Summerhayes – Open – 22nd September 2024
The following day it was off to Summerhayes for the open on Sellicks with 17 anglers booked in. When draw time arrived I was hoping for a peg between 16-22 and wasn’t too far off when I pulled out 24. …
The following day it was off to Summerhayes for the open on Sellicks with 17 anglers booked in. When draw time arrived I was hoping for a peg between 16-22 and wasn’t too far off when I pulled out 24. …
Although I’ve only fished this match three times, it’s one I really look forward to as not only is it a sizeable match, it’s raises a lot of money for the Dorset Air Ambulance, a fantastic cause. Ilminster and Stoke …
On Sunday we were at Thorney Lakes for the next Stoke match and quite a few of us met at The Ranch for breakfast. On arrival we were met by the slightly disturbing sight of a domesticated Grand Wiz in …
Saturday we headed up the M5 to Acorn for another of Chris Fox’s opens, as always it was well attended with 27 anglers booked in. I was hoping for one of the eight bridge pegs or something like 1, 5, …
My next match is the third round of the Langport teams of five on the River Parrett on Sunday (30th). My team, Chard Remains, finished 7th (out of eight) on the first match and 3rd on the second match. I think overall we are languishing near the bottom, still it’s the first round of the knockout so maybe we can buck our …
Dillington Pond – The main species are roach, rudd, perch and chub. Other secies present are bream, tench, crucian carp and eels. Met at the Crown per usual, drew peg 2. When we got to the pond it was a lot lower than usual due to a farmer abstracting for his potatoes! As a consequence we were all sat in thick glutinous …
Everyone else seems to be doing so I thought I’d give it a go. My blog will just be short accounts of the fishing matches I enter and how I do in them. Hopefully as the blog progresses there will be some funny stories and tales of triumph and defeat and days that are just a complete disaster.My first entry will be …