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 …
Todber Manor – Silvers Open – 17th August 2024
I haven’t been to Todber for a few weeks so was looking forward to this one although looking at the recent results, it’s been fishing quite hard with around 16lb winning and low double figures enough to frame. John announced the draw and I employed my usual tactic of hanging back hoping to avoid peg 63 but with only two pegs left …
Revels Fishery – 11th August 2024
For the next Stoke match we were at Revels with the sixteen anglers spread over Main and Dead Tree lakes. I was hoping to be on the latter after it fished well the last time I was here on a Tuesday and got my wish when I pulled out 46. I’ve drawn it a couple of times in the past and done …
Richard Chave Interview
Hi Rich, thank you so much for agreeing to do this interview; Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and how you first got into fishing and the first fish you caught? I’ve been fishing since I was about 4 or 5, I lived with my mum and every year we used to go on holiday in Devon with relatives …
Acorn Fishery – Open – 10th August 2024
On Saturday we headed up the M5 for another of Chris Fox’s opens at Acorn, we had breakfast in the Bridge Inn which was really good and then got to the venue with plenty of time to spare. Chris announced the draw and I went into the bag quite early this week and pulled out number 24 by the new concrete bridge …
River Parrett – Axminster Cup – 4th August 2024
On Sunday we were back at Parrett Works and after a lovely breakfast at The Ranch (thanks Kirsty), it was soon time for the draw. Once again, I managed to avoid the pegs on my wish list when I pulled out number 2 which was in for the first time this season. I set up a couple of rigs, a 1 gram …
Summerhayes – Memorial Match – 3rd August 2024
Every year there’s a memorial match held at Summerhayes to remember some of the anglers we’ve sadly lost including Clive Cunningham, Charlie Barnes, Ray Wickham, John Proctor, Jeff Sparkes and Roger Russell who only passed away recently. It’s silvers only and always well attended and today there were 20 anglers on Sellicks including Zooner who presented me with a dinosaur baseball cap …
Revels Fishery – Open – 30th July 2024
Another Tuesday trip to Revels and Parker ‘The Pole’ was back for this one, when we arrived the car park was already starting to fill up. Always popular, there were 21 fishing this week and we were on Main and Dead Tree lakes. The draw got underway and it was a nice feeling knowing I couldn’t end up on Trendles although I’d …
Dillington – IAA Summer League 6 – 28th July 2024
Going into the last round of the IAA Summer League, Big Frank was leading the way with four points followed by a chasing pack of Andy Saunders, Jake Woodard, Les Braunton and Rob Cox who were all a point behind him. In previous years you’ve needed six points to win which means you need to win you section four times to stand …
Acorn Fishery – Open – 27th July 2024
Acorn was the destination for Saturday’s match, there was a great turnout of 27 and when the draw was announced, I hung back hoping to avoid the pegs on the bend (26-30). When I went to delve into the bag, there were no pegs left! Chris had to call everyone back and after adding another ball to the bag, there was the …
Revels Fishery – Open – 23rd July 2024
Before I get on to the latest post, in the week I received the terribly sad news that Roger Russell had passed away. I’ve known Roger for over 40 years, he used to fish the Isle and Dillington with IAA and in later years he enjoyed fishing for silvers at Summerhayes and when he stopped fishing due to ill health, he would …