Category: Longs

It was back to Summerhayes the following day for a match on Longs, I was near the top of the list for the draw and pulled out a screamer in the shape of number 30 on the track bank. On the whistle I fed the usual lines at top four, down the middle, 13 metres and across to the island. It was …

If you’ve followed the blog for any length of time you’ll know I fish Summerhayes a lot as I really enjoy the fishing on both the match lakes. Over the years I’ve gone through periods of preferring one over the other and at the moment, Longs is my favourite and I’m struggling to get to grips with Sellicks (particularly catching enough of …

Thankfully I managed not to oversleep the following day and was able to enjoy a nice breakfast before heading to Summerhayes for the match on Longs. 17 fishing today and when I was called up to draw I pulled out 36 which was also the golden ball (although there wasn’t much in the pot after Dave Romain and Mark Leahy had both …

After two cracking days catching silvers, I was hoping for more of the same at Summerhayes on Sunday. A great turnout of 24 anglers, I was top of the list this week and drew peg 35 which is a brilliant area for silvers. It was nice and calm as we were setting up but obviously that didn’t last long and the wind …

A nice long weekend at Easter always means lots of fishing (and reports to write up which isn’t helping with the backlog!), kicking off five days of matches, it was on Longs for Good Friday. Only 11 of us fishing today including Big Bad Bob who’d somehow cut the end of his nose and couldn’t stop it bleeding, Bill ‘Healing Hands’ Hopping …

Sunday it was back to Summerhayes and when I was called up to draw, I was fairly happy with peg 19 on the bottom bank after doing well on 17 last weekend. Fed the usual short lines, 10 metres and pinged maggots across, it took a little while to get bites and I started catching little skimbobs along with a small tench. …

After really struggling on Sellicks I was hoping for better things on Longs today, a good turnout with 19 fishing and when it was my turn to draw I pulled out 17 on the bottom bank. It’s one of the widest pegs on the lake and can be good for silvers although I’d have preferred to have been in the thirties. For …

Only seven of us fishing which meant it would be a rover and as I was top of the list, I had to draw the golden ball which was choice 3 today and then, as so often is the case, I only went and pulled it again! Rob B got first choice and went for 34, Tony H was next and chose …

Back to Summerhayes the following day for the match on Longs and I was hoping for a peg along the track and got my wish when I pulled out 30 which is right where you need to be for silvers at the moment. I had Nick P on my left and then the next peg to my right was Dan T all …

It was back to Summerhayes the following day for a match on Longs but with only 7 of us fishing it would be a rover. My drawing arm continues to malfunction as I pulled out choice 6 and I was sure all the pegs along the track would go before it was my turn. Steve ‘Golden Arm’ Collins had first choice and …