Images From 2022

Team England Ladies (with Invicta’s Sue Potts – middle row far right). Winners of the International at the Lake of Menteith 2022.
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Following David Moore’s write up on the Invicta Facebook page of Narborough Lakes, club anglers Andy Trafankowski and Roger Swain decided to give it a go while the reservoirs are closed. Roger was snapped up on a good fish, but redeemed himself later with a personal best rainbow weighing 13lbs 11oz caught on a gold head black buzzer. It beat his previous pb of 13lb 2oz, also from Narborough in 2018.
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Fantastic Narborough Fishery in Norfolk continues to produce huge trout. Following an invitation from owner Ian Peberdy, David Moore catches two double figure fish including this personal best 12lb Rainbow. Well worth a visit when it reopens on 1st February.
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We may be a fly fishing club; however a good number of our well established members (Andy Linwood, Peter Hartley Mel Parrott and Martyn Sharp to name a few) are also accomplished and regular coarse anglers.
Invicta member Keith (Mac) McDonald had a cracking days Barbel fishing on the River Severn. He was told not to expect a double, as they are fairly rare on the stretch he fished, but was lucky enough to catch one at 11lb 6ozs. The reason there is no background to the photo is because he was fishing an ordinary club water, and his host didn’t want to give away the location.
Images From 2021
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A memorable day at Narborough Fishery in Norfolk for Paul Heavens, Alan Briggs, Mark Searle and Gary How. A fantastic Brownie for Alan and 6 rainbows between 10lbs and 12lbs for Paul, Mark and Gary.

Andy Trafankowski with a fine 10lb+ Zander caught at Grafham in June on a cormorant and di5 line.

Some of the pairings at our Improvers’ day at Grafham. The club received some excellent feedback.
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Keith Gilchrist with a fine 6lb 9oz fish caught during Stuart Stenning-White’s 60th birthday event at Grafham
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Some really good fish have been coming out during April as shown by Allan Sefton with 7lb Rutland Brown and Gary How 6lb+ Grafham Brown.

We go into the new season without Ray Jenkins, a great loss and a real gentleman. You will be missed by your many friends.

Peter Hartley with a magnificent 9lb rainbow from Pitsford

Our President Bob Ayres with a fine 6lb opening day rainbow at Grafham.

Youth Member Tom Crawford took 9 on opening day to beat dad Mark 9/3.
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From the Archives
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The members in the ‘Hardy’ team photograph are Doug Head, John Caldwell, Graham Williams, Mark Searle, Peter Oldham (with Mexican bandit mustache) and Chris McLeod.
- Alan Prevost
- Alan Prevost impaled with fly in the lip!
- Arthur Sexton wins a bike!
- Carl Hunter
- Graden Smith
- Dave Cheesley
- Chris McLeod float tubing
- The Invicta ‘Hardy’ team 1999.
- Graham Williams on the Test
- Irish ‘Blackwater’ trip
- Mike Smith asleep!
- John Rolphe and Charles Jardine
- Ken Sellars
- Paul Heavens and John Christmas 170lbs of bream and roach river Ant, Norfolk. c 1980
- Martha Thompson with a fine Grafham fish
- Who do you think this young angler is?
- Ian Baldock at Pitsford
- John Gale, 8 pounder, a record for Grafham at the time (1980)
- John Gale, 14lb rainbow from Preston Lake Suffolk
- Kieran Bonas with two fine perch
- Peter Hartley with a monster
- Graham Williams with a 20lb ‘Chinook’ Salmon in Canada
- John Mees 5.8lb Grafham Rainbow
- Mark Haycock with another fine Grafham trout
- Chris McLeod’s big brownie
- President Norman Shippey
- Arthur Sexton
- Who is this young Anglian Water Fisheries Manager c1970s
- Henry Lowe c 1980
- Sue Potts proudly displays her first ever trout. (Draycote)
- Alan Taylor with rod bender on the Wye.
- Peter Oldham nets a Wharfe Grayling
- Gary How 60 not out!
- The Duke of Edinburgh visits Grafham Water to mark its 50th anniversary.
- Peter Oldham and Joan Russell attending the ‘Fishing for Forces’ Luncheon at the House Of Lords
- Kieran Caulfield with Atlantic Blue Tuna caught off the Irish coast
- 70lbs of Mekong Catfish
- Mark Searle -Buzzer Protection
- Joan Russell 5lb 12oz Best Brown of the 2014/15 season
- Peter Oldham -5lb 12oz Rainbow from Elinor.
- Invicta ‘A Team’ 2016 AMFC G2 Winners
- Team : Chris McLeod, Tony Smith, Mark Searle and David Moore. Tony was also Individual Top Rod.
- Mick Facey with Paul Heavens and Jeff Hicson. Runners up in the EMTFA Aniversary boat pairs 2017
- Invicta Win the Hinckley Shield. Team: Graham Bodsworth, David Moore, Chris McLeod, Keith Gilchrist, Matt Willatt and Jamie Thomas
- Peter Hartley 9lb Pitsford Rainbow
- William Crawford, top English rod TEFF Youth team
- Invicta A Team, 2018 AMFC Group1 Champions
- Tony Smith 7lb 7oz Pitsford Brown
- Dave Summers 6lb 10oz early season and very sleek Rutland Rainbow
- TEFF youth team member Albert Coales 8lb 5oz Pitsford Brown.
- David Moore with 7lb 5oz Brown caught during an AMFC match at Rutland
- Albert Coales with a 26lb Koi carp caught at Grafham on 27th June. What a cracking fish!
- A fantastic double figure rainbow for Sam Edmunds at Clywedog. Taken on a size 14 dry fly.
- Ray Storer caught this real beast of a rainbow from Narborough Fishery in Norfolk. A great small water fishery.
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