Summerhayes – Open – 15th March 2026
Only seven of us fishing which meant it would be a rover and as I was top of the list, I had to draw the golden ball which was choice 3 today and then, as so often is the case, …
Dillington Pond – Royal Oak Winter League 8 – 14th February 2016
For the final Royal Oak match we were back on the pond as the river was still pushing through and hopefully it would fish better than last week! After a sausage sandwich it was time to dip in the hat and my home for the next five and a half hours this week was peg 14 on the bottom bank which I was fairly …
Dillington Pond – Open – 7th February 2016
With high winds, torrential rain and floods everywhere yesterday we were always going to be on the pond today and I don’t mind because you’re nearly always guaranteed plenty of bites. I got to the Oak and given the forecast was pretty awful for today with high winds and more rain coming in later, there were still ten hardy (or stupid) souls …
Dillington Pond – Royal Oak Winter League 7 – 31st January 2016
I was really hoping we’d be back on the river this week but as soon as I arrived at the draw and saw Scotty’s van, I knew we’d be on the pond as he won’t fish the river! After breakfast we all drove out the pond to do the draw so Rob could see which pegs were available, there were no other anglers …
Dillington Pond – V.E.S. Precision League 6 – 24th January 2016
With Steve and Cindy from the Oak away this weekend we decided to meet at Coxes to do the draw, I had to meet Ash first as he didn’t know where that was (which shows how often he fishes the river!). Most of the others were already there and looking at the river I thought it looked perfect with a nice tinge …
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Pondip Post Number Five
My fifth article for Pondip has now gone live on their website http://pondip.co.uk/blog/fishing-basics/fishing-venue-first-time-part-ii/
River Isle – Royal Oak Winter League 6 – 17th January 2016
We were finally able to get back on the river for this match and when I got to the Oak in the morning for the draw it was nice to see Baz Morgan was fishing today. Rob had pegged the Hambridge and Isle Brewers sections and there were also a couple of new pegs in, so it would be interesting to see how …
SSP Baits Pellets Review
After receiving a selection of the new SSP Baits System-X range to review, I tried the Dark Silt groundbait first and was very impressed, if you didn’t read it first time round you can see it here SSP Baits Review. As most of my fishing has been on natural venues for roach, I hadn’t had chance to try the pellets until the …
Dillington Pond – V.E.S. Precision League 5 – 10th January 2016
After yet more torrential rain on Saturday Rob had no choice but to put us on the pond again for round five. At the draw, there were thirteen anglers booked in for this one including the Tackleuk baggers Scott and Ash and it was nice to see Terry Morgan back again as he hadn’t fished with us for a while. When it was …
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Pondip Post Number Four
My latest post for Pondip is now live on their website http://pondip.co.uk/blog/fishing-basics/fishing-venue-first-time/
Hebditch’s Pond – 3rd January 2016
A New Year and a new venue! Harry Hebditch started fishing our matches a few months back and he has an irrigation pond on the farm which he holds occasional charity matches on and with nothing in the club book for this weekend we asked him if we could fish it and he very kindly agreed. He also suggested we pop out and had …