Coombe Farm – IAA Summer League 3 – 12th May 2024
Round three of the summer league and we were back at Coombe and I would be on pegs 1, 2 or 3. At the moment you need to catch big carp to do well and these seem to be mainly …
Hebditch’s Pond – 7th May 2016
Harry once again very kindly let us fish the pond with everybody donating £5 to his charity of choice, The British Heart Foundation, a great cause. We all met at the Cartgate for a nice breakfast although I was a bit late and most people had already finished theirs – whoops, sorry Rob! It was great to see some new faces as …
Summerhayes – Open – 2nd May 2016
On Longs today and the format was the same as yesterday with the top three silvers and carp anglers framing and the payout split down the middle between carp and silvers. I went into the draw bucket late again as it had worked okay in the last couple of matches and this time peg 31 was the result, it wouldn’t my first choice but …
Summerhayes – Open – 1st May 2016
A double header at Summerhayes for me this weekend as it was a Bank Holiday (well it would be rude not to!), Sellicks and Lily today and Longs tomorrow. I picked Janders up on my way and we were soon pulling into the car park, it was nice to Mike Hosgood (who comes from somewhere near Exeter I believe!) as I hadn’t seen …
Summerhayes – Open – 24th April 2016
After six matches on Longs, I knew Pete was putting us back on Sellicks for today and the silvers weights haven’t been great with Ray Wickham only needing two crucians for 4lb 11oz to win a few weeks back. When I pulled into the car park, one of the first people I met was Glynn who said the match was going to be …
Bait-Tech ‘The Juice’ Review
I always get quite excited when Bait-Tech launches a new product but for 2016 one product in particular was creating a buzz and, if you’ll excuse the pun, really getting my juices flowing! I first became aware of this rather secretive new liquid through Andy Neal’s excellent match reports and write ups on the Bait-Tech website. He was using it all over the …
Summerhayes – Open – 17th April 2016
After some decent results on my first three visits of the year, things have gone down the pan somewhat in the last two matches when I drew pegs 10 and 3. I was hoping I might get near a decent silvers area today but that was always going to be difficult with draw bag experts, Ray and Glynn Wickham fishing! After Pete …
Summerhayes – Open – 10th April 2016
With Pete deciding to give Sellicks a rest for a while, it was back on Longs today, I picked Janders up on my way and we were soon pulling into the car park which was already filling up as there were 24 booked in for today. It was already windy with the forecast for it to get worse in the afternoon – …
Summerhayes – Open – 3rd April 2016
With a much more favourable weather forecast for today I was looking forward to todays match on Longs and as I pulled into the car park it looked like there was another good turnout. One of the first people I bumped into was Ads Palmer who was back from Scotland and itching to get going as he hadn’t fished a match for ages. Pete announced the …
Jamie Harrison Interview
My latest interview is with Bait-Tech and Matrix backed England Feeder Squad member, Jamie Harrison. Against Men and Fish – Hi Jamie, it was great to finally meet you at The Big One and thank you so much for agreeing to this interview. After talking to you at the show it quickly became very apparent how driven and dedicated you are, it’s obviously …
Summerhayes – Open – 28th March 2016
The weather overnight was horrendous and it was relief to wake up this morning to see all our fence panels still intact! As I loaded my kit up, I was pleasantly surprised that it was nowhere near as windy as they’d forecast but I was well aware how quickly things can change after yesterday! I got to Bridgwater and as I pulled …