Its been that time of the year again when we make the trek down to sunny cornwall to fish the preston innovations festival in the hope of making the park dean masters final. This is the pinnacle of match carp fishing in my opinion as every single angler in the festival is more than capable of making the final given the right pegs during the week. Its important be on the ball with methods for this one...
What a year!!!! that’s all I can say about 2009 so far. Ive fished loads of matches this summer and some pretty big ones too, so ill take this opportunity to catch up with everything ive been getting up to in the world of match fishing. This year was my first opportunity to fish on the river nene in the angling times team champs final for my maver Barnsley team, now my only experience of the nene...
(just for chappy) WELL ive got loads to catch up on so much so that I cant remember most of the things ive been up to so ill just tell ya about the bigger matches and more memorable ones. First up is me and Adam Richards’ Maver pairs campaign for the year. We decided to have a real good go this year so entered 5 qualifiers to make sure we got through to the final in august. First up was a match at...
Well after all the aggro of the winter league campaign and the white acres festivals and stuff its been nice just to get back to normal with some fishing at oaks, the first port of call was the Dynamite Baits sponsored 2 day festival at oaks over the easter weekend, the fishing had all been worm for the matches leading up to it and it was fishing really well. Come the first day and I drew out peg 10...
Well its been that time of the year again when the whole of the north descends on white acres(I may be exaggerating) for the annual Dynamite Baits Festival. I really couldn’t wait for this one as the carp are normally just coming out of their winter slumber. I was staying in a lodge this year with Lee Kerry, Ben Fisk and White Acres virgin Gareth Drury and I must say after staying in one I will never...
Well I’ve got tons to catch up on as I’ve let myself get really behind with my blogs again and lots has happened since last time!!!!! First up is the winter league semi final. After a really good run in to the match with a couple of frames/lake wins I was feeling really happy with the venue and couldn’t wait to fish it. Basically we had sussed out safe methods for willows and laurels,...
Well we seem to finally be getting there with the weather and the last fortnight has been our first real spell of settled weather in 2009 and the fishing has improved as a result. The first match ill talk about is last Saturdays teams of 3 at lindholme, with alan and lee away at barston I had to call up the super subs adam Richards and james dent and with it turning mild we really needed a big extraction...
Well after what seems like months of freezing weather we finally had a brief break in it this Sunday but more of that in a bit, I have two rounds of our Thorne Pairs to tell you about and a match at lindholme. The first pairs match was the Sunday before the so called ‘big-freeze’ and it was freezing and trying to snow all day!!!! I drew peg 140 at the NewInn which to be honest is pants, and Lee...
It’s been another busy weekend for me fishing wise as our practice for the forthcoming winter league semi at Lindholme starts to hot up. With the weather turning cold again I didn’t know what to expect on our teams of 3 match on saturday at Lindholme. It was a serious frost on Friday night and as we pulled into the fishery one half of Bonsai lake had ice on it!!! Not good. With nearly 40 on...
Well its been a bit of a strange weekend for me with two very different performances!On Saturday I was off to Lindholme to fish the teams of 3, my team is Alan Scotthorne, Lee Kerry and myself so we have a good chance of winning it. Neil has decided to decided the outcome on weight which makes things a little dodgy as some teams could fish the last few when it gets mild and sack up!!!! Anyway we had...
Well, its been a while since my last blog but I have been so busy with work and Xmas etc that I’ve not had the chance to catch up. Over the Xmas period I actually had a break from fishing for a few weeks just to recharge my batteries, and I must admit the prospect of going and breaking the ice didn’t inspire me much!!!!! Anyway it gave me a really good chance to get all my gear ready for the...
Well another good weekend for me this week, I decided not to bother going fishing on the Saturday as the lack of decent matches and decent weather didn’t inspire me much so a day off was brilliant! But on Sunday it was business as usual on the final round of the Eastern Winter League, I was picked again and was buzzing after last weeks good result and just hoped I could prove it wasn’t a fluke!!!...
After the disappointment of Saturdays superleague fish off it was nice to be picked for the winter league team for the match on thorne on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal, and with the league more or less won with two rounds to go the pressure was off the lads, so we could all go and enjoy it. I was looking forward to it as it’s the first bloodworm fishing I’ve done in a while so it would be...
Well after getting back from white acres I was all set to get cracked on with the winter league, but as I was thinking about making some bloodworm rigs up, when our new captain Andy Oldham rang me and said he wanted me to fish the Drennan Super League Fish Off at Tunnel Barn Farm as he thought with me fishing for F1s all year it would be right up my street. The 5 man team that was selected was myself,...
Well its that time of the year again when anglers from all over the country make the pilgrimage to carp fishing mecca White Acres, id been looking forward and preparing for this festival for months and was hoping I could qualify for the Parkdean Masters. I was staying with preston’s Lee Kerry and Ben Fisk from the Angling Times and we were sure to have a good week regardless of the quality of the...
Well I’ve had another good couple of weeks up at Oaks, starting off with a Sunday open on the 14th sept. With 40 on there was some decent money on offer and hopefully lots of fish to catch! I drew peg 48 which I was happy with, its in an OK area and there tends to be a few ide there so I was pleased. Speaking of pegs its really opened my eyes this year at Oaks to how fair it is and I’m...
Ey up all! I’ve loads to catch up on this week as I’ve been really busy of late and had no chance to do my blog for a while. First thing to catch up on is bank holiday weekend. I spent the full 3 days at The Oaks at Sessay just to make sure I hadn’t lost it when I fished the worm the week before!!!! Anyway on the Saturday there was only 20 on so we had loads of room, and the week before...
Well after the serious team matches of last weekend I was really really looking forward to the last evening match of the year at Carpvale and as it was going to be on the front pond- I couldn’t wait! There was a lot less there this time as it was chucking it down but there were 9 of us so at least we would catch a few fish, and it beats watching the telly. Anyway I drew peg 69 two pegs away from...
Well I’ve got lots to catch up on this week, firstly I’ll talk about last weeks matches. As I’d won the previous Tuesday at carpvale I thought it only fair to go and have another crack. This time thought there was 20 so fishing, so they would have to put in two lakes which meant putting the oldest lake in, which is called cyprio. This is a lovely looking lake not dissimilar to an...
Well I really like things when practice pays off and Tuesday nights evening match at carpvale was a prime example of this, for a few years now I’ve played with the method feeder knowing that it is awesome and I’d need it in my armoury and I seemed to be getting quite good at it but never really got on a peg to fish it. So when my good mate Martin Dodsworth told me he had won the Sunday...
Well another weeks gone and I’ve managed to feed the oaks f1’s with another 18 pints of maggots but more of that later. Last week I got the chance to go and bank run for Barnsley on the winter league final, I was really looking forward to it as the weather was meant to be brill and it would be a good chance to get to know them all. I was asked to walk Ian Bowman and Simon Fields section and...
Well what a few weeks ive had!!!! Firstly it was nice to get back to normal for a few days after the French trip but about 10 days later I was due to go to Ireland so I didn’t want to be getting to settled in at work which aint a bad thing! But before I went I had one of the hardest decisions ive ever had to make. Tony Peel from Maver Barnsley Blacks rang me and basically asked if I would like to...
Well after the serious weeks fishing in France last week, it was nice to get back to normal this week and a double header at sessay was just what the doctor ordered! I decided on my usual maggot approach and arrived at the fishery expecting 30-40 anglers and was a bit shocked to find only 20 names down, oh well least we would all get a proper days fishing which was just what I needed to get my confidence...
Well what a week! Having just returned from the World Club Championships in France its taken me a few days to recover from all the travelling! Its probably been the biggest learning curve of my life. On the Saturday we all met in wakefield ready for the 12-14 hour drive ahead of us and everyone was buzzing and couldn’t wait to get there. After crossing the channel in the brilliant euro tunnel it...
Well the humble maggot is still doing me proud! But more of that in a bit, on Saturday I got asked to do a bit of a teach in for the leeds junior team. The venue was the Stainforth and Keadby canal as they have a national on there in the next month or so. Now I feel really happy with the fishing on the Stainy so I thought id be able to help them out. I used to fish with the Leeds Juniors and had lots...
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