A low and clear River Swale proved to be a tough nut to crack for many of the competitors in the second Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier held on Saturday 25th June. Big chub accounted for all the top weights and leading the way was Goole angler Mark Turner, on his first visit to the venue […]
Big chub secure RiverFest final place for Mark Turner
Junior national angling champs 2016
This year the fabulous Partridge Lakes complex in Cheshire played host to the Angling Trust Cadets and Junior Angling Championships on Saturday 25th June 2016. Sadly the numbers of teams taking part was very disappointing. Whilst the Cadets event again saw 4 teams fishing, the Junior Championship had only 9 teams, which was 5 teams […]
Fish O Mania: Adam Southgate wins at Gold Valley
Winner of this penultimate Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier with a total weight of 102 lb 2 oz was Adam Southgate who drew peg 103 on Syndicate Lake at Gold Valley Lakes, Aldershot on Saturday 25th June 2016. Adam managed to catch the majority of his fish on the waggler at 25m using pellets but also found two […]
Silver for England’s feeder anglers in Serbia
England win double Silver at the FIPSed World Feeder Championship Preston Innovations England World Feeder team continued their excellent run of results in World Championships as they brought home team and individual silver medals from the 6th FIPSed World Feeder Championship. The Novisad Canal in Serbia, a feeder to the mighty Danube hosted the World […]
Silver for England’s feeder anglers in Serbia
England win double Silver at the FIPSed World Feeder Championship Preston Innovations England World Feeder team continued their excellent run of results in World Championships as they brought home team and individual silver medals from the 6th FIPSed World Feeder Championship. The Novisad Canal in Serbia, a feeder to the mighty Danube hosted the World […]
Ian Dawson wins River Calder Riverfest Qualifier
Rainfall had created what looked to be a perfect summer river in the run-up to the first RiverFest qualifier of the season, fished on the River Calder. But a heavy downpour of cold water onFriday changed that and fishing was harder than anticipated. The sections used in the match were Zone A- Pear Tree, Zone […]
Openshaw wins at Blythe Waters
Stephen Openshaw topped 50 kilos to win the latest Stillwater Champs qualifier, fished at Blythe Waters. The fishery fished evenly with some particularly close results for the second qualifying section places. Stephen Openshaw (Lingmere Fishery) was the overall winner with 51.52 kilo fishing single 6mm pellet shallow on Bridge pool peg10 . Barry Bush (Birkenhead) […]
UK Game Fair Cancelled
The UK Game Fair, which was due to be held at Stoneleigh Park near Coventry, has been cancelled. Following the news, the organisers of The Game Fair at Ragley Hall are helping businesses and visitors affected by honouring tickets and certain exhibitor stands at the event which continues to build momentum at Ragley Hall. Now […]
Angler’s Mail: New River Season
ANGLER’S MAIL MAGAZINE is bursting with all that’s hot in the sport this week, and full of points to get you talking and boost your catches. Out now, this week’s Angler’s Mail issue includes: Exclusive first reports from river season UK National Fish revealed Full reaction to mega match venue switch […]
Ben Fisk & Andy May book their Fish ‘O’ Mania semi final places
The latest Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier was held at the fabulous Partridge Lakes complex in Cheshire on Saturday 18th June 2016. The venue’s popularity was confirmed by the big turnout. The weather was pretty good following the recent heavy rains and this combined with the fish’s post spawning mood caused most of the anglers […]
Jenny Hamlington Memorial 2016
Tunnel Barn Farm Memorial Match Tuesday July 5th 2016 Tunnel Barn Farm is holding its annual random pairs match in memory of Jenny Hamlington and departed friends. Jenny and Mike built the fishery together over the years from a small pond which became the bottom pool, to the complex that you see today. The cost […]
World Feeder Champs 2016: England Lead Going Into Day Two
England have put themselves in a great position to retain their World Feeder Champs gold medal after a superb Day One performance on Serbia’s Novisad Canal which saw them score just nine points, less than two points per man. Under the guidance of Tommy Pickering the team changed tactics during the match as it became […]
New venue for the Tackle & Guns show
The biggest trade angling exhibition in the UK calendar, the Tackle & Guns Show, is moving to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry and also has a new date of September 11th and 12th, 2016. Organisers DHP Ltd says that the response has been very positive with ‘a flood’ of bookings in the last fortnight. Fly fishing’s […]
Bass anglers – what’s your view?
Bass anglers need to come forward to give their views on the retrictions brought in on their sport. The online survey, organised through the University of Southampton by Alex Maydew, a Masters student and keen angler, takes less than five minutes and aims to evaluate the impacts that recent EU landing restrictions and strict bag […]
Freshwater snapper world record
Jeremiah Michael is claiming an all tackle world record with this 26lb 8oz spot tail bass (freshwater snapper) caught in a secluded, overgrown river in the Salawesi Islands. The Malaysian angler was lure fishing and the fish was actually considerably bigger, because it bottomed out his scales. However, even at that weight it’s plenty big […]
