In Loving Memory of Stevie Millington
30/12/1994 - 4/1/2007
Gone but never forgotten
Love Dad (Paul Millington)
Specimen Group
The Association Specimen Group, membership of which is available to all senior members as an additional option. Details are given in your Annual Permit.
Specimen Group members are able to fish Sonning Eye Pit and River, Farnham Flint, Englefield Lagoon, Pingewood Lagoon, Whistley Mill Lake and River on a continuous day and night basis. New to the Specimen Group for the 2007-08 season will be the North bank of Upper Benyons on the River Kennet. These venues are open to all members during normal hours. Members of the Specimen Group will be required to observe additional rules, these can be found in the Forum under Specimen Group Talk.
Sonning Eye Pit is a large water and is known to hold very large fish including many 30/40lb Carp and a 52lbs Mirror Carp first caught May 2000, good head of large Bream, Tench and Perch is also present.
Sonning River is a section of the Thames that holds all of the river species, noted for it's big bags of Bream and very large Carp.
Englefield Lagoon is very hard fishing but can be very rewarding, expect Carp to 40lbs plus, Bream to 16lbs plus and Tench to 12lbs plus in the past the lake has also produced some very large Roach.
Farnham Flint holds Carp to 30lbs plus, with a good head of Tench, Bream and Roach.
Pingewood Lagoon, a lovely venue with bright, clear water, a very good head of resident quality fish, 2004-05 saw Terry Hearn feature the water in his Carp supplement to the Angling Times where he achieved three fish over 40lbs. Plenty of Carp in excess of 30lbs, double figure Bream, Tench to 12lbs plus with Crucians.
Whistley Mill, the lake contains Carp to 40lbs plus, Tench to 12lbs plus and large Bream shoal to 13 lbs, while the river has quality specimen Barbel, Chub and pike.
Upper Benyons (North Bank only). One of the River Kennet's best known stretches and as this will be the second season for night fishing then do not be surprised to see the Kennet,s Barbel and Chub records threatened.
As you can see, the Specimen Group is not a Carp Group, there is something for everyone who enjoys catching quality fish and want the freedom to fish longer sessions over both day and night.
Price details for 2010-11 are :-
| Venue |
Senior |
Accompanied Junior |
Part Year |
| Pingewood |
£90.00 |
£28.00 |
£60.00 |
| Farnham Flint Pit |
£25.00 |
£6.00 |
£15.00 |
| Whistley Mill |
£82.00 |
£25.00 |
£55.00 |
| Whistley River |
£22.00 |
£6.00 |
£15.00 |
| Englefield |
£50.00 |
£8.00 |
£35.00 |
| Sonning |
£60.00 |
£12.00 |
£40.00 |
| Sonning River |
£22.00 |
£6.00 |
£15.00 |
| Upper Benyons |
£40.00 |
£8.00 |
£30.00 |
| All 3 river venues |
£75.00 |
£15.00 |
£45.00 |
| Group |
£190.00 |
£70.00 |
£110.00 |
Any two venues (excluding rivers & Farnham Flint), at the cumulative price minus 25%
Specimen Group application form is available here If you don't have Adobe Acrobat reader, it can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com
