Former editor of many a fishing magazine, owner of Total-Fishing.com and MD of a pest control company!! Author: geepster
Former editor of many a fishing magazine, owner of Total-Fishing.com and MD of a pest control company!! Former editor of many a fishing magazine, owner of Total-Fishing.com and MD of a pest control company!! 
Tunnel Barn Farm Match Results 29th September 2019
Date: Monday 23rd SEPTEMBER 2019 AFFORDABLE OPEN Pools: HOUSE No F/Man: 17 Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO 1st J. MORAN T.B.F. 139.04 8 2nd TANGUY T.B.F. 78.15 2 3rd J. JOHNSON T.B.F. 74.10 29 4th H. MORAN T.B.F. 56.15 6 5th VIRGIL T.B.F. 51.14 4 6th R. SHELDON T.B.F. 49.00 31 Date: Tuesday 24rd […]
Packington Somers Match Results 29th September 2019
STARLETS VETS (LITTLE GEARYS) 1. Bob Calcott (Packington) 111 -12 Peg 9 F1s on Pole and Paste 2. Ray Quiney (Packington) 48 – 8 3. John Batey (Packington) 45- 9 4. Mick Gibbs (Chiltern Bait) 29 -12 SOLIHULL ANGLING CENTRE OPEN (MOLANDS) 1. John burchell (Packington) 111 – 4 Peg 41 F1s on Pole& pellet […]
Jim Burton bags Bewdley RiverFest Qualifier with 55lb of barbel and chub
The River Severn at Bewdley hosted the seventeenth round of RiverFest qualification this Saturday. Conditions on the morning were bright and clear, which weren’t ideal and those with some cover had a distinct advantage. Facebook blogger, Villa fan and one time MatchBox supremo Jim Burton was on such man on peg 49 in B zone, […]
Angling Trust announce the England team for Anglers with Disabiliites for 2020 FIPSed 22nd World Championship
The Angling Trust are pleased to announce the team that will be taking part in the FIPSed 22nd Anglers with Disabilities World Coarse Championship on the River Sava, Slovenia next year. Following a successful England trial assessment day held recently on the River Soar at Loughborough with everyone fishing to FIPSed International rules, John Weeden […]
Karl and Steff Johansen take Trent and Mersey Canal Pairs Qualifier
The Trent and Mersey at Shardlow hosted the eleventh round of the AT/CRT Canal pairs and 32 anglers were treated to some beautiful, late summer weather up in Derbyshire. Unfortunately, this brought the boaters out in force, but the canal still fished very well with plenty of bonus fish feeding. Father-son duo Karl and Stef […]
Team England announced for the FIPSed World Veterans Angling Championship 2020
The England Veterans will be travelling to Slovenia next year to take part in the 13th FIPSed World Veterans Angling Championships being held on the River Sava, Radece. The team are hoping to do one better than earlier this year when they finished in a credible fourth place in Italy on the Canal Scolmatore in […]
Angling Trust announce the England Masters Coarse Angling Team for 2020
The Angling Trust are pleased to announce the England Masters Coarse Angling Team representing England and the Angling Trust in the FIPSed 3rd World Masters Championship on the River Sava, Radece, Slovenia next year. The team selected are; Matt Hall Mark Harper Harry Billing Danny Sixsmith Tommy Pickering Joe Roberts (Manager) Billy Reynolds (Delegate) This […]
Packington Somers Match Results 22nd September 2019
STARLETS VETS (MOLANDS/LITTLE GEARYS) 1. Keith Guest (Packington) 71 -12 Peg 45 MOLANDS Carp & F1s on Pellet Feeder 2. Ray Durant (Ridgemere) 48 – 8 3. Kevin Folwell (Drennan) 37 -14 4. Keith Winn (Lanes Bait) 33 -13 SOLIHULL ANGLING CENTRE OPEN (MOLANDS) 1. Pete Murray (Packington) 121 – 6 Peg 45 F1s on […]
Tunnel Barn Farm Match Results 22nd September 2019
Date: Monday 16TH SEPTEMBER 2019 AFFORDABLE OPEN Pools: HIGH No F/Man: 15 Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO 1st TOM HARDY T.B.F. 157.03 3 2nd TANGUY T.B.F. 127.07 15 3rd J. JOHNSON T.B.F. 101.03 5 4th CARL T.B.F. 84.08 27 5th VIRGIL T.B.F. 77.08 13 6th M. JONES T.B.F. 65.02 8 Date: Tuesday 17TH SEPTEMBER […]
Darran Soars into the Final
The Seventeenth round of RiverFest qualification saw the 50 of the country’s finest river anglers pit their wits against a rather low and clear river River Soar. It was Sensas backed Darran Bickerton that took the match from peg 7 in A zone. Darran rotated a 5m line for perch on worm, and a longer […]
Malcolm Vigor takes River Thames RiverFest qualifier
A low, clear River Thames from Abingdon to Appleford made for some tricky conditions for hopeful qualifiers. Talk at the draw was whether the bream would feed and if the finicky roach could be lined up. Malcolm Vigor made the most of his good early draw on peg 3 at Abingdon and stormed the match […]
Somerset landowner kills fish by tipping chemicals on ground
Caption: Bullhead fish and invertebrates like caddis fly larvae were among those killed A retired plant nursery owner has ended up with a bill of more than £27,000 for illegally disposing of waste herbicides and pesticides at a site in Somerset. The chemicals entered a stream and killed more than 270 fish. In September 2017 […]
Tunnel Barn Farm match Results 15th September 2019
Date: Monday 09TH SEPTEMBER 2019 AFFORDABLE OPEN Pools: CANAL No F/Man: 17 Pos NAME CLUB WEIGHT PEG NO 1st R. KINGS MOSELLA 125.02 3 2nd J. JOHNSON NOTTS AA 103.08 1 3rd T. HARDY T.H. FLOATS 80.00 6 4th P. ASHFIELD T.B.F. 68.11 12 5th M. DICKSON T.B.F. 65.02 16 6th F. STONE T.B.F. 47.12 […]
Packington Somers Match Results 15th September 2019
STARLETS VETS (GEARYS/LITTLE GEARYS/GRATUITIES) 1. Dave Longford (Ridgemere Blacks) 56 – 0 Peg 13 GEARYS Carp on Bomb & Pellet 2. Joe Roberts (Drennan) 50 – 6 3. Bryan Twaites (Coventry) 38 -13 4. Allan Dolby (Lanes Bait) 35 -10 SOLIHULL ANGLING CENTRE OPEN (MOLANDS) 1. John Burchell (Packington) 121 – 1 Peg 44 F1s […]
Three anglers prosecuted after obstructing fisheries bailiff
The 3 attempted to escape the bailiff by running away and hiding in bushes before being caught. The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted 3 men from Liverpool for wilfully obstructing a water bailiff following an incident in Staffordshire last April. Jack O’Callaghan, 30, of Tynwald Place; Patrick Jones, 35, of Judges Drive and Alan Clelland, […]
