Acorn Fishery – Open – 14th February 2026
After drawing one of the best silvers pegs on the lake and making a right mess of it on Thursday, I was back for another go two days later! Things definitely didn’t get off to a great start when I …
River Parrett – Autumn Triple Round 1 – 19th October 2025
I love the matches on the upper Parrett during the Summer months, it can be tricky but it’s interesting fishing trying to catch the 3lb which is normally enough to get you in the frame. Stoke hold a series of three matches in the Autumn (hence the name!) and as I’ve never fished the river this time of year, I thought I’d …
Acorn Fishery – Open – 18th October 2025
I’ve been dreaming about drawing peg 40 at Acorn for years and on Saturday for Foxy’s latest match, I finally managed to pull it out the bag but would it live up to my expectations? I set up a rigs for across to the island at 13 metres, two lines at 10 metres plus a top four swim which was the deepest …
Summerhayes – Open – 12th October 2025
After a pretty disastrous start to the weekend yesterday, I was hoping for better things at Summerhayes on Sunday. A lovely breakfast at the bowling club set us up for the day (thanks Charlotte) before we headed to Bridgwater. We were on Longs and the level was the lowest I’ve ever seen and we need rain desperately. Pete announced the draw and …
Todber Manor – Silvers Open – 11th October 2025
For the Todber matches, I need to leave around 6:30 to get there for breakfast so I always set my alarm an hour earlier to give me plenty of time. Well, best laid plans and all that, you can probably guess what’s coming next! I somehow slept through three alarms and Nick phoning me at 7:30 and eventually answered him calling again …
Private Pond – Ruthie’s Cup – 5th October 2025
For the rescheduled final round of Ruthie’s Cup, my group was at a little syndicate lake we were very kindly allowed to fish for this charity series. A proper little Crabtree venue that contains lots of tench and crucians plus some decent bream and loads of quality roach, rudd and perch, even better there are no carp, my idea of heaven! We …
Todber Manor – Silvers Open – 4th October 2025
My first match back after Thailand was a silvers open at Todber and despite the forecast being horrendous with 50mph+ winds, I was quite looking forward to it although the weather put a few off as we were down to 7 from the 12 originally booked in. I drew peg 68 which is definitely in the right area and three empty pegs …
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, …