Total Flyfisher Magazine

The Welsh Hawks have won the Anglian Water Airflo Competition 2011 following two days of action on Rutland Water.

With conditions that saw the water on the reservoir more akin to the north sea at times, the fishing still delivered, the Welsh team of six anglers taking a total of 38 fish for a combined weight of 106lb 7 7/8oz to top the field of 23 teams.

The total beat second-placed Seighford Sharks by just 5lb, with the Hawks turning around a deficit on day one that saw Seighford in the lead.

It wasn’t an easy ride for the Hawks however, with consistency proving the key as they took third and second spot on the first and second say, being beaten by Nymph-o-maniacs on the second session.

Individually there was a common theme, with the name Dixon cropping up as top rod overall (Phil Dixon of the Seighford Sharks with 10 fish for 58lb 15 3/4oz), top rod on the second and final day (Aled Dixon of the Welsh Hawks with 8 fish for 18lb 12 3/4oz) and captor of the biggest rainbow (Phil Dixon of the Seighford Sharks at 5lb 6 3/8oz).

The overseas trophy for the event went to the Flextec Emerald Islanders who boated 24 fish for 58lb 15 3/4oz.


Overall Result


1. Welsh Hawks 38 fish for 106lb 77/8oz


2. Seighford Sharks 41 fish for 101lb 41/8oz


3. Nymph-a-Maniacs 43 fish for 101lb 33/4oz


4. Saltire Flyfishers 35 fish for 86lb 17/8oz


5. England Youth North 35 fish for 84lb 53/8oz


6. Team Airflo 35 fish for 84lb 13/8oz


7. Team G. Loomis 35 fish for 78lb 107/8oz


8. Soldier Palmers 30 fish for 73lb 111/8oz


9. Airflo Team Cormorants 30 fish for 68lb 103/8oz


10. Leven Fly Casters 27 fish for 61lb 137/8oz


11. Flextec Emerald Islanders 24 fish for 58lb 153/4oz


12. Greenwell Persuaders ‘A’ 24 fish for 56lb 147/8oz


13. OFTA (Stromness) 22 fish for 54lb 125/8oz


14. Prince Albert AS 22 fish for 53lb 23/4oz


15. Team Vision 25 fish for 52lb 151/2oz


16. Blagdon FF Bristol Water 21 fish for 48lb 41/2oz


17. OFTA (Kirkwall) 18 fish for 46lb 53/8oz


18. Llanilar AA 20 fish for 39lb 141/8oz


19. G. Loomis Team Belgium 15 fish for 37lb 73/4oz


20. Neilston Flyfishers 16 fish for 32lb 141/8oz


21. Sheltand Anglers Association 12 fish for 29lb 33/8oz


22. Team Sunburst 13 fish for 27lb 3oz


23. Froggies Fly Fishers 11 fish for 26lb 75/8oz



Result Day One


1. Seighford Sharks 31 fish for 72lb 115/8oz


2. England Youth North 25 fish for 64lb 37/8oz


3. Welsh Hawks 20 fish for 62lb 65/8oz


4. Nymph-a-Maniacs 22 fish for 52lb 61/8oz


5. Leven Fly Casters 22 fish for 48lb 15oz


6. Team Airflo 21 fish for 47lb 155/8oz


7. Team G. Loomis 21 fish for 46lb 111/8oz


8. Saltire Flyfishers 18 fish for 44lb 33/8oz


9. Soldier Palmers 17 fish for 41lb 111/8oz


10. Flextec Emerald Islanders 15 fish for 38lb 11/2oz


11. Airflo Team Cormorants 14 fish for 34lb 4oz


12. OTFA (Stromness) 12 fish for 30lb 35/8oz


13. Team Vision 12 fish for 27lb 47/8oz


14. Blagdon FF Bristol Water 12 fish for 26lb 53/8oz


15. Team Sunburst 11 fish for 22lb 143/4oz


16. G. Loomis Team Belgium 9 fish for 21lb 121/8oz


17. Prince Albert AS 9 fish for 20lb 145/8oz


18. Greenwell Persuaders A 8 fish for 19lb 121/2oz


19. Llanilar AA 8 fish for 18lb 121/4oz


20. Neilston Flyfishers 10 fish for 18lb 87/8oz


21. Shetland Anglers Assoc. 7 fish for 18lb 73/4oz


22. Froggies Fly Fishers 7 fish for 16lb 43/8oz


23. OTFA (Kirkwall) 4 fish 11lb 97/8oz


Result Day Two


1. Nymph-a-Maniacs 21 fish for 481lb 15/8oz


2. Welsh Hawks 18 fish for 44lb 11/4oz


3. Saltire Flyfishers 17 fish for 41lb 141/2oz


4. Greenwell Persuaders ‘A’ 16 fish for 37lb 23/8oz


5. Team Airflo 14 fish for 36lb 13/4oz


6. OFTA (Kirkwall) 14 fish for 34lb 111/2oz


7. Airflo Team Cormorants 14 fish for 34lb 63/8oz


8. Prince Albert AS 13 fish for 32lb 41/8oz


9. Soldier Palmers 13 fish for 32lb 0oz


10. Team G. Loomis 12 fish for 31lb 153/4oz


11. Seighford Sharks 10 fish for 28lb 81/2oz


12. Team Vision 13 fish for 25lb 105/8oz


13. OFTA (Stromness) 10 fish for 24lb 9oz


14. Blagdon FF Bristol Water 9 fish for 21lb 151/8oz


15. Llanilar AA 12 fish for 21lb 17/8oz


16. Flextec Emerald Islanders 9 fish for 20lb 141/4oz


17. England Youth North 10 fish for 20lb 11/2oz


18. G. Loomis Team Belgium 6 fish for 15lb 115/8oz


19. Neilston Flyfishers 6 fish for 14lb 51/4oz


20. Leven Fly Casters 5 fish for 12lb 147/8oz


21. Sheltand Anglers Association 5 fish for 10lb 115/8oz


22. Froggies Fly Fishers 4 fish for 10lb 31/4oz


23. Team Sunburst 2 fish for 4lb 41/4oz



Overall stats

Number of Anglers: 138


Number of fish caught: 588


Total weight of fish caught: 1411lb 0oz


Average Fish Weight: 2lb 61/2oz


Rod Average: 2.13