‘Better to be lucky than good’ is the slogan used by fellow blogger Mark Wragg, but at the moment I seem to have the wrong end of the stick- I’m being unlucky at the draw bag and fishing like a tosser! To be fair, I can’t really bemoan the draw I had on Saturday, when me and Mr Godfrey decided on a trip to Barlborough’s Woodlands Fishery. This is a venue that has been really kind to me this...
Well as you have probably worked out if you have been following the results, I haven’t done very well down Cornwall. In fact, that is probably the understatement of the century, fishing wise it has been a complete disaster! That’s not to say I haven’t enjoyed the week because I have, its been fantastic, it always is at White Acres. Plenty of beer and a good craic guarantee a good week regardless...
I was only planning on fishing one day this weekend, and having Saturday off to prepare my gear for White Acres, but when Matt (Godfrey) suggested a run out to Little John Lakes to fish the open match I didn’t take much persuading! I have only fished the venue once before, but was really impressed with it when I did. It is full of a range of species from small carp to ide and barbel, and it now...
If there is one method I am confident with, I would have to say it is chopped worms and casters. It is a way of fishing that suits my style, and I always enjoy doing it. You can imagine my dismay then when this weekend I fished pellet all match, and got battered either side by two anglers fishing chopped worms! I drew a bad area, but from what I had heard the odd carp and skimmer was still showing,...
With the weather finally seeming to be turning round, I was really looking forward to this weekends matches- a chance to leave behind some of the crap draws of winter and look forward to brighter days to come! On Saturday, I had decided to have a run up to the open match at Messingham Grange Fishery near Scunthorpe, along with fellow Woodseats angler Dave Tomkinson. My mate, and fellow Fishing4Fun...
After last Sundays disaster at Hallcroft I honestly thought my current run couldn’t get any worse. Unfortunately, once again I was wrong as another grueling two days sport have seen me yet again come out of the weekend without a brown envelope. On Friday I had decided to venture to Wetlands at Lound for a pop at the open match. For company I had fellow Woodseats angler Paul Gorman, and Jim Smith...
With two nights out planned in the run up to last weekend, I took the decision to stop local on Saturday, as I had to get back for a wedding in the evening. It was the right decision to make, as a stag do on Thursday night left me with a sore head on Friday morning, and when friday nights ‘ quiet drink’ developed into another crawl home in the early hours, I was feeling decidedly rough as I prepared...
I had agreed to go down to Browning Cudmore to bank run with Triana North on saturday, and had been looking forward to it, I find I learn more doing this than fishing myself! I picked Matt up, and we headed off down there on the Saturday morning, and with the weather feeling milder I anticipated the venue fishing well. When we arrived, it seemed the wind had got up however, and with the forecast predicting...
I have had one of those weekends where I felt I fished a reasonable match both days, but won nothing! Don’t get me wrong, there is plenty I could have done better, but I know the areas where I went wrong, and this is a good feeling, as it gives you something to improve on. Saturday saw me and Matt (Godfrey) venture down to Browning Cudmore Fisheries for another crack at the Saturday open match, in...
Following the battle with ice that I have had over the last two weeks, you can imagine my relief when I saw a bright but breezy outlook for the weekend! I had planned to venture down to Stoke with fellow fishing4fun blogger Matt Godfrey to fish a couple of opens at Browning Cudmore, and help Matt glean some info in the run up to Triana North’s Superleague semi final at the venue. Fellow Woodseats...
Following quite a successful campaign in open and practice matches leading up to our Supercup tie at Lindholme, I must admit I was confident of success, both on an individual and a team level. If there is one thing that this winter has taught me though is that nothing is certain, and our sport has a nasty habit of kicking you in the chops when you least expect it! A dramatic change in the weather,...
The last few weeks have been dominated by practicing for the first round of the Angling Times Supercup, which we are fishing at Lindholme Lakes in Lincolnshire. We have drawn two good sides in Matlock AC and Backer Electrics, and though we are confident of success we know there is no room for complacency. We have been practicing both in the open matches at the venue and have also ran a couple of knock...
As I said in my last post there are few times in the match fishing year when the drawbag plays as important an aspect on the outcome of the match as it does when the water turns cold. Of course this is not altogether a bad thing, if you are on the fish it can be fantastic, you can have one of the best days fishing you have ever had. The problem is, when your not on them there is very little you can...
I don’t think there is a worse time to go fishing than when the weather suddenly gets colder. In the transition between autumn and winter, all the usual laws that apply to fish behaviour and feeding seem to go out of the window. Just how strange their behaviour has really been driven home to me by the last three times I have been fishing. The first one was a match at Ecclesfield Pond, I drew...
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