Month: September 2026

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River Parrett – J. Irish Trophy – 2nd August 2026

Round four of the Memorial Shield and I was still just about in contention but would need three more section wins to stand any chance. After breakfast we all assembled at Parrett Works for the draw, I pulled out 21 in the second field which isn’t a bad peg but as you’re up against 28 and 29, I felt winning the section

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Summerhayes – Memorial Match – 1st August 2026

I always look forward to this match to remember the anglers we’ve sadly lost but after winning it in 2022, my results in subsequent years have left a lot to be desired, although in my defence, I haven’t drawn particularly well either! A decent turnout of 18 fishing today and when it was my turn to draw I was hoping for a

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Walrow Ponds – 26th July 2026

Dan T has been telling me about Walrow for ages and it sounded like really nice fishing with big bream and tench and even better, no carp! I always get a real buzz visiting new venues and was looking forward to this, Nick and me met Zooner at Greggs and we followed him to Highbridge. Alongside the Silvers Lake, there are several

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Acorn Fishery – Open – 25th July 2026

For Foxy’s latest match at Acorn I employed the hanging back technique at the draw and pulled out number 2 on the island which is one of the best silvers pegs, so well happy with that! I decided to tweak my normal approach slightly today (so definitely no cutting and pasting involved!), the first change was I hadn’t brought any groundbait with