Sunday June 28th Warwickshire Avon – Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry36 pegs Unfancied peg comes up trumps for Chris!  Peg 40 at the bottom end of the Town Waters rarely throws up a frame weight so everyone was surprised when Chris Buckingham put 9-1-0 on the scales to win the second Wychavon qualifier of […]

Saturday June 27th  Warwickshire Avon – Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry68 pegs Trevor chalks up final place!     The second Shakespeare Championship qualifier of the season was fished in baking hot conditions on a low and clear Warwickshire Avon but there were signs that the river is improving with better weights being recorded than last […]

England finished third behind Hungary and Belgium in the European Match Fishing Championships held on the River Sava, Radece, Slovenia – with England’s Steve Hemingray taking the individual gold. The event saw a new ‘split section’ points scoring system introduced which Total-Fishing.com understands will also be implemented in the 2009 World Match Fishing Championships in […]

ANGLER’S MAIL has just launched a summer special magazine Carp Tips 2009. It’s available in main Tesco stores for an exclusive period, and comes with two free gifts worth a total of £4.50 – a controller float and a packet of artificial sweetcorn. The gifts are with the magazine – no sending off p&p.Carp Tips […]

Tickets now on sale for veterans championship The popular Shakespeare Veterans Championship takes place on Wednesday August 26th with a top prize of £500 plus a passage into the big Shakespeare Championship final and a shot at the £6,000 top prize on Saturday August 29th.  Organiser Dave Harrell is looking forward to the competition, which […]

The Marine Committee of the Angling Trust meeting in June agreed that they would only represent recreational sea anglers. The meeting confirmed that the EAA definition of Recreational Sea Angling formulated in 2004 should be their criteria: “Recreational sea angling is the activity of catching or attempting to catch fish, principally by rod and line, […]

The joint statement put out recently by the Angling Trust, Natural England and the Environment Agency was the product of the first of many meetings about otters and fisheries.  It was based on the information available at the meeting. Since then, anglers have contacted us reporting problems on other waters. The Trust has been set […]

Introducing the Orbula sea fishing range…. from WSB Tackle…

With only three rounds left to this years Fish’O’mania Grand Final at Cudmore the competitors arrived at the Woodlands Lakes at Carlton Miniott, North Yorkshire with high expectations that the fishery would live upto its reputation of high scoring venue. Though some big name anglers had made the long journey to Woodlands it was Durham […]

Another month on and another new festival and our very first pair festival we have had here at White Acres. Preston Innovations have once again joined forces with us to sponsor this event and we are hoping it is going to be a great week. With a few pairs having to drop out at the […]

On a bright, but often breezy day, 31 anglers took part in a charity match to raise funds for the Sue Ryder Care Hospice at Thorpe Hall in Peterborough.Spread over Willows and 6-Islands lakes at the Decoy Complex a mystery pairs competition was held. Post individual draws, fishery owner Diane drew pairs made up of […]

That is the question everyone is asking following last year’s triumphant return to the match calendar where one of the greatest Thames match weights 170-11-0 was produced by Suffolk angler Mick Hanks who has already entered the 2009 event. He could find reigning World Champion Will Raison trying to snatch the title from him though!Once […]

Sunday June 21st, Warwickshire Avon – Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry60 pegs Final place sweet for Candy…again!  The first Shakespeare Championship qualifier of the new season on a low and clear Warwickshire Avon was a dour affair for most of the 60 competitors with just ounces need to win 3lb weights framing and ounces […]

Saturday June 20th, Warwickshire Avon – Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry50 pegs Quality fish secure final place for Nick The first weekend match of the new river season at Evesham attracted 50 anglers and for most it was a struggle on a low and clear Warwickshire Avon. Heavy boat traffic throughout the five hours […]

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