Organised by Pete Henwood of Specialist Tackle/Riverveiw Motel, the fourth St Lawrence Challenge attracted a good entry from the UK, America, Canada and even France, as several teams of two did battle over a non-stop 72 hour match. The river didn’t fish as expected as the carp were still in the shallower sections of the […]

The Angling Trust is offering anglers a fantastic opportunity to go fishing with their favourite England International angling star and at the same time support our Veterans and Anglers with Disabilities International teams. Anglers can bid for a day’s fishing with their favourite star in a special eBay auction set up by the Trust. The […]

The 2nd Veterans World Angling Championship took place 11th – 12th July at Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes. This year for the first time the Angling Trust hosted the event, with seven teams of four anglers per team taking part. After three days of practising the England team were mainly catching roach with bloodworm and joker […]

This year we have made some exciting changes on the festival, firstly by making it a 4 –day festival and secondly by changing the venues. The ladies will be fishing on Twin Oaks for 2 days (fishing both lakes) and on Python for 2 days (in the wides and narrows) There will be a random […]

Match anglers are coming together at Maynes Fishery in Leicestershire to raise money for Macmillan Nurses. Match organiser Terry Fisher chose the charity for the August 30th even after his wife was diagnosed with cancer. She was treated by Macmillan nurses but the cancer returned and she lost her battle in June 2009. The Stoke […]

Fishing at Coombe Abbey Lakes in Coventry is running into good form – the fish have spawned and good bream catches are coming from the Linley Bank pegs 12-24. In pleasure sessions a 40-yard cast should suffice to get you among the fish, but look for areas that are clear of weed. In matches, and there […]

A major, new research programme on the social and community benefits of angling is underway. This research aims to collect vital evidence about the influence that angling has on participants, young people and the communities in which angling takes place. The survey, looking to gather information about angling participation, kicked off at the end of […]

Mark Downes and Steve Sanders, Joint Youth Team Managers have named their respective U22’s and U18’s teams to travel to Portugal to compete in the World Championships on 25th – 26th July 2009. The two venues will both be difficult this year, with the hosts Portugal being the team to beat. Mark Downes said “Steve […]

The Angling Trust has announced that MP and keen angler, Martin Salter, is to open National Fishing Week at the CLA Game Fair at 3pm on 24th July. Martin has always been a keen supporter of angling causes and has recently been instrumental in assisting and advising the Trust in a number of its campaigns. […]

The 2009 Angling Trust Cadets, Juniors, & Intermediates National Championship took place on Saturday 4th July at Cudmore Fishery, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Over 200 youngsters aged between 10 and 20 years of age took part in the event all hoping to go home with a winning medal and National winning title. Congratulations to Smartbait Leeds, who took […]

Barston Lakes fished really well for the third round of the Total-Fishingclub.com World Series, with the recently stocked F1s feeding aggressively and giving bites to those who fished the pole all day long. Their introduction has also seemingly made the skimmers more competitive.It made for an interesting match, with some anglers going for carp at […]

Abu Garcia Wychavon Championship Qualifier Sunday July 5th Warwickshire Avon – Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry45 pegs  Long journey pays off for Graham  The third Abu Garcia Wychavon Championship qualifier proved fruitful for Wrexham visitor Graham Thomas who took full advantage of favoured Peg 1 at the top of the Town Waters to run […]

Paul MacCrea from Kingswinford enjoyed an active 24 hours on peg 13, Masters Lake, landing four carp to 19lb 4oz and three catfish, including the illusive 31lb albino (pictured) using pop-up boilies. Paul usually fishes Erics Lakle, normally on pegs 7 or 8 with excellent results, but fancied a change and he wasn’t disappointed, especially […]

The reservoir fished extremely well and lot of fish were caught. Where clear section winners were known many anglers didn’t weigh in. Most anglers opted for pellet waggler and method feeder as their main attacks, with pellet and mini boilies on the hair. Peg  Name Weight Section Winner45 J P Rogers 61-10-0 46 Neil Russell 115-8-0 Already qualified47 Wayne Colloff  48 Nigel Franklin  49 Andy Larkin  50 Chris Day  51 A T […]

Springwood Fisheries has a brand new website which will keep anglers bang up to date with what’s going on at the popular Derbyshire day ticket water. To be found at www.springwoodfisheries.com , the site has been designed to be more interactive for visitors, with weekly match results instantly viewable on the front page. An online […]