Acorn Fishery – Open – 20th June 2026
Acorn on Saturday and Foxy asked me to draw for him (was he mad!) and I pulled out 19 which he didn’t look overly impressed with but there are worse pegs so I only earned a yellow card instead of …
Summerhayes – Open – 10th May 2026
Day two of my birthday weekend and it was back to Summerhayes but on Longs this time and I was hoping for a belated present in the shape of a silvers bunghole. Draw time arrived and quite a few of the pegs on my wish list went quite early and when my name was called, I pulled out 26 on the road …
Summerhayes – Silvers Open – 9th May 2026
All too soon it was time for one of the most important events of the year, you may be asking what is the reason for this momentous, memorable occasion, well it’s my birthday weekend of course! The celebrations for my 35th! year on the planet kicked off with a silvers match at Summerhayes. I met Nick at the Beefeater in Taunton and …
Revels Fishery – Open – 5th May 2026
Revels on Tuesday was the destination for my fourth match in as many days and after Dean drew me two cracking silvers pegs on my previous visits this year, I was sure I was due a duff one today. Part of the appeal for me at Revels is that you never know which lakes or pegs are being used until you get …
Acorn Fishery – Short Pole Match – 4th May 2026
For day three, it was back up to Acorn again, this time for a short pole match which are always popular and there were 31 fishing today. Before the draw I was chatting to Steve Whatley (441 Floats) who said he had a batch of his floats with him, I bought some in 0.1 and 0.2 grams which look ideal for some …
Summerhayes – Open – 3rd May 2026
Longs at Summerhayes was the destination for day two (of four) and I was hoping for a nice silvers peg but my drawing arm needs some new batteries as it landed me on number 9 (I’m blaming Dan T who was in charge of pegging!). It wouldn’t have been my first choice but good silvers weights have been coming out from Cyanide …
Acorn Fishery – Open – 2nd May 2026
As we head into May, another Bank Holiday weekend means lots of fishing with four matches lined up, starting with a trip up the M5 to the lovely Acorn Fishery. When the draw was announced I was near the back of the queue and pulled out 15 on the far side. It’s a great silvers peg but you’re up against it if …
Summerhayes – Open – 26th April 2026
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 …
Summerhayes – Silvers Open – 25th April 2026
In a recent post I mentioned that I seem to be struggling to get my head round Sellicks which is mainly down to those pesky skimmers and my inability to catch them! Would that change in the Saturday silvers match? Nine of us fishing today and I was near the bottom of the list to draw and with just three balls left, …
Revels Fishery – Open – 21st April 2026
I was really looking forward to another Tuesday trip to Revels and after meeting birthday boy Parker ‘The Pole’ in Yeovil for breakfast, we headed to the venue. A great turnout of 20 anglers, we would be on Main and Dead Tree lakes today and I was hoping to get on the latter again. I was around halfway down the list and …
Summerhayes – Open – 19th April 2026
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 …