Starlets AS impressed with a stunning performance in winning the third ‘Preston Innovations World Club Classic’ qualifying event last weekend 29th /30th September. The top ten teams from the Angling Trusts Division One National Championships battled it out in a two day event fished to FIPSed international rules. The winning team will now travel to […]
Starlets AS win the Preston Innovations World Club Classic
High stakes and huge dividends!
Giant wels craze on the middle reaches of the PoSeptember 2012, Welscamp Heiner on the middle reaches of the Po near Ostiglia: Black-Cat test anglers and wels guides Stefan Seuß and Benjamin Gründer were joined by guests on the Po to hold a wels seminar. Summer is not one of the easiest times of year […]
Innovative Match Format For Cob House
Cob House Fishery has been hitting the headlines with some big match weights of late and now Matchbox Tackle owner Jim Burton is turning a few heads with the introduction of an innovative format of matches, with three 90 minute fish-offs all on the same day. The Cob House Old Ghost Challenges are booked for […]
Spinks Strikes Gold On The Severn
Big fish river angler Phil Spinks is enjoying a purple patch on the River Severn, having bagged 32 barbel in five short evening sessions. Fishing flavoured luncheon meat on one of the Birmingham Anglers Association controlled stretches, the Korum backed angler has been fishing the inside bank, presenting his baits on size 10 hooks and […]
‘Yorkie’ wins Midland Angler of the Year…
Nick Speed has won the 2012 Midland Angler of the Year fished at Barston Lakes, Solihull. The match has been true to its original format since venue owner Nigel Harrhy and myself first set it up when I was editor of Midland Angler magazine. It comprises of two three-hour matches, the first one on the feeder, […]
Massive Response To First Bexhill Sea Angling Festival
Over 10,000 people attended the first day of the Bexhill Sea Angling Festival’s big weekend on Saturday September 22nd – surpassing the organisers’ wildest expectations. Glorious weather on the day saw anglers, non anglers and families arrive in droves to enjoy the sea angling and seafood events that were on offer. As a partner in […]
Emma Backer joins Quantum/Fin-Nor
With Emma Backer Håkonsen Zebco Europe has managed to sign another test angler for the brands Quantum Specialist and Fin-Nor. Emma is a textbook example of an angling globetrotter: She is travelling all corners of the world to seek the biggest catches. In her Norwegian homeland she specializes in Pike and Bass but she is […]
Carl Barnfield wins the Angling Trust & British Waterways Stillwater Championship 2012
Match ReportThree cold nights prior to this event and a bitterly cold north easterly wind on the day never put a damper on the spirits of the 35 anglers who had qualified for this, the final of the British Waterways Stillwater Championships held on Saturday 22nd September 2012 at Earlswood – Engine Lake, Solihull. No […]
Two New Series For Game Fisher’s Diary
There are two completely NEW SERIES in the latest issue of Game Fisher’s Diary – the FREE TO VIEW video magazine for fly anglers everywhere. In ‘Bassassins’, two American anglers hit the road to indulge in their one true passion, fishing for freshwater bass, and use their Go Pro cameras to capture the excitement of […]
Hugh Miles Hits Back at RSPB’s Magazine Article on Cormorants
Longstanding RSPB member and wildlife film maker Hugh Miles, star of ‘Passion for Angling’, has hit back at an inflammatory article in a recent edition of the RSPB member’s magazine ‘Birds’ which accuses anglers of being motivated solely by hate in our attempts to control excessive cormorant predation. The author, Simon Barnes, says that anglers […]
Cats On The Feed AT Shatterford
A sign that a cold spell is on the way is that the catfish have been having a munch at Shatterford Fishery, topped off by a massive fish of 68lb 7oz to Stacey Brimmel, who fished meat on Masters Pool. Another notable cat included a fish of 37lb to Dudley’s Mark Ralley who had never […]
Game Fisher’s Diary – River Ythan
The latest issue of Game Fisher’s Diary includes a brand new episode of the video magazine’s headline series, in which Rae Borras samples the fly fishing of the Ythan, a picture postcard Scottish water that flows into the North Sea near Newborough, 10 miles north of Aberdeen. Picture postcard that is, when the sun’s out. […]
Game Fisher’s Diary: Latest Issue
The October/November issue of Game Fisher’s Diary is live and positively bulging at the seams with great video for fly anglers everywhere. The issue includes two great new series from the UK and the US. ‘Fly High’ is a beautifully shot set-to-music video diary of a day’s running water fly fishing on the beautiful Broadlands […]
Sean Ashby takes World Championship title in the Nations
Sean Ashby, Drennan Team England takes the Individual World Championship title at the 59th Nations World Championship on the River Morava, Czech Republic with a fantastic performance of bleak fishing at the World Championships to record a perfect two point score. This was always going to be a difficult event for Team England as early […]
The Second Perry Dalgarno Memorial Match
The Memorial match takes place on Saturday 13th October on the River Severn at Shrewsbury. Organiser Ian Ward is hoping for a full house turnout as it will be the first match of the winter series and will also be used to test all areas of the match length. “The Shrewsbury match length has been in […]
