Summerhayes – Open – 10th May 2026
Day two of my birthday weekend and it was back to Summerhayes but on Longs this time and I was hoping for a belated present in the shape of a silvers bunghole. Draw time arrived and quite a few of …
Summerhayes – Open – 6th April 2026
Match number four was back at Summerhayes and we were on Sellicks this time, only eight booked in for this one and I was top of the list again. After drawing number 5 for the golden peg, I once again managed to avoid it and 18 was my home for the day, a good area although I did think a frost overnight …
Summerhayes – Open – 5th April 2026
After two cracking days catching silvers, I was hoping for more of the same at Summerhayes on Sunday. A great turnout of 24 anglers, I was top of the list this week and drew peg 35 which is a brilliant area for silvers. It was nice and calm as we were setting up but obviously that didn’t last long and the wind …
Acorn Fishery – Open – 4th April 2026
Day two (of five) was back up the M5 to Acorn and if the weather forecast was to be believed we were in for yet another battering by the wind. Fully subscribed with 28 anglers booked in, Foxy announced the draw and as per usual he chose somebody to pull a peg for him and for once they got a very good …
Nytro Marvelist 10ft Carp Rod Review
I was contacted recently by a very nice chap called Chris from Gerry’s Fishing (a long-standing tackle shop based in Morecambe) who said he really enjoys the blog (which is always nice to hear) and that they would like to collaborate with me by sending me a piece of kit to review. A few days later a cardboard rod tube arrived (always …
Summerhayes – Open – 3rd April 2026
A nice long weekend at Easter always means lots of fishing (and reports to write up which isn’t helping with the backlog!), kicking off five days of matches, it was on Longs for Good Friday. Only 11 of us fishing today including Big Bad Bob who’d somehow cut the end of his nose and couldn’t stop it bleeding, Bill ‘Healing Hands’ Hopping …
Summerhayes – Open – 29th March 2026
Sunday it was back to Summerhayes and when I was called up to draw, I was fairly happy with peg 19 on the bottom bank after doing well on 17 last weekend. Fed the usual short lines, 10 metres and pinged maggots across, it took a little while to get bites and I started catching little skimbobs along with a small tench. …
Todber Manor – Silvers Open – 28th March 2026
Todber on Saturday and of course it was stupidly windy again, so fed up with it now and I can’t remember a weekend when I haven’t been virtually blown off the bank! After a fantastic breakfast in the Lakeside Kitchen, it was time for the draw and myself and Mr Dew employed the usual technique of hanging back although it needs recalibrating …
Summerhayes – Open – 22nd March 2026
After really struggling on Sellicks I was hoping for better things on Longs today, a good turnout with 19 fishing and when it was my turn to draw I pulled out 17 on the bottom bank. It’s one of the widest pegs on the lake and can be good for silvers although I’d have preferred to have been in the thirties. For …
Summerhayes – Silvers Open – 21st March 2026
Given how far behind I am with the blog and the fact I didn’t catch very much, this one won’t take long! It was a silvers only Saturday on Sellicks and there were nine of us fishing today. Pete announced the draw and I really didn’t fancy 2 or 24 (nearest pegs to the car park) and was also hoping to avoid …
Acorn Fishery – Ace of Acorn Silvers Final – 19th March 2026
There are loads of great silvers matches on the calendar now and a brand new competition for this year is the Ace of Acorn Silvers with qualifying fixtures starting last October. I managed to qualify on my first attempt and I’ve been looking forward to this one. Arriving nice and early, the car park was already filling up with an impressive array …