Author: geepster

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

Exclusive Alan Scotthorne Interview FREE TO VIEW

In this video interview from ‘Coarse & Match Fishing Monthly’, Gareth Purnell talks to five times world champion Alan Scotthorne about match fishing, fishing for England, his association with Shimano and his work with Fishing TV.Alan, undoubtedly one of the most successful and experienced match anglers of all time, has been working on an exclusive […]

Tunnel Barn Farm December 2011

POOL REPORTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 18th DECEMBER 2011 With the drop in the temperature, good bags of fish are still being caught at Tunnel Barn with match anglers in the TBF winter league series still catching bags of fish to 65lb+.  F1’s are the main target but mirrors and commons are still showing.  The […]

Interview With Alan Scotthorne

Those who love their match fishing might like to watch an interview Total-Fishing.com’s Gareth Purnell did with five times world champion Alan Scotthorne at a recent angling show that’s available free-to-view over the Christmas period as part of the monthly video magazine Coarse & Match Fishing. Alan covers bloodworm and joker fishing, fishing with England, […]

Packington Christmas Matches

Packington Somers Fishery has announced its match schedule for Christmas and the New Year with opens taking place on Little Geary’s on Saturday December 24th and Wednesday 28th, plus a match on Gearys on December 31st and another on Molands on December 2nd. It’s been quite tough going on the water in the last week, […]

Packington Somers Fishery December 2011

Telephone: 01676 523833FISHING & MATCH REPORT  – WEEK ENDING 18/12/11 MATCH RESULTS STARLETS  VETS         (LITTLE GEARYS & ANNIVERSARIES)                               1.   Dave Duggan        8 – 0         Peg 17      F1’s on Pole & Caster2.   Dave Wood    7 – 5       3.   Gary Powney    6 -13 WEDNESDAY OPEN                     (LITTLE GEARYS)1.   Steve White (Kobra Feeders)   26 -14       Peg 17      Carp […]

Browning Moorlands Farm December 2011

Tuesday 13.12.11 – Super Cost-Cutter11 fished on Middle1st Cliver Wright (Mosella) 22.6.0 Peg 112nd Dave Roberts (Moorlands) 16.4.0 Peg 33rd Tony Stead (WMP/Mavers) 10.4.0 Peg 6 Wednesday 14.12.11 – Over 50’s15 fished on Silver1st Mal Watson (DGL) 29.11.0 Peg 292nd Pete Trueman (Garringtons) 25.12.0 Peg 263rd Pete Mace (Moorlands) 17.6.0 Peg 35 Thursday 15.12.11 – Cost-Cutter12 fished on Meadow1st Bill Rathbone (St Francis) 17.0.0 Peg 412nd Steve Thompson (Moorlands) 14.12.0 Peg 453rd Colin Bennett (Worcester) 8.10.0 Peg 54 Saturday 17.12.11 – Open19 […]

Latin Sea Trout Lovers WATCH FOR FREE

Paul Young experiences world class, world famous sea trout fishing South American style in this classic episode of Hooked On Fishing available FREE TO VIEW in December’s issue of Game Fisher’s Diary. Paul heads south to Kautapan Lodge and the Rio Grande river in Tierra del Fuego, the Land of Fire! South America is renowned […]

News Bulletin: Killer Shrimp

The Dikerogammarus villosus shrimp has been named as at the top of the Environment Agency’s ‘most wanted’ list of ‘alien invadors’ because of the dramatic effect it can have on the habitats of the UK’s native water species. Here Game Fisher’s Diary meets Alastair Fenn, the District Biosecurity and Fisheries Development Officer for the The […]

Game Fisher’s Diary December Issue

The December issue of Game Fisher’s Diary, the video magazine for the serious fly angler, is now live, free to view and ready to keep you warm through the chilly winter weather.   The issue is crammed full of short features and full length TV style programmes and it’s all FREE TO VIEW here on this […]

Change at The Top For The BRFC

The BRFC meeting held on 5th December at Fishmongers Hall, London, saw the retirement of Ian Epps and the election of Mike Heylin as Chairman. The committee paid tribute to Ian who had loyally served the committee for many years having joined in December 2004 to represent freshwater fish. He was appointed as chairman following […]