The High Court has granted permission for WWF-UK, the Angling Trust and Fish Legal to challenge Defra and the Environment Agency over their failure to protect some of England’s most precious rivers, lakes and coastal areas from agricultural pollution. The focus of the court case is on habitats that are protected by law and known […]
Government Faces Legal Challenge After Failing to Protect Some of England’s Most Precious Rivers
England’s ladies match fishing team sixth in Belgium
The Angling Trust England Ladies team finished in a disappointing 6th place in the 22nd FIPSed Ladies World Championships fished on a difficult canal in Ronquieres, Belgium between 22nd and 23rd August 2015. Prior to the competition the squad had practised for six days with the other 16 teams and had caught roach, perch and […]
Random Draw Back for Fish ‘O’ Mania XXIII final
Matchroom Sport and the Angling Trust has announced a further change to Fish ‘O’ Mania XXIII and in the process clarified how the draw will be conducted for the new look two day final and removed any uncertainty. The finalists will take part in a random draw on Thursday evening to determine their peg for […]
Benning tops Blythe Waters Stillwater Championships Qualifier
Hot, oppressive, still conditions with the threat of thunder meant difficult fishing for the 31 contestants, with many struggling to catch fish consistently. As often happens many did not catch until the last hour in the Angling Trust and Canal & River Trust Stillwater qualifier held at Blythe Waters on 22nd August 2015. Jason Benning […]
Riverfest 2015: Mick Vials wins on the River Tees
The RiverFest qualifier on the River Tees, Bowesfield to Yarm was held on Saturday 22nd August. The top 6 results are as follows;1st Mick Vials, (Preston Innovations) 23 lb 11 oz, peg 6, 18 skimmers on feeder and pole worms/maggots.2nd Eddie Bridon, (Maver) 22 lb 10 oz, peg 66, 13 skimmers on feeder/maggots.3rd Alex Dobie, […]
Star anglers head to Evesham 2015
If you haven’t made plans to go already, this year’s Evesham Festival, taking place over the August Bank Holiday weekend, is set to be a long weekend to remember! Attracting the cream of British match fishing, the event will see three separate big money matches – where competitors compete for a total of over £19,000 […]
Pino’s Pals win the Angling Trust Masters 2015
The Angling Trust Masters 2015 is a prestigious Team event staged at Mallory Parks Fisheries complex at Peckleton Leicester. This year 17 teams representing various fishing companies put on a great display for their respected sponsors on Saturday 15th August. Although the complex had been fishing brilliantly everyone knew that after the excessive rainfall and […]
Dick Clegg steps down from England match fishing management
After eight successful years as manager of the Angling Trust Veterans International team Dick Clegg OBE International Events Manager has decided to step down and has elected Joe Roberts to take over his role. Dick said, “The past 8 years have been really exciting for me and as I was the one to push for this […]
Maver Image angler Steve Clark takes top spot at the River Yare RiverFest qualifier
The ninth RiverFest Qualifier for 2015 took place on the River Yare at Langley Norfolk on Sunday 16th August with 59 anglers competing. With a bigger than normal high tide forecast colouring the river up the main target species for the day was bream and skimmers. Overall winner on the day was Steve Clark (Maver […]
New match record at Barston Lakes as Mick Bull wins the Barston Bowl
Mick Bull set a stunning new match record at Barston Lakes with over 240lb in the Barston Bowl 2015. Fishing off end peg 124, Mick caught one fish long in the first hour while feeding 8mm pellets on his 25m line, and when he chucked the Method feeder over it after an hour he didn’t stop catching […]
England’s Young Match Fishing Lions are World Champions
Sensas Team England U18’s & Drennan U23’s once again took the World Championships by storm as they returned from Serbia with team gold and bronze medals while England’s George Organ took individual bronze medal in the U18 category. 16 nations descended on the Smederevo Steelworks Canal in Serbia over the 7th & 8th August to […]
Environment Agency awards fisheries contract to Angling Trust
The Environment Agency is set to award a landmark fisheries contract to the Angling Trust. This announcement follows a rigorous competitive process and is part of the continued drive towards greater partnership working leading to thriving fisheries and angling throughout England. The three key overarching priorities of the contract are to increase participation amongst existing […]
Daiwa Dorking Cruise To Division One National
Daiwa Dorking could hardly have been more impressive in the weekend’s Division One National winning by over 50 points from Maver Image in second and Barnsley and District in third. Dorking, including England regulars Will Raison and Des Shipp, totalled 354 points, exactly 56 clear of Maver Image in the silver medal position. Full report […]
Blue marlin rocks long standing world record
This magnificent 1368lb Pacific blue marlin is the biggest caught off the coast of Hawaii for over 20 years, and less than 8lb short of the long standing IGFA world record for the species. It was caught off Kona by Guy Kitaoka, who was fishing in an area where plenty of tuna were showing aboard […]
475lb match weight at Monk Lakes sets new record
Essex match angler Ross Harrold has set a new venue record at prolific Monk Lakes in Kent with a massive 475lb haul. The Marden water has seen plenty of 200lb plus bags and even some 300lb+ weights this year, but Ross obliterated all of them in the six-hour event, ending up with ten keepnets in […]
