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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 …

Jamie Rich on 21st January 2026

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Revels Fishery

Revels Fishery – Open – 30th December 2025

For my final match of the year, I headed back to Revels and after really enjoying last Tuesday I was hoping for a similar day to finish 2025 on a high. There was the usual great turnout of 22 anglers …

Jamie Rich on 17th January 2026

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Longs Summerhayes

Summerhayes – Open – 28th December 2025

After struggling for 11oz in my last outing, I was back at Summerhayes on Sunday for another match on Longs and praying for a decent silvers peg. Nick and me were the last two names on the list and when …

Jamie Rich on 15th January 2026

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Longs Summerhayes

Summerhayes – Open – 26th December 2025

After a brief interlude for Xmas, my next match was at Summerhayes on Boxing Day and it was bitterly cold. There were 11 of us fishing and I was quite low down on the list but by the time my …

Jamie Rich on 13th January 2026

Against men and fish

Everyone else seems to be doing so I thought I’d give it a go. My blog will just be short accounts of the fishing matches I enter and how I do in them. Hopefully as the blog progresses there will be some funny stories and tales of triumph and defeat and days that are just a complete disaster.My first entry will be …

By Jamie Rich on 22nd July 2006