Category: River Isle
River Isle – V.E.S. Precision League 7 – 22nd February 2015
Going into the final V.E.S. match, Heardy was leading with 10 points followed by Rob on 11 and then Fieldy and me on 12 and it was all to play for. To secure second place in the league I needed to beat Rob and Fieldy and with fourteen anglers fishing today there was an outside chance I could overhaul Heardy’s two point …
River Isle – Open – 8th February 2015
With the river producing some cracking nets of roach and chub, a few new faces had booked into the open, the trouble was we’d had a week of bitterly cold frosts and with the river really low and clear, it could be hard going for some. Rob walked miles on the Saturday looking at the river to try and make sure he …
River Isle – Royal Oak Winter League 8 – 1st February 2015
The weather got colder during the week and we even had a light dusting of snow on Thursday and with some strong winds forecast for today it was looking like we were in for a chilly one! Rob couldn’t fish today so it was left to us to sort out, some anglers wanted it on the pond, some wanted to fish the …
River Isle – V.E.S. Precision League 6 – 25th January 2015
With no rain to speak of, I knew we’d be on the river today and as an added bonus when I woke the car wasn’t frosted up either. I got to the pub in time to have one of Steve’s lovely sausage sandwiches which set me up for the day and all the usual faces were there apart from Bruce who’s been …
River Isle – Xmas Fayre – 7th December 2014
I find it hard to believe it’s nearly Xmas again, where does the time go? After not fishing last week I was really looking forward to the Xmas Fayre match but with hardly any rain all week the river was going to be low and clear and after a few hard frosts it was likely to be hard going for some. I got …
Fishery Focus – River Isle
I haven’t done a fishery focus for a while and a few people have suggested I do one on the River Isle so I thought I’ll cover the Ilminster AA stretches from Coxes down to Hambridge as these are the areas I know pretty well. I’ll try and point you in the direction of some of the better swims along with letting you …
River Isle – V.E.S. Precision League 3 – 9th November 2014
My day didn’t get off to the best of starts when I overslept and then had to rush around and only just got to the draw in time. The usual suspects were at the draw minus a poorly Stu Alford (get well soon mate) and Baz who was waiting for the golden peg fund to build up before he paid us another …
River Isle – V.E.S. Precision League 2 – 26th October 2014
After a disaster in the first match I needed a good result in this one or my league was over already. I got to the draw in good time (yes I remembered to put my clocks back!) and there was another decent turnout and Langport invader Baz Morgan had turned up to mug us all again. I reckon he must have got his …
River Isle – V.E.S. Precision League 1 – 12th October 2014
After no fishing for two weeks I was really looking forward to getting back on the river and I can’t believe how mild it is considering it’s October. I got to the Oak for the draw and there was a good turn out of eleven including Big Frank and Jake and it was really nice to see Steve Hurford there plus all the regulars. …
River Isle – Royal Oak Winter League 5 – 15th December 2013
I came down with a cold on Saturday and wasn’t really looking forward to this match with rain forecast but as I’d missed a match due to being on holiday, I couldn’t afford to miss another. I got to the pub and there was a depleted turnout but on the plus side it meant Rob could use all the better pegs at …