Author: geepster

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

“Getting London Fishing”

A London Angling Action Group has been formed to encourage Londoners to get fishing again and to take advantage of cleaner and better stocked waterways.The well-attended action group launch saw 44 movers-and-shakers of angling in London come together, including representatives from the Angling Trust, Environment Agency, Thames21, the London Wildlife Trusts, borough councils, schools and […]

Moorlands Farm Fishery October 2012

Tuesday 09.10.12 – Super Cost-Cutter19 fished on Meadow1st Ken Sherriff (Kidderminster Angling) 130.14.0 Peg 582nd Richard Massey (Moorlands) 100.10.0 Peg 123rd Pete Mace (Moorlands) 89.2.0 Peg 10Wednesday 10.10.12 – Over 50’s21 fished on Silver1st George Reynolds (Kings) 75.3.0 Peg 72nd Clive Munslow (Moorlands) 67.1.0 Peg 213rd Mal Watson (DGL) 55.14.0 Peg 43Thursday 11.10.12 – Cost-Cutter18 […]

Conference Season Shows Cross Party Support For Angling

The importance of shooting and fishing was endorsed by senior politicians from all sides at three rural receptions jointly hosted by the Angling Trust and the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) at the Liberal Democrats’ conference in Brighton, Labour’s gathering in Manchester and the Conservatives’ rally in Birmingham. All three parties pledged to […]

Packington Somers Fishery October 2012

FISHING & MATCH REPORT  – WEEK ENDING 14/10/12  MATCH RESULTS  STARLETS VETS                           (GRATUITIES/WILLOW/LITTLE GEARYS) 1.  Ray Quiney (Packington)                        53 – 0         Peg 4   GRATUITIES                                               Carp & Crucians on Pole & Pellet 2.  Norman Davies (Packington)                  46 -14 3.  Ron Savage […]

Daiwa Hallcroft Fishery October 2012

Monday 8th October 2012 Daiwa Hallcroft Veterans Bridge Pool (20 pegs)1 N Wood, Hallcroft, peg Outer 32; 78-14-0With dropping temperatures came lower weights than previous weeks although there were still plenty of bites to be had, especially from bream. Nigel Wood was the winner today with a nice mixed net of carp and skimmers caught […]

Small River Barbel: FREE TO VIEW

Specialist Duncan Charman enjoys a memorable ‘Session’ on the River Loddon while filming with Fishing TV – and it’s heart stopping stuff! The Aldershot angler roves the river’s Farnham Angling AS stretch with pellet and paste tactics and works hard to bag fantastic chub going 5lb 1oz and 6lb 1oz – fish that will be […]

Warwickshire Land 2012 County Champs

Warwickshire have won the prestigious Angling Times County Championships after a close-fought match at Heronbrook Fishery.  The trio of Jon Arthur, Pete Caton and Kev Folwell beat 37 other county teams, winning on the day by just one point from Staffordshire and pocketing the £3,000 winner’s purse. Jon, Pete and Kev, all regulars at Tunnel Barn […]

Short Range Method: FREE TO VIEW

Will Raison shows just how deadly the Method can be when fished just one rodlength out and along the near side margins on days when wind makes the pole or waggler unviable. WATCH ‘WILL RAISON’S MATCH YEAR’ NOW Will’s fishing Syndicate Lake at Gold Valley, where the technique has produced some big weights in bad […]