Garbolino Tunnel Barn Farm Feb 8th
31/01/2005 House 2 1 S Sayears (Square Lane) 51 05 25 2 J Downing (Young TBF ) 30 02 38 3 B Edwards (Young TBF) 28 12 23 4 J Johnson (Youngs TBF) 25 00 19 5 D Chapman (Northfield) 23 00 13 02/02/2005 1 P Bennett (Borden AC) 42 00 25 2 […]
Angling funding ‘not just about medals’
THE Countryside Alliance Campaign for Angling has repeated its call for the Government to radically reform the way that angling development is funded. Sport England has just published its 2005-06 investment targets, in which angling as a “development sport” will receive £135,000, less than half of that allocated to baseball/ softball or orienteering.Anglers funded themselves to […]
Win a Shimano Batirunner
WE have teamed up with leading online big fish angling store www.harris-sportsmail.com so that one user of Total-Fishing can win some great specialist gear, including a brand new Shimano Baitrunner B reel worth over £100.There’s also a spool of Powerbraid up for grabs to the winner, who just has to answer a simple question. Just […]
King of Clubs gets go ahead for 2005
IRELAND’S premier angling festival is back, bigger and brighter than ever. Sponsored by Tourism Ireland and Irish Ferries, there is a massive £3,000 for the overall winner, £500 for the heaviest catch each day and lots more prizes amounting to £17,000* What’s new? For a start there is five days fishing (Monday to Friday) with […]
Mosella Moorlands Farm February 2nd
Monday 24.01.05 – Cost Cutter – 10 Fished on Island1st Mark Johnson (Fosters) 20.2.0 Peg 282nd Paul Webley (Bears) 16.5.0 Peg 263rd Gary Kirkham (Droitwich Angling) 14.6.0 Peg 14 Wednesday 26.01.05 – Open – 14 Fished on Silver1st Pete Short (Middy Mid Leisure) 38.8.0 Peg 272nd Mick Keene (Phoenix Shrewsbury) 24.12.0 Peg 323rd Richard Massey (Moorlands) […]
Win a Grey’s fly rod
THIS month we’ve teamed up with one of our partner advertisers in Tree Meadow to give someone the chance to win a Greys 10ft 6/7 weight fly rod.West Cornwall based Tree Meadow stocks all the top game fishing brands including Sage, Hardy, Loomis, Loop, Greys and Sierra. Owner John Hodge also stocks a big range of […]
White Acres Country Park333 January 31st
CocaCola, Coors and Walls add life to new festivalsWEST Country bagging Mecca White Acres is celebrating winning festival sponsorship from three major non-angling companies.In an eye-opening development, internationally recognised brands CocaCola, Coors and Walls have stepped in to back events this summer, and I understand that more similar deals are in the pipeline. Each firm […]
Sherwood Forest Farm Fishery January 31st
Wednesdays match was transferred to the Cavendish lake because of the Holmedale being froze, fishing in holes in the ice Dave Madin made the result look like a summer result fishing pole and pellet at peg 7 he had 23 skimmers to 1lb for a total of 16lb 9oz. In 2nd and at the next peg Pete […]
Farmed cod ‘the answer to Scotland’s fisheries problems’
Farmed seafood is set to be the salvation for Scotland‘s fisheries, including endangered cod.That’s the key message of the Scotland‘s premier aquaculture conference, set to take place in Edinburgh in April. The aquaculture industry in the Highlands and Islands in particular is set for a boom time according to aquaculture specialist Dr Malcolm Dickson. Dr […]
Looking for some young talent…
THE National Federation of Anglers (NFA) International coaches are once again on the lookout for young hot-rods capable of netting medals in the Cadet and Youth Team World Championships being fished at Novi Sad, Serbia on July 23/24. England Manager Mark Downes said: “coach Joe Roberts and I are on the lookout for under 21 year […]
River Nene February
‘Hemp Head’ and Leicester Sensas man, Pete Jayes, has got his lobworms in a twist this month … painful! Some big chub play with the trees on the far bank at Milton Ferry, but when there is a touch of pace and colour on the river, they will venture out from their sanctuary. Straight lead […]
Warks Avon, Twyford February
Evesham match ace, Brian Bennett, (and now River Severn bagger!) can’t get away from ‘The Theatre’ length at this time of year, as this stretch is stacked-up with quality roach, and while Brian recommends plenty of tumeric covered maggots fished under either stick float or waggler, I find myself leaning towards breadpunch and liquidized feed […]
River Severn, Ironbridge February
Maver boss Phil Briscoe tells me his stretch of the river at Stourport has been fishing really well and doesn’t expect any let up in sport. Bronze maggot on the float for chub and roach, along with a blockend feeder filled with Dynamite Baits Swimstim green pellets and a few caster and maggots, for barbel […]
Mosella Moorlands Farm February 1st
Fishery manager and top match ace, Mal Watson, who now fishes for Daiwa Gordon League, thinks that chopped worm on the pole will start to be a major player, especially when we enter the month of March. Bank Pool (26 pegs) holds plenty of carp and chub, and the resident skimmers and big perch have […]
Daiwa Hallcroft Fishery February 1st
Moat Pool (180 pegs) will receive a stocking of at least half-a-ton of carp from 1 kilo to 1½ kilos at the end of February, and as these are new fish, they’ll be hungry and take any bait you like to chuck at them! Stockies to 1lb are feeding well on Reed (47) and Hallcroft’s […]