Todber Manor – Silvers Open – 19th April 2025
For match number two of my five day fishing marathon it was down to Todber for the silvers open on Ash. I actually overslept and woke up to Nick ringing me at 6:40 when I should have met him ten …
Acorn Fishery – Open – 10th August 2024
On Saturday we headed up the M5 for another of Chris Fox’s opens at Acorn, we had breakfast in the Bridge Inn which was really good and then got to the venue with plenty of time to spare. Chris announced the draw and I went into the bag quite early this week and pulled out number 24 by the new concrete bridge …
River Parrett – Axminster Cup – 4th August 2024
On Sunday we were back at Parrett Works and after a lovely breakfast at The Ranch (thanks Kirsty), it was soon time for the draw. Once again, I managed to avoid the pegs on my wish list when I pulled out number 2 which was in for the first time this season. I set up a couple of rigs, a 1 gram …
Summerhayes – Memorial Match – 3rd August 2024
Every year there’s a memorial match held at Summerhayes to remember some of the anglers we’ve sadly lost including Clive Cunningham, Charlie Barnes, Ray Wickham, John Proctor, Jeff Sparkes and Roger Russell who only passed away recently. It’s silvers only and always well attended and today there were 20 anglers on Sellicks including Zooner who presented me with a dinosaur baseball cap …
Revels Fishery – Open – 30th July 2024
Another Tuesday trip to Revels and Parker ‘The Pole’ was back for this one, when we arrived the car park was already starting to fill up. Always popular, there were 21 fishing this week and we were on Main and Dead Tree lakes. The draw got underway and it was a nice feeling knowing I couldn’t end up on Trendles although I’d …
Dillington – IAA Summer League 6 – 28th July 2024
Going into the last round of the IAA Summer League, Big Frank was leading the way with four points followed by a chasing pack of Andy Saunders, Jake Woodard, Les Braunton and Rob Cox who were all a point behind him. In previous years you’ve needed six points to win which means you need to win you section four times to stand …
Acorn Fishery – Open – 27th July 2024
Acorn was the destination for Saturday’s match, there was a great turnout of 27 and when the draw was announced, I hung back hoping to avoid the pegs on the bend (26-30). When I went to delve into the bag, there were no pegs left! Chris had to call everyone back and after adding another ball to the bag, there was the …
Revels Fishery – Open – 23rd July 2024
Before I get on to the latest post, in the week I received the terribly sad news that Roger Russell had passed away. I’ve known Roger for over 40 years, he used to fish the Isle and Dillington with IAA and in later years he enjoyed fishing for silvers at Summerhayes and when he stopped fishing due to ill health, he would …
River Parrett – J. Irish Trophy – 21st July 2024
It was back to Parrett Works for the next Stoke river match and after only catching 5oz in the last one at Kingsbury I was hoping for a few bites this week! I got there a bit early and the river looked lovely with a tinge of colour. Breakfast at The Ranch set us up nicely for the day ahead so now …
Todber Manor – Silvers Open – 20th July 2024
Saturday we headed back to Todber for another go and after not being a million miles away last time, my approach would be very similar today. After meeting for breakfast the ‘Ilminster Massive’ (as Guy likes to call us) headed to the venue. I hung back at the draw but 63 wasn’t in today so no need to worry anyway. When I …
River Parrett – Mrs Williams Cup – 14th July 2024
After a lovely evening at The Ranch for Ruthie’s Cup Presentation Night we were back bright and early for breakfast before the next match on the Parrett. After we’d eaten, we headed to Kingsbury where Bob and Dave P would meet us at the bridge for a rolling draw. Everybody was hoping for an end peg as typically for a small river …