I’ve finally managed to get my blog up to date following a quiet couple of days at work! Apologies if some of the stuff seems a little outdated, but as I explained in my last post I have been here there and everywhere over the last month or so! In the penultimate round of the Carterhall Evening series I drew peg 12, which people who follow my blog will recall is a peg I have drawn before this...
I apologise for the delay in updating my blogs in recent weeks, but things have been rather hectic lately. I have been lucky enough to secure a new job working on Pole Fishing magazine for DHP, which I start in the middle of september, as well as having a few big matches to prepare for, and a holiday to take! All in all, its been an awesome few weeks though, getting the job at Pole Fishing has given...
After last weeks blog full of doom, gloom and depressing results it is nice to be able to start this weeks with some tales of joy for a change. I received some new luggage courtesy of Mosella last week, and before I say anything else I must sing its praises. I’m not just saying this because I am sponsored by them, it truly is the best luggage I have ever got my hands on. The material is thick and...
Apologies for the delay in updating my blog, I have had loads on over the last few weeks. I have recently had to reduce my hours at my main job at Click Bathrooms due to the recession, and have been offered a job repping for Mosella in the time that’s become free, so I have had loads on getting things sorted. I will start with the venues I have done best on over the last few weeks and work my way...
Two Tuesdays ago I booked on the evening match at Fusion near Chesterfield, and after a poor performance the previous week I was looking for a good result. The turnouts at Fusion are always fantastic for an evening match, and last week was no exception with 24 anglers tipping up. I drew peg 26 which is at the narrow end of the lake and from what people were saying not in the best area. To make matters...
Last Sunday saw me book on the UK Pole Championships at Lindholme Lakes, and with 46 anglers in attendance, it was a good sized match. I had opted to fish worms and casters given that they had worked so well in the Maver Pairs the previous week. I came well prepared, with 5 pints of casters and a kilo of worm! They were ‘aving it! In went my hand and out came peg 43, I wasn’t overjoyed...
With a Maver Pairs round to look forward to the following Wednesday, Saturday saw me book on the open match at Lindholme for a practise. The match was to be held on Oasis lake, and I fancied a few fish on worms and casters, though it wasn’t a decision I reached lightly! I had to laugh, I asked four of my angling mentors how they would fish the venue, Joe Carass replied maggots, Matt suggested pellets, ...
Last Wednesday saw me book on the evening match at Kiveton Waters, and after the draw I was to be the last in the rover to pick my peg. With the weather turning cold and the wind pushing down into the deeper pegs in the bowl, I opted to go down there. My plan was to fish pellets on a short pole and a method feeder. At the all in, I coyted the method feeder out while feeding my pole line (as venue...
Apologies for the delay in updating my blog, I have had a really busy couple of weeks with one thing and another. The first match I have to update you on is a Sunday open match at Kiveton Waters. I drew out peg 5, which I must say I didn’t really fancy, as generally it is quite a tough area. I did however, have a feeder chuck and a bit of room for a pole line so I wasn’t too pessimistic. Matt...
With a lot to play for last weekend with it being the last round of both the Ranskill Teams Of Four League, and also the Lindholme Winter League, I was really fired up and I don’t think I have ever been as prepared for a weekend! With Terry Oldfield unable to fish the last round, I had drafted in my mate and angling legend Andy Geldart to complete our team of four, and after a breakfast in the onsite...
Only one match to report on this weekend, as I had to work again on Saturday, so it was Kiveton Waters for me and Matt on Sunday, and after a good result on the venue a couple of weeks previous we were back and looking for more of the same! A hearty breakfast at Fullers Café set us up for the day, and we were at the venue in good time, but we were messing about with our pellets, and before we knew...
Last Sunday saw the penultimate round of the Lindholme Winter League, and having missed the previous round due to being in Cornwall, I was after a good result to keep me in contention for a place in the top 15, and a share of the £10,000 payout. Matt was also after a good result to put him up there, and its fair to say we had our serious heads on, after a full breakfast we arrived at the venue and...
The friday night after the Bait Tech Festival was a heavy night. So heavy in fact that while I slept, I had a tube of tooth paste poured over me, and didn’t realise until I woke up the next morning! Inititally, I blamed James Dent after a tip off from Adam, but later in week I found out it was Adam himself who was responsible! I bided my time and took revenge in a most terrible fashion! On Saturday...
I had to work on the Saturday before I was due to leave for Cornwall, so as you can imagine I was watching the clock all day praying for three O’clock to arrive so I could get on the road! On the way down, I was due to stop off at Evesham to see my old mate Jim Smith, and my pre holiday euphoria was quickly dampened when I arrived at his pad. The poor lad was in pieces, his mum had died the previous...
Saturday saw round eight of the Ranskill teams of four Winterleague, and after a dissapointing performace last time, I was looking to pull my finger out and get good points to keep me in contention in the individual rankings. The team draw put me on peg 14, a good peg in a decent section, but with flier peg 13 to beat in my section, I knew I would have my work cut out to come back with a section win,...
Sundays match was one of those that you just want to forget. It was doubtful at one point that I was going to get fishing at all this weekend as, it looked at like I was going to have an airport run to contend with, but I managed to get out of it at the last minute, so it was Lindholme Lakes for me and Matt Godfrey. As always at Lindholme, the company was fantastic, there was plenty of banter and everybody...
Saturday saw round Seven of the Ranskill Teams Of Four league at Lakeside Fishery, and with all to play for in both the team and individual leagues I was raring to go! I dipped my hand in the bag and out came peg 17, and to be honest I didn’t really fancy it. I did draw it on the first round, and managed a section win with 3-5-0 of small roach on bloodworm, but conditions were very different then,...
With another week of rubbish weather me and the auburn extractor (or Matt Godfrey as he is more commonly known) decided that it wasn’t worth bothering going in a match the weekend before last, and that a night on the beer and a days pleasure fishing would be a far more constructive use of our time than entering the drawbag lottery that our commercials had become after the really cold weather set...
Apologies for not updating the blog last week, but truth be told their wasn’t a great deal to report on . I worked on the Saturday, then had a few beers on Saturday night, before a few hours pleasuring on the Chesterfield Canal on Sunday.It was a really enjoyable session however, made even better by the fact that me and Matt were still half drunk from the night before, and had only had about 3...
With all the ice and cold weather we had last weekend, I was glad I took the decision to have one off, as from what I heard everywhere fished absolutely dire! For 4lb to win at Lindholme Lakes, you know it is proper hard, so I took the opportunity to sort my gear out. I have just bought a new Rive box and sold my old Milo, so I took my time transferring all my gear across and arranging it nicely in...
The Sunday in between Christmas and New Year saw me headed to Bank End fishery in the Kiveton Club Christmas match. Reports suggested that we were going to bag up with F1’s, so I went planning to fish pellets and maggots. Unfortunately, it didn’t quite go according to plan, and I rued my decision not to take any joker! I ended up catching a skimmer and roach on the tip, and a roach on the pole,...
Apologies for the delay in updating my blog, but I have the best possible excuse- I have been doing a lot of fishing, so haven’t really had the time! Still, with two weeks off from my ‘proper’ job I thought it a pity not to take advantage and put in a few extra hours on the bankside. The Saturday before Christmas saw round three of the Ranskill Teams of Four League, and with the weather being...
For a while now a few of us northern monkeys have been planning a piss up, a sort of White Acres reunion, in the shape of a nights boozing and womanising. I was working on Saturday, and with just a knock up on Sunday at Lindholme Lakes, it seemed a perfect opportunity to give the ball a kick without lasting implications in any league matches the following day. Joe Carass, Ben Fisk, Ash Clemence and...
Saturday saw round four of the Ranskill teams of four league, and from what I heard in terms of how the venue had fished the previous week, it was going to be a tough one! Our skipper Mark Holmes had been on a midweek match and blanked, along with another two of the five anglers that had fished! A 4lb weight had won the match, and that was when five anglers had the lake to themselves, so its fair to...
With only one match on this weekend due to working Saturday, I was really looking forward to the Lindholme open match on Sunday, and though the weather was cold I still expected a few bites. The turnout was slightly disappointing, with 25 anglers turning up for the match, which was to be fished on Oasis Lake. Just because there wasn’t many on the match didn’t mean it was going to be easy however,...
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