The 2016 Angling Trust Anglers with Disabilities National Championship was fished on Arles Lake at Woodland View Fishery near Worcester on Saturday 4th June. Fishing for the 28 competitors proved quite difficult on a bright warm day with no ripple on the water. The winner on the day was Elliott Fay of Kingsteignton Devon fishing […]

Team England Veterans retain their World Championship title for the second year after a fantastic win in the 9th FIPSed World Championships from 3rd – 4th June 2016. 14 nations arrived in Pardubice, Czech Republic to fish the Labe River with the aim of beating England’s 2015 winners. England’s new team manager Joe Roberts had […]

For just about the first time this year, conditions were actually summery for the Larford Fish O Mania Qualifier. However, that kicked the carp into spawning mode and for many they had better things than feeding on their mind. Things weren’t going too well for eventual winner Ian Giddins for the first couple of hours […]

The day dawned grey and misty on the morning of the latest  Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier, fished in the lovely natural surroundings of The Oaks complex at Sessay, near Thirsk in North Yorkshire on Saturday 4th June 2016. By the time the draw had been made and anglers had got to their pegs, the sun […]

The top six all weighed in over the ton in an excellent Fish O Mania qualifier at Coleman’s Cottage that saw jack Harkness through the the big money final. Incredibly however nearly 30 anglers failed to turn up for this Essex heat.  The best weights were on Pathfield Lake, which produced four of the top six […]

Messingham Sands fishery’s second Fish O Mania qualifier was won by Paul Wright, a Doncaster angler who weighed on nearly 200lb on the day. The fishery had been in fine form and with good, settled weather in the run-up hopes were very high of a big weight match all round. Rain and a cold wind […]

The popular TV Fish O Mania series has received a boost with the announcement of a new sponsor. Online poker company PartyPoker will sponsor of Fish ‘O’ Mania XXIII, with the event now extended to include a Friday match where 32 qualifying anglers will compete for 16 places in Saturday’s show piece event. As ever […]

Anglers were greeted with some strong winds and also the first sign of carp starting to spawn for this Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier at Midlands fishery Woodland View, Droitwich. On Barley peg 18, London builder Krzysztof Frackowiak of London got off to a slowish start but built most of his winning 90-8-0 weight during a […]

Freezing cold conditions put paid to any high hopes of mega weights at this latest Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifying round at Barford Lakes on Saturday 14th May 2016.  Forecast conditions might have contributed to the 30 anglers who failed to turn-up with over half who did not let the organisers know. Weights were well down and […]

The misty damp conditions  at the draw for this latest round in the Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifiers held at Monk Lakes on 11th May 2016 soon gave way to a warm sunny day,  and the fish in most of the lakes responded accordingly. It was very disappointing to have 28 anglers not turning up especially […]

 No wind, but bright sunshine and thundery showers greeted the 150 competitors at the Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier at Tunnel Barn Farm on Saturday 7th May 2016.  It was hard enough conditions without the hot weather, however the result was good  with over 12 ton nets recorded and a good days fishing was enjoyed by […]

Angling Trust England Ladies Squad announced to fish the FIPSed Ladies World Championships in Merida, Spain England Ladies Manager Dave Brooks has announced an unchanged side to go to Spain for this year’s World Championships in Merida from 27th – 28th August 2016. The venue is the Guadiana River which was used in 2012 for […]

The 2016 Ivan Marks memorial match will be fished on the River Witham old match length, Kirkstead Bridge to Tattershall bridge road side on Sunday 17th July 2016.    Match headquarters will be at the Kings Arms, Kirkstead Bridge. Draw 9am Fish 11am-4pm.       Tickets £20 all in. Breakfasts will be available on the morning of the […]

Twenty eight teams contested Angling Trust’s top Stillwater event at the usually prolific Garbolino Lindholme Lakes, Epworth, Doncaster on Saturday 30th April 2016. However,  the wildly fluctuating weather in the days leading up to the Championship and on the day itself pretty well ensured that for many it would be a struggle. That said the […]

Drennan North West have retained their title as Heronbrook Spring League Champions. This well-established league saw 30 teams of four competing over six rounds at the Staffordshire venue. Drennan North West’s experienced quartet consisted of Stu Conroy, Steve Conroy, Richard O’Connor and Matty Dawes. Six consistent team performances saw them take the title with 96 […]