Month: November 2025
Todber Manor – Silvers Open – 1st November 2025
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 …
Acorn Fishery – Ace of Acorn Silvers Qualifier – 30th October 2025
I’d booked quite a few Thursdays off work to fish the various silvers qualifiers at Acorn so even though I managed to qualify for the Ace of Acorn at my first attempt, I was still going to fish the others as they’re decent size silvers matches. There was a great turnout of 26 anglers including the likes of Des, Tony Rixon, Dave …
Summerhayes – Open – 26th October 2025
I haven’t been to Summerhayes for a few weeks and with the level still way down and it being quite chilly, much like the last match I thought 5-6lb would be a good silvers weight. Pete announced the draw and I was hoping for a nice peg like 13 or 15 which both did well last time. I actually came close when …
Acorn Fishery – Charlie Barnes Memorial Match – 25th October 2025
After a really nice match on Thursday I was back at Acorn two days later for the Charlie Barnes memorial which I always look forward to as it’s silvers only. When it was time to draw, I pulled out peg 7 which wouldn’t have been my first choice, Paul ‘Castaway’ Faiers was on the island again, peg 2 this time which has …