The Final Round of the inaugural FTW Pairs competition sponsored by Big Fish Tackle promised to be an exciting event with four pairs in the running for the championship, and with the change in the weather conditions there were signs that the fish were in the mood for spawning so anything could happen today. Unusual for […]

Rob Wootton (Middy/Dynamite) from Leicestershire became the twelfth qualifier for the Fish ‘O’ Mania XVII Final next month by winning at the match at Heronbrook Fishery, Slindon, near Eccleshall, Staffordshire on Wednesday 2nd June. All the talk was for a draw on the Meadow Pool because it had produced some huge match winning weights in […]

Neil Machin (Garbolino/Bagem Baits), a Logistics Manager from Stoke on Trent came out as overall winner at The Oaks at Sessay on Saturday 5th June. After winning his section in nearly every Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier he has fished this season he finally came good at The Oaks. It was on one of the new […]

The Shakespeare-backed Evesham Angling Festival Ladies Championship is in danger of being scrapped if entry numbers do not increase significantly over the next few weeks. Despite extensive media promotion the organisers are disappointed that the competition is not being supported and a decision has been made that if entries are not in excess of 40 […]

The Total-Fishing.com Glebe Festival is now in its eighth year, making it one of the longest running events in the calendar. Once again it attracted a great turnout and with fishery owner Roy Marlow donating the pegging fee over the two days to charity, the 65 anglers raised well over £2,000 for good angling causes.The […]

“Team Marukyu Sizzle To Victory In Ivan Marks Memorial” Very hot, still and sunny conditions greeted the anglers fishing in the sixth running of the Ivan Marks Memorial Match held at The Glebe complex and Mallory Park which had been closed for the previous two months and saw plenty of fish cruising near the surface […]

A year has quickly rolled by and it was time for the second annual Pete Pell Cancer Care Charity Match.The match is dedicated to the memory of my father Pete, who sadly died of cancer in 2007; a way of us match anglers and tackle companies putting something back from the sport we love and […]

The eagerly awaited new Hardy Anglers Guide is now available. In a move away from recent tradition this year’s guide combines products from both the game and coarse categories. Available at your local Hardy dealer or as a download from www.hardyfishing.com the 93 page consumer catalogue from the Alnwick-based fishing tackle manufacturer showcases some of […]

The world brown trout record has been beaten with a brute of a fish from the Manistee River in Michagan, USA. The jaw dropping 41lb 7oz fish, which beats the 17-year-old All Tackle IGFA World Brown Trout Record, was landed by Tom Healy, who was fishing the Grand Rapids stretch of the big river with […]