Acorn Fishery – Open – 4th April 2026
Day two (of five) was back up the M5 to Acorn and if the weather forecast was to be believed we were in for yet another battering by the wind. Fully subscribed with 28 anglers booked in, Foxy announced the …
Summerhayes – Silvers Open – 28th February 2026
A double header at Summerhayes this weekend kicking off with Saturday on Sellicks, I was near the top of the list and drew peg 2 at the near end. It wouldn’t have been my first choice as it’s a narrow swim but hopefully I should still get a few bites. It was the usual sort of approach feeding three lines at 10 …
Summerhayes – Open – 22nd February 2026
After a fantastic January, this month has been, to put it bluntly, absolutely pants! If I’m not drawing crap pegs, I’m making a complete hash of good ones and also losing more than my fair share of fish along the way. Twelve of us on Sellicks today and I was near the bottom of the list so when Pete called me up, …
Todber Manor – Silvers Open – 21st February 2026
On Saturday I headed down to Todber for the first time this year, a hearty breakfast set us up for the day and then the next job was to avoid drawing a peg at the near end. As per usual Adrian Dew and myself employed our patented hanging back technique, with only a few tickets left we selected one each and Ade …
Summerhayes – Open – 15th February 2026
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 …
Acorn Fishery – Open – 14th February 2026
After drawing one of the best silvers pegs on the lake and making a right mess of it on Thursday, I was back for another go two days later! Things definitely didn’t get off to a great start when I pulled out peg 16 on the far side which hasn’t been very good at all recently. In fact, Gareth Boycott was next …
Acorn Fishery – Fish South Silvers Qualifier – 12th February 2026
On Thursday it was off to Acorn for my last Fish South silvers qualifier of this campaign, 24 anglers fishing today and in recent matches, the pegs to draw have been 1, 2 and 4 on the island. I went into the bucket with just a few balls left and couldn’t believe it when I pulled out 2! For company I had …
Summerhayes – Open – 8th February 2026
The following day it was back to Summerhayes but on Longs this time and I was well happy when I drew peg 30 on the track, a brilliant area for silvers and my neighbours for the day were McKenzie on 29 with Big Bad Bob to my left. As per usual I kicked off on the top kit plus two line but …
Summerhayes – Silvers Open – 7th February 2026
For the next silvers match on Sellicks there was a decent turnout of ten, draw time arrived and I was fourth on the list and pulled out 24 which wouldn’t have been my first choice but at least I’d managed to avoid 12 where I’d struggled on my last two visits. I had Roy next door on 22 while Alex had drawn …
Summerhayes – Open – 1st February 2026
Into February and this crappy weather is showing no signs of abating and I’m proper fed up with it now, I love my fishing but it’s not much fun getting soaked and blown off the bank every week! After meeting Nick for brekkie we headed to Bridgwater for the match on Longs and there were 12 hardy souls in attendance today. Pete …
Summerhayes – Silvers Open – 31st January 2026
The final outing of the month was a Saturday silvers match on Sellicks, eight of us fishing today and the only peg I really didn’t want was 12 at the top end and I may have mentioned it once or twice! I was third on the list behind Rog who pulled out number 24 and Nick who was happy with 6, I …