The Angling Trust Loch Style National Flyfishing Final was held at Grafham Water on the 3rd September 2011. The day started with Angling Trust Competitions Chairman Clive Collier welcoming 100 competitors to the first Flyfishing National final held under the Angling Trust banner. Clive thanked John Mees of Anglian Water for coordinating the Regional Qualifiers […]
Angling Trust Loch Style National Flyfishing Final
Pemb Wighting Wins The 2011 Barston Masters
With a large amount of money and a bundle of section and top three place prizes up for grabs in the final of the Barston Masters sponsored by Greys and Bagem Matchbaits; the 71 anglers who had qualified for the inaugural final of the Barston Masters were really looking forward to a good day at […]
Italy Win World Angling Championships Gold; No Medal For England
Drenan England will return from the world angling championships without a men’s senior medal after the event on Italy’s Ostellato Canal. As so often happens, the Italians totally dominated on home water, scoring a brilliant nine points on day one with three section wins. Incredibly that was bettered by Holland, led by manager Jan Van Schendel, […]
Mega Match This – The stuff that dreams are made of
When Andy Power drew Peg 4 at the café end of the Grass Bank on Match Lake for the Mega Match This Final on Saturday 20th August, he could have cried. Other favoured anglers such as Lee Kerry and Andy Kinder had drawn more fancied pegs, but Andy still went to his peg with an […]
Angling Trust Hosts European Anglers’ Alliance Meeting in London
The Angling Trust hosted the European Anglers’ Alliance General Assembly in London last weekend, with delegates from 12 countries including the Netherlands, Germany, Slovenia and Norway. The Alliance represents a membership of more than 5 million of the 22 million anglers in Europe and employs a full time lobbyist in Brussels.Discussions included marine fish stocks, […]
Evesham Angling Festival Shakespeare Championship
Evesham Angling Festival Shakespeare ChampionshipSaturday 27th August70 Fished.With the previous day’s heavy rain adding colour to this notoriously clear stretch river, many competitors were hopeful of a few better skimmers, bream, tench and barbel. However, only a handful of better fish showed and those who’d stuck to the ‘safe’ small fish option came out on […]
Abu Garcia/Wychavon Championship
Evesham Angling FestivalAbu Garcia/Wychavon Championship28th August 201170 Fished. Jon Arthur has added the prestigious Abu Garcia Wychavon Championship title to his angling CV after a single-minded bloodworm approach paid dividends. The blustery wind and fast pace made presentation difficult, but Jon managed 20 good sized roach, along with a few smaller samples for an 8-4-0 […]
Evesham Angling Festival Team Championships
Evesham Angling Festival29/08/2011Match Fishing Team Championship70 Fished Daiwa Dorking have taken the Match Fishing Team Championship trophy after one of the closest finishes in the history of the event. Dorking’s five-man side finished on 59 points from a possible 70, just five clear of second-placed Ultimate Barnsley Blacks and eight points clear of third-placed Shakespeare […]
Tight Lines Friday 2nd September
Tight Lines this week… Friday 2nd September 6:30pm Sky Sports 4Repeated: Sat. 1:00am Sky Sports 44:00am Sky Sports 27:00am Sky Sports 4 With the focus on the specialist angling scene Keith’s guest will be Ian Welch, one of the best and most knowledgeable specimen hunters in the business. If you’ve got a question for Ian or […]
Seed Wins Veterans Championships For Denis White
Shakespeare/Match Fishing Veterans Championship 70 Fished. The legend that is Dennis ‘Fatha’ White destroyed the field in this years Veterans Championship, with a superb display of hemp fishing from fancied peg 50. Barnsley man Denis started his match on his favoured bread punch at nine metres. Fishing a 1g rig, Denis soon started to catch […]
Oakwood Win The Division Two National
Team honours in the Angling Trust Division Two National Championship held on Saturday 20th August 2011 on the Basingstoke Canal went to canal experts and ‘local’ team Oakwood Angling who put their experience and knowledge of the canal to good use by amassing 360 points, their lowest section points being a creditable 19 points on […]
Drennan England Win The Angling Trust Masters
The annual Angling Trust and Fish Legal Masters event was held at Mallory Park Fisheries, Leicestershire on Saturday 20th August 2011 supported by 16 industry and press teams. This is primarily a team event with 6 anglers in a team spread over the whole complex. There were 11 weights over 100lbs but it was not […]
Tim Pickering Seeks Top Feeder Anglers
Preston Innovations England Feeder Team Manager, Tom Pickering is looking for talented anglers to compete in a Feeder trial on Sunday 18th September 2011.The trial will take place on Lake One at Attenborough Gravel Pits, Nottinghamshire. Ticket money of £2.50 will be collected on the day. The trial will be fished to FIPS international rules […]
Jon Arthur Wins Wychavon Championships
News story and image courtesy of www.matchfishingmagazine.com Jon Arthur has added the prestigious Abu Garcia Wychavon Championship title to his impressive angling CV after a single-minded approach on the Warwickshire Avon at Evesham. Jon, editor of Pole Fishing magazine, stuck with a pole and bloodworm approach to amass a winning bag of roach totaling 8lb […]
Spud Murphy Wins Shakespeare Champs
News story and image courtesy of www.matchfishingmagazine.com There was a nail-biting finish to the prestigious Shakespeare Championships. With the previous day’s heavy rain adding colour to this notoriously clear stretch of the Warwickshire Avon at Evesham, many competitors were hopeful of a few better skimmers, bream, tench and barbel. However, only a handful of better […]
