Can you tell me what this well known catch phrase from "On the Buses" is?

"I Hate you B....r!!"

I'll give you a clue...he won the last match! Well done to Reg for getting his first win this year as you can see in the minutes. Other items of note to bring to your attention in the minutes include the date and time of the next match, the presentation this Saturday and the Extraordinary General Meeting called at the next meeting to discuss the future of the Kent Casting Club.

The Presentation Evening is this Saturday 3rd March at the Ivy Leaf Club in Sittingbourne where we have our meetings. It costs £3 per person over 14 years old and will be a cracking night. There'll be a short quiz after the presentation of the trophies and buffet. Make sure Nigel Sharrocks knows you are coming along. Make sure you bring a raffle prize along and comb your hair because you might get your photo in the paper.

The EGM was called to discuss the proposal put forward by Jason (supported by others) that the Kent Casting Club be disbanded in favour of joining Kent Sportscast. Various thoughts were discussed for and against the idea at the last meeting that are too numerous to mention here so come to the next meeting on Wednesday 21st March to hear the debate and have your say. Formulate your own ideas on what your fishing club would gain or lose if the KCC were disbanded.

Here are a few little tips picked up along the way about Samphire Hoe

• Samphire Hoe (or also known as Fisherman's Foe) near Dover is about a mile long promenade with deep water and rough ground
• Good for codling at Folkestone end during calm weather in February
• Best fished at low water or last two hours of flood
• Open all night on Saturday
• Expect flounders, Rockling, pouting, dabs and small whiting in March (but hope for codling!)
• Take a trolley to lug all your gear on
• This is a rock venue so be prepared to lose tackle i.e. take a load of leads, hooks and shockleader with you!
• The ends are believed to be the best pegs
• Folkestone end is the rockier end
• The least snaggy area is the the 50 - 60 peg section
• There is a steep rock edge at about 70m out which gets most tackle
• The rocks have been filled with tide moved shingle to make the venue slightly less tackle hungry lately
• Use heavy line (try some 50lb braid), a fast retrieve reel (fixed spools are good in that department or a Daiwa SL20SH) and a weak link system on the bottom of one hook traces if fishing on the bottom
• Float fish or fish with booms down the side of the wall for wrassse, pollack, bass, mackerel, garfish, poor cod and pout when in season
• Pouting, codling and dogfish are caught when fishing out farther
• Ragworm good in summer
• Take the mackerel feathers for a high tide in summer but retrieve them quickly to prevent them sinking and catching a rock or two instead of fish
• Whole squid or live small mackerel or pout take the biggest bass in mid summer
• Lug tipped with squid good in winter
• Lug tipped with fish works well
• Codling take peeler crab when they (and you) can get it!
• Frozen peeler works as well
• Study of match results indicate pegs 35, 147 and 195 have been productive in the past
• Be careful not to rub your line against the wall otherwise.....ping!
• Take a drop net to haul up that big one 30' above the water at low tide
• The tide floods from left to right
• Trot out a float with a 6-10' drop in the tide run to cover a big fishing area

I'll see you on the beach

John Padmore

Secretary