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 …
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Just Starting Out
I was recently contacted by a mate who I haven’t seen for a long time, we used to fish together a lot, firstly as juniors and then we started fishing the club matches with Ilminster AA but as so often happens, other things come along and he drifted away from it. He’s now got a family and his son wants to get into fishing so he …
Dillington Pond – Summer League 3 – 4th June 2017
This week I was at Dillington for one of Ilminster AA’s Summer league matches (I miss quite a few this year) and the pond has been fishing really well with Bill Hopping smashing the match record with over 58lb of bream and chub from peg 1 in the first match and John Dursley winning the second match with 25lb of bream and skimmers on the …
Sodafloat Sponsored Post
Exciting new product from Peejay Tackle, click on the image below for a great video showcasing the Sodafloat. Fish and feed accurately at any distance you can cast. You can fish and feed simultaneously with any bait, including pellets, chopped worm, sweetcorn, hemp, maggots, luncheon meat etc, etc. In fact, any bait that will fit inside the Sodafloat. It has a …
Summerhayes – Open – 28th May 2017
This weeks match was on Sellicks and I was really hoping I could get away from the low numbers and draw a peg near the top or on the far bank, on arrival it was nice to see Paul Homewood for the first time in ages and several of the Torquay contingent were also in attendance although, thankfully, the Tart wasn’t one …
Perry St Pond – League 4 – 21st May 2017
The Perry St low section was my destination for round four after another cracking breakfast at Millfield café and I was really disappointed to pull out peg 1, it’s a corner peg but hasn’t done much in the first three matches. Picky drew peg 10 and the Tart was on peg 3 which won last week so once again my pound coins …
Sodafloat Review
The Sodafloat was the brainchild of Paul Jessop following a frustrating match when the carp were out in the middle of the lake by a central rope, out of the range that Paul could accurately catapult his pellets and he caught very little. After a couple of sleepless nights and a week tinkering around in his garage, the Sodafloat was born! Basically …
Sadborow – League 3 – 14th May 2017
It was back to the Chard AC league at the weekend and I was really looking forward to fishing Sadborow pond for the first time since 2007! The club have done loads of work out there over the last few years and it’s been fishing really well with over 100lb needed to win the last three matches. After another excellent breakfast at …
Quick tip – Hemp with a twist
Whenever I fish natural venues I always like to have some hemp with me and I normally split a large tin of Bait-Tech Super Seed hemp into three bags and freeze it, that way a tin lasts me three matches which is great value! Along with the Natural hemp there are also Chilli and Aniseed varieties and with the arrival of all …
Summerhayes – Open – 7th May 2017
This weeks match was a rover on all ponds with the exception of Longs which was booked for a club match, so given that I hate Lily lake and have only fished Willow once, I would be a praying for a fairly early choice so I could pick one of the pegs on the far side of Sellicks, namely 15-21 although 11 or 13 have …
Quick tip – Pepping up your pellets
Pellets straight out of the bag catch an awful lot of fish but in this day and age where the fish have seen it all on busy commercials, what can you do to give yourself an edge? I like to prepare my micros the evening before a match and I add two extra levels of attraction, firstly I flavour the water used …