Summerhayes – Open – 25th January 2026
Only nine of us fishing today and when Pete announced the draw, I was fourth on the list and well happy when I pulled out 32 which is an absolute bunghole. For company I had Steve Collins and Oscar on …
Jurassic Mountain, Thailand – September 2025
Following my previous two holidays, I was really looking forward to another trip to the amazing Jurassic Mountain in Thailand. It’s always a massive relief to finally pull into the resort after basically a full day of travelling and after signing in and dropping my bags in the room, I had a quick walk round the lake chatting to the anglers including …
Clivey Fishery – 14th September 2025
After really enjoying fishing Clivey back in July as a guest in Stoke’s Golden Oldies match, I jumped at the chance when there were some spaces available for the Committee Cup. A few of us met in ‘Spoons for breakfast but it was a bit disappointing as they didn’t have any bacon and an extra sausage just isn’t the same! Then it …
Acorn Fishery – Open – 13th September 2025
On Saturday it was another of Foxy’s opens at Acorn and I drew peg 13 on the far side, an area I seem to visit a lot while Nick was on my dream peg, number 40. I set up rigs to fish two lines at 10 metres and another for the top kit plus one. Kicking off on the longer lines, it …
River Parrett – Novice Shield – 7th September 2025
For the final Stoke match on the Parrett, due to fixture clashes, people away on holiday etc, we had a rather depleted turnout of only eight anglers but on the plus side it meant we could cherry pick the better pegs. Saying that, I didn’t really fancy numbers 5 and 13 so was over the moon when I pulled out peg 9, …
Todber Manor – Silvers Open – 6th September 2025
Saturday I headed down to Todber and after a lovely breakfast, it was time for the draw. I was going to employ the hanging back technique but as 62 and 63 both went quite early, I delved in while there were a few tickets left and the resulting peg 73 was bang on, just where you want to be at the moment. …
River Parrett – Colmic South West King of Clubs Qualifier – 31st August 2025
On Sunday it was another South West King of Clubs qualifier, this time on the Parrett and it was great to see a decent turnout of 22 anglers in attendance. We all met at Cartgate where Norts welcomed everyone and let us know we’d be split into two sections with the winner of each qualifying for the final in October. Draw time …
Acorn Fishery – Bev’s Memorial Match – 30th August 2025
On Saturday it was up to Acorn for Bev’s Memorial Match which was brilliantly supported with 37 anglers booked in. We got there nice and early and enjoyed some lovely bacon and sausage rolls before getting some bait and buying tickets for the raffle after the match. Draw time arrived and Des got someone to pull out a peg for him and …
Revels Fishery – Open – 26th August 2025
I haven’t been to Revels for absolutely ages so booked a Tuesday off work to make a long weekend even longer! It’s one of my favourite venues and I just wish I could get down there more often. There was the usual great turnout of 22 and we would be on Main and Dead Tree lakes today with the latter the place …
Summerhayes – Open – 25th August 2025
Bank Holiday Monday saw me headed to Summerhayes for the match on Longs which has been fishing really well for silvers. Only ten of us today and I drew peg 30 which was right where I wanted to be although I had Spud and Adie either side of me and they would both be fishing for silvers as well. As per usual …
River Parrett – Axminster Cup – 24th August 2025
If you’ve followed the blog for a few years, you will know I love fishing Stoke’s matches on the Parrett but the Memorial Shield has so far eluded me and in five years I’ve finished second three times and it’s starting to feel like I’ll never win it. With a river like the Parrett, you obviously need to draw some good pegs …