River Parrett – Evening Cup – 21st June 2025
I absolutely love the Stoke matches on the Parrett and I was like a kid at Xmas when I woke up Saturday morning! As it was the Evening Cup, the draw wasn’t until 2:30pm but a few of us met …
I absolutely love the Stoke matches on the Parrett and I was like a kid at Xmas when I woke up Saturday morning! As it was the Evening Cup, the draw wasn’t until 2:30pm but a few of us met …
For round two of Ruthie’s we were at Dillington and after finishing second in my section at Hebditch’s, nothing other than a win would do today as I’m sure you’ll need maximum points or there’s an outside chance three wins …
Todber on Saturday with a ‘Dirty Dozen’ booked on including none other than Guy ‘Venue Pro’ Manton, as we assembled and awaited the draw, Mr Dew and me took up our usual positions at the back of the queue. Rather …
As I hadn’t been to Revels for a while, I booked a Tuesday off work and met up with Parker ‘The Pole’ for a Greggs brekkie before heading over the border into Dorset. There’s nearly always a good number fishing …
I’ve been dying to get back down to Revels but with the bitterly cold weather recently, the silvers fishing has been really tricky with just 2oz winning last Tuesday! The temperature warmed up a bit during the week so I booked a day off work and began praying to the fishing gods for a nice silvers peg. I met Parker ‘The Pole’ …
After the weather had been lovely the previous day, it was back to heavy rain and 50 mph winds for Sunday – great! Also probably due to the forecast, we had a slightly depleted turnout of 11 and Pete said it would be a rover using all the lakes. Adie was the first name on the list and got choice 10 which …
It was another of Chris Fox’s opens on Saturday and I was really looking forward to as there’s been a stocking of decent ide since the last match I fished. Always well attended, there were 26 anglers fishing today and when Chris announced the draw, I delved in and when I looked I was on 33, not the best but certainly not …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …