Summerhayes – Open – 1st January 2026
Summerhayes was the destination for my first match of 2026 and after a hard frost there was quite a bit of ice on Sellicks. With only eight of us fishing Pete said we could have a rover and choose where …
Dillington Pond – Royal Oak Winter League 9 – 16th February 2014
As much as I enjoyed going to Portishead for Steve Mayo’s leaving meal last week, and it was a great night and I met some really nice people, I did miss my fishing fix. So I was gagging to get out this week and with the never ending rain I wasn’t too upset that we would be on the pond again. I’ve …
Steve Mayo Interview
Here’s the third in my series of interviews, this one is with top match angler Steve Mayo just before he jets off to start a new life in Thailand as a fishing guide. Hi Steve, thank you very much for taking the time to answer my questions, I recently had the pleasure of your company on a trip to the lovely Gillhams …
Dillington Pond – Royal Oak Winter League 8 – 2nd February 2014
After getting another battering from the weather yesterday, I was relieved when I looked out the window this morning and saw blue skies, things got even better when I got outside and there was no real wind to speak of. I knew we’d be back out the pond again today, the river looked good yesterday morning but the rain we had combined …
Emerald Pool – 1st February 2014
Glynn Wickham phoned me in the week to say Dom Sullivan was running a match at Emerald Pool fisheries near Highbridge. Dom and a few others had paid the venue a visit and absolutely sacked up with big hybrids, roach and skimmers, I don’t fish Saturday’s very often but the chance of a big net of quality silvers was too good to …
Dillington Pond – V.E.S. Precision League 6 – 26th January 2014
It had been a lovely day on Saturday but the forecast for today was strong winds and rain, rain and more rain – great! I got to the pub for the draw and Steve let me have my repaired section and what a fantastic job, I’ll have to find out the name of the company and put it on here. All the …
Guru Hooklength Storage System
There’s been a lot of hype about the new Guru hooklength storage system so while I was in Tackleuk today I thought I’d pick one up and see what all the fuss was about. I already own one of the MAP hooklength systems and you can read my review of it here MAP Hooklength system review. To be honest it’s a cracking box …
Dillington Pond – Royal Oak Winter League 7 – 19th January 2014
After all the rain yesterday I was resigned to being on the pond again but with the Tackleuk muggers not in attendance, at least the rest of us had a chance. We’d also had a wicked frost overnight and I wasn’t sure that would help the fishing much. Rob decided to sort out the pegs at the pond and there were no …
Taunton and Bridgwater Canal – 18th January 2014
Russell Hilton and I had been trying to arrange another meet up for a while and we eventually decided on today although I must admit I lay in bed last night listening to the rain pelting down and was sure he’d text to rearrange! I woke up this morning and the weather was still awful so I text him to ask if we …
Dillington Pond – V.E.S. Precision League 5 – 12th January 2014
The weather looked like it was going to be a bit better for this one so hopefully I wouldn’t breaking any more pole sections! The Yeovil muggers were back again this week and there was also another new face at the draw in the shape of Scott Jackson and it was lovely to see him. Mind you, I think he’d turned up …
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Poleaid Update
After snapping my pole last week I put a tongue in cheek comment on the bottom of last weeks blog, entitled Pole Aid and the response has been fantastic. I have to say anglers on the whole are a fantastic bunch and I would just like to say a huge thank you to Mick Greaves and Tony Wynnick for offering to lend me …