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
This week I fished the Sunday open match at Hillview, Canals 3 and 4 were in this week but only 10 anglers booked in, probably due to other venues having winter leagues and festivals over the weekend. So not many there but at least it was a match. Plus there was plenty of room for all this week. I drew in the middle of canal … Continue reading 2nd at Hillview Sunday Open with 100lb
Using up a few days holiday before the end of the year saw me book into Manor Farm Leisure Thursday Open, this week held on the island pool. These Thursday Opens are the affordable opens at only £15.00 to enter with the option of entering the super pool for an extra fiver. Normally these opens are well attended where there is no overall winner paid … Continue reading 2nd placed at Manor Farm Leisure Open, 75lb 4oz
This Sunday I took in the open at Hillview. I fancied fishing one of the canals this week as these are normally in on a Sunday. On arrival at the fishery the place was rammed with anglers cars and I feared a club were on the canals. It turned out two clubs had matches, but I was happy to learn these two clubs actually were … Continue reading Hillview Sunday Open, Canal 3 -weighing in 73lb
This years Somerset Leveller 3 day festival became ‘Worcesterset’ again this year. As it did last year due to Covid. We were unable to travel down to Somerset because the digs where we normally stay are now closed. So three local venues were booked for this years festival as we did last year. We were able to book Ghost pool at Woodland View, Badger pool … Continue reading Doug Smith wins the 2021 ‘Worcesterset’ Leveller 3 day festival
This has been a good week for the Jubilee Nomads. Firstly well done to Stu, Doug, Rob and Mark for winning the Whitehall 1212 Teams of 4 match at the Jam Factory on Saturday. See the full report HERE Phil decided on a trip to Hillview for the Sunday Open while Rob, Doug and Andy fished the open at Woodland View. Phil added to the … Continue reading Phil Seedhouse wins Hillviews Sunday Open with 141lb 0oz
This Sunday I fancied a change of venue for my fishing. I’ve been going to the regular Sunday opens at Woodland View pretty much all Summer with limited success and I fancied a return to Hillview, I venue that suits me well. The match was held over Moorhen and the first canal. I really fancied fishing a canal as I’ve not fished one since lockdown … Continue reading Hillview Sunday Open match WIN with 141lb 0oz
Saturday saw The Jubilee Nomads enter a team of four at the Jam Factory for the Whitehall 1212 organised match. A total of 15 strong teams entered this years match where each team has an angler on each pool fishing for overall team points to decide the winner. With 15 point for a pool win on offer and then 14 to 2nd and 13 for … Continue reading Jubilee Nomads win the 2021 Teams of 4 Whitehall 1212 match at the Jam Factory
Phil Seedhouse match angler 