Summerhayes – Open – 24th May 2026
Summerhayes on Sunday (and did I mention it was also a Bank Holiday weekend so lots of fishing with four matches!) with a great turnout of 19 anglers. I was top of the list to draw and gutted to see …
Summerhayes – Open – 12th October 2025
After a pretty disastrous start to the weekend yesterday, I was hoping for better things at Summerhayes on Sunday. A lovely breakfast at the bowling club set us up for the day (thanks Charlotte) before we headed to Bridgwater. We were on Longs and the level was the lowest I’ve ever seen and we need rain desperately. Pete announced the draw and …
Todber Manor – Silvers Open – 11th October 2025
For the Todber matches, I need to leave around 6:30 to get there for breakfast so I always set my alarm an hour earlier to give me plenty of time. Well, best laid plans and all that, you can probably guess what’s coming next! I somehow slept through three alarms and Nick phoning me at 7:30 and eventually answered him calling again …
Private Pond – Ruthie’s Cup – 5th October 2025
For the rescheduled final round of Ruthie’s Cup, my group was at a little syndicate lake we were very kindly allowed to fish for this charity series. A proper little Crabtree venue that contains lots of tench and crucians plus some decent bream and loads of quality roach, rudd and perch, even better there are no carp, my idea of heaven! We …
Todber Manor – Silvers Open – 4th October 2025
My first match back after Thailand was a silvers open at Todber and despite the forecast being horrendous with 50mph+ winds, I was quite looking forward to it although the weather put a few off as we were down to 7 from the 12 originally booked in. I drew peg 68 which is definitely in the right area and three empty pegs …
Jurassic Mountain, Thailand – September 2025
Following my previous two holidays, I was really looking forward to another trip to the amazing Jurassic Mountain in Thailand. It’s always a massive relief to finally pull into the resort after basically a full day of travelling and after signing in and dropping my bags in the room, I had a quick walk round the lake chatting to the anglers including …
Clivey Fishery – 14th September 2025
After really enjoying fishing Clivey back in July as a guest in Stoke’s Golden Oldies match, I jumped at the chance when there were some spaces available for the Committee Cup. A few of us met in ‘Spoons for breakfast but it was a bit disappointing as they didn’t have any bacon and an extra sausage just isn’t the same! Then it …
Acorn Fishery – Open – 13th September 2025
On Saturday it was another of Foxy’s opens at Acorn and I drew peg 13 on the far side, an area I seem to visit a lot while Nick was on my dream peg, number 40. I set up rigs to fish two lines at 10 metres and another for the top kit plus one. Kicking off on the longer lines, it …
River Parrett – Novice Shield – 7th September 2025
For the final Stoke match on the Parrett, due to fixture clashes, people away on holiday etc, we had a rather depleted turnout of only eight anglers but on the plus side it meant we could cherry pick the better pegs. Saying that, I didn’t really fancy numbers 5 and 13 so was over the moon when I pulled out peg 9, …
Todber Manor – Silvers Open – 6th September 2025
Saturday I headed down to Todber and after a lovely breakfast, it was time for the draw. I was going to employ the hanging back technique but as 62 and 63 both went quite early, I delved in while there were a few tickets left and the resulting peg 73 was bang on, just where you want to be at the moment. …
River Parrett – Colmic South West King of Clubs Qualifier – 31st August 2025
On Sunday it was another South West King of Clubs qualifier, this time on the Parrett and it was great to see a decent turnout of 22 anglers in attendance. We all met at Cartgate where Norts welcomed everyone and let us know we’d be split into two sections with the winner of each qualifying for the final in October. Draw time …