ANOTHER first and new festival at White Acres; Tuesday 5th April saw the start of the 3 day Coors Lager Veterans Festival, open to those 55 and over. 27 competitors aged between 55 and 71 took to the banks of Jennys and Trelawney to fish for the White Acres Veterans title. Coors Lager generously donated […]

Midland Angler  May 2005 In May’s issue some of the Midlands top specialist give their view on the new record bream of 19lb 10oz taken from a Cambs pit, and predict that it’s only a matter of time before a 20lb bream is banked. Also in the issue, priced only £1.99 Massive Ivan Marks MemorialDetails of how to […]

May 2005 Advanced Pole Fishing   Hedge your betsWe follow Garbolino-backed Neil Machin to Herenbrook fishery and see how he consistently puts together large weights of fish using several pole tactics.  Polly on RoachWe follow Mark Pollard as he targets quality roach from Willow Park, using very confident tactics. Top tactics are revealed, don’t miss it!  Ben Leach’s Canal […]

AFTER one year’s travel and study, in January 2005 I published a Conservative Party Green Paper entitled Consultation on a National Policy on Fisheries Management in UK Waters.  This is available on the Conservative Party Website www.conservatives.com   Our belief is that the CFP is a biological, environmental, economic and social disaster.  We intend to return […]

THE Birmingham-Stratford Canal once again hosts a big charity match to raise money for the St Mary’s Hospice appeal. The event, which raised over £500 last year, takes place on Saturday April 9th and away from the fishing, a main feature is a big post-match raffle with bundles of tackle prizes given away. It’s a […]

HAMPSHIRE’S prolific Willow Park Fishery will host the inaugural Fox Match sponsored Southern Angler Champion of Champions final on Thursday September 15th.It’s expected to be an exciting match, with competitors vying for the chance to walk away with the crown and a top tackle prize from the Fox Match range. As well as the big […]

FIVE days of unbelievable fishing are in store for entrants to the Maver Larford Summer Festival, which takes place from August 1st-5th.In 2004 the 40 competing anglers piled an incredible 3,659kg of fish – more than 8,000lb – onto the scales. The average was more than 50lb of fish a day per man. Incredibly, those […]

Moorlands Farm has just compiled a list of ton-up weights from 2004, and it shows a big improvement from 2003. No less than 368 match anglers weighed in over 100lb last year at the Hartlebury, Worcs venue, and another eight weighed in over 200lb. That compares to 230 ton-up weights in 2003 and two double […]

PLACES are already being snapped up for next year’s Midland Angler Clubman Winter League following the overwhelming success of the inaugural club angler-only-series.The event, run in conjunction with Woodland View Fishery and sponsor Preston Innovations, broke new ground in offering the chance for club anglers to fish a long winter team series with the assurance […]

GLOBAL WARMING is being blamed for a frightening decline in the number of salmon entering some of the south’s most famous rivers.So bad is the fall in numbers on rivers like the Test, Avon and Itchin in Hampshire, that Environment Agency experts are warning the species could be lost altogether if the water temperatures in […]

UK Youth the organisation with over 750,000 members through 4000 clubs in the UK have added their support to National Fishing Week 2005.At a recent meeting between the two parties to discuss the aims and objectives of National Fishing Week it became clear that there was a considerable amount of common ground regarding the following […]