EIGHTY eight anglers netted a record 270 trout at the biggest game fishing contest for people with disabilities ever staged in the UK.
The North-East region provided most of winners in the annual competition, which is run by the Jack Charlton Trust for disabled fishermen and women.
Big Jack, an expert angler, was on the banks of Kielder Water , in Northumberland, to lend a helping hand during the day and present the prizes after the match.
Competitors from all over the UK fished from banks or boats using fly or worm.
It was a successful day for the Percy Hedley Centre, in Forest Hall, which took a host of team and individual trophies, including the main Jack Charlton Cup which went to Melvyn Ritchie. He caught 16 trout helped by Northumbrian Water senior ranger Clive Robson.
Wheelchair anglers Stewart Hume and Keith Johnson, both from Crook, County Durham, won the Northumbrian Water Boat Pairs Shield, which is awarded exclusively for fly fishing. Stewart also landed the biggest fish caught on fly, a 3lb 7oz rainbow trout.
Husband and wife team Carole and David Sanderson, of Newcastleton, Roxburghshire, were second in the Northumbrian Water Pairs Shield.
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