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 […]
Sue Ryder Care Thorpe Hall Hospice Charity Match at Decoy Lakes
Who will win this year’s Lower Thames Championship?
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 […]
Shakespeare Championship Qualifier
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 […]
Abu Garcia Wychavon Championship Qualifier
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 […]
Dinsmores Super Soft Shot
Dinsmores Super Soft Shot video
New Website For Springwood Fisheries
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 […]
Denise Hudgell victorious in Ladies National with 33.75kgs haul
The Ladies National Angling Championship took place on Sat 13th June at Baden Hall, Staffordshire. Third time champion, Denise Hudgell, fishing for Reading Angling Team Hydro, drew peg 25 on Old Match Lake and amassed a weight of 33kgs 750gms for a comfortable victory in the match with carp to 5lbs and the odd barbel […]
Glebe Fishery To Stage World Series Final
The final of the World Series event being run by online fishing club Total-FishingClub.com that will see someone win a trip to the 2010 World Champs has been booked for the Glebe Fishery in October.Qualifiers from a series of heats at some of the UK’s top commercial fisheries will fish off at the Leicestershire venue’s […]
Famous Fly Fishers led by Sir Ian Botham to aid UK Childrens Charity
Worth, Sussex – Monday June 15th. What do a world famous cricketer, the scorer of Jamaica’s first ever World Cup goal, the designer of the Millennium Falcon for the Star Wars movies, a group of city bankers to the Queen, one of the world’s best known fly fishermen and an international designer have in common? […]
Celtic Lakes June 2009
Results Name……………: Richard JohnsAge…………….: 56Date day………..: 11Date month………: JuneDate year……….: 2009Lake……………: Lake 5Carp (mirror)……: checkboxCarp (common)……: checkboxNotable fish…….: commons x 4mirrors x 3Bait and tactics…: Halibut pellet soaked in salmon oil hair riggedInformation……..: Weather started overcast then sunny with moderate breeze. Fished to peninsula on lake 5 with size 12 Gardner mugga hair rigs with […]
Dulley Ceilings and Partitions Ltd Sponsor The National Championship For Anglers With Disabilities
The Angling Trust has signed a three-year sponsorship deal with Drywall Ceilings and Partitions Ltd (DCP Ltd) to sponsor the National Championship for Anglers with Disabilities. The National Championship is to be held at Woodlands View Fishery on Sat 27th June 2009. Seven teams have entered each consisting of 10 anglers with up to 5 […]
Evesham Angling Festival ’09
Ladies Championship in danger of collapse The Shakespeare backed Ladies Championship competition, an event that was created four years ago by Evesham Angling Festival co-organiser Dave Harrell, is in danger of not going ahead this year if the response is not better than it has been for the past two years. The first year saw […]
Angling more popular than football
At the start of the coarse fishing season, a new poll commissioned by the Countryside Alliance has revealed that more people have participated in angling (38%) than in organised football (36%) or birdwatching (22%). In addition, a further boost to angling, revealed in a Parliamentary Question* has been revealed as Environment Agency figures show that […]
Joint statement about Otters and Fisheries from Angling Trust, English Nature and the Environment Agency
The Wildlife Management Group met recently to exchange information and to seek opportunities to resolve issues regarding otters and freshwater fisheries. The meeting was attended by experts from the Angling Trust, Natural England, the Environment Agency, the Angling Trades Association and others. It focussed, in particular, on the problems involving predation on specimen-sized coarse fish […]
Doncaster debutant Paul Christie books his place in the final
Heavy overnight rain and cool blustery winds met the anglers when they arrived at the Oaks Fishery at Sessay, North Yorkshire for the eleventh round of this years Fish’O’mania qualifiers. Many big names were in attendance still trying to gain one of the last few qualifying spots but when the final hooter went it was […]
