River Brue Champs – 2nd February 2025
Regular readers will know there are several venues I fish a lot and I love going there as much as possible but I also like to try a few new things and step outside of my comfort zone every year. …
Summerhayes – Open – 1st May 2016
A double header at Summerhayes for me this weekend as it was a Bank Holiday (well it would be rude not to!), Sellicks and Lily today and Longs tomorrow. I picked Janders up on my way and we were soon pulling into the car park, it was nice to Mike Hosgood (who comes from somewhere near Exeter I believe!) as I hadn’t seen …
Summerhayes – Open – 24th April 2016
After six matches on Longs, I knew Pete was putting us back on Sellicks for today and the silvers weights haven’t been great with Ray Wickham only needing two crucians for 4lb 11oz to win a few weeks back. When I pulled into the car park, one of the first people I met was Glynn who said the match was going to be …
Bait-Tech ‘The Juice’ Review
I always get quite excited when Bait-Tech launches a new product but for 2016 one product in particular was creating a buzz and, if you’ll excuse the pun, really getting my juices flowing! I first became aware of this rather secretive new liquid through Andy Neal’s excellent match reports and write ups on the Bait-Tech website. He was using it all over the …
Summerhayes – Open – 17th April 2016
After some decent results on my first three visits of the year, things have gone down the pan somewhat in the last two matches when I drew pegs 10 and 3. I was hoping I might get near a decent silvers area today but that was always going to be difficult with draw bag experts, Ray and Glynn Wickham fishing! After Pete …
Summerhayes – Open – 10th April 2016
With Pete deciding to give Sellicks a rest for a while, it was back on Longs today, I picked Janders up on my way and we were soon pulling into the car park which was already filling up as there were 24 booked in for today. It was already windy with the forecast for it to get worse in the afternoon – …
Summerhayes – Open – 3rd April 2016
With a much more favourable weather forecast for today I was looking forward to todays match on Longs and as I pulled into the car park it looked like there was another good turnout. One of the first people I bumped into was Ads Palmer who was back from Scotland and itching to get going as he hadn’t fished a match for ages. Pete announced the …
Jamie Harrison Interview
My latest interview is with Bait-Tech and Matrix backed England Feeder Squad member, Jamie Harrison. Against Men and Fish – Hi Jamie, it was great to finally meet you at The Big One and thank you so much for agreeing to this interview. After talking to you at the show it quickly became very apparent how driven and dedicated you are, it’s obviously …
Summerhayes – Open – 28th March 2016
The weather overnight was horrendous and it was relief to wake up this morning to see all our fence panels still intact! As I loaded my kit up, I was pleasantly surprised that it was nowhere near as windy as they’d forecast but I was well aware how quickly things can change after yesterday! I got to Bridgwater and as I pulled …
Hebditch’s Pond – 27th March 2016
I was due to fish a pairs match at Summerhayes today and tomorrow but with only a few booked in, Pete made the decision to cancel the pairs and just run two individual matches instead so I decided to stay local today and fish at Harrys with a few others and then fish Longs tomorrow. I picked Hurf up on my way …
Bait-Tech Sticky Method Pellets Review
At The Big One, along with ‘The Juice’ the other new Bait-Tech product that stood out was the Sticky Method Pellets, Dean Barlow gave us a little demo and yes, they looked fantastic for fishing the method, something I just don’t do but the more I spoke to Dean, the more I began to realise that confining their use to just fishing the …