Summerhayes – Open – 1st January 2026
Summerhayes was the destination for my first match of 2026 and after a hard frost there was quite a bit of ice on Sellicks. With only eight of us fishing Pete said we could have a rover and choose where …
Perry St Pond – League 2 – 16th April 2017
For round two I was on the low numbers at Perry St, we met at Millfield Café for breakfast and once again it was really good and I can’t fault it. Once everybody was sufficiently fuelled up we headed to Perry St to do the draw, the Sadborow section drew and headed off first and then it was our turn, I fancied …
Summerhayes – Open – 14th April 2017
With it being Good Friday, myself and Janders booked into the silvers only match at Summerhayes. Jeff Sparkes has been running the Friday matches with all the winners qualifying for a Champion of Champions match in October and because of the Bank Holiday there was a good turnout of 18 anglers. Jeff announced the draw and said all the odd peg numbers were being used today so …
Summerhayes – Open – 9th April 2017
After a really nice day at the Big One yesterday, I woke up to blue skies, the sun shining and it was looking like being a lovely day, I just needed to catch a few fish now. I picked Janders up and we reached the venue in plenty of time, we were just going to collect some nets when we could see …
The Big One – 8th April 2017
After seeing all the posts on Facebook about the Northern Angling Show last week, I was really looking forward to seeing all the new gear being released this year at The Big One. We got there around dinnertime and first stop was the Daiwa stand where we had really nice chat with Bob Roberts, what a top bloke and he showed us …
Quick Bites – Mike Stone
The third of my ‘Quick Bites’ is with former Kamasan Matchman of the Year, Mike Stone First of all I would like to say that interviewing Mike is like trying to nail jelly to the ceiling!! Does he ever stay still?? Hi Mike, can you tell us a little about yourself? I’m aged 60, was born in Taunton, Somerset but now living …
Perry St Pond – League 1 – 2nd April 2017
For this year, in a change from the last time I fished it, the Spring League was going to be split into three sections over two venues, Perry St and Sadborow (a pond I hadn’t fished for a long time) with two sections on the former. In another first (for me), we met at Wetherspoons for breakfast and very nice it was too and …
Fishing In France – Baz Morgan – Part 2
In my last article I explained the basic licence system in France. What I failed to say was that as far as I know there are no concessions for pensioners or disabled etc, but I will check that out on my next visit. The river Mayenne is one of those venues that I am really keen to explore in the future. Up …
Summerhayes – Open – 26th March 2017
The match was on Longs this week and the good news was that the weather was a lot better than it has been, the bad news was that the Torquay Tart had text me to say he was fishing today! I picked Janders up and as soon as we pulled into the car park I could see the Tart waving at us …
Steve Gardener Interview
My latest interview is with England legend, Steve Gardener and if you haven’t read his book yet, I really recommend it, you can get it here – Steve Gardener…A Life in Match Fishing, it’s a cracking read! Hi Steve, thank you so much for taking the time to answer my questions; I recently read and reviewed your book, Steve Gardener… A Life …
Summerhayes – Open – 19th March 2017
It was back to Summerhayes this week and Janders was coming along to fish his first match in ages, the match was on Sellicks and there have been some good silvers weights coming out. I was actually early picking him up and even had time for a bacon roll while we waited for the draw. Looking at the lake, the pegs on …