Category: Todber Manor

November kicked off with my first visit to Todber for a few weeks, draw time soon arrived and as per usual, Mr Dew and me hung back hoping to avoid 62 and 63. With most of the pegs taken, it was beginning to look like we might have made a tactical error as there were only three tickets left and 63 was …

For the Todber matches, I need to leave around 6:30 to get there for breakfast so I always set my alarm an hour earlier to give me plenty of time. Well, best laid plans and all that, you can probably guess what’s coming next! I somehow slept through three alarms and Nick phoning me at 7:30 and eventually answered him calling again …

My first match back after Thailand was a silvers open at Todber and despite the forecast being horrendous with 50mph+ winds, I was quite looking forward to it although the weather put a few off as we were down to 7 from the 12 originally booked in. I drew peg 68 which is definitely in the right area and three empty pegs …

Saturday I headed down to Todber and after a lovely breakfast, it was time for the draw. I was going to employ the hanging back technique but as 62 and 63 both went quite early, I delved in while there were a few tickets left and the resulting peg 73 was bang on, just where you want to be at the moment. …

With quite a few of the regulars fishing festivals, there was depleted turnout for this one, even venue expert Adrian Dew was absent due to feeling under the weather (probably still counting all his winnings!) so at least we had a chance this week. JC announced the draw and as everybody delved in they all seemed to be fairly happy with their …

Todber on Saturday and as always I was hoping to avoid the near end even though venue expert Ade Dew had actually won off 63 the previous week! The now established and patented ‘Hanging Back’ technique was employed once again but not actually needed today as Parker ‘The Pole’ and Nick P both went in early and claimed 62 and 63. I …

It was back to Todber on Saturday with a full house of 14 and it was great to see Exeter Mike who I haven’t seen for ages and he gave me £20 for the Nugget-O-Meter, what a lovely gesture! Draw time arrived and I decided to continue with the hanging back strategy even though it has faltered a couple of times recently! …

Pete Z organised a Tuesday match on Ash and after really enjoying fishing the wiggler on Saturday, I booked a day off work for another go. After a lovely brekkie, it was time for the draw, only eight of us fishing today so 62 and 63 were left out but I still decided to have the last ticket which turned out to …

After spending the previous two Saturdays at the near end, I wasn’t sure whether to stick with having one of the last tickets or go into the draw bag earlier. In the end I decided on the former as it had been working pretty well. So once again Mr Dew and me waited until just two pegs remained. Ade got 65 which …

After drawing 63 last Saturday, I was hoping there wouldn’t be a repeat performance this week and I could drive to my more familiar surroundings in the middle of the lake! Only eight of us fishing this week which thankfully meant 63 wasn’t in, the draw was announced and when there were just two tickets left, Mr Dew and I selected one …