed in the next few days. The days of slippery clay slopes are over. The path around the reservoir has also been addressed making it much...
Seabrook Reservoir water level
Members fishing Seabrooks Reservoir will be aware that the water level has been lowered following extraction to irrigate fields on the farm growing potatoes since July. This has occurred for the past six years. We monitored the water depth, temperature and oxygen...
Hunts Farm Reservoir closed 16 – 20 September
Please note Hunts Farm Reservoir will be closed the week 16th to the 20th September to allow a contactor to be onsite to build steps down the banks and rebuild the swims to make them safe for members. When the swims have been rebuilt we will attempt to reduce the lily...
Correction to match fixtures date and venues in Handbook – 11th instead of 4th August
Please note there is an error in the Match Fixtures list in the club Handbook. The Essex Inter Club match that is shown as being held on Sunday 4th August is actually being held on Sunday 11th August on Layer Marney 1, 2 & 3, SILVER END FRONT PIT and Pennett’s...