Category: River Parrett
River Parrett – Colmic South West King of Clubs Qualifier – 31st August 2025
On Sunday it was another South West King of Clubs qualifier, this time on the Parrett and it was great to see a decent turnout of 22 anglers in attendance. We all met at Cartgate where Norts welcomed everyone and let us know we’d be split into two sections with the winner of each qualifying for the final in October. Draw time …
River Parrett – Axminster Cup – 24th August 2025
If you’ve followed the blog for a few years, you will know I love fishing Stoke’s matches on the Parrett but the Memorial Shield has so far eluded me and in five years I’ve finished second three times and it’s starting to feel like I’ll never win it. With a river like the Parrett, you obviously need to draw some good pegs …
River Parrett – J. Irish Trophy – 10th August 2025
For round four of the Memorial Shield, we were back at Parrett Works and after drawing a bunghole end peg in the last match another good one was required today. Once we’d had breakfast and paid pools etc, it was time for the ‘Bucket of Doom’, I grabbed a milk bottle top and when I summoned the courage to look, I was …
River Parrett – Mrs Williams Cup – 27th July 2025
For the third round of the Memorial Shield we were on the Kingsbury section which I have a real love/hate relationship with, on my first ever visit back in 2020 I drew an end peg and won the match with 4lb but haven’t got near one since! There was a great turnout of 17 for this one with the majority meeting at …
River Parrett – Huntsman Cup – 6th July 2025
After a decent start to my river campaign and the quest for my Holy Grail (The Memorial Shield) in the first match, I was hoping for more of the same in round two. A lovely breakfast in the Ranch set us up for the day (thanks Kirsty) and then it was time for the all important draw. Only 11 of us fishing …
River Parrett – Evening Cup – 21st June 2025
I absolutely love the Stoke matches on the Parrett and I was like a kid at Xmas when I woke up Saturday morning! As it was the Evening Cup, the draw wasn’t until 2:30pm but a few of us met at The Ranch for lunch (thanks to Terry ‘The Toast’ for arranging), I went for ham, egg and chips and it was …
River Parrett – Stoke vs Ilminster – 25th August 2024
On Sunday, it was that time again when the two piscatorial giants, Ilminster AA and Stoke AC, go head to head in the first leg of the battle for the Isle & Parrett Challenge Shield. It was at Kingsbury again and I must admit it’s a stretch I really struggle to get to grips with so I was hoping to get a …
River Parrett – Novice Shield – 18th August 2024
On Sunday we were back on the Parrett for the Novice Shield which is also the culmination of the six match series for the Memorial Shield. Going into this one, Hainsey was leading with 45 points, I was a point behind and Dave Pope was in third spot with 40 points. Your best five results count and both Chris and me had …
River Parrett – Axminster Cup – 4th August 2024
On Sunday we were back at Parrett Works and after a lovely breakfast at The Ranch (thanks Kirsty), it was soon time for the draw. Once again, I managed to avoid the pegs on my wish list when I pulled out number 2 which was in for the first time this season. I set up a couple of rigs, a 1 gram …
River Parrett – J. Irish Trophy – 21st July 2024
It was back to Parrett Works for the next Stoke river match and after only catching 5oz in the last one at Kingsbury I was hoping for a few bites this week! I got there a bit early and the river looked lovely with a tinge of colour. Breakfast at The Ranch set us up nicely for the day ahead so now …