Two brothers, who were taken to Court by Fish Legal, the legal arm of the Angling Trust, on behalf of the Gopsall Fishing Club, for dredging the River Sence in Leicestershire during the spawning season, yesterday gave the Court a binding undertaking never to dredge the river again. Mr W. Rickard and Mr R. Rickard […]

The Evesham Angling Festival attracted 44,000 visitors last year. It’s the biggest angling event in the country and this year it carries an increased prize kitty of £27,750! Dave Harrell, editor of Match Fishing magazine, looks forward to the three day angling extravaganza… The Evesham Angling Festival weekend has been a special three days for […]

Ton-up Time At Woodland View! Sonubaits Individual Open QualifierWoodland View Fishery, Droitwich, Worcs The penultimate Sonubaits Individual Open qualifier produced no fewer than 20 ton-up weights and an average of 114lb for the 52 competitors! Fished on Hay, Barley, Ghost, Front Deans and High, the Midlands venue hit top form with big weights off every […]

The 72-peg Leicester 72 Summer League match produced a record result at Barston Fishery near Solihull. Garbolino’s Darren Cox weighed in an amazing 124lb of bream, 40 fish and few F1s from peg 83, all taken on pellet over pellet groundbait. In a fantastic match all the sections were won with over 40lb and you […]

Venue: BODDINGTON RESERVOIRDate:  13 August 2009 RESULT, ROUND 5 (of 7)1st John ADAMSON  Kobra Feeders  255 lb 5 oz2nd Lee ENSALL   Litchfield   181 lb 4 oz3rd Anthony WHITE  LEVAS   164 lb 3 oz4th Alan WALTON  Coventry   143 lb5th Lee WESTWOOD  Litchfield   96 lb 15 ozNumber of anglers fishing: 20ReportIn the fifth match (in the series of seven at Boddington Reservoir), Long Eaton based John Adamson (Kobra Feeders) took a 1 win advantage […]

Qualifier held at Earlswood lakes (Engine pool). Pellet waggler and method feeder were the main tactics adopted by most anglers. This was the last qualifier and 25 qualifiers will now fish for £3000 first prize on Saturday 12th September 2009 at Earlswood lakes on the Engine pool. Peg  Name Weight Section Winner5 Kevin Wright  6 Geoff Ringer 115-10-0 Sec A7 Ant Mansell 64-10-0 8 Chris Downs 46-8-0 9 Dave […]

The Angling Trust has announced a prize draw for new members signing up in the next month. Every adult member who joins the Angling Trust between 1.00pm on Friday 14th September and 5.00 pm on Friday the 18th of September will be entered into a prize draw to win £1,000 of tackle vouchers from the […]

The Angling Trust’s Anglers with Disabilities England Team took part in the 11th Freshwater World Championships at Ponte De Sor, Portugal on 8th-9th August 2009. The Sor River at Ponte De Sor is clear water and slow stream with the main fish specimens present being Barbel, Bogas, Carps and Bleaks. The World Champion squad consisted […]

Garbolino Lindholme Lakes, South Yorkshire  In-form Jon Arthur got off to the perfect start for his 2009 UK Individual Championship campaign with a convincing Round One win. Fished on Bonsai Lake at Garbolino Lindholme the former UK Champ put 134lb 3oz on the scales from Peg 64. His catch consisted of 10 small carp on […]

The first ever Angling Trust Division One National Championships took place on Saturday 8th August on the Staffs-Worcs Canal, the Shropshire Union Canal and the Trent and Mersey Canal and was voted a huge hit by the 690 competitors. The ‘buzz’ of the National was there for all to see and it started on the […]

Roger Holmes became the Angling Trust Veterans National Champion on Wednesday 5th August at Makins Fishery at Wolvey Warwickshire with an exceptional winning weight of 52.350kg fishing Phase 1, Lake 2 on peg A14. Roger’s tactics were to fish pellet and waggler feed on 8mm pellets. Roger who usually fishes for Nottingham AA caught mainly […]

Warwickshire Avon – Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry64 pegs Chub and bleak winner for Rob       Shakespeare star Rob Middleton followed up on his previous week’s second place in the Wychavon Championship by going one place better in this match and winning with 9-0-0 of chub and bleak. With the river carrying a lot of […]

The Angling Trust’s Veteran’s National Championships which were held at Dynamite Baits Makins on Wednesday 5 August, fished by approx 230.  Medals were presented by the Angling Trust’s Terry Fell.   Result: 1st Roger Holmes (Mansfield) 52.350 kilos 2nd Peter Shrigley 47.300 kilo 3rd Dave Rossi (Leicester) 44.300 kilo 4th  Ian Shaw    40.700 kilo 5th  […]

Mosella fishing tackle is a big name in angling across Europe, especially in the match fishing market where the company has produced a string of innovative products in recent years that have developed almost cult status in competitive circles. The only problem for some anglers has been getting hold of some of the product range, […]

The Angling Trust has announced a number of cuts to its central operations in Nottingham and Leominster. Despite widespread publicity and distribution of more than half a million membership leaflets, the level of recruitment has to date, fallen below expectations. This consequential shortfall in revenue, along with higher than expected costs, has created a situation […]