The River Thames Riverfest qualifier at Clanfield was won by John Price who finished well clear of the pack with a mixed catch of 19-7-0 from peg 94. John started on the whip fished over groundbait for 6lb of small fish. He then fished a chopped worm line down the edge at 14m for a […]
Price is right in RiverFest River Thames qualifier
Dan Ashington bags the barbel in River Severn RiverFest Qualifier
Qualifiers: Dan Ashington, Dave Beecroft and Adrian Paddock A dropping and clearing river greeted the competitors for the sixteenth round of the RiverFest 2017 qualifiers and hopes were high for big weights. However, the low water temperature resulted in many of the anglers struggling for bites. Dan Ashington won A Zone with the top weight […]
Drennan Team England bring home silver from the Match Fishing World Championships in Belgium. Home nation takes the gold….
Drennan Team England have returned to home soil with team Silver after claiming a superb second place and so it turned out all podium positions went to the favourites Belgium, France and England. Belgium hosted the 64th FIPS-ed Coarse Angling World Championships for Nations over 9th – 10th September on the Charleroi-Bruxelles Canal, Ronquieres with […]
World Match Fishing Youth Championships, Ireland 2017; England take bronze in Under 15s; Under 20s and Under 25s just miss out
Left to right: The bronze medal winning England Under-15s squad for 2017 of Jason Kirk, Joe Roberts, Josh Newman, Joshua Paling, Mick Gibbs, William McCranor, Ryan Kennison, Billy Kirk Team England under 15’s won the Bronze medal in a memorable debut in the FIPS-ed World Youth Championships in Ireland, while England’s Sensas U20’s and Drennan […]
Drennan Barnsley Blacks Win World Club Championship Gold in France
Drennan Barnsley Blacks have done English match fishing proud by taking gold at the prestigious World Club Match Fishing Champs in France. The event, described as the Champions League of match fishing, brings together the best match fishing teams from all over Europe, with 24 teams taking part this year. Until last year England’s only […]
Kearney and Gilbert secure place in Canal Pairs Final
With the build up to Division One National Championships, the Shropshire Union hosted it’s first of two Angling Trust and Canal and River Trust pairs competition which was a sell-out 100 angler field. The sections were pegged on the popular Knighton and Park Heath stretches and with some very changeable conditions forecast many at the […]
Long whip approach sees Peter Morris take the River Soar RiverFest qualifier with 26lb
Qualifiers: Peter Morris, Paul Bick, Mal Hallows The River Soar hosted the seventh round of RiverFest qualifiers and although some decent weights were posted, it didn’t fish as well as the weeks leading up to the qualifier. This was down to clear cold water going into the system the day before. A zone was split […]
Trent barbel to 12lb land Dave Stevenson a place in the 2017 RiverFest final
Pic: Winner Dave Stenson (Centre) with fellow qualifiers Richard Wood (Left) and Tom Noton (Right) Sunday saw the sixth round of RiverFest qualifying take place on the middle Trent at Shelford, Hamms Bridge and East Bridgford. As these sections of the river had not seen a lot of match action for the last couple of […]
Stillwater Champs: Mark Morris wins at Boddington
Picture: Qualifiers for Boddington Final The Angling Trust and Canal and River Trust Stillwater Championships made its way once more to the prolific Boddington Reservoir. Strong winds and heavy rains greeted the 31 hardened anglers that had made their way from around the country to the Daventry fishery. Outright winner on the day was Mark […]
Top of the Billing! Harry takes Veterans Match Fishing National
Veterans National Match Fishing Championships 2017 Partridge Lakes Left: Winner, Harry Billings. Right: Second, Danny Sixsmith The Angling Trust’s Veteran National took place at the ever popular Partridge Lakes, where 147 of our hardy angling veterans braved some appalling weather; strong winds and rain hampered tackle presentation and left the fish reluctant to feed. […]
Whittle Victorious on Bristol Avon
Pic: Winner Hadrian Whittle (Centre) with fellow qualifiers Kevin Hall (Left) and Mark Downes (Right) (hi res image available)A few inches of extra water and more pace in the river had local anglers predicting big weights of bream before the draw at the latest RiverFest Qualifier at Newbridge. The match winner at peg 50 was Ross on […]
Angling Trust reacts to changes to FIPS-ed World Club Championships Qualifier
Caption: Daiwa Dorking celebrate after winning the World Club Champs on the Ostellato Canal. Following the news that the Angling Trust has reintroduced a qualifier to identify and select a team to represent England in the FIPS-ed Coarse Angling World Championship for Clubs (float), the Angling Trust would like to make a full and […]
Kevin Johnson wins the 2017 Lough Muckno Festival
Sublime last day performance sees Johnson edge out all challengers on Lough Muckno July festival 2017. The final day on the Lough Muckno July festival saw the closest leaderboard witnessed in years with just grammes separating the top 4 and today’s showdown as expected did not disappoint. That Kevin Johnson would continue his charge was […]
Roger Wakenshaw wins Ivan Marks Memorial 2017
Ivan Marks memorial match 2017 Date: 16th July 2017 Venue: River Witham Kirkstead 42 fished The River Witham was hard going for many and the bream shoals were noticeable by their absence. However, there were small fish in abundance for those looking for bites and several nets of 1-3lb of silverfish were banked. The winner […]
Campsmount Academy retain Match Fishing Schools National at Hallcroft Fishery
The Angling Trust Schools National made its way to the wonderful Hallcroft fisheries in Retford for its inaugural run out and once more was generously sponsored by Daiwa. Although forecast, the heavy rain and thunderstorms abated and with plenty of room across Moat, Reed and Canal pools the young anglers took the opportunity to bag […]
