Pic: Steve Cochrane This year the Team England Fly Fishing Bank Final was held on Saturday 5th October 2013 at Chatton Fly Fishery, Northumberland. Three lakes were used for 48 anglers who were competing for six places to represent England in next year’s International. Tactics on the day included intermediate lines with small lures, floating […]
Cochrane Buzzing After 2013 Team England Fly Fishing Bank Final
Seighford Sharks Show Their Bite In Airflo International 2013
Pic: First place Seighford Sharks Anglers from all over the UK and Europe headed to Rutland Water for the two day final of this prestigious match. At the end of Day One (Tuesday 1 October) the Seighford Sharks with 45 fish for 129lb 6 3/8oz looked to have a comfortable margin of nearly 20lb […]
Late Barbel Lands Moutrey Riverfest Qualifier On Tidal Trent
(Pic )Match organizer Alan Henry in action at Laughterton. He qualified for the Riverfest final along with match winner Paul Moutrey and Pete Allott. Riverfest Qualifier, Tidal Trent, North Clifton and Laughterton (46 fished)Due to the lack of rain in recent months the river has been running low and very clear making fishing very difficult […]
Sleeping Angler Fined – The Facts
Recent angling press reports about an angler “being prosecuted for being asleep” while fishing for carp have generated a huge amount of interest in the wider media and on Facebook. We think it is right to publish the full facts, obtained from the Environment Agency today by our Fisheries Enforcement Manager Dilip Sarkar in order […]
No Joy For Korda Carp Team England
England’s 2013 dominance of the world match fishing scene did not extend to the World Carp Championships, where Korda Carp Team England finished down the pack. The 15th FIPSed World Carp Angling Championships were held at Lake Montargil, Portugal between 26th – 29th September 2013, with the Korda Carp Team England representing the Angling Trust […]
Alan Scotthorne: Hair Rigged Maggots For F1s
There’s a new issue of Coarse & Match Fishing out today including a well-worth-watching feature with Alan Scotthorne who discusses a technique he’s been honing for F1s on commercials involving hair rigging maggots…. Free to view here on Total-Fishing.com, split into three parts…. See https://www.total-fishing.com/videos/coarse-and-match-fishing-monthly
Stop Using Eels As Pike Bait
With the approach of the traditional ‘pike season’ in the UK, the National Anguilla Club has issued a plea to predator anglers to stop using eels as pike bait. Laws are already in place to protect the species – it is an offence to remove them from freshwater, from estuaries and from any inshore waters […]
Gail Bags 93lb Of Bream From River Arun
This magnificent catch of bream was taken at the weekend by Gail Cottrill, who was fishing the Pulborough Angling Society controlled section of the River Arun in West Sussex. Gail feeder fished maggot for the 93lb 8oz bag, which included fish to 6lb 15oz. http://www.pulboroughas.com/
Early Chesil Beach Cod Sport
Are there any Cod on Chesil yet? You better believe it! Cod fever is already sweeping the angling community on the south coast of England. For the past three weeks I have been hearing of a few codling coming in here and there. I had played t down as a few early or misplaced fish, […]
£4,000 sponsorship boost for Angling Trust’s RiverFest 2013 final
The Angling Trust is delighted to announce a new £4,000 sponsorship deal with Thames Water and Severn Trent Water that will see both companies backing Angling Trust RiverFest 2013. The sponsorship will ensure that there is a prize pool of at least £24,000 available to anglers competing at the grand final, to be held on […]
Williams Claims The AT Canal & River Trust Stillwater Championship 2013
Thirty nine competitors contested the Angling Trust & Canal & River Trust Stillwater Championship final on Saturday 21st September 2013 at Boddington Reservoir, Northamptonshire. Early in the week prior to the match some winning weights of 400 lbs and 300 lbs had been recorded, but since then the weather had turned cold and the fish […]
Maldives: Where 50lb Line Is Not Enough
The latest issue of Game Fisher’s Diary includes a brand new episode of the series of the same name in which Rae Borras takes up an offer to explore the game fishing potential of a secluded island hideaway in The Maldives – after all, who wouldn’t? With the help of local guides who know this […]
Carp Off The Top With Mark Pitchers
The latest issue of The Carp Channel includes a brand new episode of ‘The Session’ in which top carper and fishery owner Mark Pitchers visits Carp Vale Lake to reveal the tricks he has honed to get more of those surface feeding carp to take your hook bait, rather than drive you to drink by […]
Team Ireland Continues To Shine at European Police Angling Championships.
The Garda Siochana Coarse Angling Club has continued to dominate the podium at the 26th European Police Angling Championships in Aschaffenburg Germany. The 2013 event was held on the River Main and local lakes at Aschaffenburg Bavaria Germany on the 13th and 14th September 2013.Following the unavailability of two club members the new look Irish […]
England Dominate To Win Gold At 2013 World Match Fishing Championships
Drennan Team England Take The Nations By Storm Drennan Team England proved they really are at the top of their game when it comes to fishing by taking the gold medal team win in the Nations World Championships on the Zeranski Channel in Northern Warsaw, Poland from 14th – 15th September 2013. This team really […]
