• Tanyards Fishery.

    Well Saturday at 7·20am found me waiting in the Little Chef car park at South Godstone waiting for Dave the Fish, Colin, Jess (jackcatcher) & Szabi (Tinkerbelle) to arrive for a days fishing at Tanyards Lakes. Everyone soon arrived and we set off for Tanyards getting there around 8am. As we drov…
  • Elphick's Fishery. Sandwich Lake.

    So there I was driving down the A21 in the dark to Elphick's wondering if I had bitten off more than I could chew? Over several sessions fishing with a good friend of mine, Andy (TheHat) Spreadbury, it had come to light that he had never caught a Golden Tench. Indeed even when Andy has fished the…
  • Tanyards Lakes.

    A very good friend of mine, Dave Collier retired on Friday so I had invited him to join me for for his 1st days fishing as a man of leisure . The chosen venue was Tanyard Lakes at Furners Green, Danehill (Near Uckfield) with 7 lakes to choose from, and on arrival at 7·30am it was obvious that we we…
  • Framfield Fishery. Spring Lake.

    Hawthorne AC club match.Well stupidity overcame common sense this morning, as instead of just rolling over and staying under a nice warm duvet cuddled up with the wife when the alarm went off at 6am, I got up and decided to give it a go on my club's match. So at 7am there I was loading the tackle in…
  • Tanyards Lakes.

    First outing of 2005.I don't know about you, but the 1st trip out of the New Year is one that I always look forward to, so when Dave the Fish sent me a PM asking if I would like to join him and Colin for a session at Tanyards Lakes, a water that I hadn't visited before, I was only to pleased to acce…
  • Framfield Fishery. Spring Lake.

    Hawthorne AC club match.Up with the lark this morning for the drive down to Framfield Park Fishery, just outside the village of Uckfield. The sun was up as I pulled into the carpark, promising a second hot day on the trot Summer must be here at last . Lots of banter and catching up over a Bacon sa…
  • Elphick's Fishery. Sandwich Lake.

    Well MrsM told me that she would be working today,so i decided that I'd grab the chance to pop down to Elphicks and have a session on Sandwich Lake and see if i could get a few species for the Maggotdrowning.com Fishing Race . I arrived at the lake at about 9am and although it was dull and overcas…
  • Hartleylands Farm Fishery and Framfield Fishery.

    Well what a weekend!!!Marsh AC club match.First off it was down to Hartleylands farm to meet Dave the Fish and the lads of Marsh AC for their club match on Finches Pond.Dave had kindly invited me to come along and fish as a guest of his club, so who was I to refuse . An 8 am draw in the car park, an…
  • Willow Park Fishery Big Lake and Elphicks Fishery Sandwich Lake.

    Well What a Weekend!!!!! Saturday:The Southern Intersite Match.This has been pretty well detailed elsewhere, so I'll keep it brief. I drew peg 72 on the big lake at Willow Park. You really need a good ripple on the surface, and the Culvert bank pegs were flat calm, so I knew it would be a grueller.…
  • Elphick's Fishery. Sandwich Lake.

    Maggotdrowning.com Day Out.This all started out with Geoff asking me a couple of months ago to suggest a venue that he could visit on a free weekend. As with all harmless requests it soon turned into a mini Fish-in, as when I suggested Elphicks, Geoff realised that he could tie it in with a visit to…