A cracking Birmingham Anglers Association match fished on the River Severn at Arley saw the top three weigh in over 50lb. Colin Harvey drew the end peg in the float only match where he waggler fished maggot for three chub and 11 barbel and an excellent 64lb return. Daiwa Gordon League’s Brian Pollard also had […]
Cracking Match On The River Severn
Myles Levy Joins Bag’em Matchbaits
Top Basingstoke matchman Myles Levy has been snaffled by Bag Em Match Baits. Myles (22) has been astonishing onlookers with his match fishing prowess over many years; and now he fishing exclusively with Bag Em’s impressive match baits range…. Myles (pictured above) has just finished a degree in Fishery management and aquaculture but has still […]
Mega Match This – 2012 Could Be Your Year
After the excitement following the Mega Match This final this year, the team at Maver (UK) are now preparing to make next year’s event even bigger with high hopes of presenting the 2012 winner with a cheque for a life changing £100,000! On that famous Saturday in August, angling history was made at Maver Larford […]
Cracking Match On The Fossdyke Canal
With the previously unfished Woodcocks length being pegged alongside the more commonly used section at Odder, nobody was sure what to expect for the first round of this popular series. As it turned out, fish showed up right along the match length in what turned out to be one of the best matches that the […]
Lewis Sprints To Winter League Win
The Coventry Canal hosted the second round of the Angling Trust Winter League on Sunday with the top three all weighing double figures. Top of the pile was Shakespeare’s Darren Lewis, who included roach to a pound in his 16-6-3 net taken on pole, caster and bloodworm from the Matlock Road Bay. Browning Central’s Alex […]
All Systems Go For 2012 Mega Match This competition
Maver UK boss Phil Briscoe has announced plans for the 2012 Maver Mega Match This competition and has confirmed rumours that he hopes to put up the biggest prize ever in UK match fishing of £100,000. The final, which saw the winner pick up £50,000 this year, is booked for Larford Lakes on September 1st, […]
Popular New Matches Series On Birmingham-Worcester Canal
The Birmingham-Worcester Canal is the location for a new series of canal matches thanks to the efforts of Bromsgrove angler Gary Kirkham, who is organising opens and pairs matches on the Stoke Works length near his home town, running to next March. The stretch used to be noted for its sport and hosted some major […]
Bag’em Matchbaits Launch New ‘Easy Xpanda’ Pellets
Bag’em have made their 4 & 6mm expander pellets easier and better to use. Their new texture and shape makes them more durable and easier to hook, enabling the pellet to stay on the hook longer. RRP £3.59 http://www.bagem.co.uk/
Rob Wootton Joins Shimano UK
Shimano UK is delighted to announce that one of the country’s top match anglers Rob Wootton will be joining the company as a sponsored angler with immediate effect.Leicestershire-based Rob, who is also sponsored by bait giant Dynamite Baits, will play an integral role in the promotion of the company’s products on the banks and throughout […]
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Mark Pollard Joins Shimano UK
One of the UK’s finest match anglers Mark Pollard has joined Shimano UK as a full-time tackle consultant in a deal that will see him relinquish his role as brand manager of Fox Match.‘Polly’, as he’s known on the banks, will play a major role in promoting the Shimano brand in the UK and across […]
Dorking Make It To World Club Champs
Kamasan Starlets fell just short in their efforts to secure the chance to fish in the World Club Championships in Portugal. The qualifier on Newark Dyke saw the top ten teams from the Division One National go head to head over two days for one place, but although the Birmingham outfit fished really well, finishing […]
Geoff Vallence Secures Bury Hill Silvers Festival
37 Anglers took part in this midweek annual event on the Old Lake at Bury Hill Fishery and for plenty of the competitors the bream and skimmers were obliging. Day 1 saw Ed Green draw peg 74 and he took full advantage putting together an excellent feeder performance with 84-0-0 of bream up to 5lbs […]
Dominant Dorking Take Preston Innovations World Club Classic Qualifier
Dominant Daiwa Dorking rounded off the year with their forth major team success on Nottingham’s Newark Dyke on 24th/25th September 2011. Their emphatic victory over 9 of Britain’s top teams has surely guaranteed their number one UK status.This World Club qualifier is now in its second year and is made up of teams finishing in […]
Match This Final Set To Be Bigger in 2012
Maver UK boss Phil Briscoe is pledging to make the 2012 Match This series bigger and better after personally guaranteeing that it paid out the biggest prize in match fishing this year – £50,000 to the winner. Phil, who runs the Larford Lakes complex that staged the final, has secured a two-year deal with the […]
Two New Winter Matches At Makins
Makins Fishery is launching brand new silver fish and team series in the run up to Christmas. The Silver Fish League will run over four matches starting November 5th, with Lagoon, Lizard and Lake one all in line to be used. Owner Alan McDiarmid is also changing his popular teams of 12 series to a […]
