The Easter bank holiday weekend saw Hillview Lakes hold a two day festival for Cancer research in memory of two anglers that used the fish the venue before becoming ill, Craig Cox and Francis Porter. The event was well run by Ian Barker and fished in glorious weather conditions over the Friday and Saturday, with 47 anglers supporting the event catching 5,897lb of fish between … Continue reading Hillview Two day Festival for Cancer research
Well after a two year break due to Covid it was good to see the return of these two fishing shows, firstly at Farnborough and then the local one to me at Stoneleigh. So off I went for a moosh around the Stoneleigh show. So what did I think to this years show? Well I had mixed feelings about it this year. I’d heard a … Continue reading The Big one – fishing show at Stoneleigh, What did you think to it?
March started with cold windy conditions early in the month before the weather improved and we then saw several 100lb bags of fish taken later in the month. We had four Open match wins in March, Phil and Robin won opens at Hillview and Rob won two Opens, one at Cob House and the other at Woodland View. 5/6th March March kicked off well with … Continue reading Jubilee Nomads March round up
With the weather changing for the better with temperatures finally rising during the week and a dry fine day forecast I was really looking forward to this match, this week held on the 3rd and 4th canals at Hillview. Home for the day was peg 79 on the 3rd canal which I was fairly happy with as this pool has been the better of canals … Continue reading Section win, Hillview Sunday Open with 100lb
This weeks Open at Hillview was split over the 3rd & 4th Canals. As always I hoped for canal 4 as this is generally the better pool compared to the other pools on the complex. But again canal 3 became home for the day, however I drew on peg 70 an end peg so I wasn’t to disappointed as this is generally a good area … Continue reading Hillview Sunday Open match WIN, 57lb 8oz
February saw some cold, wet and windy conditions throughout the month where not all of us Jubilee Nomads got on the bank but we still had a little success at Woodland View, Cob House and Hillview. 5th February Robin and Andy booked into Cob House’s Saturday open on the Chestnut pool, Robin won the match on the maggot feeder from peg 27, placing 88lb 10oz … Continue reading Jubilee Nomads February round up
This weeks Sunday Open saw 14 anglers braving the blustery conditions spread over canal 3 and 4 at Hillview. I drew on canal 3 peg 73 which I was happy about as the wind today was off my back for most of the match. But fishing over to the far bank was going to be difficult so I just opted to fish down the track … Continue reading 2nd overall at Hillview Sunday Open and section win with 57lb 0oz
New for 2022 will be a monthly write up on us Jubilee Nomads rather the doing a weekly post as in the previous year. We Jubilee Nomads fish where want and its not always together and it make sense to do this type of post monthly rather than weekly. 1st January So the New Year kicked off on the 1st of January with Andy, Rob … Continue reading Jubilee Nomads January monthly round up
This week Hillview’s open match was on the Heron pool where they have been re-doing the causeway between the Heron and Moorhen pools in recent weeks. This causeway had become eroded in recent years and had become quite narrow in places making it difficult to set pole rollers up behind you. So with the pegs on the causeway now refurbished the match was on all … Continue reading 2nd placed, Hillview Sunday Open, 41lb 8oz
Pole cases seem to be all the rage at the moment and when I brought my new pole in August 2021, MAP had just brought out their version of these popular pole protection cases. 6 months in how’s it faired? Well 6 months in and yes I’m impressed. Being one of slimmer designs on the market which is a plus for me when loading the … Continue reading MAP Pole Protection Case
My first match of the New Year saw me return to Hillview for their regular Sunday open, This week spread over three of the canal pools, 2,3 and 4. I drew on canal 2 which isn’t the best to draw compared to the canal 3 and 4 as you tend to catch early on this pool and then generally at some point it switch’s off … Continue reading Section Win, Hillview Sunday Open, 76lb 0oz
A quiet month for the Jubilee Nomads but still good to see we are regularly picking up a few Brown Envelopes with Phil and Stu winning open matches outright during the month and Stu backing that up with a good run of results at Manor Farm Leisure during December. Going into 2022 this will be a monthly write up on us Jubilee Nomads rather the … Continue reading Jubilee Nomad December monthly round up
When the weather changes in the autumn soft expander pellets come into play for my pellet fishing. Hard pellets can still be a great bait as it gets colder but I feel more fish will take a soft pellet over a hard at this time of the year and this is when I reach for a bag of Pro Expanders. Expander pellets have been around … Continue reading Sonubaits Pro Expanders
This week I fished Hillviews Sunday open which was split over the Moorhen and Heron pools plus the first canal. With the weather returning to milder conditions I was hopeful of a good days fishing. I really wanted to draw on one of the pools as I fancied a day on the rods which had produced when I last fished the Heron pool a few … Continue reading Hillview Sunday Open match WIN, 62lb 8oz
This Sunday morning was the first time this winter having to scape ice off the car windscreen so I knew it was going to be a hard days fishing, but you can still have a good days fishing, Hillview is as good as any venue in winter. On arrival as the fishery only 6 anglers had bothered to turn up. Normally there is at least … Continue reading 3rd placed at Hillview Sunday Open on the maggot feeder – 40lb
Just a short review on a small but really important item of tackle we all use on our pole rigs, Split Shot. I feel both have benefits over the other when used in different ways. Over recent months after using Stotz’s for all my Commercial pole rigs over the last few years since they arrived in tackle shops, I’ve returned to split shot on most … Continue reading Split Shot v Stotz’s – both have their place
With the weather forecasted to be nice for the middle of November, no wind and rain and mild for the time of year I made a last minute decision to take a day off work, using up a spare holiday day rather than taking it in December when it probably wouldn’t be as nice a day. I hadn’t been to Woodland View for several weeks … Continue reading 3rd Overall and Section win, Woodland View Mid week Open, 55lb
Being a match angler I never know the peg I’m going to draw, the weather conditions on the day or the depth of water I expect the fish to be in. So I need to be well prepared and carry a total of 110 rigs for most occasions in my seat box. All these rigs are tied up well in advance and when I go … Continue reading Commercial venue pole rigs
Woodland View hold their annual Clubman match once a year for all the clubs that have fished a match at the venue during the previous 12 months. We as the Jubilee Nomads fished a match here as part of our 3 day festival earlier in the year. So we were able to book into this well attended match. The weather was terrible, strong wins and … Continue reading 2nd placed on Back Deans, Woodland View, Annual Clubman match
With the week off work I booked into the Mid-week open at Manor Farm Leisure. This week held on the island pool with 12 anglers fishing, so plenty of room. With the weather mild for the end of October I planned a pellet attack as Manor is a renowned pellet venue. A strong wind ruled out the long pole so I set up just a … Continue reading 3rd Overall, Manor Farm Leisure, Wednesday Mid week Open, 55lb 14oz
Phil Seedhouse match angler 