Category: Summerhayes
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 …
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 …
Summerhayes – Open – 31st May 2015
After a lovely days fishing on Sellicks last Monday, I was back for another go today although the match was on Longs this week and I’ve struggled on this lake a bit of late. There are a lot more small fish than there are in Sellicks and trying to fish with expanders is a nightmare and banded pellets just seems to result in very odd …
Summerhayes – Pairs Festival Day Two – 25th May 2015
After a really tough day yesterday, I was hoping we’d get a few more bites today. When I got there, it looked like the carp had finished doing their ‘business’ as they weren’t thrashing about anymore although I really didn’t know if this was a good or a bad thing as far as the fishing was concerned. Glynn and Nigel were leading both …
Summerhayes – Pairs Festival Day One – 24th May 2015
Another bank holiday weekend arrived which means another two day mini festival at Summerhayes and Ray Wickham was my partner again. There were a few more fishing today which meant one of us would be Longs and the other on Sellicks and then vice versa on day two. As soon as I arrived I went to pick up a couple of nets and could see …
Summerhayes – Mini Festival Day 2 – 4th May 2015
Day two arrived and looking out the window, the weather looked rather nice and there was even some sunshine! I was in a really good mood after a great start yesterday with a lake silvers win and Chelsea winning the Premiership, I just needed to draw a decent peg on Longs now. I got a coffee and waited while Pete and some of the …
Summerhayes – Mini Festival Day 1 – 3rd May 2015
I always look forward to these two day events and this weekend it was individuals and not pairs, on arriving there was a decent turnout of sixteen anglers including the Wickhams and fellow blogger Dom Sullivan, no sign of Brandon, thank God! I paid my pools for the two days and had a coffee before it was time to draw, we were all on Sellicks today and …
Summerhayes – Open – 12th April 2015
It was back to Summerhayes today for match number five in eight days, the scores on the doors so far weren’t too bad, Ray and me won the two day silvers pairs festival, I missed out on a silvers pick up by 2oz on the Wednesday and then I was second in the silvers yesterday, so what would today bring? Depending on …
Summerhayes – Gary Bull/England Disabled Team Fundraiser – 11th April 2015
Mark Cox arranged this match to raise funds for the England disabled and ladies teams and worked really hard to publicise the event and getting loads of firms on board who gave generously for the raffle. There was a real buzz around the match as more and more people put their names down for this very worthy cause including a certain Mr …
Summerhayes – Open – 8th April 2015
After a very enjoyable two days fishing over the Bank Holiday weekend, it was back to Summerhayes today for match number three in four days. I was a bit late picking Janders up but we got there in good time, only to be met by the worst news possible that Clive Cunningham had suffered a heart attack at the fishery the previous …