Pic: Steve Cochrane This year the Team England Fly Fishing Bank Final was held on Saturday 5th October 2013 at Chatton Fly Fishery, Northumberland. Three lakes were used for 48 anglers who were competing for six places to represent England in next year’s International. Tactics on the day included intermediate lines with small lures, floating […]
Cochrane Buzzing After 2013 Team England Fly Fishing Bank Final
Seighford Sharks Show Their Bite In Airflo International 2013
Pic: First place Seighford Sharks Anglers from all over the UK and Europe headed to Rutland Water for the two day final of this prestigious match. At the end of Day One (Tuesday 1 October) the Seighford Sharks with 45 fish for 129lb 6 3/8oz looked to have a comfortable margin of nearly 20lb […]
England A Win Bronze at Long Casting World Championships
The England A Casting Team have come home with a bronze team medal from the Long Casting World Championships in Belgium, with Andy Copping narrowly missing out on an individual bronze medal finishing in 4th place for the England A team in the individual category.There was some drama when England A team member Jay Lee […]
Big Brown Trout Helps Dixon To 2013 English Fly Fishing National At Grafham
Phil Dixon included this magnificent 7lb 13oz brown trout in his winning eight-fish catch in the 100 angler English National held at Grafham Water. The mighty fish, the biggest of a match which produced a rod average of more than four, took a small black Booby off Sanctuary Bay. Phil heads up a list of […]
Cuba Grand Slam: Bull Trout Record
Pic, Italian angler Paolo Fornasari Italian angler Paolo Fornasari accomplished his third Inshore Grand Slam while fishing the pristine inshore waters surrounding Cayo Cruz, Cuba. With local guide Nelson on the poling platform, Fornasari successfully landed an estimated 36.3 kg (80 lb) tarpon, a 7.7 kg (17 lb) permit and a 2 kg (4 lb) […]
Lord Percy Lands Huge Salmon
The Duke of Northumberland’s brother, Lord James Percy has landed a 46lb 3oz Salmon while fishing on the River Alta in Norway. Lord James landed the fish of a lifetime using a Hardy Zenith 14′ 6″ #9 rod, Fortuna X2 Reel and Mach Spey line.
Rutland Water Brown Trout Record Smashed!
Rutland Water’s 20-year-old brown trout record has been smashed with this magnificent 17lb 6oz 4dr fish caught by Empingham angler Tom Cooper. Tom was sharing a boat with his elder brother Richard and the pair ventured up the North Arm. The excitement built for Tom as the giant fish followed his top dropper to the […]
Rivers And Lochs Of Scotland
As Bruce Sandison celebrates the 30th anniversary and latest edition of his Rivers And Lochs of Scotland guide, the man himself talks about some of his own favourite fishing targets, tactics and destinations… There are lies, damned lies, and anglers. I am one of the later. Signed, sealed and delivered into the piscatorial art for […]
Cutthroat Trout Record Caught In Nevada
Californian angler Bob Gaines was fishing the famed Pyramid Lake, Nevada, USA on April 2nd when he landed a beautiful cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki) on fly rod. A well placed cast with a red glitter midge fly enticed the strike, and Gaines needed 25 minutes to land the 73 cm cutthroat. The fish was quickly […]
Fine Corrib Ferox Trout For Cork Angler
Angling guide Tomi Kurman hasn’t been spending too much time targeting the Ferox trout on Lough Corrb in Ireland recently due to bad weather. However, a fine weather window tempted him to have a go with guest Paul Breakers and he was rewarded with this magnificent fish of 12lb 3oz which is also a new […]
Hagger Bags Big Rutland Rainbow
David Hagger from Middlesbrough took the best fish of the week from Rutland Water, this superb overwintered specimen rainbow weighed in at 7lb 5oz. The fish fell to Dawson’s Olive fished on an intermediate line whilst David boat fished off the Peninsular. LATEST RUTLAND FORM
Top Surface Action For Trout Anglers At Packington Somers
Packington Trout Fishery has been in top form over the last week with 116 rods accounting for 466 fish; an average of around four fish per angler. There have been lost of hatches going on, bringing the fish on the feed and resulting in great top-water action with Buzzers, CDC Emergers and dry Olives accounting […]
100 Year Old Leven Trout Record Beaten
The brown trout record at Scotland’s Loch Leven – which had stood at 9lb 13oz for over 100 years – has been beaten with a fabulous fish weighing 11lb 5.4 ounces by Kirkcaldy’s Alan Campbell, a regular who fishes the water more of less every week. Alan was boat fishing at the so called Hole […]
Anglers raise Over £3000 For Fishing For Heroes
On Saturday 27th April, Lucy Bowden from Alnwick organised a fly fishing event to raise money for the charity, Fishing for Heroes.Anglers travelled from far and wide, with some competitors travelling over 300 miles to attend the event which was held at Chatton Trout Fishery in Northumberland. 40 anglers including active servicemen from the Scots […]
Borras: EA ‘Failing In Its Duty’ As Report Highlights Bad Year For The Salmon
Adverse weather may have led to one of the worst years on record for salmon on Dorset’s River Frome, and the picture could well be mirrored across the chalk streams Of England. Drought followed by prolonged severe flooding saw smolt run estimates from the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust settle on fewer than 7,000 fish […]
