Difficult conditions faced the competitors taking part in the Angling Trust Individual National Championship on Saturday 15th September 2012 on the River Soar at Sutton Bonington. The river was very low and clear with conditions of bright sunshine and a gusting breeze which added to the problem of tempting fish in difficult conditions. Even with […]
Dave Petch Wins River Soar Individual National 2012
Bull Wins Barston Charity Match
Gaz Kirkham’s charity match at Barston Lakes on Sunday saw 42 anglers raise nearly £300 for the Acorns Children’s Hospice in Selly Oak. It was won by Tim Bull on peg 13, who fished at 90 metres on The Method for 61-8-0 of carp, skimmers and F1s, using mini boilies as hook bait. Second place […]
Arrow Valley Lakes Charity Match
Arrow Valley Lake is hosting a charity open match on Saturday November 3rd with proceeds going to Macmillan Cancer Support. Limited to 50 anglers, the draw will be at 9am at the Arrow Valley Visitor Centre with fishing 10.30am to 3.30pm, and a £500 winner’s cheque and £100 section prize every ten pegs. It’s £30 […]
England Ladies Fly Fishing National 2012
The England Ladies Fly Fishing National was fished from boats on Grafham Water, Cambridgeshrie last weekend. The event was slightly later in the year than usual in the hope of getting improved weather conditions, but it was hot and bright once again leading up to, and including the match day (the ladies seem to […]
Sean Ashby Wins Gold: England Sixth
Results from the World Match Fishing Championships 2012…. England 6thWales 24thScotland 29thIreland 33rd Sean Ashby (England) World Champion Full 2012 World Match Fishing Championships individual results here; http://www.ffpsc.fr/telec/2012-mondesen-Sunday_final.pdf
Hughes & Jackson Win £30,000 At World Match Fishing Pairs
Phil Jackson and Cathal Hughes, are the Lakelands & Inland Waterways World Pairs Champions and took away a cheque for £30,000 and DIAWA tackle. From Craigavon in Northern Ireland and Galway in Ireland they are an example of successful north/south co-operation! Over the five day period the pair caught 117kg 560g of fish and took […]
National Mullet Club Membership Offer
Grey mullet are wonderfully hard-fighting fish that can be caught on coarse fishing tackle in all environments from the open sea, through estuaries, to the tidal limit of rivers. There is increasing interest in fly fishing for mullet. The National Mullet Club lets mullet anglers of all levels of experience share ideas through its magazine, […]
Angling Trust Reminds Tories Of Pre-Election Promises To Sea Anglers
Following the Government’s reshuffle earlier this week the Angling Trust has welcomed the re-appointment of Richard Benyon as Fisheries Minister but reminded his boss Owen Paterson, the new Secretary of State for Environment, of his pledge to limit commercial over fishing in favour of recreational sea angling.In 2005, during his time as shadow fisheries minister, […]
Shadow Minister Gets Fully Briefed on Angling Issues
Last week, as well as welcoming the re-appointment of Richard Benyon as Fisheries Minister, the Angling Trust reached out across the political divide and organised a briefing for the new Minister for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Tom Harris. Martin Salter, Dr Alan Butterworth and Mark Owen from the Trust were joined by colleagues […]
Angling Trust Nationals 2013: Dates And Venues Announced
The Angling Trust has announce the dates and venues for the National Championships for Coarse Angling 2013 – and has included a new event – the National Stillwaters Championships at Lindholme lakes, Hallcroft Fishery and Hayfield lakes, which is open to all Division 1 and Division Two teams. In doing so they have responded to […]
World Boat Fishing Silver For Tubertini England
Championships in France The Tubertini Team England World Boat Team took part in the FIPS-M 48th World Boat Championships in La Rochelle, France from 1st – 8th September 2012.Day one on 4th September saw the team complete the day with three boat wins (Cliff Newbold, Colin Searles and Rolf Marschalek) and two second places for Gary […]
Sun Shines On 2012 Barston Master Allen
The 2012 Barston Masters Series run through Total-Fishing.com came to its climax on Saturday, September 8th as 80 finalists headed for the Solihull complex on a day of blazing sunshine. Under the stewardship of Lee Taylor, the event was able to secure the backing of several sponsors, including Hardy Greys and Bagem Match, with support […]
Barry Bags Big Anker Barbel
The Birmingham Anglers Association stretch of the River Anker at Bolehall has thrown up a massive barbel going 15lb, its second biggest ever. Sutton Coldfield angler Barry Finch lost a huge, unseen fish early on in the session but put that right when the personal best barbel took a liking to his 11mm SonuBait Halihooker […]
Lakeland & Inland Waterways World Pairs Angling Championship 2012
The Lakeland & Inland Waterways World Pairs Angling Championship began on Monday 10th September in Ireland’s North West with 132 pairs of highly competitive anglers. The registration and draw evening on Sunday 9th buzzed with excitement, with current and former world champions, national champions and Classic winners among the participants. The practice events went extremely […]
River Carp Quest FREE TO VIEW
Ian ‘Chilly’ Chillcott is desperate to get a monkey off his back – he’s never caught a carp from a British river and as the Warwickshire Avon is full of them it’s sure to provide the answer. As we all know stealth is the key to catching wary, wild carp… but tell that to the […]
