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The Shannon Regional fisheries Board hosted its annual Fisheries awareness week from Saturday 25th April to Monday 4th May, 2009.
The aims of this initiative is intended to increase public awareness of the need to conserve our fisheries resource and to encourage and promote recreational angling. The Board work in partnership with angling clubs and other organisations to promote all types of recreational angling. Through our Annual Conference as part of Fisheries Awareness Week, we […]
Bread Scoring At Newly Stocked Packington Somers
Anglers have been flocking to Packington Somers Fishery at Meriden, with Geary’s Lake fishing particularly well for carp at the moment. Best techniques are pellet Method or groundbait feeder Method, with banded pellet or luncheon meat on the hook, with some big fish to over 20lb showing too. Also worth trying is bread. Venue regular, […]
Barston Lakes Plays Host To International Fundraiser
The Angling Trust delivered an impressive spectacle at Barston Lakes on 16th May as seven England teams and five World Champions came together to help raise funds for the England Veterans and Anglers with Disabilities team. All five gold Medal individual winners from 2008 – Will Raison (Nations), Emma Pickering (Ladies), Mark Addy (Veterans), Callum […]
Packington Somers To Hold Free ‘Fishing Taster Day’
In conjunction with Worcester Academy Packington Somers is holding a ‘fishing taster day’ on Saturday 30th May. Comprising of 45 minute sessions in waggler, pole or feeder fishing, these sessions are completely free to juniors and adults from novices to experienced anglers. There will be three coaches available and sessions must be booked with the […]
ANGLER’S MAIL Has Just Launched Its WHERE TO FISH 2009 Summer Special Magazine.
The 132-pager is in main Tesco stores for six weeks from May 19 and will then be available through a wider network of stockists. Priced at £3.99, you also get a free 100-metre spool of 6 lb Mega Line (worth £4.99), exclusive to the publication, plus a free set of three disgorgers. This Where To […]
Special School Pupils Pass Angling Exam
STAFF and pupils at a Cambridgeshire secondary school offering angling lessons as a formal qualification have celebrated a second successful year.The Centre School, part of Cottenham Village College, operates an alternative learning programme for students aged 12-16 with special educational needs arising from a variety of social, economic and learning factors.One of many options available […]
Safe haven for baby fish at Evesham
The Environment Agency’s West Area Fisheries, Recreation and Biodiversity Team have been working with the Evesham Market Town Partnership, Wychavon District Council, and the Evesham Angling Festival Committee to create a ‘fish refuge’, a safe haven for baby fish, on the River Avon at Evesham. We have spent about £35,000 of rod licence income, plus contributions […]
Angling Trust appoints Environmental Campaigns Manager
Mark Owen, a passionate angler and recently awarded BSc (Hons) in Environmental Management from the University of Derby, has been appointed as the Angling Trust’s National Environment Campaigns Manager. He first picked up a fishing rod as an 11-year-old, and is now in charge of all of the Trust’s national and international environment campaigns. He […]
Adam Richards wins Fish-O-Mania Qualifier at Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery
Student Adam Richards won this weekend’s PartyPoker.com Fish-O-Mania qualifier at Tunnel Barn Farm on Saturday 16th May with a haul of 114lb 10ozs. Student Adam, from Billingham and a Maver Barnsley team member, drew peg 13 on Canal Pool where he pole fished worms across to the island to take a succession of F1’s to […]
AYRSTRIKE – Burns Fishing Competition 2009
FINAL QUALIFYING PLACE IN THIS YEAR’S AYRSTRIKE COMPETITION SECURED SFCA Chairman, Gus Brindle (46) has secured the final qualifying position in this weekend’s AYRSTRIKE Big Money Final. More than 200 anglers have taken part in the 16 qualifying rounds to win a position in this year’s coveted AYRSTRIKE final on Sunday May 24th at Springwater […]
Ultima Power Silk
I’ve been lucky enough to visit Ultima facility at Ramsgate and there is no other company that puts fishing lines (both their own and their competitors’) through such rigorous laboratory testing. They are well aware what the best-selling lines out there are, and they do what they can to more than match them. Remember that […]
Pete Rice T.B.F. Pole Floats
I have to admit to being a bit of an anorak when it comes to pole floats. The ‘T.B.F.’ in these, for those that don’t know, stands for Tunnel Barn Farm; the Midlands fishery that has helped pioneer the F1 carp as one of the number one target fish for match anglers in the UK. […]
Drennan Barbless Silverfish Match Hooks
These excellent new hooks from the Drennan stable were given to me by England’s Steve Hemingray when we filmed at Tunnel Barn Farm for the first episode of OnlineFishing.tv’s ‘Match TV’ series (see http://www.onlinefishing.tv/channel/list/none/34/latest/1/ ) . Steve, who as I write has just missed out at the Shrewley venue in the 2009 Fish ‘O’ Mania […]
Dynamite Baits Makins Match
EVENING MATCHES LAKE 4 (Phase 1) Tuesdays: 26th May 2009 2 June 2009 Draw 5:00 pm(at cabin on Phase 1 car park) Fish 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Cost: £10 all in (20 pegs maximum) Book in to avoid disappointment Makins on 01455 220877 Fixture List 2009Day Date Phase LakesWednesday 13 May 2009 1 TwoThursday 14 May 2009 – No MatchWednesday 20 May 2009 1 TwoThursday 21 May 2009 3 DerwentWednesday 27 May […]
LE&C Open & Thursday Summer League Results
BODDINGTON RESERVOIR 14 May 2009 RESULT, ROUND 21st Lee ENSALL (Litchfield) 75 lb 2 oz2nd John ADAMSON (Kobra Feeders) 67 lb 2 oz3rd Anthony WHITE (Long Eaton Victoria AS) 43 lb 9 oz4th Lee WESTWOOD (Litchfield) 42 lb 6 oz5th Dave KENT (Long Eaton Victoria AS) 31 lb 6 ozNumber of anglers fishing: 20ReportOn a very disappointing Boddington Reservoir when three anglers failed to get a single bite, round 2 […]
