River Parrett – Evening Cup – 21st June 2025
I absolutely love the Stoke matches on the Parrett and I was like a kid at Xmas when I woke up Saturday morning! As it was the Evening Cup, the draw wasn’t until 2:30pm but a few of us met …
Perry St Pond – Winter League – 20th March 2011
With nothing on this weekend, I phoned Les on the off chance that he might have a space at Perry St, he said yes and that I could fish for Steve Osborne – result. This would be a good chance to get an idea of how the pond is fishing before the spring league kicks off in two weeks time. I got …
Ilminster Canal – 13th March 2011
With it being the last weekend of the river season we should have been on the Isle but with no rain all week, Robin relented and put us down the canal and I couldn’t wait! The day started nicely when at the draw he presented me with my £50 winnings for the Royal Oak winter league, now I just needed a decent …
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River Isle – Crown Winter League – 6th March 2011
The final Crown (now Royal Oak) league match arrived and again there were only six of us at the draw. Neil had put in three pegs at Coxes and three at Ashford, I fancied 14 or 85 and possibly 82 but my drawing hand let me down and I pulled out the choice of 17 or 18 and I didn’t fancy either! …
River Isle – V.E.S. Precision League – 27th February 2011
Apologies for the lateness of my blog but my poxy pc had a virus. There were only six of us again and Neil had put all the pegs at Isle Brewers. I really fancied 125 (mind you so did everyone), I went in first but didn’t look at my ball and as everyone else looked at theirs, nobody was admitting to 125, …
MAP Hooklength Storage Box and Matchman Hook Tyer Reviews
On my weekly trip to Tackle UK in Yeovil to pick up bait, I treated myself to one of the MAP Hooklength Storage Boxes and on getting it home, I was so impressed with it I thought I’d do a review of it on my blog. MAP’s new hooklength storage system It looks great and has many innovative features including; a really …
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River Isle – Crown Winter League – 20th February 2011
After it rained all night on Friday with more forecast, I just couldn’t see this one being on the river but with a dry Saturday the river looked perfect on Sunday morning, with pace and colour and everyone expected it to fish well. As Steve and Cindy have taken over the Royal Oak I turned up expecting everyone else to be there, …
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River Isle – Open – 13th February 2011
My rain dance seemed to have worked although judging by the amount of rain forecast I think I may have over done it! It had rained steadily all night and seemed set to be with us all day, combined with strong winds this could be an uncomfortable day! On my way to the draw I went over the river and was surprised …
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River Isle – Crown Winter League – 6th February 2011
After last weeks freezing minnow-fest, the weather had warmed up considerably although strong winds could make presentation a nightmare. There were nine of us today and Robin had put some cracking pegs in, including Redbridge, pegs 55, 66 and 125. I pulled out peg 122 but actually had the choice of 122 or 120, although a mega walk I decided to fish …
River Isle – V.E.S. Precision League – 30th January 2011
All week it had been really arctic and bitterly cold and even though the wind had dropped, I knew this match wasn’t going to be much fun. At the pub there were only six of us fishing and Robin had pegged us all at Upper Coxes. The only pegs I fancied were 14 and 15 and when Rob announced the draw I …
River Isle – Crown Winter League – 23rd January 2011
After a week of wicked frosts, this match had all the potential for being a real grueller and despite Robin winding me up all week about it being on the pond, we were on the river. We hadn’t had a frost overnight and with it being overcast the temperature wasn’t too bad either, perhaps it would be better than I anticipated? I …