Two-time World Champion Lewis had looked set to suffer a first round exit at the Qantas Credit Union Arena when he fell 4-1 down to Whitlock, who capitalized on a slow start from his opponent by finishing 140 and 100, as well as a key 68 checkout.

Lewis, though, fired his challenge with a 177 as he took the sixth leg, before checking out double ten to continue his revival and double five to level in leg eight as Whitlock was punished for missed doubles.

Lewis then claimed a fourth successive leg as he posted double five to lead 5-4, and though he missed one match dart in the next as Whitlock forced a decider, the Stoke star produced a timely 11-darter to complete a gutsy fight back.

"I'm pleased to get through that because Simon's a top ten player, but I wasn't happy with my own form," admitted Lewis. "I was frustrated with myself but I got away with it in the end.

"My final leg was great - I went out in 11 darts and he'd have had to hit a nine-darter to beat that, so it was pleasing to win like that."

Lewis now takes on World Champion Gary Anderson in Friday's quarter-finals, after the Scot brushed aside New Zealand's Warren Parry 6-0.

Parry initially missed three doubles to claim the opening leg as Anderson stepped in on double five, before the Scot posted a 180 in a 12-darter to move two legs up.

Further maximums helped Anderson into a four-leg lead and he punished missed doubles from Parry to win the fifth on double two, and the Premier League champion then posted his fourth 180 before hitting double ten to seal his place in the last eight.

"I wasn't happy with my performance and I can improve on this, but I got the job done," said Anderson. "He had a few chances but couldn't convert them, and I got through.

"My average was about 95 tonight and I'm still not happy with that - I want to be 100+, but I'm through and that's what matters. He was more or less a home player so the crowd were on his side, and it makes it that wee bit harder."

Reigning Sydney Darts Masters champion Taylor continued his incredible unbeaten record on Australian soil in the PDC World Series of Darts with a 6-2 win over Clinton 'Tic' Bridge in their first round game.

Taylor has won both the 2013 and 2014 Sydney Darts Masters events and also retained his Perth Darts Masters title last weekend, with the victory over Geelong-based brick layer Bridge seeing him move to 17 matches without defeat over five events.

Taylor kicked off the game with a 180 before taking the opening leg in 13 darts on double four, but Bridge leveled by finishing 84 before following up double eight from the Stoke legend with a 60 checkout in the fourth.

Taylor, though, opened the fifth leg with a 180 as he regained the lead on double ten, before taking a game-changing sixth leg with a stunning bulls-eye to finish 85 - after Bridge had missed the single 16 to leave tops when needing 72.

Taylor then took out double 18 to move 5-2 up before sealing victory in style by hitting another 180 and then taking out 127 on the bull.

"I love Australia and I'm enjoying every minute of this trip so far," said Taylor. "It's good to get this game out of the way because he's a good little player and I know he's beaten Barney before.

"He finished well under pressure and when you're level at two-each you don't know what he's going to do. Everything starts to go through your mind so I can relax now that I've got this over with."

Taylor now meets Stephen Bunting on Friday in a repeat of last year's final in Sydney, after the St Helens ace began his bid to go one better this time around with a commanding 6-1 win over David Platt, hitting six doubles from 12 attempts in a clinical win.

Bunting finished 109 and 110 as well as a 14-darter as he won the first four legs without reply, before Platt hit tops to get off the mark.

However, any hopes of a comeback for the DPA Australian Grand Prix number two were quickly ended as Bunting finished 75 for another 14-dart finish before landing double eight to seal the win.

"It's lovely to be back in Sydney," smiled Bunting, who lost in the first round of last week's Perth Darts Masters. "Reaching the final here last year was a big boost for my career and I'm hoping to go one better this week.

"I learned my lesson from last week in Perth when I went 3-1 down to Kyle Anderson and found it difficult to come back. I've changed a bit this week and made sure I started well.

"I've been one of the most consistent players in the World Series this year, and hopefully I can push that up to 100 averages.

"Sometimes it's easy to find the wins but for whatever reason I've struggled to get over the line in the last few tournaments, so hopefully I can build on this win."
 

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Current events proved perplexing for Jason Lieblong, even though he retained his lead at the Rayovac FLW Series Central Division event on Lake Dardanelle. The pro from Conway, Ark., topped the day-one leader board with 19 pounds, 10 ounces, but saw his second day’s productivity slip to 14-7 for a total weight of 34-1 and a 14-ounce lead going into the final round.

“The big fish bit a whole lot better yesterday, but today was nothing by smaller ones,” Lieblong says. “I had maybe nine or 10 keepers all day, but they were all about two pounds.

“Then I caught one that weighed 5-12 in the last hour. Yesterday, I caught another 5 1/2-pounder around 1:30. I guess the bigger fish were just feeding on bait schools that time of day, but you stick with what works.”

Lieblong thinks the decline in fish activity likely was due to increased fishing pressure and waning current. Dardanelle has seen significant water fluctuations this week, with the Army Corps of Engineers working to flush voluminous amounts of recent rainwater through the system.

Lieblong lacked the same level of current, which stimulated his day-one fish.

“The lake level looked the same and I thought the water was moving just the same, but later in the day, it seemed like it wasn’t moving at all,” he notes. “Then again, I just caught that big one in the last hour with hardly any current; so go figure.”

Lieblong ran upriver and fished the midlake area where he focused on cuts in backwater and main lake areas. He targeted the same shallow cover he fished on day one, but with largely different results.

“Yesterday, you’d throw your bait in there and catch one 3 pounds,” Lieblong says. “Today, it was 2 pounds, maybe a pound and a half — and they barely ate it.”

On day one, Lieblong threw a mix of topwaters and flipping baits, but today, the fish’s lethargy prompted him to stick with the latter. His big fish ate a 1/2-ounce black/blue jig with a blue chunk trailer.

Earlier in the day, he stuck with bank fishing, as he did in the first round. However, relentless traffic eventually prompted him to move off the bank and target brush in 8-10 feet of water.

“Everybody was covering the banks; I saw them all day today,” Lieblong recalls. “I said ‘that’s it; I’m going deep.’ I already had a limit so I just decided to sit down and relax.

“Whether it would help me make the cut, I didn’t know. I just knew I’d done all I could do. I said ‘let’s go fish a drop,’ and boom, it happened in about five minutes.”

After long drought, Heidt cranks his way to co-angler lead

Finding anglers in a cranky mood after going almost all day without a keeper is no rarity. In Mark Heidt’s case, getting cranky was less of a reaction and more of a solution.

In short, the Versailles, Ind., co-angler topped his division with a two-day total of 21-11 — a total made possible by a focused period of afternoon cranking.

“I didn’t have a fish until 2 o’clock today,” Heidt says. “I started out shaky heading just trying to get bites. We pulled up on a spot, the fish were schooling and I (got my limit). It took me about 30-45 minutes.”

Fishing within five minutes of the ramp, Heidt was throwing a Lazer squarebill – a balsa crankbait. His day-two limit weighed 7-12.

“The shad would start busting, we’d throw in the middle of it and they would eat it,” he adds.

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Reigning champion Taylor has never been defeated in Australia since the PDC (professional darts corporation) introduced the World Series of Darts in 2013, winning back-to-back titles in Sydney and retaining his Perth Darts Masters crown last weekend.

The 16-time world champion's first round clash at the Qantas Credit Union in Sydney's Darling Harbor will see him come up against Melbourne-based bricklayer Clinton "Tic" Bridge.

The 31-year-old left-hander won through Tuesday's DPA Qualifier - defeating John Weber, a qualifier in 2014, 6-2 in the final - to secure his place in the Sydney Darts Masters for a second time, having caused a sensation by knocking out Raymond van Barneveld 6-5 two years ago.

Van Barneveld will also face a DPA Qualifier in the first round after drawing New Zealand's Cody Harris, who secured his televised debut when he came through Monday's knockouts in Warilla.

Wednesday's final DPA Qualifier Warren Parry - who knocked out Michael van Gerwen in Sydney last year - will face reigning world and Premier League champion Gary Anderson, who has been a semi-final in all three PDC World Series of Darts events so far this year.

World No 1 Van Gerwen has drawn Australian World Cup ace Paul Nicholson, while two-time world champion Adrian Lewis takes on the sport's most successful Australian, Simon Whitlock, in a high-profile contest.

Perth Darts Masters runner-up James Wade plays DPNZ Qualifier Craig Caldwell, while Japan Darts Masters finalist Peter Wright has drawn current DPA Australian Grand Prix No 1 Loz Ryder and Stephen Bunting, last year's runner-up in Sydney, drew David Platt.

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Forbes of Kingennie, Tayside

The weather has been changeable again but settled down for the weekend and it has fished well as a result. The water is reasonable clear in all the ponds and that has certainly helped. The Boathouse pool is still fishing really well with most of the fish coming to either dry flies or lures such as Yellow Dancers and Hothead Damsels. The biggest fish from the pond at 10lb 12oz was caught by C. Walker on a black lure. Other notable catches were the Deed Ferret group with 12 fishes for 46lb with the largest a 9lb 8oz rainbow. The Fishing Inc group took 12 fish for 41lb with the largest at 6lb.

The Burnside pool has been very changeable and the fish have been moving around a lot, one minute they are on the surface taking dries the next they are 10 feet down wanting to chase lures so it has paid to be mobile and change tactics. Floating Fry has been taking a lot of fish as well as Sedges and Shipman’s. Top lures are Damsels, Orange Blobs and Black and Green Fritz. Mr McNeil had the biggest of the week from here with an 8 to 9lb blue trout (returned) taken on a Blob.

On the Bankside most fish are still sat in the first bay down to the dam wall. Again the Floating Fry has been the best fly. Other fry patterns doing well are Pearly Pheasant Tails, Mini Cats and Yellow Dancers. Mr Birse returned 23 in three visits on fry patterns and Mr. Forbes had the biggest fish on the complex this week with a 11lb 12oz rainbow taken on a Yellow Dancer.

There are a lot of fish being caught on the Woodside but it has been very noticeable when the fish are feeding and when they are not. Power bait is still the best bait fished fairly deep down but other baits are working as well. Over the weekend 58 anglers landed 91 fish for 152lb.

Swanswater Fishery, Stirlingshire

The fishing conditions continue to be pretty good for the time of year with water temperature sitting 12-13C and great water clarity. A lot of fish are showing on the surface but most are taking just under. The fishing was at its best when the breeze was coming out of the west with things a little harder when the wind moved round to the east. At the weekend anglers were seeing loads of fish cruising round, but tempting them out was a bit harder. Big fish are still being seen, and caught, with some cracking tigers still in the area around the burn mouth. Favorite patterns included Sedge, Hopper, Daddy Longlegs, Bibio, Snatcher, Kate McLaren, plus the usual lures and Buzzers. Most of the time the fish are looking to chase and anglers are getting a lot of sport with fish following the fly in and turning away at the last minute. The Fishery is now open from 8am to 9pm every day.

Sean McGill, from Airdrie, caught two fish for 9lb 8oz including a 7lb 4oz tiger; Nan Morrison, Stirling, three for 11lb 13oz including a 6lb 10oz rainbow; Alec Peachey, Hamilton, a 5lb tiger; Stewart Nicholson, Knightswood, five fish for 17lb 4oz; Danny Doherty, Denny, five for 14lb 12oz plus four caught and released; Allan Laing, Carluke, five for 14lb plus three caught and released; Robin Scott Penicuik, five for 14lb; Ricky Goodwin, Larbert, in three visits, 10 for 31lb 12oz plus four caught and released; Frank Barr, Falkirk, in two visits, nine for 25lb; Stephan and Paul Miller, Stirling, shared eight for 22lb; William Williams, Alloa, three for 10lb 8oz including a 4lb rainbow; Tam Morgan, Motherwell, three for 9lb plus eight caught and released; John Mooney, Queenzieburn, two for 8lb 12oz; Alan Smith, Cumbernauld, two for 6lb 8oz including a 4lb 4oz rainbow; Gary Smith, Alloa, two for 6lb 8oz; James Elliott, Stirling, two for 6lb 8oz; Malcolm McKay, Dunfermline, two for 6lb 8oz; and Martin Stewart, Glasgow, two for 6lb.

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