An elated new Midlands Champion of Champions Stu Bagnall shows off his trophy. THERE’S a new name on the Midland Angler Champion of Champions trophy after a shoot out at a tough Woodland View Fishery. But new champion Stu Bagnall nearly missed the biggest day of his match fishing career due to illness.Walsall based Stu had […]
Stu’s the daddy
EFTTA publishes its line test results
The European Fishing Tackle Trade Association published the results of random line testing at EFTTEX 2005 in Warsaw. The tests were carried out following warnings to manufacturers of monofilament line earlier in the year that they would take place and that results may be published. Displaying the results on a large whiteboard in the centre […]
Irish angling crisis
THE number of people visiting Ireland to fish for salmon has halved in the past six years, decimating parts of the tourism trade associated with angling.Statistics showing the drop in the number of visiting anglers prompted a call from tourism bodies to scrap the practice of drift-netting.The groups, including the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF), the […]
Wendy locks up the ladies festival
WHITE ACRES WALLS SUMMER SOLERO LADIES FESTIVAL Welcome to this years ladies festival. Twenty ladies are fishing the festival this year and it’s really nice to be able to welcome some new ladies to the festival as well as those returning who took place last year.The festival is taking place on Twin Oaks and there are […]
Lawn Farm Fishery July 20th
Monday evening open was split into two lakes with 6 fishing each lake Cherrytree Lake1stAmer Jawad 44lb 4oz2ndMatt Collerson 29lb 8oz3rdMcGill Logan 28lb 4oz Crabtree Lake1stMick Preisig 31lb 4oz2ndRicky Young 14lb 3oz3rdBlake Reddy 6lb 4oz Tuesday Golden Rod Open held on Honeysuckle Lake18 fished1stT Green Peg 19Weight 33lb 7ozBait meat & cornFished feederCaught carp 2ndDon Greef Peg 23Weight 22lb […]
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Midland Angler
In August’s issue we’ve got the exclusive insight into the carp deaths on the Nene, and the results of our Midlands Fishery of the Year Competition. Also in August’s feature packed issue, out now priced just £1.99 Why isn’t this place packed?Matt Maginnis visits and bags up on the fast growing carp of Birmingham’s Earlswood Reservoir Marching to […]
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Southern Angler
In August’s issue we report on the threat to maggot supplies, as carp anglers turn back the clock in search of big fish and highlight some of the reasons why anglers are turning away from the region’s rivers.Also in the feature packed issue, priced only £1.99 Slide-rule To SuccessEngland’s Simon Willsmore demonstrates how to fish the […]
Sherwood Forest Farm Fishery July 18th
Sensas Mansfield Angling Evening Series 3hoursRound 8Holmedale Lake Wednesday 13/07/05 28 fished 1st Dave Madin Mosella Ultimate Anglers peg, 22, 47-12-0 2nd Eric Beminis Sensas Mansfield Angling peg 26, 46-14-0 Holmedale Lake Sunday evening 10/7/05 20 fished 1st Jim Strachan Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 17 65-10-0 2nd Steve Shepherd Ashima Worksop peg 44, 54-7-0 3rd Carl Brown CB Home […]
Lawn Farm Fishery July 18th
Here are the results from todays Qualifier held on Honeysuckle lake14 fished 1stSteve Gordon Peg 23Weight 54lb 1ozBait corn, pellet, meatFished over/middleCaught carp and chubMatch Group Stanjays 2ndMatt Collerson Peg 16Weight 45lb 11ozBait cornFished edge & right overCaught carp & roachMatch Group Browning Team Central 3rdSimon Easy Peg 11Weight 31lb 14ozBait cornFished overCaught carpMatch Group Cambridge Preservation 4thSteve Gleeson […]
Sherwood Forest Farm Fishery July 15th
Sherwood Forest Farm Park FisheryPleasure catches on all lakes have been well up, the Cavendish Lake is still in great form for bream – 3lb and roach – 1lb pole and caster up in the water and pellet on the deck have accounted for some excellent days fishing with 100 fish in a session on […]
Lawn Farm Fishery July 14th
Monday 11th July Evening Open held on Cherrytree 7 fished 1stBlake Reddy 45lb 4oz14 years old and comes from Bassingbourn2ndAndy Peters 28lb 8ozComes from Hardwick3rdJohn Logan 23lb 4oz Tuesday Golden Rod Open held on Honeysuckle 19 fished1stT Green Peg 19Weight 22lb 6ozBait cornFished longCaught carp 2ndJ King Peg 33Weight 13lb 13ozBait cornFished long on legerCaught carp 3rdJ Richardson Peg […]
Like father, like son
The National Federation of Anglers Cadet, Junior and Intermediate National Championships held at Woodland View and Moorlands on Saturday 9th July produced some fine catches and some individual prospects with a promising future. In the Cadets Josh Reynolds of Wakefield AC won the first place individual medal with 5.9kg with a big carp caught in the […]
Sherwood Forest Farm Fishery July 9th
Holmedale Lake Sunday evening 3/7/05 24 fished 1st Dave Dare Sensas Mansfield Angling peg 38, 74-2-0 2nd Eric Beminis Sensas Mansfield Angling peg 44, 73-6-0 3rd Steve Shepherd Ashima Worksop peg 14, 56-8-0 4th Lee Payling Peg One Angling centre peg 17, 56-3-0 5th Carl Brown CB Home Improvements peg 11, 49-0-0 6th Gary Dodsworth Ashima Worksop […]
England take the gold in Finland, France out of medals
By Gareth PurnellENGLAND showed their world class to come from seven points behind Belgium after day one to take the world championship gold by eight points. Belgium took the silver and Hungary the bronze. France and Italy were tied for fourth place, with the French nicking it on weight.On the individual front Will Raison added […]
NFA sets aside £250,000 to develop angling
FOLLOWING the sale of the old headquarters at Eggington and a recent meeting of the National Executive, it was agreed to ring fence up to £250,000 for the development of grassroots angling. Over the coming months the National Federation of Anglers will be developing an application process for it’s member clubs to access these funds. The […]
