Yesterday, was our last round of the Surrey winter league at Gold Valley, what a weekend for weather, winter has really arrived now, on the saturday CIPS match at Barston the lake was frozen in places and some of the smaller lakes were solid, yesterday was a bit warmer but not much and those unfortunate enough to draw with the...
Not many people fish rivers any more, next years Division 1 National is on our local river Avon, and my dad is always telling me about the good old days, hes in his fifties and still loves telling stories of 30lbs of roach on a stick float and 50lbs of chub on a waggler, sounds good fun but the rivers...
Sunday 18th there is a Xmas Open on the River Parrett at Langport, I hear its fishing well, the last match saw 5 weights over 7kgs all roach.At this time of the year lots of roach move up into the town stretch and the fishing is excellent, you normally need around 15lb to win the matches and pleasure fishing 25-30lb...
Winter has really set in now, and the docks are fishing as hard as it ever has, thursday night saw gale force winds batter Bathurst Basin, combined with gin clear water the only fish willing to feed were tiny little roach, the bream and better fish didnt want to play ball.Tonights winner was Rob Garland with 2lb 7oz of roach...
These NEW dvds are the best yet from Maver, Commercial Sense part 6 and 7 and the fantastic £50,000 Match This Final.These new FREE dvds will be available hopefully before Christmas, dont miss them, they are free and available from the shopWe were hoping to have these new DVDs before Christmas but it looks like it will be after Christmas...
I ve just spent a day at Porth with a plumbing rod, but not fishing, I plumbed up all the pegs used in the festivals on the the line that most people chuck their feeders, approx 35 turnsI started in the meadowpeg 16 is 15ft, peg 17 to 22 are 14ft deep and pegs 23 and 24 are 13ft deepIn the...
I have just got back from Whiteacres and I have just had another great week, the weather was typical for Cornwall at this time of the year, wet and wild but very warm, and the fish loved it.This is a silverfish festival where F1s count but not carp and with weights up to 70lb the fishing was excellent, the fishery...
Tuesday 29th November Bullocks farm will be having a delivery of new fish, they will be adding tench into the match lake and bream into south pool. The bream will go up to 5lb.This will really liven up the fishing, if you fancy going to see the fish going in they will be arriving about 9am, everybody is welcome.The other...
Carbon prices have gone through the roof lately and some top manufacturers are saying that some poles could go up by as much as 40%, we are starting to get big price increases coming through now, but we have held them off until after christmas, so if you are thinking about buying a new rod or pole, dont leave it...
Thursday evening match had a heavy influx of sea water from recent high tides resulting in poor weights, and a flattie, mullet and a sea trout were caught.Top rod on the day was Andy Curry with 8lb, which included a 5lb bream along with some roach and skimmers. Second was Pete Ellis with 6lb 6ozs which included a mullet, some...
