Battling horrendous conditions and a final line-up of the quality we had never seen the likes of before meant this year’s Carp Cup champion would be even more of a deserved winner, but who would emerge from 40-hours of top end competition and leave with the coveted UKCC trophy? The weeks leading up to the […]
Kev Grout Wins 2013 UK Carp Cup
Huge Bonefish Landed Off New Caledonia
Australian fly angler Dr. Gary Justin Post has put New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean firmly on the map for every inshore angler in search of trophy bonefish after landing an incredible 7.48 kg (16lb 8oz) fish while fishing Boat Pass Flats. The fish took a Crazy Charlie fly and put up an amazing 45-minute […]
Could The Parrot Break The British Carp Record
One of the UK’s most sought after and biggest carp – a fish known as The Parrot – has been banked at a whopping 62lb 4oz by police officer Matt Bryant. With a cold northerly wind blowing the 25-year-old was surprised to arrive at the Cranwells Lake syndicate on the Wasing Estate in Berkshire to […]
Scotland Sweep The Board At 2013 Bank Fly fishing international
Scotland swept the board at the 2013 Bank Fly fishing international held at Lochter Fishery, Old Meldrum, Aberdeenshire, securing team gold, the top individual award and the award for the longest fish.Teams of six representing England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales spent a week of practice at the venue’s Heron and Osprey Lakes with the fishing […]
Grant Takes On Shatterford Lakes
Top Midlands open match angler Grant Albutt is taking on the running of one of the best waters in the region in Shatterford Lakes. The six-lake venue, which was established in 1972, is situated in a valley on the Bridgnorth Road only 10 minutes from Kidderminster and Stourbridge and is noted for offering great sport all […]
Larford Lakes Teams Of Four Winter League
It’s all systems go for the 2013/2014 Larford Lakes winter league series, which will see a maximum of 20 teams of four going head to head over six rounds for a big money first prize. The series kicks off on Sunday November 10th, with top placed teams also qualifying for the 2014 Maver Mega Match […]
Kamasan Starlets Sign Rob Wootton
Birmingham based match team Kamasan Starlets has added to its ranks by signing Rob Wootton onto its books. Rob has been on a great run of results this year and won the Shakespeare Championship at Evesham in August. He has concentrated on individual events in the main in the past but expressed the desire to […]
Great October Sport At Portumna
Mike Murray of Murray’s Angling Services reports that the past couple of weeks have provided fantastic sport in Portumna both on The Shannon and Lough Derg. Huge shoals of roach, hybrids, bream and perch have been congregating between the Salmon Run and the entrance to Lough Derg. Pike are shadowing the shoals and silverfish anglers […]
Vendace Re-Appear In Bassenthwaite Lake
The vendace – Britain’s rarest freshwater fish and one that was thought to be extinct in the UK apart from in two waters – has re-emerged in a study of Bassenthwaite Lake. A ‘fish community study’ run through the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology found a single specimen. The small size of the fish, only […]
Grayling Record From Slovenia
During a recent trip to Slovenia, American angler Christian Anderson landed a potential new All-Tackle Length world record grayling (Thymallus thymallus) while fishing the Soca River on August 7th. Anderson was fly fishing with a small ant patterned dry fly and needed only three minutes to subdue the 39 cm fish – only the second record […]
Light Tackle Black Snapper
Aussie angler Ian Middleton already holds several line world class records for Papuan black snapper (Lutjanus goldiei), and after a recent trip to Papua New Guinea, he may have claimed another. While fishing with local guide Barly Kelai on August 17th, Middleton tamed a 9.98 kg (22 lb 0 oz) black snapper on only 2 kg […]
Shambles Bank Turbot: FREE TO VIEW
There can’t be many sea anglers out there who wouldn’t love to catch a big turbot and that’s exactly what Dave Barham and Jim Midgley are after when they head out over the famous Shambles Bank in this new episode of ‘Boat Fishing With Barham’ from Fishing TV. The guys are champing at the bit, […]
Chris Tarrant Stars In New Fishing Series On Channel Five
Channel Five is to screen a brand new series in which Chris Tarrant shares his angling travels and adventures.The four hour-long episodes entitled simply ‘Chris Tarrant Goes Fishing’, include the ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ presenter targeting sailfish to nearly 200lb in the Maldives, huge lake trout in the Yukon, pike on the fly […]
More Full Houses For Match This 2014
Pic caption: Zac Brown won the £50,000 at Maver Match This 2013 Dates have been announced for the 2014 Maver Match This qualifiers, which will lead to an August 30th final at Stourport’s Larford Lakes in which the winner will walk away with a cheque for £50,000. Twenty four 120-peg qualifiers will take place around […]
Cautious Celebrations as Weymouth Angling Centre Spared from Demolition
Anglers were celebrating today after the Weymouth Harbour Management Board rejected Council proposals to demolish the Weymouth Angling Club’s harbour-side club house and instead voted for an amendment that should see the Club given a new 10 year lease and a secure future. However, this revised proposal will now go forward to another meeting […]
