You’ll probably know that the teachers were on strike last Thursday which meant one thing…FISHING!!! I decided to go down to my local BW Kiveton Waters. I don’t get chance to fish it much, although I did go down to watch them re-stock it in the winter, they put plenty in! There weren’t many there on a Thursday, but we got together and decided to have a knock up, winner takes all. It’s a good...
Not had much on match fishing lately, so I’ve been fishing the odd open here and there. I had a terrible 2 days last weekend. I went to little john lakes at Ollerton on the Saturday, which was brilliant when I fished it in the summer. It was a bit on the breezy side when we got there, and I ended up drawing peg 21. I’m making excuses here, but it is a bit hit and miss in the colder months. It still...
Eyup everyone! Plenty to report in this week’s blog as I spent the whole of last week down at White Acres in Cornwall for the Van Den Eyne spring festival. Summed up in short term….IT WAS AWESOME!!! It has to be one of the best weeks fishing I’ve had. In fact, the fishing is only a fraction of it all; the whole atmosphere was great, being surrounded by many of the countries best anglers,...
After no fishing all week, I was suffering from withdrawal symptoms and felt well up for the bank holiday pairs match at Woodlands, Thirsk. Let me tell you how much of an absolute grueller I had!!! I was staying over at Tom’s house, and all started very well, with a lovely Sunday dinner cooked by the one and only Tom’s mum. Beef, veg, home made Yorkshire puds……the lot!!! We had all the gear...
This weekend saw the annual Sensas Challenge Final Qualifier, and was held at Birmingham’s Barston lakes and the nearby Packington Somers fishery. The French international team, Sensas 28, came over to fish, along with another 23 English teams that had been invited or qualified. The event is fished to CIPS international rules, and takes place over two days. The top three teams qualify for the final...
The big day eventually came round, the Angling Times Winter League Semi Final!!! Myself and the rest of the team, Triana North (TEAM UGLY), had put hours of practice in at Browning Cudmore, as well as lots of hard preparation. After team meetings and many phone calls, it was time for our plan of attack to be put to the test! There were nine teams of ten in the competition, with the top three qualifying...
This Saturday was the last chance that I had to practice at Cudmore for our semi final, and what a gruelling day it was! All night I could hear the wind howling, and I was really dreading drawing on the new pools again, which are really open. Me and Tom got there in time for a quick walk around. The canal lakes seemed a bit sheltered, although it was still very gusty, and the new pools had it blowing...
After an alright result at Cudmore last weekend, I decided to go for a double header this time to try and get my head around the place. I had the company of Tom Scholey too this week, so there were two of us to work it out! It was an early 6.30am pick up, and a steady run down in plenty of time for a fisherman’s breakfast and the draw. We even had time for a quick walk round, and I must say, I really...
Sunday the 17th of February saw the last round of the Thorne pairs Winter League on the stainy. Going into the last round me and my partner were lying 6th out of the 19 pairs, so we were hoping for a good result to get us into the top 4 payout. There had been 3 consecutive hard frosts and even the bubbler for the joker had frozen up in the shed that morning! I drew peg 184 at Wikewell Bridge, and wasn’t...
The Angling Times Winter League semi finals are at Browning Cudmore for our Triana North team this year, so to get some practice I decided to fish an open there. I didn’t know much about the place, but I had fished a junior match there about four years ago. After ringing round and talking to a few people it was obvious that it had been a bit peggy and was fishing fairly hard. I ended up drawing on...
The week previous to this match had been really mild, so I had high expectations for this match. Me and my partner, Brian Hawks, were lying in 6th position out of 19 pairs, so we were looking for a good result in this match to get us a place higher for the final round. I drew on the West street section of the canal, peg 247, two off the end. I decided to definitely feed ground bait on my two long lines...
I have fished Lindholme for my first time this year, and after 4 matches, I had never weighed less than 20lb, even though I hadn’t framed or won anything. All that we really want at this time of the year is the float going under and to catch a few fish, which this well stocked venue certainly offers. On my fourth open match, a 73 pegger, I drew on a totally new lake, the Oasis canal, peg 37, in the...
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