I have not fished many matches this year hence the lack of activity on this Blog. I did fish a match on the Gloucester Canal back in early January but I basically went, drew peg 31, sat in the rain for 5 hours and caught very very little as you do on that peg. the 40's dominated as usual. I also fished a Clevedon Club match on the River Kenn recently, drew the wrong area and blanked as did 9 others around me. I have however had my best winter on the River Kenn. It's not comfortable fishing as you need to stand in the mud due to the level being dropped to half its depth (average 3 to 4 foot in ..read more

 This match is held annually between Christmas and New Year and organised by Steve Long and Dave Clapton. It's £25 to enter with £10 going to the Stroke Association, no peg fee and the rest in section and overall pools. It is usually well supported with anglers looking to get out of the house after 2 or 3 days of festivities. I kept checking the weather forecast leading up to the match and it didn't look good. Heavy rain and strong SW winds were coming our way. I was up just before 06:00 and heading up the M5 at 06:40 to the draw in Widden Rugby Club. The forecast was spot on. Heavy rain ..read more

I fished the Kenn on the Thursday prior to the match with Matt Davis when it was -5 degrees and frozen over. After breaking the ice and the tide had turned we both managed double figures of roach each. The weather for this match was much better with only an overnight ground frost and temperatures during the day forecast to be around plus 5 degrees. Strong winds and rain was also forecast. I think the weather put some anglers off as we had 36 originally booked in but 9 cancelled. Can't blame them really as the weather coupled with standing or sitting in the mud is not the best advert.  The ..read more

In previous years this match was known as the Commercial House League Christmas Match but is now in memory of Brian Britt who was involved with the league for many years. Brians daughter Nicola and son Andy donated a trophy to be fished for every year in his memory. Access to the town waters in Bath is difficult now due to the Clean Air Zone and residents parking only extended to 7 days a week. It's a real shame as the town stretch is quite prolific. There was 26 booked in originally for this match but 3 anglers pulled out. They probably looked at the weather forecast.  I was surprised wh ..read more

 Team mate Sam Johnson and I have fished this early Christmas match a few times now. It is always well run and the prizes are very good. Sam travelled down the week before and picked up our tickets in Cullompton Angling Centre. I contacted Russell Hilton to see if he knew where it was being pegged in order to get my bearings as I have been way out of Tiverton before and nearly got lost. Russell indicated that it would probably be from the town basin towards Tidcombe and sent me a couple of map images. He also said "you don't want to be in front of the houses at Tidcombe". There had been a ..read more

This match attracts anglers from all over the South West and beyond, even anglers who just fish Commercials most of the year come together to support this worthy cause.  As usual the organisation was superb and lead by Ray Bazely and Paul Benson with support from a number of others who regularly give up their time to ensure the match is a success. Team mates Sam Johnson, Leigh Wakefield and I bought our tickets some time ago from Rich Lacey who promotes the match and sells them during the Sensas Bristol Commercial House League. I met Sam at McDonalds on the Bath Rd around 06:45 before goi ..read more

In my opinion this has been one of the best series of the league for a few years. Although only 5 teams of 6 this year the contribution and support by everyone has made the 2022 league a great success. A big thanks to Nicky and Mike Goodhind, Andy Britt and Vince Lunn for the behind the scenes work and organisation on the day of each match. Thanks must also go to the staff at the Crown Pub in Keynsham for hosting the draw and the results over 5 matches and the 37 Club in Puriton who hosted the first match on the Kings Sedgemoor Drain.  A few new faces fished the league this year which is ..read more

 I missed the first round of this League due to returning from Ireland. The lads done ok finishing 2nd on the Kings Sedgemoor Drain. The remaining 5 matches are on the Lower Bristol Avon, one of the finest stretches of river in my opinion offering great fishing at this time of year. The draw for this match and the remaining ones are at the Crown Pub in Keynsham opposite the Rugby Club and they are great hosts. Sensas Nomads Team for today was .... Chris Hook, Sam Johnson, Mike Withey, Leigh Wakefield, Brian Melksham and myself. The stretches used for todays match were Swineford, Crane and ..read more

We were hoping for some rain before this match and we got it just in time, not a lot but enough. Going into this round we were 3 points clear at the top and needed to do the business to maintain our position. I checked all my rigs during the week making sure I had enough to fish top 5 with 2.5, 3.0 and 4.0 gram floats in case it was pushing through and to cover the deep pegs. The pegging plan was published the day before which is always useful and we were going to be well spread out. Team today was ... Me Sam Johnson Leigh Wakefield Dave Lewis Jan Van Myzak Brian Melksham When I left home i ..read more

 On to Round 4 of this friendly league and we were back on the same pegs as a couple of weeks ago. Going into this round we were lying 2nd one place behind Bathampton and there wasn't much in it points wise with the other teams as well. Leigh and I had gone to Swineford a week prior to this match on a Wednesday for a bit of a dable trying to catch chub. Leigh went in his winners peg and went in on the first peg into the second field. I was all set up ready when all of a sudden a wasp nest behind me came to life so had to vacate the peg quickly. Leigh had a nice net of chub and I had loads ..read more