The River Swale at Morton was the venue for the second Angling Trust RiverFest 2014 qualifier on Saturday 28th June, and hopes of big weights were high after some bumper catches during the first week of the season. The river was low and crystal clear for this match but that didn’t stop Matt Maginnis from […]

Drennan Team England. (Top L-R) Will Raison, Simon Willsmore, Lee Kerry, Sean Ashby, Mark Downes. (Bottom L-R) Alan Scotthorne, Mark Addy, Callum Dicks. Pic: www.drennantackle.com Drennan Team England have man­aged to win the European Championship after a nail biting last hour on the Hensies-Pommeroeul Canal in Belgium. Twenty-four teams com­peted on a tough venue dom­in­ated […]

Evesham Festival Qualifying Match Report. Evesham Championship Qualifier. Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 61  Fished.   1 Richie Reynolds (Maver Bait-Tech) 10-14-0 (peg 43) 2 Tom Scholey (Pole Fishing Magazine) 7-15-0 (peg 6) 3 Matt Woods 6-3-0 (peg 85) 4 Ian Sutherland 5-13-0 (peg 68) 5 Anthony Taylor 5-6-0 (peg 18)   Qualifiers: Tom Scholey […]

Bruce lands final qualifying place in the Fish ‘O’ Mania grand final line up of 2014 As always the fabulous Garbolino Lindholme Lakes Fishery near Doncaster hosted the 16th and final qualifier of the 2014 Fish ‘O’Mania campaign on Wednesday 25th June.  It did not disappoint with six anglers clocking a “ton” and another six […]

Evesham Festival Qualifying Match Report Evesham Championship Qualifier Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 58 Fished.   Result: 1 James Wilson (Alan’s Tackle) 12-0-0 (peg 40) 2 Clive Branson (Cardiff Nomads) 10-5-0 (peg 52) 3 Trevor Chalk (Evesham) 9-12-0 (peg 8) 4 Rob South (Ferrymen) 9-7-0 (peg 19) 5 Ray Tomlin (Chesterfield) 9-6-0 (peg 65)   […]

The Angling Trust and Thames Angler’s Conservancy (TAC) are pleased to announce the establishment of an annual angling competition to take place as part of the new TideFest event in London, which this year coincides with World Rivers Day on September 28th. The match, which is sponsored by the Thames Tideway Tunnel project, has a […]

Evesham Festival Qualifying Match Report Evesham Championship Qualifier Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 83 Fished   1 Vince Callaghan (MAS) 17-14-0 (peg 1) 2 Dan Varney (Drennan) 10-14-0 (peg 36) 3 Steve Hemingray (Drennan/ Sensas) 10-8-0 (peg 71) 4 Leigh Gardner (Shakespeare Superteam) 9-8-0 (peg 83) 5 Mark Lindsey 8-8-0 (peg 6) Qualifiers: Vince Callaghan […]

Evesham Festival Qualifying Match Report Wychavon Championship Qualifier Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 78 Fished   1 Dan Varney (Drennan) 11-5-0 (peg 36) 2 Owen Robinson (Evesham Youth) 5-13-0 (peg 1) 3 Ian Shepherd (Daiwa Gordon League) 5-10-0 (peg 30) 4 Ray South (Ferrymen) 5-6-0 (peg 66) 5 Tony Bench (Shakespeare Superteam) 4-13-0 (peg 26) […]

With bright sunshine and a low clear river, the first Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier of the season held on Sunday 22nd June was fished in far from ideal conditions, but the River Calder at Mirfield didn’t disappoint as 17 of the 60 anglers returned double figure weights. The match was won by Drennan Barnsley Blacks […]

The Barston Festival this week produced its biggest weights ever, with over 80lb of fish the average per angler, and mostly bream weights too. Day one was won by event organiser Craig Casemore with 161lb of big carp from peg 17. Craig caught on the method at 70 yards, with fish up to 18lb. Second […]

Evesham Festival Qualifying Match Report. Wychavon Championship Qualifer Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 68 Fished. Result: 1 Paul Glenfield (Drennan Oxford) 17-2-0 (peg 1) 2 Paul Johnson 14-6-0 (peg 87) 3 Darren Davies (Drennan) 12-7-0 (peg 52) 4 Tony Davis (Gloucester Angling Centre) 12-3-0 (peg 35) 5 Rich Reynolds (Maver Bait-Tech) 9-11-0 (peg 25) 6 […]

Woodland Lakes Fishery at Thirsk, North Yorkshire welcomed anglers from across the country for this, the penultimate Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier of 2014.  It was this venues first time with the new larger 150 peg format and was still fished across the 5 normal match lakes as used over previous years.  It was felt by […]

The Angling Trust is pleased to announce that the second RiverFest competition, which gets underway on the River Calder on Sunday 22nd June, is a complete sellout. The majority of the 1,200 tickets, which went on sale in April, were sold within two weeks and most of the 20 venues being used for the qualifiers […]

Woodlands View Fishery in the West Midlands held the 14th Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier  on Wednesday 11th June with the anglers a bit  apprehensive about how it would fish especially considering the very large field of almost 170. Although the first half of the match proved very difficult for many, things settled later on producing […]

Twenty three anglers travelled far and wide to fish this year’s Angling Trust National Championships for Anglers with Disabilities at the picturesque Preston Innovations Boldings Pools Fishery near Bridgnorth on Sunday 8th June.  The lake fished a lot harder than for the Ladies National Championship on the previous day.  And so, as often happens under […]