Category: Summerhayes

Summerhayes – Open – 26th May 2025
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 – Open – 18th May 2025
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 …

Summerhayes – Open – 11th May 2025
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 …

Summerhayes – Silvers Open – 10th May 2025
A double-header at Summerhayes this weekend kicking off with a silvers match on Sellicks. After meeting Nick and Parker ‘The Pole’ for breakfast, we arrived in plenty of time and it looked like the carp were spawning with loads of activity at the near end and I said I really didn’t fancy peg 2. Of course that meant when it was my …

Summerhayes – Open – 4th May 2025
On Sunday it was back at Summerhayes for a match on Sellicks which I haven’t fished for ages. There were 14 anglers booked in for this one which is a good number for the lake as we’d all have a bit of room. My favourite peg is number 16 and I came close when I pulled out 15 with the swims either …

Summerhayes – Open – 27th April 2025
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 …

Summerhayes – Open – 21st April 2025
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. …

Summerhayes – Open – 20th April 2025
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 …

Summerhayes – Open – 18th April 2025
With a nice long weekend for Easter, I extended it further by taking the Tuesday as leave and booked into matches every day starting with Summerhayes on Good Friday and finishing at Revels for Parker ‘The Pole’s’ birthday outing. Twelve of us fishing today and judging by the forecast we were in for a moist match, I was slightly apprehensive as the …

Summerhayes – Open – 13th April 2025
After a long day yesterday, I was flagging a bit when the alarm went off this morning but a bowling club breakfast sorted me out and I was raring to go once again! When we got to Bridgwater, the car park was pretty busy with 26 booked in for the match. As we waited for the draw I was saying to somebody …