Category: Summerhayes
Summerhayes – Silvers Open – 30th May 2026
Saturday silvers on Sellicks and I drew 16 yet again, it used to be my favourite peg but as I can’t seem to catch much on it anymore, it’s now teetering on slipping down the rankings! When I got there and started setting up there were quite a few roach topping so hopefully a few bites would be on the agenda today. …
Summerhayes – Open – 25th May 2026
Bank Holiday Monday and it was back to Summerhayes with the forecast for another blisteringly hot day, there were only a few of us so it would be a rover with most people hoping for a low number so they could pick pegs in the shade! Draw time arrived and I got choice 4 but the pegs on the shady bottom bank …
Summerhayes – Open – 24th May 2026
Summerhayes on Sunday (and did I mention it was also a Bank Holiday weekend so lots of fishing with four matches!) with a great turnout of 19 anglers. I was top of the list to draw and gutted to see I was on 38 which is one of my least favourite pegs although it has been good in recent matches with Alex …
Summerhayes – Open – 10th May 2026
Day two of my birthday weekend and it was back to Summerhayes but on Longs this time and I was hoping for a belated present in the shape of a silvers bunghole. Draw time arrived and quite a few of the pegs on my wish list went quite early and when my name was called, I pulled out 26 on the road …
Summerhayes – Silvers Open – 9th May 2026
All too soon it was time for one of the most important events of the year, you may be asking what is the reason for this momentous, memorable occasion, well it’s my birthday weekend of course! The celebrations for my 35th! year on the planet kicked off with a silvers match at Summerhayes. I met Nick at the Beefeater in Taunton and …
Summerhayes – Open – 3rd May 2026
Longs at Summerhayes was the destination for day two (of four) and I was hoping for a nice silvers peg but my drawing arm needs some new batteries as it landed me on number 9 (I’m blaming Dan T who was in charge of pegging!). It wouldn’t have been my first choice but good silvers weights have been coming out from Cyanide …
Summerhayes – Open – 26th April 2026
It was back to Summerhayes the following day for a match on Longs, I was near the top of the list for the draw and pulled out a screamer in the shape of number 30 on the track bank. On the whistle I fed the usual lines at top four, down the middle, 13 metres and across to the island. It was …
Summerhayes – Silvers Open – 25th April 2026
In a recent post I mentioned that I seem to be struggling to get my head round Sellicks which is mainly down to those pesky skimmers and my inability to catch them! Would that change in the Saturday silvers match? Nine of us fishing today and I was near the bottom of the list to draw and with just three balls left, …
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 …