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 …
Summerhayes – Silvers Open – 18th April 2026
Ten of us fishing silvers Saturday on Sellicks and I pulled out peg 8 which wouldn’t have been my first choice although as I was setting up there were lots of roach topping and I quite fancied it. First put in at 10 metres I bumped a fish and thought I was in for a good day but apart from two little …
Summerhayes – Open – 12th April 2026
Thankfully I managed not to oversleep the following day and was able to enjoy a nice breakfast before heading to Summerhayes for the match on Longs. 17 fishing today and when I was called up to draw I pulled out 36 which was also the golden ball (although there wasn’t much in the pot after Dave Romain and Mark Leahy had both …
Todber Manor – Silvers Open – 11th April 2026
My Saturday trip to Todber didn’t get off to the best of starts when I woke up at 7:37 and I should have been sat down eating breakfast at 7:30! After rushing around, things didn’t improve when I arrived to find I’d drawn peg 62 at the near end, not where you need to be at the moment. Quickly setting up a …
Revels Fishery – Open – 7th April 2026
For my fifth match in as many days and a first trip of the year to Revels, I’d booked a day off work to extend the long weekend. 17 fishing today with Main and Dead Tree lakes being used, I was fairly near the top of the list and Dean pulled out 52 on the latter for me, a peg I’ve never …
Summerhayes – Open – 6th April 2026
Match number four was back at Summerhayes and we were on Sellicks this time, only eight booked in for this one and I was top of the list again. After drawing number 5 for the golden peg, I once again managed to avoid it and 18 was my home for the day, a good area although I did think a frost overnight …
Summerhayes – Open – 5th April 2026
After two cracking days catching silvers, I was hoping for more of the same at Summerhayes on Sunday. A great turnout of 24 anglers, I was top of the list this week and drew peg 35 which is a brilliant area for silvers. It was nice and calm as we were setting up but obviously that didn’t last long and the wind …
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 draw and as per usual he chose somebody to pull a peg for him and for once they got a very good …
Nytro Marvelist 10ft Carp Rod Review
I was contacted recently by a very nice chap called Chris from Gerry’s Fishing (a long-standing tackle shop based in Morecambe) who said he really enjoys the blog (which is always nice to hear) and that they would like to collaborate with me by sending me a piece of kit to review. A few days later a cardboard rod tube arrived (always …
Summerhayes – Open – 3rd April 2026
A nice long weekend at Easter always means lots of fishing (and reports to write up which isn’t helping with the backlog!), kicking off five days of matches, it was on Longs for Good Friday. Only 11 of us fishing today including Big Bad Bob who’d somehow cut the end of his nose and couldn’t stop it bleeding, Bill ‘Healing Hands’ Hopping …