Author: geepster

Former editor of many a fishing magazine, owner of Total-Fishing.com and MD of a pest control company!!

Tunnel Barn Farm June 9th

RESULTS FOR OPEN CONTESTS WEEKS ENDING 8th June 2014 Date: Monday 2nd June 2014 OPENPools: Top PoolNo F/Man: 18 Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO1st Wayne Sweetman TBF 201 – 6 312nd Pete Hancox Birmingham 152 – 14 13rd D Tandy Arden Fishery 149 – 9 264th Graham Young Youngs MG 100 – 14 55th […]

Hallcroft Fishery June 9th

8th June 2014 Sunday Open MatchMoat Pool – 40 pegs• M Watson, LeegemOut 694-15-0A close match today saw Martin Watson finish as the winner with just short of the ton plus mark. Martin caught mainly carp using maggots and groundbait on a short pole line and down the margins.• G Mumby, Team FrenzeeOut 5593-9-0Gary Mumby […]

Moorlands Farm June 9th

Tuesday 03.06.14 – Super Cost-Cutter22 fished on Moors & Island1st Keith Wright (CPA) 109.4.0 Peg 10 Moors2nd Bill Tandy (Moorlands) 98.10.0 Peg 12 Island3rd Dave Bartlett (CPA) 87.10.0 Peg 12 Moors Wednesday 04.06.14 – Over 50’s14 fished on Meadow1st Lee Boden (Stonehenge) 122.10.0 Peg 582nd Terry Homer (Club 2000) 114.0.0 Peg 113rd Richard Kings (CPA) […]

Fred J Taylor Award 2014

The Angling Trust are delighted to announce that the Fred J Taylor award for protecting or improving water habitats in England will once again be awarded at this year’s CLA Game Fair and are seeking nominations for work either running currently or starting soon. The Game Fair is being held from the 18th-20th July at […]

Silverlite Duo Float

Benwick Sports is the best retailer for specialist floats that I know – in some ways in this carp dominated world I see them as helping to keep the world of specialist float making alive and kicking in the UK. They have several new additions to their extensive range of wagglers under the Silverlite banner […]

Angel of the North Fishery June 8th

Excellent fishing with another ton up in three hours by Tony Watson on Wed evening.on Lookout. Some outstanding individual fish as well with Gary Wardle of Wear Angling catching a four pound perch, some personal best carp being caught also on Lookout, lots of crucians, tench, rudd, roach and also ide, some cracking quality and […]

Asso Super Fluorocarbon

Asso line from Italian manufacturer Gruppo is now available to UK anglers, with a range of main and hooklength lines for fresh and saltwater anglers. Gruppo has been producing lines since the 1970s and offers and impressive selection of monofilaments and co-polymers and is especially well known for its fluorocarbons and fluorocarbon coated lines. The […]

Wassell Grove Fishery For Sale

A rare opportunity to purchase a delightful and well-established fishery in Stourbridge is being brought to the market by specialist property adviser Christie + Co.   Wassell Grove Fisheries is tucked away in a tranquil beauty spot on the outskirts of Hagley village, approximately five miles from junction 3 of the M5.   The fishery covers around […]

Make A Change This World Ocean Day

Sunday the 8th June marks the annual World Ocean Day holiday, where people come together across the world to celebrate our oceans and promote taking care of them. World Ocean Day has been around since 1992 where it was first proposed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2008 the United Nations […]

Anglian Water Latest News

Picture: Natalie Hanson shows off the best fish of the week from Rutland Water. The Northborough angler caught this lovely 7lb 10½oz brown trout on the third cast of the day with a new rod and reel purchased from Rutland Tackle Shop.  Rutland Water Fish week 1,053(season 15,579) Returns 310 (3,243) Rod average 3.39 (4.8) The […]

England Lady Fly Fishers Win Silver

The annual home international match between the ladies of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales took place on 22nd May 2014 at Lake Trawsfynydd in Wales.  The match started well with Janice Sharp, Eileen Chatwin, Sheena Goode and Hilary Tomlinson all catching early in Club Bay with hardly any fish being caught by other teams.  Boat […]

Shaun Cooke Makes Fish O Mania Final

Eleven lakes were in use again this year on the 13th Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier held at the picturesque and excellent Partridge Lakes Fishery near Warrington on Saturday 31st May 2014, but due to an influx of cold rain water at the beginning of the week, weights were not expected to be high.  This influx […]

Packington Somers Trout Fishing June 1st

PACKINGTON TROUT FISHERY TELEPHONE NUMBER: 01676 522754 FISHING REPORT – WEEK ENDING 1/6/14              Last week 91 rods caught 254 fish for an average of 2.79.              The fishing was a little mixed last week with the changeable weather conditions making it fish well one day and difficult the next.  On the Day Ticket water […]