Next Branch Meeting, Tuesday 20th January 2026. The Annual General Meeting followed by our Bring and Buy sale
The Annual General Meeting followed by our Bring and Buy sale. Formalities to be completed followed by the opportunity to pick up some great bargains or release those no longer used or unwanted items, bring some cash along you could be surprised.
Location: Timperley Village Club, 268 Stockport Road, Timperley, WA157UT
Branch Meeting, Tuesday 16th December 2025. Branch Annual Nigel Rodgers Fly Tying Competition sponsored by Semperfli
There was a new format this year, with two patterns to be tied on the night and the results judged by our very own Les Lockey who was kind enough to offer his services as judge for the night. The selected flies were the Summer Bibio and the Copper Cruncher (both from branch member Les Lockey’s successful ‘Fly for…’ series). The materials for the flies and generous prizes were provided by Semperfli, so many thanks to both Les and Semperfli for their support.
There were seven entrants as well as several folk who just came to catch up with old friends and share a piece of cake and a biscuit.
Our chairman Ian was pleased to present Alex with the Nigel Roger’s trophy and a fifty pound Semperfli voucher. There were Semperfli vouchers for second and third placed entries too, so if you didn’t enter this year perhaps you might consider doing so in 2026.
As you can see from the photos the tying was taken very seriously and when all flies were complete Les took all the entered flies which were labelled anonymously and gave each entry a close inspection. In the end there was a clear winner, well tied, well proportioned and deemed worthy of a place in anyone’s fly box. These had been tied by our newest and youngest member Alex, which was a tremendous achievement, so well done Alex! It is immensely encouraging to see young people taking up and excelling at fly tying.
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