The Angling Trust has announced a prize draw for new members signing up in the next month. Every adult member who joins the Angling Trust between 1.00pm on Friday 14th September and 5.00 pm on Friday the 18th of September will be entered into a prize draw to win £1,000 of tackle vouchers from the […]

The Angling Trust’s Anglers with Disabilities England Team took part in the 11th Freshwater World Championships at Ponte De Sor, Portugal on 8th-9th August 2009. The Sor River at Ponte De Sor is clear water and slow stream with the main fish specimens present being Barbel, Bogas, Carps and Bleaks. The World Champion squad consisted […]

Garbolino Lindholme Lakes, South Yorkshire  In-form Jon Arthur got off to the perfect start for his 2009 UK Individual Championship campaign with a convincing Round One win. Fished on Bonsai Lake at Garbolino Lindholme the former UK Champ put 134lb 3oz on the scales from Peg 64. His catch consisted of 10 small carp on […]

The first ever Angling Trust Division One National Championships took place on Saturday 8th August on the Staffs-Worcs Canal, the Shropshire Union Canal and the Trent and Mersey Canal and was voted a huge hit by the 690 competitors. The ‘buzz’ of the National was there for all to see and it started on the […]

Roger Holmes became the Angling Trust Veterans National Champion on Wednesday 5th August at Makins Fishery at Wolvey Warwickshire with an exceptional winning weight of 52.350kg fishing Phase 1, Lake 2 on peg A14. Roger’s tactics were to fish pellet and waggler feed on 8mm pellets. Roger who usually fishes for Nottingham AA caught mainly […]

Warwickshire Avon – Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry64 pegs Chub and bleak winner for Rob       Shakespeare star Rob Middleton followed up on his previous week’s second place in the Wychavon Championship by going one place better in this match and winning with 9-0-0 of chub and bleak. With the river carrying a lot of […]

The Angling Trust’s Veteran’s National Championships which were held at Dynamite Baits Makins on Wednesday 5 August, fished by approx 230.  Medals were presented by the Angling Trust’s Terry Fell.   Result: 1st Roger Holmes (Mansfield) 52.350 kilos 2nd Peter Shrigley 47.300 kilo 3rd Dave Rossi (Leicester) 44.300 kilo 4th  Ian Shaw    40.700 kilo 5th  […]

Mosella fishing tackle is a big name in angling across Europe, especially in the match fishing market where the company has produced a string of innovative products in recent years that have developed almost cult status in competitive circles. The only problem for some anglers has been getting hold of some of the product range, […]

The Angling Trust has announced a number of cuts to its central operations in Nottingham and Leominster. Despite widespread publicity and distribution of more than half a million membership leaflets, the level of recruitment has to date, fallen below expectations. This consequential shortfall in revenue, along with higher than expected costs, has created a situation […]

Interest in fishing and in particular specialist angling including carp, trout, coarse, fly and sea fishing is at an all time high in the UK. Many thousands enjoy the sport regularly, making it the most popular leisure pursuit nationwide. Already involved in some of the countries biggest and best Game Fairs, Living Heritage is holding […]

More proof that the online story continue to boom comes from angling website Total-Fishing.com, which has just announced record traffic figures.Statistics taken from the industry standard, Google Analytics, show that nearly 32,500 anglers visited the website in July 2009, a record for what’s already regarded by many as one of the top angling websites.Total-Fishing.com’s Gareth […]

Stillwater Championships 2009 – Results – Blythe 01/08/08 2009        Peg  Name Weight Section Winner B2    B5 Maurice Williams 17-13-0  B7 Roly Mceneaney 30-0-0  B8 Chris Allen 19-10-0  B10 Alan Granger 29-2-0  B11 Lee Davis   B13 John Adamson 54-10-0 Sec A B14    B16 Tony Shepherd 33-0-0  B18 Steve Dalley 25-10-0  B19    B21 Craig O’Brien 39-9-0  B22 Steve Conway 32-0-0  B23 Pete Charles 37-4-0 B25 Geoff Lees 20-2-0 B27 Alan Walton  B29 Paul Hubbard 25-4-0 B31   B33 Warren Beach 31-0-0 B35 Mark Williams 57-7-0 Sec BW1 Phil Smith  W3   W4 Darren Beach 42-4-0 Sec CW6 Dave Hooper 18-8-0 W9 John Mills  W10 James Evans 34-6-0 W11 Garry Loughrey  W12 Tony Musticone 20-2-0 W13 Pete Harrinson  W15   W17 Trevor Wyse  W18 Keith Vaughan 33-1-0 W19 Steve Bellion 32-4-0 W21 Geoff Ringer 31-2-0 W22 Steve Ringer 60-4-0 Sec DW24   W26 Chris Downs 47-12-0 W27 R J Williams  W28 Andy Travis  W29 Phil Ringer 27-8-0 C12 Glen Holman 44-10-0 C14   C16 Alistar Fraiser  C18 Les Ayres 39-4-0 C20 Simon Taylor  C26 Charlie Shaw 90-5-0 Sec EC28 Wayne […]

Shakespeare Championship Qualifier Sunday August 2nd Warwickshire Avon – Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry65 pegs Barbel and bream winner for Barry      With the river still up and very coloured odd big fish again made up all the leading weights. Match winner Barry Blakemore landed a 10lb plus barbel and a 4lb plus bream on […]

 England U18s World Championships – St Justa, River Sorraia, Portugal 25th & 26th July 2009 In extreme conditions of 38C the England U18s team finished in 5th placing this year in the World Championships. The venue had changed dramatically from three years ago when they won a bronze medal on the waggler. This years match […]