Former editor of many a fishing magazine, owner of Total-Fishing.com and MD of a pest control company!! Author: geepster
Former editor of many a fishing magazine, owner of Total-Fishing.com and MD of a pest control company!! Former editor of many a fishing magazine, owner of Total-Fishing.com and MD of a pest control company!! 
Chris’s epic angling journey results in two fish over world record size
English angler Christopher Tasker has just returned from a year-long fishing adventure which took him thousands of miles from Nepal to Australia and back and saw him land fish over the IGFA world record for the species among a host of giant fish. The highlight of the trip with his girlfriend Nadine must surely be […]
Retired police officer joins Angling Trust as Regional Enforcement Manager in South East
The Angling Trust has appointed a new Regional Enforcement Manager, Dave Wilkins, for the South East, joining the existing Fisheries Enforcement Support Service team. Dave Wilkins recently retired from Sussex Police after 30 years’ service as a detective inspector, having spent most of his career on CID, Special Branch and Major Crime teams. Prior to […]
My unbelievable year of international fishing….
By Christopher Tasker After a year’s preparation and planning my partner and I finally set off on a trip of a lifetime. Our first stop was Nepal where we trekked to Everest base camp which I can assure you had its fair share of drama but as this is a fishing article I won’t touch […]
Moorlands Farm Results October 19th 2016
Tuesday 11.10.16 Super Cost- Cutter 10 fished Meadow 1st Syd Julian (DHA) 192.01.00 Peg 08 2nd Ziggy Lees (Severn Trent) 152.14.00 Peg 57 3rd Pete Hodge (DHA) 96.14.00 Peg 28 Wednesday 12.10.016 Over 50’s 14 fished Silver 1st Ron Clarks (Lazyhill) 151.02.00 Peg 20 2nd George Reynolds (CPA) 127.04.00 Peg 31 3rd Bob Tandy (DHA) […]
Packington Trout Lakes results 16th October 2016
Last week 56 rods caught 228 fish for an average of 4.07. The fishing has definitely improved over the past week with some cooler weather seeing the fish on the move more and responding well to various tactics. Black Buzzer, Diawl Bach, black Tadpole, Gold Head Damsel and Cats Whisker have been the top flies […]
Generic Daiwa No5 Pole Sections From Benwick Sports
These Daiwa generic section fives are made exclusively for Benwick Sports by Daiwa. If you fish deep venues or want a spare section for heavy fishing then these sections are the perfect solution. Made to fit all current (except Whisker) UK made Daiwa poles and lots of previous models they offer a great value. They […]
Daiwa Caldia Reel NEW
The new Caldia carries many of the features of its predecessor but now with an attractive price breakthrough. Sharing in Real Four design you can expect a powerful, durable ‘engine’ thanks to Digigear II. With fish playing, especially on braid, the UTD Ultimate Tournament Drag will ensure smoothness and precise reaction to every run. Perfect […]
Daiwa Match Winner Reels
The robust aluminium body on the excellent Match Winner Reel range ensures a solid and smooth rotation when under load. This means that the winding power continues to deliver when playing fish; an asset on high catch rate waters. The reel also features QD Drag, HIP line clip and a folding handle which aids packing down […]
Great fishing in Warwickshire Avon RiverFest
Despite a full ‘super moon’ overnight, torrential rain throughout the morning and a 4 degree drop in river temperatures locally the Warwickshire Avon around Stratford upon Avon threw up some good weights all along its length for this latest Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier on Sunday 16th October 2016. Martin Ward put in a stunning performance […]
Packington Somers results 16th October2016
MATCH RESULTS STARLETS VETS (MOLANDS & SIBLINGS A & B) 1. Keith Winn (Lanes Baits) 50 – 1 Peg 3 SIBS B F1’s on Pole & Maggot 2. Dave Duggan (Dams & Locks) 47 – 6 3. Ray Quiney (Packington) 41 -12 4. Dave Gibbs (Chiltern Baits) 37 – 9 SOLIHULL ANGLING CENTRE OPEN (MOLANDS) […]
Daiwa Hallcroft results 16th October 2016
16th October 2016 Daiwa Hallcroft Open Moat (39 Pegs) W Lomas, Leegem Outer 35 134-0-0 Wayne Lomas continued his good form with this win fro outer 35. Wayne fished pellet at 6m for 17 carp to 12lb L Payling, Peg One Angling Outer 21 120-2-0 Lee Payling also fished a pole and pellet match from […]
Angel of the North Lakes October 17th, 2016
Into winter fishing as rain cools of water temperatures, however some very large doubles being caught and large silvers tight to reeds or in margins and of the bottom shelf. Now is the time to try different baits out, from pellet, paste, chopped worm, caster and maggot. And try different swims around your peg. Sunday […]
Call for greater estuary protection…
The Angling Trust has today published a comprehensive report calling for far greater protection for Britain’s estuaries and for a radical overhaul of the outdated rules governing inshore netting, which is doing huge damage to juvenile fish stocks and endangering the survival of important species such as bass, mullet, salmon and seatrout. The dossier, Inshore […]
Aiden’s 30lb pike doesn’t Suck
Ireland’s River Suck has produced this magnificent 32lb pike to Aiden Flaherty. Aiden achieved his dream fish by fishing half a mackerel and this fish put up and absolutely fantastic 25-minute fight, reducing him to a ‘shaking wreck of nerves’ before he was able to slip the net under her. Fantastic catch Aiden and congratulations […]
Book Launches: Steve Gardener, Jim Baxter
Two book launches are taking place over the next month with Steve Gardener and Jim Baxter both introducing new publications from Calm Productions: The Rising Antenna by Jim Baxter at Saturday 29th October, 11am to 2pm, at the De Rodes Arms, Barlborough, Chesterfield (close to junction 30 of M1. S43 4ER). Contributors include: Denis White, […]
