Category: Pre Mid-2011

Manor Farm Spring Festival

MONDAY to Friday, 8th to 12th of May inclusive, are the dates for the first Manor Farm Leisure Spring Fishing Festival to be held on the prolific six-lake stillwater complex at Harvington, near Evesham in Worcestershire.Each of the five matches will be run on a league basis with the overall winner guaranteed a top prize […]

Jack Peacegood: Coombe Legend

COVENTRY anglers are mourning the loss of Jack Peacegood, ‘the Coombe Legend’, who has passed away aged 61.Jack spent 80% of his angling time targeting the bream at Coombe Abbey and had numerous 100lb plus weights there. His crowning moment was winning the Bill Lane Memorial at the venue in 1992.He lived on his own […]

Dog Lane venue record

5 Match Series (Match 2) 1st Martin Paynter (Daventry AC) Peg 57 96lb 7oz 8dr      Pole/ Pellet & Maggot/ Carp& Tench 2nd Pete Palmer (Dog Lane Fishery) Peg1 9 62lb 6oz 8dr   Pole/Paste & Worm/ Carp& Bream 3rd Mark Skeggs (Northampton) Peg 10 39lb 5oz   Pole & Method/Pellet and Maggot It was a red letter day for the […]

TacklePro.co.uk

 Tacklepro.co.uk is a family run business offering sea fishing tackle at very competitive prices.  We offer leading products from Fladen, Penn, Mustad, Storm, Redgill, Fishtek and many more.  Our aim is to offer tackle for the beginner through to the most experienced boat and shore angler.  We offer all our products at excellent prices as […]

Norman Agutters

   Norman Agutters – experience the thrill of fishing with split caneIF the thrilling and rewarding experience of fishing with world class authentic split cane rods appeals to you, there is no better place to visit on the World Wide Web than Norman Agutters online store (www.norman-agutters.com). The company was formed when two experts in the […]

Free angling in Hackney

Environmental charity Thames21 casts off an extensive programme of free angling coaching sessions in Hackney at the East Lake in Victoria Park on Thursday 13 April from 10am until 3pm. People of all ages, especially young people, are encouraged to turn up on the day to try their hand at angling with coaching and equipment provided […]

Roach record beaten

Northern Ireland has stunned the big fish world by producing a new British roach record at 4lb 4oz.The online big fish grapevine was buzzing with rumours of the magical fish yesterday, and the story has been confirmed by Angling Times today, who have exclusive pictures. It was caught by County Down based Tenchfishers members Keith Berry, […]

Joint fisheries and angling seminar

The National Association of Fisheries and Angling Consultatives, NAFAC, in conjunction with the Environment Agency, is arranging a one-day fisheries seminar to be held at Phoenix House, Global Avenue, Leeds on Saturday 20th. May 2006. The seminar will be chaired by Daffyd Evans, EA Head of Fisheries. The seminar will host a series of presentations aimed […]

Flambeau storage products

 Flambeau Tackle Storage products are a division of the Nordic Group of America which started life in 1947 and is now selling Tackle products in 61 countries worldwide through a network of distributors and top retailers in 61 countries. The Flambeau range is now regarded as one of the top Tackle Storage ranges in the world […]

Evesham Festival news

Dates have been confirmed for all the summer qualifiers and open matches on the popular match length of the Warwickshire Avon at Evesham. Full details of how to to apply for tickets are in the May issue of Match Fishing magazine. Evesham ’06 Angling FestivalQUALIFIERS & SUMMER OPEN MATCHES  Shakespeare Championship QualifiersSunday June 18th Saturday June 24thSunday July 2nd                                                 […]

White Acres Van den Eynde Festival

Van den Eynde Festival final top ten 1st Gary Hamilton                       44 points          396lb 6oz2nd Harry Billing              44 points          229lb 13oz3rd Geoff Ringer                        44 points          228lb 12oz4th Grant Albutt              44 points          226lb 12oz5th Steve Ringer             44 points          194lb 11oz6th Des Shipp                43 points          298lb 7oz7th Stuart Mcguinness    40 points          270lb 11oz8th Ian Manning              38 points          199lb 4oz9th […]

The $250,000 common carp

It looks like Town Lake may have produced a $250,000 common carp today after a Texas angler pulled a 43lb 2oz common carp from the waters in Austin early this evening.   Al St. Cyr, a Denton native who resides in Austin, landed the fish during The Texas Carp Challenge’s final twenty-four hours, and pending verification, […]

Today’s Flyfisher

Contents April 2006 ***Early Season Special***22 It’s Opening Day!Whitwell Creek on Rutland Water is an ideal location to start an early season session for the bank angler. By using a couple of simple techniques and even simpler fly patterns, the newcomer to reservoir fishing can get a flying start and finish the day with a bag […]