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Springwood Fisheries August 2nd, 2005

thursday 28th july-evening match-bottom lake(13 fished)1st-pete cliffe-long eaton-27lb 4oz2nd-matthew parkin-pride of derby juniors-15lb 12oz3rd-shane hanson-swadlincote-12lb 6ozwinner fished peg 17 and caught carp up to 3lb using paste. sunday 31st july-top lake(16 fished)1st- jim bailey-derby -25lb 8oz2nd-alistair chisholm-shakespeare,derby- 17lb 8oz3rd-tommy dowd-derby-15lb 4ozwinner fished peg 6 and caught mainly ghost carp up to 2lb using paste. both lakes fishing […]

ACA Masters

The ACA is delighted to announce details of this year’s ACA Celebrity Masters competition at the Glebe Fishery in Leicestershire on Saturday August 20th.  Nearly 100 top anglers will be taking part in the family event, representing a wide range of tackle companies and the angling press.  Companies and celebrity anglers have donated a stack […]

Lawn Farm Fishery July 27th

Here are a couple of results for you Monday evening open held on Crabtree lake7 fished 1stA Jawad    31lb2ndS Easy        25lb 3oz3rdA Williams    11lb 4oz Golden Rod Open held on Honeysuckle lake19 fished1stToby Kelly (Junior)    Peg    7Weight    20lbBait    chopped worm & cornFished    overCaught    orfe, chub & carpToby comes from Guilden Morden 2ndDennis Holliday    Peg    15Weight    18lb 10ozBait    worm […]

Total Carp

Total Carp – August 2005 Issue ON SALE – 29-7-05  Commercial CapersJan Porter reveals that there is a lot more to surface baits than dog biscuits… Top Of The PopsCurrent Battlecarp Champion Ian Russell gives you the complete guide to using pop-ups… MastermindHave you ever wanted to pose a question to one of the country’s best carp anglers? Now’s your […]

Sherwood Forest Farm Fishery July 25th

Sherwood Lake Tuesday 19/07/05  23 fished 1st Jim Strachan Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 42, 54-10-0 2nd Neil Wilkinson Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 41, 40-13-0 3rd John Darby Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 54,  24-2-0 4th Geoff Bennett Peg One BCUK peg 56, 22-10-0 5th Sean Lambert Peg One  Angling Pinxton peg 60, 15-15-0 6th Lee Payling Peg One Angling Pinxton peg 59, […]

East Anglian sea stock management call

Modern management to improve the valuable recreational sea angling industry in East Anglia was called for at the week-end. Steve Coppolo, a prominent local angler from Great Horkesley, Colchester, said the needs of sea anglers who were boosting tourism in the area, must be recognised as well as those of commercial fishermen. “Sea anglers want to be […]

Gold for England’s Juniors

MARK Downes has contacted Total-Fishing with the great news that England has followed its gold in the seniors with gold in both the Under 21 and Under 16 categories at the World Youth Championships in Serbia.To add icing onto the cake, Kiveton Notts angler Matt Godfrey (14) took individual gold with the only perfect two […]

Win a Penn reel

WE’VE teamed up with online tackle store www.marsh-tackle.co.uk to one one TF.com user the chance to win this Penn reel     How To WinAll you have to do to be in with a chace of winning is CLICK HERE and answer the three questions you find there.

Stu’s the daddy

An elated new Midlands Champion of Champions Stu Bagnall shows off his trophy. THERE’S a new name on the Midland Angler Champion of Champions trophy after a shoot out at a tough Woodland View Fishery. But new champion Stu Bagnall nearly missed the biggest day of his match fishing career due to illness.Walsall based Stu had […]

EFTTA publishes its line test results

The European Fishing Tackle Trade Association published the results of random line testing at EFTTEX 2005 in Warsaw. The tests were carried out following warnings to manufacturers of monofilament line earlier in the year that they would take place and that results may be published. Displaying the results on a large whiteboard in the centre […]

Irish angling crisis

THE number of people visiting Ireland to fish for salmon has halved in the past six years, decimating parts of the tourism trade associated with angling.Statistics showing the drop in the number of visiting anglers prompted a call from tourism bodies to scrap the practice of drift-netting.The groups, including the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF), the […]