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 …
Chard AC Junior Xmas Fayre – Perry St Pond – 18th October 2014
Chard AC juniors held their Xmas Fayre match at Perry St pond yesterday, conditions were good and the rain held off for the duration of the match and they all had plenty of bites. Chard always hold it early as sometimes in December it’s not much fun for the youngsters when it’s freezing cold! Zoe Hollister had the best weight on the …
River Isle – V.E.S. Precision League 1 – 12th October 2014
After no fishing for two weeks I was really looking forward to getting back on the river and I can’t believe how mild it is considering it’s October. I got to the Oak for the draw and there was a good turn out of eleven including Big Frank and Jake and it was really nice to see Steve Hurford there plus all the regulars. …
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Rambling Update
With no fishing for a couple of weeks, I thought I’d just post a little rambling update, After a blistering first half of the year where I won loads of matches and caught new pb’s all over the place, things have slowed up somewhat (well they had to at some point I suppose!). Since my last ‘rambling’ post (which can be found …
Summerhayes – Open – 21st September 2014
After a long but very enjoyable day yesterday, I was off to Summerhayes with Janders today. I’ve only just finished the blog for the Dorset Stour and as I’ve got to be up early again tomorrow and it’s now 22;27, this will be a fairly short blog (thank God I hear you cry!). There was another good turnout today with 18 fishing …
Dorset Stour – 20th September 2014
My mate Steve Hurford offered to take me barbel fishing at Throop on the Dorset Stour as a thank you for giving his wife Sally all the info I could to help her arrange a surprise trip to Gillhams in Thailand for his 50th birthday earlier this year. Steve arranged all the day tickets etc and Scott Russell very kindly leant us a couple …
Dillington Pond – Summer League 10 – 14th September 2014
It was the last match of the Summer League today and another lovely day, I got to the Oak and it was nice to see Mike Board fishing today although we were down a few who had fished the last match. In the league Fieldy had the title sown up already although Rob and Bruce would fight it out today for second …
Summerhayes – Open – 7th September 2014
It was back to Summerhayes today and I’ve been struggling here a bit of late, when I phoned Pete to put my name down he said it would be on Sellicks and possibly Lily (oh no!) depending on numbers. On arriving there were quite a few cars there already and I knew there would be some pegs on my least favourite pond. …
Dillington Pond – Summer League 9 – 31st August 2014
After getting a soaking on Monday, I was relieved to wake up and see the sun shining through the window this morning. I loaded the car and was quite looking forward to a nice days roach fishing and on arriving at the pub for the draw, it was actually quite busy as a few more new faces had turned up. Big Frank …
Summerhayes – Pairs Festival Day Two – 25th August 2014
On waking up, the forecasters had got it right for once as it was raining, I got to the draw and although it was wet, it wasn’t too windy for a change. I said hello to everyone and had a coffee, Rob Kingston paid me his pound from yesterday but Reece wanted double or quits which I agreed to as you’re more likely to …
Summerhayes – Pairs Festival Day One – 24th August 2014
I normally fish a few of Pete’s two day events but this year I’ve had fixture clashes on most of the Bank Holidays and I wasn’t sure I’d be able to fish this one unless I could find a partner. Glynn Wickham said his dad, Ray, was looking for someone and as he likes to fish for silvers as well, we paired …