After 2 weeks of very hard fishing, I had made it to my 5th final in 7 years. The prevoius 4 finals I had yet to draw near the fish, I was hopeful that this year would be different.At the presentation on the friday evening the atmosphere is electric as the names of the 24 finalist are read out, when...
Its been a busy time for me lately, Ive fished 12 matches in 14 days and travelled a silly amount of miles, the start of these matches was the Maver Festival at Whiteacres, its always nice to see the usual faces after the summer, the first 3 days went well with 2 wins and a second putting me in joint...
This was the first week the match was moved from Baltic Wharf to the basin by the General Hospital, baltic wharf is still fishing OK, but any time soon the fishing will get harder, this area of the docks is exposed to cold winter winds and the fish move off to more sheltered area of the docks.Dave Clutterbuck showed his...
Thursdays night match was a very pleasant evening, extremely mild for the time of the year, but the warm still conditions aren't always the best for the fish to feed.Top rod was Pete Ellis again, who now is running away with the series, caught 15lb 7oz of bream and eels with maggot and groundbait from end peg 19. Dave Shore...
Last week I spent the week practising on the Trent at Newark Dyke with my team mates for the weekends 2 day final.My first practice day went well catching 6lb 12oz, roach on bloodworm and 1 chub on a waggler, 2nd day I fished a peg full of weed, couldnt fish properly, and could only catch 2lb, I'd gone from...
The first cold evening of the month slowed the sport this evening, the clear skies, cold wind and clear water made for harder fishing conditions.Pete Ellis still managed to catch 20lb 3oz to win, he had 6 bream and some eels from peg 17 on maggot over groundbait, next peg to Pete was the ever consistent Dave Clutterbuck with 11lb...
Thursday evening match was one of the best of the year, with 3 anglers breaking 20lb, nearly all bream caught mainly close in at 6m.Top rod on the day was Dave Shore with 22lb 9oz from peg 16, second on the night was Adam Caswell with 22lb 4oz from peg 18, 3rd was Pete Ellis with 20lb 2oz from peg...
This was the last ever winter league final to be run by Angling Times, the Angling Trust will take over for next year.Most teams put a fair amount of practice into this event, with 195lb winning the practice match a week before. In general most people were a lot happier fishing here than a gin clear, full of weed and...
Thursdays match was another good match, the weights weren't as good as the last couple of weeks, but still excellent fishing.The water was clear, skies were overcast and a steady tow made for these weights. First was Andy Curry, with a Y, he caught 15lb 9ozs of bream and skimmers on maggot and groundbait from peg 16, second was the...
I have to say the stretch of the river arno at pisa is definitely the best venue i have ever been to. After a weeks bombardment with bait and pressure from some of the best under 18 anglers in the world i thought the fishing at some point would slow up, i couldn't of been more wrong. The more bait...
