81 Fished. 1 Brian Rigby (DH Angling) 10-6-8 (peg 35)2 Darran Bickerton (Sensas) 9-13-0 (peg 10)3 Tom Smith 9-11-0 (peg 36)4 Wayne Swinscoe (Maver Bait Tech) 7-15-0 (peg 32)5 Steve Clarke (Maver Image) 7-5-0 (peg 50)6 Ant King (Middy) 6-9-0 (peg 69) Qualfiers:Darran BickertonBrian RigbyAnt King After the opening weekend’s big weight extravaganza, anglers were […]
Wychavon Championship Qualifier
British Waterways Stillwater Championships 1st qualifier
The first Angling Trust and British Waterways Stillwater Championship qualifier for 2012 took place on Saturday 23rd June 2012 at Boddington Reservoir, Near Byfield, Northamptonshire with 70 competitors. Water levels were slightly down on the day, but this didn’t create a problem with the competitors fishing. The winner Chris Hill (Hookbait Solutions) from Birmingham weighed […]
Close at Woodlands, But Champion Atkin Back In Fish ‘O’ Mania Final
Reigning champion Shane Atkin took the honours in the Fish O Mania qualifier at Woodlands Fishery at Thirsk and will be defending his crown, and fishing for big cheque, in the final at Cudmore Fisheries on July 14th. But it was close, with one angler missing the net with a carp that might have put […]
Albutt Granted Match This Slot
Birmingham’s Grant Albutt, who finished as runner up in the 2011 Maver Match This Grand Final, has made it through again this year in the Woodland View qualifier. Faced with tough conditions of strong winds and driving rain, Grant drew on the venue’s High Pool, peg 11. The Garbolino backed rod fished 4mm pellet at […]
Clayton On Top In Dams & Lock
The Dams and Lock Summer league kicked into action in fine style on the Birmingham-Fazeley Canal with 72 anglers turning out and a winning weight of over 15lb. Fishing peg 156 at Erdington, Nigel Clayton pole-fished caster and worm and caught skimmers and bream for 15-7-2. That was the only double figure weight, but there’s […]
Mellings Collects Moorlands Ultimate League 2012
The 32 anglers who had collected the most win and section points throughout the past year in matches at Moorlands Farm Fishery competed in the 15th Ultimate League final fished on Saturday and Sunday the 16th/17th June. A combined weight over three matches would decide the winner, one match Saturday and two on Sunday.Saturday’s five-hour […]
Matches Underway On The Trent
Match organiser Alan Henry (pictured) with the 25lb bag of bream that saw him to second place on Sunday on the Trent.The new series of matches on the Trent being organized by Total-Fishing.com stalwart Alan Henry is off and running with over 50 anglers turning up for the opening day event at Laughterton and North […]
Venue Record Broken Twice At Evesham As Bream Feed
Awesome weekend at Evesham! the venue record has been broken twice in consecutive days! The results are listed below….. Saturday 16th JuneShakespeare Championship QualifierEvesham Town & Ferry Waters.72 Fished. 1 Leigh Gardner (Shakespeare Superteam) 84-12-0 (peg 1)2 Paul Glenfield (Drennan Oxford) 34-1-0 (peg 75)3 Michael Buchwalder (Preston Innovations) 19-3-0 (peg 64)4 Steve Townsend (Drennan Banbury […]
Double Tons At Moorlands Farm
The weekend saw several big weights recorded at Moorlands Farm Fishery, topped by a 203-12-0 winning bag to Roman Skura in Friday’s afternoon open. Roman has become a regular winner at the Hartlebury water with his trademark technique of pole-fishing mussels down the edge and he used it to great effect again on Meadow Lake’s […]
Neath Sets New Best for Jenny’s Lake
Jason Neath set a new lake record for Jenny’s Pool in Sunday’s open at Tunnel Barn Farm with 212-5-0. The Smithy’s Angling Centre backed angler drew peg 21, where he fished chopped worm and caster on two lines at six metres and down the side in a match which saw another four weights over 130lb. […]
Sophie Davis wins Angling Trust Ladies’ National Championship 2012
The Angling Trust Ladies’ National Championship took place at Holly Farm Fishery in Leicestershire on Saturday 9th June 2012. After a week of wet weather it was dry, but overcast on the day of the match, however, there was a cold gusting wind which made fishing tricky for some of the 47 competitors taking part […]
Johnson nets top spot at Preston Innovations Boldings Fish ‘O’ Mania
Several days of heavy rain following straight on from the spawning season made the fishing very difficult for some at the Shropshire Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier venue, Preston Innovations Boldings on Saturday 9th June 2012. A lot of fish were up in the water on most lakes, but were not in any particular hurry to […]
Maurice Williams Takes Barston Masters Round 3
The Barston Masters 3rd round took place on Saturday June 9th. With the bad weather beforehand it was anyone’s guess on how it was going to fish. The level of the lake was up by four inches… there was plenty of colour in the water and with the overcast conditions everyone expecting the venue’s skimmers […]
Thirteenth Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier proves lucky for top rod Ben Emery
After a promising forecast for the 13th Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier on Saturday 2nd June 2012, the weather took a turn for the worse as the draw took place leaving the anglers to face a cold, drizzly day, and this almost certainly affected the sport. That said this beautifully kept fishery – Partridge Lakes, near […]
Match Record For WCB Angling Club
The latest WBC Angling Club match on the Grand Union at Tyseley saw Keith Woodhead set a new club match record for the stretch of 15-1-13. Keith drew peg 51 and despite a gusting wind he fished close to the far bank using breadpunch tactics and with the roach not really showing, skimmers made up […]
