From left to right: Mick Davies, Kieron Rich and Steve Slayter. 2004 Total-Fishing.com/ACA Challenge, The Glebe, Leics (90 pegs)MOSELLA’s Kieran Rich took this two-day event organised through the top match angling website www.total-fishing.com, which raised a fantastic £2200 for the ACA. However, for such a big weight event it was a very close run thing, Kieran […]

THE ten luck winners of a year’s subscription to Irish Angler are are listed below. The winners will be hearing from competition sponsors DHP Ltd within a week. John ParsonsBrian McCarthyJohn WoodShane CrossAlan ClilverdEric BestBen CooneyEugene WeetmanSean NallyMark Loughran Anyone wishing to subscribe to Irish Angler can take advantage of a special offer and bag a fly line worth […]

THE two lucky winners of our Maver luggage competition, who both correctly answered that Andy May, Paul Hughes and Paul Boothby are among the Maver consultants, were: Andy CroftDarren Wilson Both win themselves a new set of Maver Royale match luggage. Many thanks to Maver UK for its generous sponsorship.

AT long last, the National Federation of Anglers (NFA) has landed a dream headquarters office at the National Water Sports Centre at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham – the home of several important governing bodies.  “When Conference elected me, I promised the delegates at Wakefield, that I would make radical changes to propel the NFA back to […]

ROD Hutchinson has become the new title sponsor of the World Carp Classic.The premier name in carp tackle has joined forces with the premier carp event to create the perfect team.Now moving into its sixth year, the World Carp Classic brings together carp anglers from all across the world to compete for a £10,000 first […]

AN outstanding girl angler, 17-year-old Corina Smith, trained under Durham PC Mick Watson’s award-winning “Get Hooked on Fishing” scheme, will be among the demonstrators at this year’s Chatsworth Angling Fair  –  joining such big names as TV star John Wilson, four-times world match champion Bob Nudd, and carp legend Chris Ball.She and three other teenagers […]

 reports IF you were one of the anglers who fished the weekend’s Intersite match on a very below par Kennet and Avon Canal, you would have been forgiven for thinking I had organised a canal boat regatta, such were the numbers of boats that passed through the Caen Hill Lock system in the first two hours of […]

PHIL Ringer emerged from the shadow of his brother Steve’s recent Cornish festival success to notch up a victory of his own with a four match maximum 36 points haul in the Keenets backed 180-entry White Acres Spring festival on the Cornish holiday park’s lakes, Bolingey and Porth reservoir.In fact in form Phil even recorded […]

Latest issueCatch The Lunker Of A LifetimeTSF’s Welsh wonder Terry Thomas recounts exactly how he managed a personal-best, 18lb cod from the shore recently.Reliable RigsIt’s time for a bit of ‘rough’ this month, with the rough ground rotten bottom rig.Testing TimesBarney Wright roars into the new Cono-Flex Lionheart to see why it’s the ‘mane’ attraction.More […]

A LARGE painting by Bernard Venables, author and artist of the famous newspaper cartoon strip on river fishing – ‘Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing’ – is up for sale in Bonhams Fishing Sale in Honiton on May 14.The sale includes a wide variety of collectable and modern usable fishing tackle, to include rods, reels and accessories […]

The Deep Sea Directory claims its ‘Space Finder’ service is proving a boon for anglers looking for slots on charter boats“Over the years we’ve noticed a positive increase in anglers using the Internet when looking for and booking charters”, stated Deep Sea Directory Manager, Chris Caines.  “As a result, we have always striven on www.deepsea.co.uk […]

DYNAMITE FESTIVAL 2004 Day 1 Lake Winners A Section         Pollawyn                      Gary Skerritt                Peg 4               60lb 13oz B Section         Trelawney/Python         Mike Jones                   Peg 24             91lb 12ozC Section         Twin Oaks                   Simon Colclough          Peg 14             62lb 12ozD section          Porth                            Richie Hull                    Peg 73             30lb 02ozE Section          Bolingey                       Simon Middleton          Peg 10             63lb 06oz Overall Top 10 1st        Mike Jones                   9 Points            91lb […]

TWENTY Sheffield children, aged 7 to 11, have been awarded an all-expenses-paid trip to next month’s annual Chatsworth Angling Fair, to be held over the weekend of May 22 and 23 on the famed Chatsworth House estate near Bakewell, Derbyshire. Their visit is sponsored by the Chatsworth Bursary, offered by the Duke and Duchess of […]

Win 100 packs of Magnatract Betaine fish attractantWe have teamed up with the makers of the amazing Magnatract attractant, Forum Bioscience, in a competition which will see 100 users of the Total-Fishing website win a pack each of the betaine fish attractant for the next three months.Why use betaine?Betaine (trimethylglycine) has been used for many […]