Todber Manor – Silvers Open – 19th April 2025
For match number two of my five day fishing marathon it was down to Todber for the silvers open on Ash. I actually overslept and woke up to Nick ringing me at 6:40 when I should have met him ten …
Summerhayes – Open – 16th February 2025
Another Summerhayes Sunday and it was on Longs again, which is normally good for a decent days silvers fishing with plenty of bites. I met Nick and the Grand Wiz (who was fishing the Chard winter league) at the bowling club for breakfast and we were well looked after by Drew this week – cheers mate. Although still cold, it was dry …
Todber Manor – Silvers Open – 15th February 2025
After a tough day last Saturday, I was back for another go and although I only had five roach for 8oz that match (mainly small fish!), with just 2lb 3oz winning, you’re only ever one bite away from winning. As quite a few of the fish were caught on the feeder, I made sure I had my 11ft Guru N-Gauge Feeder Rod …
Summerhayes – Open – 9th February 2025
For the first time in an awfully long while, when the alarm went off Sunday morning, I seriously contemplated turning it off and going back to sleep! The last few weeks have been pretty grim with horrible weather, cold, wet, windy, floods, frozen lakes, you name it, we’ve had it. As a consequence the fishing for the most part has been tough …
Todber Manor – Silvers Open – 8th February 2025
I was looking forward to heading back to Todber on Saturday but of course as it was the weekend, the temperature dropped, it was freezing cold and another tough day could be on the cards. After another cracking breakfast in the Lakeside Kitchen it was time for the all important draw. Along with the usual ‘Ilminster Massive’ (Nick P, Parker The Pole …
River Brue Champs – 2nd February 2025
Regular readers will know there are several venues I fish a lot and I love going there as much as possible but I also like to try a few new things and step outside of my comfort zone every year. I’ve done all sorts from Fish ‘O Mania and Club Angler of the Year qualifiers to fishing different venues and also occasionally …
Ivy House – Fish South Silvers Qualifier – 1st February 2025
On Saturday Nick P, Norts and me headed to Ivy House for another Fish South Silvers Qualifier. There was the usual plethora of stars in the draw queue including Andy Power, Jon Arthur, Tommy Hiller, Mark Goddard, Dave Willmott, Gary Etheridge and Chris Telling to name a few! Not really knowing the venue, when I pulled out peg 1 on Old Match …
Summerhayes – Open – 26th January 2025
For the second outing of the weekend, in complete contrast to the previous days flat, calm and dry conditions, we were in for torrential rain and 50+mph winds – great! Despite the horrendous forecast there were still 18 hardy souls keen to do battle with the elements. Pete said it would be a rover on all lakes today so people could pick swims …
Acorn Fishery – Open – 25th January 2025
A frosty start on Saturday morning as I loaded the car before heading up to Acorn. The lake was flat calm and recent match results suggested we were in for another tough day as 8-10lb has been winning the silvers. A great turnout with 26 anglers fishing and when Foxy announced the draw, I was towards the end of the queue. Nick …
Summerhayes – Open – 19th January 2025
We were on Longs again for Sunday’s open and for once I managed not to oversleep and enjoyed a nice leisurely breakfast at the bowling club. 22 fishing today so a good turnout, I was fairly near the top of the list and well happy when I pulled out number 7 next door to where I had the top silvers weight last …
Todber Manor – Silvers Open – 18th January 2025
On my last two visits to Todber, I’ve done well catching some of the recently stocked ide and when I heard Ash lake had received a further injection of skimmers, I was really looking forward to Saturday! Another cracking breakfast in the Lakeside Kitchen set us up for the day and after getting some bait and paying our pools, it was time …