Big fish man Dean Macey has travelled with ‘Fishing TV’ to the famous Gilhams Fishing Resort in Southern Thailand for a series of programmes in which he’s targeting some of the venue’s incredible freshwater fish, including arapaima, giant catfish, and the biggest carp of them all, the awesome looking Siamese carp, which grows to world […]
Macey On Camera Meets The Mekongs
Marc Ellement Nets the 2013 Individual National
Photo left to right – Barry Thomas, Marc Ellement and Jason Cunningham Just a week before the Angling Trust Division 1 National Championship on the Trent & Mersey canal takes place, this year’s Individual National Championship took place on the same venue which saw the biggest turn out for many years. The field of 170 […]
Shore Thing: Shingle Beaches NEW FROM SEA-WATCH
There’s a new issue of Sea-Watch out including a brand new episode of Julian Shambrook’s ‘Shore Thing’ series, where he joins Jansen Teakle to show how to get the best out of shingle beaches.Barney Wright is back with his ‘TSF Academy’, this time taking a look at some canny tricks of the trade when casting […]
Angling Trust and Canal and River Trust Stillwater Championship
Qualifier match report – Earlswood Lakes The Angling Trust and Canal and River Trust Stillwater Championship final qualifier match for 2013 was held at Earlswood Lakes on Saturday 24th August in conditions that were overcast and breezy, with the fish located in small pockets. The fish that were caught were of a good size with […]
England’s Ladies Storm To Gold In World Match Fishing Championships
The Angling Trust England Ladies coarse angling team produced one of the most sensational second day performances ever seen in winning the 20th FIPSed Women’s World Angling Championships on the magnificent river Sava in Radece, Slovenia from 24th – 25th August 2013. The setting for these championships was out of a picture book. Sitting between […]
Minister Backs Angling Trust on Killer Chemicals
Angling and fishery organisations have today welcomed an announcement from the Natural Environment Minister Richard Benyon that plans are being drawn up to remove products containing the dangerous insecticide Chlorpyrifos from domestic sale.Mr Benyon was responding to strong representations from the Angling Trust, the national representative body for anglers, and fishery owners along the Kennet […]
Dorking Top Team Champs
Southern aces wins Match Fishing Team Championship. Daiwa Dorking have won the Match Fishing Team Championship on the Warwickshire Avon at Evesham, scoring a remarkable 61 points out of a possible 70. The team, made up of Simon Willsmore, Darren Davies, Will Raison, Michael Buchwalder and Ian Didcote beat second placed Shakespeare Superteam by a […]
Get Ready For The Bagging Machine League
Match anglers in the UK have a brand new national competition to look forward to, which looks set to give club and open match fisherman an equal chance of winning. Eighteen months in the making, the BAGGING MACHINE LEAGUE http://www.matchfishingonline.com/Competition.aspx will see anglers able to enter their weights from one weekend five-hour match a week, […]
Places Still Available For 30,000 Euro World Angling Pairs
The 2013 World Pairs Angling Championships will get under way on 8th September with the draw for daily sections. Fishing five days from 9th to 13th September. There are still places available. This event is already one of the richest around, with 30,000 euros guaranteed to be shared amongst the top ten pairs, plus individual […]
World Plaice Record Caught Off Norway
Savage Gear Prostaff member Christian Klagenberg caught this monster plaice while working with NORWAY GUIDE FISHING . At 5.7kg the fish is nearly a kilo bigger than the IGFA All Tackle world record for the species. It was properly weighed and verified and a world record claim is being submitted.
Late Barbel Wins Jon Arthur His Second Wychavon Championships
Match and Pole Fishing magazine’s Group Editor, Jon Arthur has today become the 30th winner of the Wychavon Championship – after weighing in 11-15-0 from peg 11 on Evesham’s Crown Meadow. Jon, who also won the contest back in 2011, pocketed a £3,000 winners cheque, after a late barbel saw him clinch victory by […]
Rob Wootton Wins 2013 Shakespeare Championships
Shimano and Dynamite Baits backed ace, Rob Wootton has lifted the Shakespeare Championship winners trophy, and £6,000 first prize, after a close match on Evesham’s Warwickshire Avon.The Leicester based rod caught a net of good perch and chub on long pole and flat float tactics, feeding chopped worms and maggots through a baitdropper. Rob’s winning […]
England Ladies’ Storming Comeback To Win Gold
England stormed back on day two to win Gold at the 2013 Ladies World Match Fishing championships in Slovenia, with Croatia taking the silver and Italy the bronze. Full results – click the link below: https://www.total-fishing.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=64664 FULL REPORT NEW!!
Official: England The World’s No1 Match Fishing Team
Following the recent success of Team England Angling’s under 18s and under 23s teams in France, England are now undisputed World Match fishing champions. FIPSed, the world governing body for angling, last week issued new world rankings, based on competition results from the past 5 years, and England is number 1 in six of the […]
Phil Ringer Takes The 2013 Barston Bowl
Phil Ringer won the 2013 Barston Bowl and the £1,000 first prize with an impressive win thanks to a 160lb bag of carp taken on the Method from peg 20 at Solihull’s Barston Lakes Fishery. Phil added his name to the trophy his father Geoff has also won. In fact the Barston Bowl is becoming […]