It was back to Hillview after a few weeks away from the venue for the Saturday Open this time. A nice day was forecasted and both pools Moorhen and Heron were in this time. It was a short walk to peg 22 on the Heron pool for me this week as its just a short walk with the trolley from the car park. at the … Continue reading Section win, Hillview Saturday Open – 85lb 6oz
It was finally back down to Somerset for 3 days for us after Covid lockdowns and a couple of local festivals closer to home in Worcestershire we finally got back down there for 3 days fishing on 3 different venues and of course the sadly missed banter in the evening back at the digs. We changed the format this year with total weight over the … Continue reading 3 Day Somerset Spring Festival, The Sedges, Trinity Waters and Landsend Fisheries
This was my 3rd outing with my new club, Staunton AC. I’d been looking forward to this one as the match was at Hillview on the canals pools. A venue I’ve spent most of the winter fishing their opens. So I felt very confident of doing well and when I drew flyer 81 an end peg on canal 3 I thought all my Christmas’s had … Continue reading 3rd on pool, Staunton AC match on the canals at Hillview, 35lb 0oz
This week with the weather turning mild I hoped for a great days fishing on the open at Hillview. This week the match was split over the Moorhen and Heron pools. I prefer the Heron pool but when I drew Moorhen 12, a peg with great margin I wasn’t disappointed. There was a gentle wind blowing into my peg. So the big question was would … Continue reading 2nd overall and pool win, Hillview Sunday Open, Moorhen pool, 127lb 8oz
This Sunday it was back to Hillview for the Open. This week this was split over canals, one, three and four. I drew peg 87 on canal 4 which is in a good area but with the weather back in winter mode at around 4 or 5 degrees it was going to be another cold one. Peg 87 has a large sedgy bush (not sure … Continue reading 3rd Overall, Hillview Sunday Open, 88lb 15oz.
I’ve missed club fishing over the last couple of three years since I left Evesham Jubilee A.S and this was my first match with a new club, Staunton AC who fish every other Saturday, mainly on venues local to me in Worcestershire. Normally I only fish once a week on a Sunday. So the Mrs will be happy! I got the invite to fish with … Continue reading 3rd Placed at Court Farm with a new club, Staunton AC – 46lb 14lb
This weeks Hillview Open saw 17 anglers split over the Moorhen and Heron pools. With the weather finally turning mild and with no frosts during the week. I was unclear how it would fish. Would fish begin to feed or would we all still be in winter mode? Normally the Sunday Opens at Hillview are held on the canal pools, but this week a club … Continue reading 3rd overall and Section win off the Heron pool, Hillview Sunday Open, 66lb 12oz
This weeks Sunday open at Hillview was held on the Lakes, Moorhen and Heron as there was a club match on the canals that are normally used on a Sunday. I was quite happy with this as I hadn’t fished the lakes for sometime and there is always the chance of catching some bigger sized F1’s and large Carp from these pools compared fishing the … Continue reading Section win off the Moorhen pool, Hillview Sunday Open, 66lb 1oz
This was actually an open on a Monday rather than the normal Sunday due to the Sunday being New Years day and with the Monday being the default Bank Holiday it saw a good turnout of anglers, plus the weather was fairly mild and not much wind was forecasted even though it was the 1st week in January. So all four canals were in for … Continue reading Section win from canal four, Hillview Bank Holiday open – 38lb 15oz
Some days you feel gutted loosing a framing place by a few ounces when you’ve worked hard all match but it don’t half feel great when it goes the other way. Today it did and this match saw me pick up the section win by just ounce! beating the angler on the next peg. Todays Hillview open was spread over canals 3 and 4. We … Continue reading Section win by just an oz !! at Hillview Open
After last weeks 2nd place and full of confidence, off to Hillview I went for this weeks Sunday Open. This week numbers fishing were slightly down and the match was split between canals 3 and 4. In went my hand into the draw bag and last weeks peg 81 stuck into my hand. So it was game on again and I ran to my peg. … Continue reading Deja vu at Hillview’s Sunday Open, same peg as the previous week and 2nd overall again with 119lb
After a few weeks off fishing and also nothing really to write about from the few matches I have actually fished, it was nice to frame at the latest Hillview open this Sunday. Now that the days are getting shorter and temperatures dropping this is my favorite time of the year where the fishing gets a little tougher. So I expected maggots to come into … Continue reading 2nd placed at Hillview Sunday Open with 109lb 12oz
This weeks Open at Hillview was held on the Heron pool, Only a dozen or so anglers this week and with clubs booking out the normal canals that are used on a Sunday, we found us all pegged out on the Heron pool this week. High pressure and bright conditions were forecasted which wasn’t ideal for fishing but when peg 29 was drawn out for … Continue reading Open match win with 113lb off the Heron pool, Hillview
This week saw a change of venue for me, returning back to Lower Park Fisheries for the first time in about 3 years for a Charity match run by The Corn Stores fishing tackle shop in Redditch in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. The Corn Stores run this match annually and normally it coincides with our Nomad festival down in Somerset every year, meaning I’m … Continue reading Section win at Lower Park Fisheries on The Corn Stores Charity match with 57lb 10oz
This weeks Open saw the match held on the Moorhen pool and Canal 1 on a very hot Summers day. I really wanted to draw on the Moorhen pool as it has a more diverse population of fish to enjoy but home for the day was peg 44 on Canal 1. Which normally means plenty of bites all day but mainly the same stamp of … Continue reading 5th Overall at Hillview Sunday Open with 86lb.
This weekend I fished the Saturday open at Hillview which was held on the lakes with 20 anglers split over the Moorhen and Heron pools. The draw was done and I had peg 36 on Heron as home for the day. I fancied a shallow day fishing casters this time as this has been the way to go lately at the venue and a method … Continue reading Section win off the Heron pool, Hillview Saturday Open with 98lb
This week I fished the Hillview open on the Saturday rather than my normal Sunday. The two pools, Moorhen and Heron are normally used on a Saturday and I’d been looking forward it it all week. But the big question was how was it going to fish? We’d had a heat wave all week with temperatures in the 30’s and Keith the owner had said … Continue reading 3rd on the Moorhen pool, Hillview Saturday Open, 87lb 8oz
These Garbolino margin kits have been available for a while now and I’ve always preferred to use a standard long top two kit for my margin work, thinking you need plenty of heavy elastic to stretch out when playing big margin munters from the commercial venues I regularly fish. Well I recently brought one of these short power kits that fit onto most Garbolino poles … Continue reading Garbolino Ultra Compact Power Margin Kit
This week Hillview’s Sunday open was just on the Moorhen pool. For some reason only 4 anglers turned up for this one. This was really strange. They had anglers staying in some of the lodges but these anglers were just pleasure fishing during their stay. There were a few regulars having a breakie but these were on a club match on two of the canals … Continue reading 3rd at Hillview Sunday Open with 82lb
This years Spring festival saw the Jubilee Nomads and invited guests enjoy another fabulous 3 days fishing on 3 different venues, where as always the banter flowed through out the duration of the of the festival. This year we fished at the Jam Factory on Ash, Cob house on the Laurel pool and then a new venue for us, Hawthorn pool at Drakes Broughton. We … Continue reading Rob Butcher wins the 2022 Jubilee Nomad 3 day Spring festival
Phil Seedhouse match angler 