Clivey Fishery – Ruthie’s Cup – 29th June 2025
For the penultimate round of Ruthie’s Cup it was our turn at Clivey, a cracking little venue (which I last visited in 2011!) that I used to fish quite a bit with Les and the Chard boys. We went to …
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 …
Dillington Pond – V.E.S. Precision League 5 – 11th January 2015
We had more rain Friday night and Saturday morning and Rob made the decision to switch it to the pond which I didn’t mind because you are guaranteed plenty of bites. I got to the draw and along with the regulars, Tackleuk’s Scotty Russell was fishing today as well. After a sausage sarnie and a cup of coffee it was time for the …
Dillington Pond – Royal Oak Winter League 6 – 4th January 2015
I was hoping my first match of the year would be on the river but heavy rain yesterday scuppered that, I got to the Oak for the draw and there was a disappointing turnout and Rob is on about not running a league next year which will be a real shame. He said today we’d be either out the pond or down …
2014 Yearly Review
Here’s my review of the last year January 2014 With the Isle flooded we were at Dillington for this match, I was quite looking forward to it and should have known better, I caught some good roach but lost a lump when the hook pulled and then managed to snap my 10 metre section later on. I finished with 4lb 12oz for …
Summerhayes – Open – 31st December 2014
With the year drawing to a close I booked into the mid week open on Longs, this was to be the last chance saloon for an envelope as I hadn’t managed one this month yet. I wasn’t confident though because as regular readers know, I like to fish for silvers and only 2lb 12oz was enough to win in last Sunday’s match. …
Summerhayes – Open – 21st December 2014
Ilminster didn’t have a match on this weekend so I booked into Summerhayes for my first match there since September. The weather is still incredibly mild for December although we have had the odd frost over the last couple of weeks. The match was supposed to be on Longs but Pete switched it to Sellicks as Longs was hard going on Wednesday with …
River Monsters Fish On! App Review
A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by Icon Films to see if I’d review a fishing app they were developing. I knew they were the company that produced the popular River Monsters show and for a moment (just a moment mind!) I got all excited thinking perhaps they wanted me to be the next Jeremy Wade! Any hope of my …
You’ve Never Had It So Good!
Anglers these days don’t realise how lucky they are where groundbait is concerned, when I started fishing some thirty five years there wasn’t the fantastic array of colourful bags that greets the angler today. In my local tackle shop you had the choice of brown crumb or white crumb which was sold in brown paper bags. The white crumb was stickier when …
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 …