This year’s Angling Trust Ladies National Championship was fished at Preston Innovations Boldings Fishery on Saturday 7th June using three of their pools, Chestnut, Sycamore and Willow with 41 ladies taking part.  The first half of the match took place in heavy rain, but for most anglers the fish responded to their baits.  Once the […]

The Angling Trust is to launch its first ever International Angling Academy on the Middle Level Drain, Kings Lynn with the intention of giving aspiring World Championship anglers a formative look at the FIPSed international scene. The event takes place on Sunday June 29th. The idea is the brainchild of Dick Clegg, OBE who has […]

Faced with the prospect of violent thunderstorms and frequent heavy showers throughout the day the anglers were pretty apprehensive as they came to the draw for this latest Angling Trust & Canal & River Trust Stillwater Championship qualifier at Earlswood Lakes, Earlswood, Solihull on Saturday 7th June.  Despite long periods of rain during the morning […]

Eleven lakes were in use again this year on the 13th Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier held at the picturesque and excellent Partridge Lakes Fishery near Warrington on Saturday 31st May 2014, but due to an influx of cold rain water at the beginning of the week, weights were not expected to be high.  This influx […]

The festival was borne from the anglers competing in the World Pairs Angling Championship which highlighted the good fishing in the area has been resurrected to promote angling tourism in this part of County Leitrim.   The Ballinamore Angling & Tourism Association is keen to intereact with the anglers once again and get them returning […]

Heavy overnight rain and again just prior to the Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier held at Colemans Cottage Fishery, Essex on Saturday 24th May played  a part in slowing down the catch rates on the day, with anglers also having to put up with a cold wind and odd showers during the match. Miracle Baits sponsored […]

This was the 10th consecutive year of this prestigious angling event whereby the angler with the highest weight of either of the two days receives the Ivan Marks Memorial Trophy from Linda Marks.  Scorching temperatures greeted the 80 competitors on Day 1 and expectations were mixed. The fish had started to spawn on Glebe Pool […]

England International Feeder manager and team member has smashed the the River Erne record with 109.900 kgs of bream and hybrids in the Mahons Festival in County fermanagh , Northern Ireland. Drawn on Sligo peg 1 and casting a feeder down towards the town bridge he put together a fantastic weight , winning the day and […]

A very hot sunny day greeted the 130 anglers in this the 10th Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier at Barford Lakes, Norwich on Saturday 17th May 2014. The hot weather conditions didn’t put the fish off on the Match & Pleasure lakes, but unfortunately the offsite lakes at Railway and Willow, and Colton lake fished very […]

Garbolino is delighted to announce is has agreed a three year sponsorship deal with Ireland’s National Feeder Team. The deal which is valued at more than €14,000 should help the team which will be known as Garbolino Team Ireland Feeder develop further to compete at the highest level and who knows even get their first […]

After the weed problems experienced on the River Welland last year which resulted in the match being cancelled a decision to move to a new venue for 2014 has been taken. This year the Ivan Marks Memorial  will be fished on the River Witham roadside match length, Kirkstead Bridge to Tattershall Bridge. We have secured […]

The Match This competition is going from strength to strength and organiser Phil Briscoe has announced that the prize fund for the 2014 final will now top £60,000. Ticket sales are at an all-time high, with several sell-outs in the qualifiers so far and this weekend’s heat at Larford Lakes also looking like it will […]

The Angling Trust & Canal & River Trust are delighted to announce that they will be working in partnership to launch a pilot Pairs Canal Championship on the Shropshire Union in the Soudley area on 14th September 2014. This brand new Championship will appeal to anglers who prefer to fish natural venues who particularly enjoy […]

After heavy overnight rain and with further cold and heavy rains forecast throughout the day, the Oaks Fishery at Thirsk welcomed the anglers for the ninth Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifying match on Saturday 10th May. A lot of questions were being asked of local anglers following the inclusion of the popular 40 peg on Alder’s […]

An overnight frost on the Friday night, the first for a number of weeks, was expected to affect this, the seventh Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier on Saturday 3rd May at Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery, Warwickshire. Many thought it would be difficult due to the sudden night time change with the likelihood of the winning weight […]