RICHARD Speller, the Bewdley ace angler, came second in Mark's Tackle's first Wednesday Open.

Result: Stuart Braithwaite (Bromsgrove) 17lb 12oz (peg 63, used stock and waggler, caught roach), Speller 11-5 (67, Little Gladder, stickfloat, roach), Stephen Maher (WB Clarke) 10-6-8dr (waggler, roach and dace), Mark Lewis 9-1 (86, stickfloat, roach).