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Summerhayes – Open – 15th March 2015

I was looking forward to fishing my first match of the year on Longs, especially as there’s been a recent influx of good sized bream. These new fish have been feeding well and anglers have been catching bags to 50lb meaning people can target silvers and have a realistic chance of winning the match. Janders was keeping me company today and on arriving,

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Dillington Pond – Rod Only Match – 8th March 2015

Today’s match was a bit of fun but also an experiment to see if we could catch some of the venues bigger fish by using feeder or waggler tactics. As the pond has evolved over the years, lots of different methods have come to the fore but the feeder has never really proved to be that successful, which I’m convinced is down to the

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Dillington Pond – Barney’s Pairs Open – 1st March 2015

After my elastic disaster last week, I re-elasticated three top kits yesterday, two with Daiwa blue hydro and the third with yellow hydro which I was trying for the first time today. I got to the Oak for the draw and it was nice to see there were eight pairs fishing today and along with the regulars it was great to see

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River Isle – V.E.S. Precision League 7 – 22nd February 2015

Going into the final V.E.S. match, Heardy was leading with 10 points followed by Rob on 11 and then Fieldy and me on 12 and it was all to play for. To secure second place in the league I needed to beat Rob and Fieldy and with fourteen anglers fishing today there was an outside chance I could overhaul Heardy’s two point

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Ringers Floating Pellet Bander Review

I do quite a few reviews on the blog now and it’s something I really enjoy doing, I don’t profess to be an expert or an authority on fishing tackle but I am an angler and as such I strive to give an honest review every time I’m sent something or I buy a piece of kit that there’s been a lot

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Polar Buff Review

One of the unexpected and most welcome perks of writing this blog is that from time to time I’m contacted by various companies asking if I’ll review their products. I’ve been sent allsorts including groundbait, a water bottle, waterproof jacket, pole floats, a photo canvas and been asked to review several fishing apps and I’ve really enjoyed doing it. These reviews have

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River Isle – Open – 8th February 2015

With the river producing some cracking nets of roach and chub, a few new faces had booked into the open, the trouble was we’d had a week of bitterly cold frosts and with the river really low and clear, it could be hard going for some. Rob walked miles on the Saturday looking at the river to try and make sure he

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River Isle – Royal Oak Winter League 8 – 1st February 2015

The weather got colder during the week and we even had a light dusting of snow on Thursday and with some strong winds forecast for today it was looking like we were in for a chilly one! Rob couldn’t fish today so it was left to us to sort out, some anglers wanted it on the pond, some wanted to fish the

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River Isle – V.E.S. Precision League 6 – 25th January 2015

With no rain to speak of, I knew we’d be on the river today and as an added bonus when I woke the car wasn’t frosted up either. I got to the pub in time to have one of Steve’s lovely sausage sandwiches which set me up for the day and all the usual faces were there apart from Bruce who’s been

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Dillington Pond – V.E.S. Precision League 5 – 11th January 2015

We had more rain Friday night and Saturday morning and Rob made the decision to switch it to the pond which I didn’t mind because you are guaranteed plenty of bites. I got to the draw and along with the regulars, Tackleuk’s Scotty Russell was fishing today as well. After a sausage sarnie and a cup of coffee it was time for the

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