Summerhayes – Open – 17th August 2025
On Sunday and it was back to Summerhayes for the open on Longs and after drawing 30 in the Stoke match and having a lovely day, I was hoping to be in the same area today. For once my misfiring …
Perry St Pond – League 9 – 26th July 2015
The penultimate round arrived and it was chucking it down, I loaded the car up and stuck my brolly in as well, I never normally take one as they tend to just get in the way but the wet stuff was showing no signs of stopping and I thought I could at least keep my bait dry. I got out the pond and the …
Perry St Pond – League 8 – 19th July 2015
With three matches to go, the dreaded peg 20 is still waiting for me and I had a horrible feeling I would be on it today. As Blaker won the last match he got to chose the envelope for todays draw sequence and as Les read out the pegs, my home for today was peg 14 which I was happy with. The sequence …
Summerhayes – Open – 12th July 2015
I phoned Pete in the week to put my name down and was hoping the match would be on Sellicks but no such luck and we would be on Longs again. If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know I’ve been struggling on Longs and I just can’t seem to put a decent net of silvers together. In my last …
Fishing and (anti) Social Media
Technology is moving on at a scary pace, when I was youngster (yes I know it was a long time ago!), there was no such thing as mobile phones, computers or video games and we all spent a lot of our time out in the open air enjoying activities like football, cricket and of course (or should that be coarse!) fishing. We’d …
Perry St Pond – League 7 – 5th July 2015
After the last two matches at Summerhayes and Dillington where I’ve had plenty of bites but finished up well off the pace, I was hoping it wouldn’t be third time unlucky today. Out of the four pegs I’ve still got to come in the remaining fixtures, one is a flier (peg 10), two are half decent (2 and 14) and one is …
Summerhayes – Open – 28th June 2015
With no matches at Dillington or Perry St this week I phoned Pete at Summerhayes to put my name down hoping it was going to be on Sellicks but of course it was on Longs. I have lost my way somewhat on this pond and just can’t seem to catch decent skimmers anymore. My favoured 4mm expander and micros approach is no longer effective …
Dillington Pond – Summer League 4 – 21st June 2015
I was really looking forward to getting out the pond again as it’s been fishing really well with some cracking weights of bream and skimmers along with lots of quality roach and rudd. There was a good turnout at the pub with thirteen anglers fishing including Paul Homewood and Jamie Parkhouse who were fishing the pond for the first time today. There …
Perry St Pond – League 6 – 14th June 2015
Round six arrived and we were a few anglers short once again, Dave Lawrence was standing in for Janders who is on holiday in Cornwall but there would still be four vacant pegs. The envelope for this weeks draw sequence was picked and Les read out which pegs we were on today, my home was to be peg 18 and it’s not …
So you want to be sponsored?
What is it with anglers and sponsorship? I can totally understand the appeal, you get to go fishing and have all your clothing, bait and tackle supplied free of charge, what’s not to like? The reality of it though, is very different, you may get some t-shirts and a hoodie and perhaps some bait or tackle at trade price, but unless your name’s Des Shipp …
Perry St Pond – League 5 – 7th June 2015
I woke up to glorious sunshine and hardly a cloud in the sky and it looked like summer had finally arrived, I actually got out the pond a little early and there were a couple of stand ins today, Dave Lawrence was fishing for Rocking and Chris Haines must have been struggling to find a replacement because the Torquay Tart was fishing …