Shipp Close To Larford Record
The Match Lake record at Larford Lakes came within 6lb of being beaten by England international Des Shipp during the first Maver Pairs qualifier.
Big On Style, Short On Numbers
The feedback from the TCF Showcase has been immensely positive, both from the anglers who attended and from the exhibitors.
Trabucco Golden Ticket
There's a £40 goody bag for the first 500 paying anglers through the doors of the TCF Showcase each day....
Wheelie Gets All Emulsional
Congratulations to all who attended and supported the Barston Fundraiser on Saturday and raised an incredible £3,000 plus so that Dave Kightley (Wheelie) can have the power ‘trike’ he’s dreamt about.
Dino Wagglers And Pole Floats
You’ll see that the new batch of Dino floats are in from Hungary – these include more of the Record wagglers that sold out more or less instantly, plus some of the straights many of you have asked for. I’ve also got the similar Master waggler in.
Bones Has Meadowlands In The Bag
Coventry’s Alex Bones has been having a great run at Meadowlands Fishery and capped it with an outstanding win in Sunday’s Teams of Three event.
Barbel Fun On The Wye
The Wye’s barbel can be very fickle but I caught the river right on Friday, and had a great session, bagging fish to 9lb 2oz at Fownhope.
Hard Core Wire Substitute
I spent a fascinating day at Ultima UK last week learning all you’ll ever want to know and plenty you’ll never need to know about fishing line, for April’s TCF (Total Coarse Fishing magazine) Good Gear Guide.
Ultima's Demolition Man
If you’ve not been on the Ultima website lately it’s come on in leaps and bounds over the last few months and is well worthy a visit.
Mental Baits
Packington Somers at Meriden is busy restocking following its problems with SVC last summer, first reported in this column. The team has been busy moving fish from the estate pools into the main day ticket waters with some 500 carp to 8lb going into Gearys.
‘Dino’ Wagglers News
‘Dino’ Wagglers News Anyone who contacted me about the Dino wagglers I used at the world champs
Midlands Canals On Form
Free DVDs: The first 500 paid customers through the door of the TCF Showcase each day will each be given a fantastic goodie bag worth way more than the cost of getting in!
Green Light For Stoneleigh Tackle Show
A new fishing tackle event has been given the green light and will take place in April.
Fish O Mania 2008
If you are looking to fish one of the Fish O Mania qualifiers this year, make a note to get onto the National Federation of Anglers website on the morning of January 14th.
‘Shakey’ hold their nerve
‘Shakey’ hold their nerve: Just a single point separated three of the country’s top teams in the last round of the Warwickshire winter league on a frozen Coventry Canal.
Auto Log In Fixed
Auto Log In Fixed: We’re nearly there with the new total-fishing.com forums – thanks for all your feedback and for your patience. One of the main issues – the auto log in – has now been sorted. Just tick the check box next to the log in area and you should automatically log in each time.
Boddington Roach Potential
Boddington roach potential: With the river out of sorts following all the rain recently, I popped down to two of the big British Waterways controlled stillwaters to see how sport is faring.
Hally's Monster Carp On Light Tackle
I’ve seen some pretty amazing things in fishing in my time, but last Saturday’s session with David Hall and Steve Martin is right up there.
Zander Man
It’s been pretty grim out there but one major success of the last week has been a day on the Fen drains with Mark Barratt. Mark’s starting a new predator academy series in tcf magazine, and for the first part on bait fishing he took me to a pretty remote Fenland drain spot where he’s had plenty of success before.
TCF Television?
TCF Television? There's a bit of an 'online revolution' going on at DHP with plans afoot to bring the magazine readers a kind of online TV version with updates of what's been going on at the magazine and what's impressing us.
Midland Angler suspends publication
Midland Angler suspends publication: Sad news from the world of angling publishing is that Midland Angler is suspending publication after December’s issue.
Wye Whip Fishing
Highlight this week was a trip down to the Hampshire Avon care of Hardy's who were keen to show us hacks their new Markman, G-Tec and Rova ranges.
Show Stoppers
Tackle show stoppers I’m fresh(ish) from the two-day Tackle And Guns Trade Show held at Stoneleigh – which is a chance for those in the angling trade to view some of the gear we’ll have on the tackle shop shelves next year.
Show Time
Show time: This weekend’s sees the Tackle and Guns Show at Stoneleigh Park in which the major players will be showing off their tackle and bait ranges for 2008.
Packington Bounces Back
Packington Bounces Back: Despite some quite serious problems with KHV over the summer.
