With another year quickly passed by it is time for our AGM soon. Please keep an eye on your ClubMate emails as the Agenda will be circulated via email and we will also add a copy on this page This year's AGM is will be at Great Hadham Golf Club which has lots of parking (postcode SG10 6JE). The start will be at 8pm. Ahead of the AGM attached is our Newsletter with a quick round up of Club matters from the last year. Below is a link to download the newsletter. Your website b

After the last post's example of what not to do this one gives a bit more guidance as to what Club Rule 15 is all about: 15. Any angler fishing Society waters who is intentionally in pursuit of large carp, tench or pike should be in possession of a purpose made padded unhooking mat with a minimum size of 2 feet (60cm) x 3 feet (90cm) and a suitable sized landing net. Landing nets and unhooking mats must be ready before you start fishing. Fish must be weighed where caught

Sadly, it looks like some of our members are not reading the Club's Rules and the attached was tethered to a carp at Beggar's Hall. The Rules are there to protect our fish stocks and there is no excuse for not following them. Anyone found breaking these rules will be subject to disciplinary measures. This was attached to a 10lb common at Beggar's Hall Let's see how many Rules this rig broke: Braided hook link Braided leader Fixed / bolt rig Drop off lead sleeve so tightly j

It is time to make the most of the longer daylight hours and warmer (if wet) days as the close season will be on us soon. A reminder that the Stort (including Backwater) is a river so 14 March is your last day to be on the bank until the river season reopens on 16 June. The end of the river season is also the end the Club's pike season so 14 March is your last day for pike fishing on all Club waters until 1 October. Tight lines for the last couple of weeks.

Hi All The lakes should now be mostly ice free although a few patches were lingering around on Tuesday. A couple of other things: The MBL gate code has now changed. See your Club Book for the new number. Sunday 18th - Backwater booking cancelled - rescheuled for 8 Feb Sunday18th - Club match is on Hall Farm's large lake. Do keep an eye on the website's calendar.

Just before the weather gets too cold we have had a couple of fish deliveries for Wickham Hall and Malcom Barker Lake Malcom Barker Lake has had a good few small tench and chunky looking roach stocked. Wickham Hall has also had a tench (just a few as a trial), roach and ide stocked. The ide should be pretty quick growing and, with the chub stocked last year, should help give us some silver fish sport through the winter. Do let us know if you catch any of them over the next

The latest work party found a few bits and pieces that had been left behind: T-bar style Allen key / hex wrench Large tweezers Carp rod...

Hi All It is that time again with the nights drawing in and 1st October marking the start of the pike fishing season on our waters...

Just ahead of Tony's match for BreatheEasy here is one from the archives for the charity match held back in 2013 in favour of St Clare's...

For your second piece of history here is a copy of the Club's Membership Book from 1980 or so we guess. Many thanks John for the loan of...

A little something from the Club's Archives and Member's collections for you. This first one is an article from the Herts and Essex...

Apart from a final bit of tidying up the works at Wickham Hall to create a water level path are pretty much completed. There is now a...

Sadly, we seem to have a litter problem especially at Hall Farm. As well as simply making the fisheries look poor it poses a risk to...

Hi all Following Thursday's AGM please note the following rule changes were approved and are now in effect: We have clarified that Guest...

With the weather turning cold the work parties will be taking a winter rest in the next couple of weeks. Before then though they braved...

Hi All 1st October is the start of the pike fishing season on our waters (through to 14 March). And the pike in MBL are very active at...

A lot of you will have seen coverage of a new angling device called the Magic Twig. A number of concerns have been raised as to how fish...

As you will have spotted if you have been at MBL lately a lot of work is happening and a lot more will be going on over the next few...

A key part of the Club is the weekly work party that meets up each Thursday (when not too wet or cold) to put in the background work that...

Hi all It is that time of year again when we have flurry of activity for the end of the Club's year Below you will find a copy of the...