Midland Angler  May 2005 In May’s issue some of the Midlands top specialist give their view on the new record bream of 19lb 10oz taken from a Cambs pit, and predict that it’s only a matter of time before a 20lb bream is banked. Also in the issue, priced only £1.99 Massive Ivan Marks MemorialDetails of how to […]

May 2005 Advanced Pole Fishing   Hedge your betsWe follow Garbolino-backed Neil Machin to Herenbrook fishery and see how he consistently puts together large weights of fish using several pole tactics.  Polly on RoachWe follow Mark Pollard as he targets quality roach from Willow Park, using very confident tactics. Top tactics are revealed, don’t miss it!  Ben Leach’s Canal […]

AFTER one year’s travel and study, in January 2005 I published a Conservative Party Green Paper entitled Consultation on a National Policy on Fisheries Management in UK Waters.  This is available on the Conservative Party Website www.conservatives.com   Our belief is that the CFP is a biological, environmental, economic and social disaster.  We intend to return […]

THE Birmingham-Stratford Canal once again hosts a big charity match to raise money for the St Mary’s Hospice appeal. The event, which raised over £500 last year, takes place on Saturday April 9th and away from the fishing, a main feature is a big post-match raffle with bundles of tackle prizes given away. It’s a […]

HAMPSHIRE’S prolific Willow Park Fishery will host the inaugural Fox Match sponsored Southern Angler Champion of Champions final on Thursday September 15th.It’s expected to be an exciting match, with competitors vying for the chance to walk away with the crown and a top tackle prize from the Fox Match range. As well as the big […]

FIVE days of unbelievable fishing are in store for entrants to the Maver Larford Summer Festival, which takes place from August 1st-5th.In 2004 the 40 competing anglers piled an incredible 3,659kg of fish – more than 8,000lb – onto the scales. The average was more than 50lb of fish a day per man. Incredibly, those […]

Moorlands Farm has just compiled a list of ton-up weights from 2004, and it shows a big improvement from 2003. No less than 368 match anglers weighed in over 100lb last year at the Hartlebury, Worcs venue, and another eight weighed in over 200lb. That compares to 230 ton-up weights in 2003 and two double […]

PLACES are already being snapped up for next year’s Midland Angler Clubman Winter League following the overwhelming success of the inaugural club angler-only-series.The event, run in conjunction with Woodland View Fishery and sponsor Preston Innovations, broke new ground in offering the chance for club anglers to fish a long winter team series with the assurance […]

GLOBAL WARMING is being blamed for a frightening decline in the number of salmon entering some of the south’s most famous rivers.So bad is the fall in numbers on rivers like the Test, Avon and Itchin in Hampshire, that Environment Agency experts are warning the species could be lost altogether if the water temperatures in […]

UK Youth the organisation with over 750,000 members through 4000 clubs in the UK have added their support to National Fishing Week 2005.At a recent meeting between the two parties to discuss the aims and objectives of National Fishing Week it became clear that there was a considerable amount of common ground regarding the following […]

ONE of Britain‘s leading marine scientists has warned that a minor change in temperature of the seas off the north-west coast of Scotland and the rest of the UK is having a dramatic effect on traditional marine life.The once-thriving cod stocks, depleted by over-fishing, are being replaced by tuna, red mullet, horse mackerel, pilchard, squid, john […]

THE big news this week is that the British bream record has been smashed with a monster of nearly 20lb (yes TWENTY POUNDS!) from a stillwater in Cambridgeshire.The historic 19lb 10oz fish was taken by carp angler James Rust, who took it in darkness at long range on a single grain of fake maize over […]

REMEMBER that your rod licence runs out on March 31st, so don’t be an April Fool and forget to pick up a new one before your next trip.Anyone aged 12 years or over is required by law to carry a rod licence. The money is used by the Environment Agency to maintain our fisheries.The fee […]

MATCH FISHING – APRIL ISSUE THIKING OUT LOUDWhat goes through Will Raisons head during a match? Match Fishing gets inside the mind of Englands youngest international angler to discover the answers  SO YOU WANT TO FISH FOR ENGLAND?England co-manager Mark Downes tells all about another important tema method – the whip.   CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCKMatch […]

After a meeting with the site hosts last week, it was mentioned by Grey Matter (now ICO Solutions) that due to the amount of traffic the Total-Fishing.com site recieves, other sites hosted by Grey Matter are suffering as an effect of this. This has a negative effect on the Total-Fishing.com site itself as well in that the […]