1st Rich Wills (DAVENTRY AC) peg38 12lb 4½oz roach on pinkie 2nd Gil Corns (Daventry AC) peg14 12lb 1oz roach on caster squatt 3rd Rob Cash (Rugbytackle) peg10 10lb 6oz roach orfe worm caster Section A1 Ivan mills (Daventry Ac) peg12 8lb 3¼oz roach Section A2 Keith Haynes (Daventry Ac) peg8 7lb 15½oz roach pinkie […]
Rich Wills Wins Bag ’em Silvers Opener At Dog Lane Fishery
Great Carp Video From Carp Channel Monthly
The latest issue of the video magazine for carp anglers – ‘Carp Channel Monthly’ – is now out and packed with advice, tips and entertainment from some of the top names in carp fishing and it is all available free-to-view here on this website.Highlights of Issue 5 include the best morning’s fishing of Ian “Chilly” […]
New Specialist Angling Section on the Angling Trust Website
Many of us like to pursue a particular species of fish, and to become experts in the techniques required to catch them, as well as targeting the largest specimens available. The Angling Trust (Angling’s representative body) was formed from an historic merger of six angling and conservation organisations in January 2009. One of these organisations, […]
Myles Levy Joins Bag’em Matchbaits
Top Basingstoke matchman Myles Levy has been snaffled by Bag Em Match Baits. Myles (22) has been astonishing onlookers with his match fishing prowess over many years; and now he fishing exclusively with Bag Em’s impressive match baits range…. Myles (pictured above) has just finished a degree in Fishery management and aquaculture but has still […]
Free Maver Seat Boxes With 2012 Match This Poles
Move fast if you wanted to take advantage of Benwick Sports amazing offer of a FREE Maver MXi Seat Box when you buy one of the new Maver Match This 2012 poles. The new poles feature upgraded carbons to give slightly better rigidity and balance especially at longer lengths.. and feature power kits with extra […]
Autumn River Tweed WATCH FOR FREE
Watch Rae Borras is on his favourite river, the historic River Tweed, at his favourite time of year; early October. This is a hallowed time for salmon anglers, as it’s when fish run up the border river in large numbers to spawn. But conditions are against him, with the water rising and colouring up – […]
Fears For Fish Stocks In Fen Drain
Fish numbers have fallen by 92% in a once prolific Fenland Drain, which is under threat from over-abstraction and siltation. Surveys carried out by the Environment Agency earlier this year show stocks of roach and bream have almost completely collapsed in parts of the Old Bedford River. Few adult fish remain in isolated pockets around […]
Season’s Best Rainbow Trout From Rutland Water
Gordon Anthony shows off the biggest rainbow trout of the season at Rutland Water. Gordon, of Whittlesey, is pictured with the 7lb 13 3/8oz rainbow that he took whilst fishing from the Normanton shore with an orange lure fished on a floating line. This fish beat last week’s season’s best to date by more than […]
Surprise 20lb Carp On The Fly
The biggest fish of the Bob Church Vice President’s Trophy held at Ravensthorpe on Sunday was a cracking 7lb 14oz rainbow caught by Stuart Eggleton. However, the surprise fish of the day was caught by Ravensthorpe regular Graham Smith – a 20lb common carp which took an orange Blob!Richard Slater won the event with a […]
Go Heavy At Ravensthorpe
With the continuing mild weather the trout have been active in the top two feet of water at Ravensthorpe reservoir and there have been reports of some surface sport to dries and traditional wet fly fishing. However, a number of anglers have chosen to fish with slow sinking lines and lures (Minkies etc) and have […]
Birmingham Pike Anglers Club Winter Meeting
The recently re-launched Birmingham region of the Pike Anglers Club holds its second meeting of the winter on Thursday 24th November, at Aston Manor Cricket Club, Church Lane, Perry Barr. This month’s speaker is PAC stalwart and captor of many large pike to well over 30lb, Phil Kirk. Phil will be giving his ‘My Piking […]
Matt’s The New Wye Champion – Just!
Kidderminster angler Matt Maginnis fulfilled a long-standing angling ambition when he won the prestigious River Wye Championships at the weekend. Matt drew a peg he knows well (96 on the middle of the Eign section) and had no hesitation selecting a 4SSG Dave Harrell Speci Waggler to fish three quarters of the way across the […]
New Home For Vintage Tackle Fair
There’s a new home for the National Vintage Fishing Tackle Fair as the annual event moves to Kingsley Sports Centre in Redditch (post code B98 7UH). The Sunday November 20th spectacular is the country’s largest and most popular vintage tackle fair with collectors taking over 40 stalls consisting of up to 120 tables of vintage […]
Tight Lines Friday 11th November
Friday 11th November 6:30pm Sky Sports 2Repeated: 11:00pm Sky Sports 4Sat. 2:00am Sky Sports 44:30am Sky Sports 38:00am Sky Sports 3 Keith will be joined by globe-trotting sea angler Dave Lewis to talk about the prospects around our own shoreline, as well as in more exotic locations.
Marukyu Appoints Marketing Manager
Marukyu UK has appointed former Tackle Trade World editor Nick Marlow as its marketing manager. The new role covers the Marukyu bait brand and also Ecogear and Nories predator brands.John Loftus, chairman of Marukyu in Europe, said: “The move shows the ambition of both the Japanese parent company and our own desire to grow Marukyu, […]
