River Parrett – Evening Cup – 21st June 2025
I absolutely love the Stoke matches on the Parrett and I was like a kid at Xmas when I woke up Saturday morning! As it was the Evening Cup, the draw wasn’t until 2:30pm but a few of us met …
Dillington Pond – 20th November 2016
With Rob away playing darts, organising this weeks match fell to me, towards the end of the week, the temperature dropped and we even had some brief flurries of snow! There was also a lot of rain forecast for the weekend but with landlord Steve off chucking arrows as well, we were meeting down the river, so would be able to see …
River Isle – Royal Oak Winter League 3 – 13th November 2016
After a disappointing match last Sunday, I was hoping my drawing arm would be back on form this week. I got to the pub nice and early and although Rob was there he wouldn’t be fishing today as he’d done his back in, hope it’s better soon mate. After a nice sausage sarnie, I had a quick look at the pegs in …
The PrintBiz/Bait-Tech Hoodie Review
Now that the blog is associated with Bait-Tech I thought it was high time I treated myself to a new hoodie. In the past I’ve always used a local shop to get the blogs name embroidered on hoodies, sweatshirts and polo shirts etc but as Bait-Tech have a shop on The PrintBiz website (www.theprintbiz.com), I thought I’d take a look. Once on …
River Isle – V.E.S. Precision League 3 – 6th November 2016
With the forecast for the weekend decidedly chilly and the river still very low and clear, it was going to be hard today and a good draw would be essential. I got to the pub and we were down a few anglers this week with some of the regulars on holiday or working. Rob had pegged Redbridge, Isle Brewers and above Hambridge …
Hebditch’s Pond – 30th October 2016
With no scheduled matches this week, Harry was keen to hold another charity match on the pond, it hadn’t been fished since August when the level was right down and the weights were a lot lower than normal so with the level back up, hopefully it would fish better today. For todays charity, Harry decided to donate the money to the fund to help rebuild …
River Isle – V.E.S. Precision League 2 – 23rd October 2016
After three matches where I’d caught loads of fish and really enjoyed myself, the last few nights have seen the temperature drop a few degrees. There’s definitely been a chill in the air and although we haven’t had a frost yet it won’t be long. With no rain, the river was back to being low and clear and combined with the drop …
River Isle – Royal Oak Winter League 2 – 16th October 2016
After some heavy rain during the night that woke me up I was hoping there might be some much needed colour in the river today. I got to the Royal Oak and we had eleven fishing again, including Heardy who was joining us for the first time in ages. Hurf and Jake had been down to North Bradon in the week and cut …
River Isle – V.E.S. Precision League 1 – 9th October 2016
After a great start in the Royal Oak league last week I was hoping for more of the same in the first round of the V.E.S. today, a league I would dearly love to win again. When I got to the pub for the draw we had the same number fishing as last week although not all the same people, it was …
River Wye – 8th October 2016
Justin phoned me on Thursday night to ask if I fancied going up to the Wye on Saturday for a days barbel and chub fishing and of course I didn’t need asking twice! Regular readers will remember I’ve fished the Wye with Justin and the Stour with Hurf in a bid to beat my long standing personal best barbel of 6lb 11oz (caught …
Tony Curd Interview
My latest interview is with Bait-Tech and MAP star, Tony Curd, and if I do say so myself, it’s a cracker! Against Men and Fish – Hi Tony, thank you so much for agreeing to answer my questions, let’s start with some easy ones, How and at what age did you get into match fishing? Tony Curd – I started fishing literally …