Maesknoll Match Angling

 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...