Back In The Silverfish Final
I had a nice day at Barston for the Angling Trust Silverfish qualifier yesterday. I’m definitely still not 100% fit, but dosed up on Benylin and Strepsils and coughed my way to a qualifying...
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Pole Fishing On The River
Stuck at home with the Lemsips the past two days! Half the anglers were all coughing and spluttering on the festival, so only a matter of time before I got it, even with social...
Top 10 On The Tunnel Winter Champs
Last Sunday was the practice match for the Drennan Winter Pole Champs at Tunnel Barn with around 90 anglers booked on. I drew peg 16 on House, which fished a bit tougher than expected....
Paste Fishing Film!
Nice new film up on the Matrix YouTube channel, all about catching more fish on paste! A great session on Pines Lake at Alders Farm. Such a beautiful venue. Even had a few on...
Three Contrasting Matches
Just fished three very different matches. First up was the On The Flyer silverfish qualifier at the Glebe on Lake 1. It’s fished completely different to how I expected. I drew peg 14 and...
Feeder Masters Final 2024
Back from the Feeder Masters Final. This is a big event where realistically I know I’m out of my comfort zone, but nevertheless enjoy the experience at Upper Tamar Lake on the Devon/Cornwall border....
Feeder Files – Episode 5
The fifth instalment of my popular little Feeder Files series sees me tackle a beautiful estate lake at Castle Ashby in Northamptonshire. Skimmers are the target in this very shallow and silty lake, so...
Barston Bagging
Just the one match again at the weekend, which was the final round of the Matrix Commercial Champs, back at Barston. I drew peg 55 and had a cracking day catching 15 or 16...
Chopped Worm Feeder
Part 4 of The Feeder Files was filmed on the lovely Gratuities Lake at Packington Somers and is all about trying to catch a mixed bag on a much neglected tactic… the chopped worm...
UK Pole Champion
Just one match last weekend and I went to Tunnel Barn as I’d not been for ages. I’ve drawn a nice peg 13 on Canal and weighed 82-12 for 5th and a section envelope,...
