Author: geepster

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

Packington Somers Fishery December 2011

Telephone: 01676 523833FISHING & MATCH REPORT  – WEEK ENDING 11/12/11 MATCH RESULTS STARLETS  VETS                               (MOLANDS)                               1.   Harvey Phillips      14 – 8         Peg 15      F1’s & Skimmers on Pole & Pellet2.   Tom Manning    8 – 3       3.   Steve Birch    8 – 2 WEDNESDAY OPEN                     (LITTLE GEARYS)1.   Suzy Smith (Kobra Feeders)   28 – 7        Peg 7      […]

Classic British Carp Angling Championships

Carp Channel Monthly brings you classic highlights and clips from the semi final of the 2008 British Carp Championships. We kick off with action and some cracking carp from three top carp fisheries: Cuttle Mill Fishery in the MidlandsBoyes Leisure near Uxbridge in MiddlesexTodber Manor in DorsetDartford and District PAS’s Brooklands Lake in KentThe full […]

Browning Moorlands Farm December 2011

Tuesday 06.12.11 – Super Cost-Cutter17 fished on Silver1st Clive Wright (Mosella) 49.0.0 Peg 62nd Dave Highfield (Moorlands) 34.0.0 Peg 423rd Karl Haywood (Moorlands) 16.0.0 Peg 21 Wednesday 07.12.11 – Over 50’s16 fished on Meadow & Bank1st Dave Williams (Halesowen BL) 30.6.0 Peg 5 Bank2nd Mal Watson (DGL) 20.0.0 Peg 40 Meadow3rd Pete Mace (Moorlands) 16.5.0 Peg 45 Meadow Thursday 08.12.11 – Cost-Cutter15 fished on Island & Middle1st Dave Williams (Halesowen BL) 57.4.0 Peg 1 Middle2nd Steve Thompson […]

Lucy is Miss March

Keen angler and level 2 UKCC angling coach, 24 year old Lucy Bowden has appeared in an international ladies angling calendar. Lucy appears as Miss March in ‘The REEL Women of Fishing’ Calendar which promises to be one of the most popular calendars of its genre.An ideal gift for the fisherman who has everything, it […]

Carp Coach Maggot Fishing – WATCH FOR FREE

The action comes thick and fast in this made-for-TV carp video as Ian Russell’s hair-rigged maggot tactics account for carp after carp. We’re at Farlows Lake Fishery in Buckinghamshire, England, a super, feature-filled 28-acre water just inside M25 motorway with stacks of 20s to go at.Ian’s ‘pupil’ for this enjoyable session is self-employed builder Ian […]

Floats For All Seasons

Unless you’re an angler who has been stuck on a desert island for the past 30 years you will probably be familiar with the name Dave Harrell. If you have been stuck on that island, allow me to bring you up to date. Dave’s a former England international who has won hundreds of big competitions […]

Fish Legal to Challenge Sewage Secrecy at Tribunal

A landmark legal decision to uphold the public’s right to know how much sewage and other pollutants is poured into Britain’s rivers could now be only weeks away.The Upper Tribunal has announced a January date for Fish Legal’s appeal for the water and sewage industry to be subject to public scrutiny.In 2009, the angler’s pollution-busting […]

Lifestyle Secure Sponsor

Midlands match group Lifestyle has signed a sponsorship deal with Browning, part of the Zebco tackle group. The team will now be known as Browning Lifestyle. The firm has a new range of match gear hitting the market in the New Year including the much-talked-about Z12 pole, which Total-Fishing has been told is good enough […]

Anker’s Away For Turner

Small rivers don’t necessarily spell small fish, as John Turner proved when he banked a 15lb 3oz barbel from the River Anker. The venue record and personal best fish fell to two hair-rigged 12mm halibut pellets on a size 8 hook after an opportune piece of fishing by the Tamworth angler. “I dropped by the […]