THREE teams from the West Midlands are through to the final of the Van den Eynde Clubman team competition following a hotly contested Midlands final at the weekend.Fifteen teams who had already been through several knock-out rounds went head to head at Woodland View Fishery, Droitwich, with five to go through to the prestigious final […]

South coast specialist Mark Bryant is claiming one of the best ever braces of eels after a session on a gravel pit threw up fish of 9lb 4oz and 6lb 11oz. And amazingly the Brighton angler, who has targeted eels over 20 years, took both fish on ragworm baits more normally used for catching flounder and […]

ANGLING’S governing bodies have withdrawn their support for National Fishing week after its alleged failure to comply with new regulations.Since January 2002, the National Federation of Anglers, the National Federation of Sea Anglers and the Salmon and Trout Association have been liasing with the organisers of National Fishing Week to find a way to ensure […]

TWO anglers caught leaving a stillwater in Newport, South Wales with a live 20lb carp have been arrested and had their tackle confiscated.The specimen had been taken with rod and line and the Environament Agency believes it was destined for a water close to Cardiff. Both men were arrested, all tackle and equipment seized and […]

“Boilies and buzzer bars? Who needs them?” That’s what match angler Tom Baldwin was saying after landing a 31lb 8oz carp during an open on Essex water Lake John.The 48-year-old builder hooked what he thought was a low double figure fish on pellet, and began to play it out on his size 14 hook, 6lb […]

Fish O Mania, Bridgewater Canal (101 pegs)Cudmore backed Nigel Smith can start making plans for the £25,000 Fish O Mania final after a comfortable win on the Bridgewater Canal at Preston Brook. It’s a sign of the times that the match was the only 100 pegger of the entire Bank Holiday weekend, but Smith made no […]

Newport’s James Tanner is £500 better off after his win in the weekend’s big sea match, the Pill Angling Centre Gwent Open, fished at St Brides near his home town. James, who was fishing the match for the first time, took the £400 top prize plus £100 pools money thanks to a 7lb 15oz ‘strap’ conger, […]

Sheffield’s daunting Dam Flask Reservoir has long been known to hold some big chub – but they have been mighty hard to catch. Not so for local angler Chris Smith, who has landed the same fish twice within a week at 7lb 8oz and an unconfirmed weight of 7lb 13oz. Either way, we think it’s […]

One of the Midlands’ most picturesque venues, Hampstall Fishery, is coming up for sale with an offer price of around a quarter of a million pounds.Set in the rolling Staffordshire countryside near Rugeley to the north of Birmingham, the four lake venue has been developed and run as a coarse fishery by Geoff Payne of […]

Shakespeare’s Neil McKinnon is £6000 better off thanks to a weight countback in the prestigious Ultimate League final held at Hartlebury venue Moorlands Farm over the bank holiday weekend.Eighty of the best match anglers in the Midlands had qualified for the £20,000 event through a season of hard graft in opens Moorlands and Nottinghamshire venue […]

THE Anglers’ Conservation Association has elected radio broadcaster, television presenter and life long angler Chris Tarrant as its new president.Speaking about his new role, Chris said: “This is a role I am honoured to serve in and I have no intention of being a passenger in the association. I have a great passion for angling […]

More than 500 licence dodgers were netted in an Environment Agency swoop last weekend.The offenders were caught during a two day blitz on May 25-26. In total 740 waters across England and Wales were hit and 7,971 anglers checked.Dodgers made up 6.5 per cent of those quizzed – a drop in the evasion rate of […]

ANGLERS looking to buy a new pole should take a note of a new deal introduced by tackle firm Trabucco.The Italian manufacturer is offering a £300 plus trade-in on your old pole, and it doesn’t matter a jot what condition it’s in. And what’s more, your old pole won’t go to waste, but will be […]

CARP fishing remains a growing sector of the angling industry – with more younger anglers getting involved, while the so-called pleasure angler has also migrated into this market.And carp fishermen are prepared to pay good money for quality tackle but they also shop around mail order firms for the best deal. And the market itself […]

DAVID Hall Publishing has made a cracking start to 2002. Figures just released for the first quarter show sales of its consumer titles, which include Match Fishing, Total Sea Fishing and Total Carp magazines, up year on year by 25.6 per cent.Company boss David Hall said: “This is fantastic news for our advertisers – they […]