This weekend saw me fishing the Saturday rather than the normal Sunday so off to Hillview I went. Saturdays Opens are usually on the two main pools rather than the canals. We’d had heavy rain all week so I guessed it would be hard and so it proved for the first half of the match, until I began to catch a few. The weather had … Continue reading 2nd overall at Hillview Saturday Open, 76lb 9oz

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

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.

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 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

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 week the Sunday open was held on the Heron pool, rather than the canals that are regularly used on a Sunday. The canals had club matches on them today and I looked forward to fishing the Heron pool. It had fished well the day before but with more anglers on it today there was going to be more pressure on the water. The canals … Continue reading 2nd overall at Hillview Sunday open from the Heron pool with 88lb 8oz

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