Category: Longs

I was hoping for a change of peg scenery as we headed back to Summerhayes the following day for a Stoke club match. It was well attended with the 20 anglers split into two sections and the payout for the top two and best silvers in each with an optional super pool for overall and silvers. For once my drawing arm behaved …

Every year Summerhayes holds a memorial match for those anglers we’ve lost and unfortunately (but also inevitably) the list gets longer each time. It’s silvers only and always well attended, Pete and Sally lay on a BBQ afterwards and Roger Cunningham buys medals for the top three silvers anglers and also the top three (accidental) carp weights, there’s also a prize for …

It was on Longs for Sundays open which is fishing really well although the water level is still painfully low, 15 booked in for today and when I got called up to draw, I pulled out 30 on the road bank, a brilliant area for silvers. We got underway and I fed all my lines before kicking off down the edge on …

On Sunday it was back to Summerhayes for a match on Longs and although it’s been fishing really well, the weather was forecast to be stupidly hot which combined with low water levels and 22 anglers booked in, would possibly affect sport and I thought 15lb would be a good weight today. I drew 15 (the heli-pad) which is a decent area …

With Monday being a Bank Holiday it would be rude not to go fishing (for a change!) so I booked into the open at Summerhayes. Only eight of us today so plenty of room, I was top of the list to draw and pulled out 39 which wouldn’t have been my first choice. Rather unwisely I agreed to have a pound with …

Summerhayes Sunday was on Longs and after drawing 14 last week, I didn’t move very far and was on 17, another swim where the island was out of reach. Adie was in scummy corner (21) and not happy at all while Chris W had drawn 36 which was also the bonus peg so was he in for a bumper payday or would …

It was back to Summerhayes the following day but on Longs this time so hopefully plenty of bites. I was near the bottom of the list and by the time my name was called, most of the pegs I fancied had already gone and I wasn’t overly enamored with 14 which is one of the few swims where the island is out …

No rest for the wicked as the matches and reports are churned out by the blog factory, please bear with me if they’re slightly shorter and not up to their usual high (cough, cough) quality! It was another Summerhayes Sunday on Longs with 19 fishing this week, I was fairly near the top of the list and pulled out 30 which is …

Bank Holiday Monday and for part four of my angling pentalogy I was back at Summerhayes for another match on Longs. 22 fishing so a great turn out and when it was my turn to draw I pulled out 38 which I had mixed feelings about. It’s probably the narrowest peg on the lake and has been really good for carp recently. …

Thankfully I managed not to oversleep and was able to enjoy a leisurely breakfast at the bowling club this morning before heading to Summerhayes for my third match in as many days. A decent turnout of 19 anglers for this one and my drawing arm behaved itself putting me on 32, a great silvers peg. I got off to a really good …