Canal anglers and angling clubs have reacted furiously to news that British Waterways (BW) is to cut its fisheries staff by 50% as part of its ‘restructuring’. The national body plans to reduce the number of specialist fishery positions from three to two and administrative support staff from three to one. Angling clubs are very […]

Ewan McNeish knew he had the fish of a lifetime when this 17lb bass slammed into his live mackerel bait. The firefighter from Gillingham played the fish for over 20 minutes, when it finally tired and allowed skipper Josh Simmonds to coach it into the net. Revolution’s biggest bass was then photographed, weighed and released […]

Richard Sewell boated this cracking pike estimated at 27lb while fly fishing at Grafham Water. Richard said “The fish was caught on a 6 inch white and olive streamer using a Di8 fast sinking line. She was ably netted by my 11 year old son Robbie and was hooked at about 30 feet depth. The […]

Andy Fullylove, and 18-year-old angler from Allesley in Coventry, took this year’s 100-angler Barston Bowl by storm, after catching 100lb 10oz from fancied peg 17. The pegs near the car park produced a string of good carp weights and dominated, and Andy’s Method tactics accounted for fish to 15lb, plus a few big skimmer bream. […]

Shakespeare Championship Qualifier Sunday July 26th Warwickshire Avon – Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry54 pegs       It was a case of ‘after the Lord Mayor’s show’ in Sundays qualifier which was fished in gale force wind and rain saw a river which had lost its colour from the previous day turn hard again. One man who […]

Shakespeare Championship Qualifier Saturday July 25th Warwickshire Avon – Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry64 pegs  A couple of inches of extra water and a tinge of colour was all that it needed to get the Warwickshire Avon roach feeding again and good weights were recorded all the way the through the match length. W.B.Clarke […]

The Environment Agency is sponsoring a free ‘angling taster day’, organised by the Rugeley Power Station Social Club, which will take place at Rugeley Power Station on Saturday 1 August 2009 between 12.30 and 5.30pm. The event is part of National Go Fishing Week (24 July – 2 August 2009) and anyone can go along […]

Local team Scunthorpe Blue took the glory this weekend at New Junction Canal, Doncaster, in the team classifications in the Division 3 National Championship and took home the gold medal  with 198 points, and total weight of 19.740kg. Scunthorpe Blue team fishing on the day were; Phil Iveson, Ronny Benn, Dave Bell, Geoff Walker, Dave […]

Valley School, from Worksop, won The Angling Trust Daiwa Schools National Fishing Championship on 15th July by beating 29 teams to take the title for the second consecutive year. It rained for most of the morning but this didn’t seem to dampen the anglers’ spirits with everyone enjoying the day – the sun eventually coming […]

Tunnel Barn Farm, Warwickshire Wednesday, 15th July, 70 pegs Paul Newell walked off with the £500 top prize and a new Garbolino G60 pole after winning the Tunnel Barn Farm Masters in convincing style. The 54 year old from Redditch has devised his own unique way of fishing bread and used those tactics to bag […]

Organised by Pete Henwood of Specialist Tackle/Riverveiw Motel, the fourth St Lawrence Challenge attracted a good entry from the UK, America, Canada and even France, as several teams of two did battle over a non-stop 72 hour match. The river didn’t fish as expected as the carp were still in the shallower sections of the […]

The Angling Trust is offering anglers a fantastic opportunity to go fishing with their favourite England International angling star and at the same time support our Veterans and Anglers with Disabilities International teams. Anglers can bid for a day’s fishing with their favourite star in a special eBay auction set up by the Trust. The […]

The 2nd Veterans World Angling Championship took place 11th – 12th July at Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes. This year for the first time the Angling Trust hosted the event, with seven teams of four anglers per team taking part. After three days of practising the England team were mainly catching roach with bloodworm and joker […]

This year we have made some exciting changes on the festival, firstly by making it a 4 –day festival and secondly by changing the venues. The ladies will be fishing on Twin Oaks for 2 days (fishing both lakes) and on Python for 2 days (in the wides and narrows) There will be a random […]