Maesknoll Match Angling

 Driving down I said to Tony I thought the pegs on the car park side would be the place to be today and so it proved.  I drew peg 2, its a s...

 And so it continues, I can't recall running over that black cat, but I must have.  Peg 9 for me, struggled once again, if you look at t...

 I am now in the midst of a really shite run, the pegs aren't doing me any favours, although that can't be an excuse every week.  In...

A match organised on the Maggotdrowners forum, its a shame the Glebe is over 2 hours away, I'd definitely go there more often if it were...

 Tony's float only league today, round 3, I couldn't draw lake 3 again could I, yes I bloody could...  Peg 70. Its not a peg I like,...

 First time back to Viaduct for a while, so not sure exactly where the fish were coming from, but it can't have changed too much. Drew 1...

 Last round of this nice little league, I needed a bit of  a miracle to get anything in the overall, but had to give it a good go. I can...

 Wasn't happy with the draw, but as usual went to the peg and gave it a good shot, never had a bite from a carp and there weren't ma...

 Nice day today, caught steadily to weigh 119.11 from peg 1 to come second.

 Round Two of this popular league, this time on Landsend, which I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with.  The venue is in a lovely are...

 Penultimate round, needed a good draw, as it will be tough going to get in the frame overall.  Peg 15 for me, couldn't really complain ...

 I really didn't want to draw the Squircle again on this match, so was pretty pissed off when I did, you have no chance of picking up in...

 Todber for this one, not overjoyed to draw 39, pretty hemmed in and not a good area.  Switched between pellets and meat to put 120lb+ on th...

 R4 and a good draw required, I managed to draw peg 5, not a peg you can complain about, but I did fancy 11 or 13 with the wind blowing in t...

 First round of the short pole league this year, felt it would be a tough day with so many on the lake, but the change to a 13m limit should...

 Round three of the spring league, needed a decent result to stay in contention, was pretty surprised to draw peg 5, but it wasn't easy,...

 I ran an open for this Bank Holiday and it sold out pretty quickly, I ended up on peg 36 and that was very likely to be game over, I went a...

 Nice little match on Todber Whitepost, not too much to say about it, tried to catch on the deck, when I should have fished shallow I think....

 After a section win last time, I was looking not to slip up today to get a good start, I drew 40, a bridge peg and one that is a unpredicta...

 Down to Acorn for this BH open, drawing peg 15 - a good section peg in the winter league, but probably not in an open with a good field fis...

   Final round of Ron's silvers league today, I had no chance of resurrecting any sort of league position, so it was all out for the w...

 First round of the spring league today, 10:30 draw so a leisurely start to the morning, fish 12:00-18:00, so this should see the fish caugh...

 Another frost, well at least it was a very good breakfast in the Wessex Flyer, for me the best bit of the day. I drew peg 10, a peg I have ...

 Last of my winter format opens today and the weather joined the party with a hard frost overnight, giving it a wintery feel. I run an optio...

 It was good to get back to Whiteacres after the pandemic enforced break, caravan instead of the usual lodge, plenty of the lodges being ref...

 Commented to Tony, as we had a very nice breakfast in the Wessex Flyer, that I couldn't think of any other time neither of us had picke...

 Penultimate open of the winter format (50/50 payout overall/silvers), 14 booked in, still a bit disappointing, but an improvement on the la...

 Travelled to this one as usual with Tony, over breakfast we did say it's about time the van had someone with a pick-up in it, as we hav...

 Was really looking forward to this one, the silver results have been looking good in recent matches.  I drew 115, not disappointed with tha...

 The last round of what has been an unsuccessful league for me, if I were to compare it to football's Premier league, the last two years...

 Back to Ivy House and back on Heron lake for me, not my favourite lake, but it's full of fish. so hopefully a few bites to be had.  As ...