With a little colour and pace in the river, most of the competitors in the latest qualifier on the Bristol Avon went down the route of a feeder and pole approach. Match organiser Kevin Dicks went in a completely different direction though and ran out a convincing winner at peg 50 with a 30-6-0 catch. After […]

Hodnet A/C hosted the first Angling Trust & Canal & River Trust Canal Pairs qualifier of twelve national heats which sees 5 pairs from each match competing in a final later in the year. This match held on Saturday 2nd July 2016 was sold out with 50 pairs, 100 anglers lining the banks of the Shropshire Union […]

Bait-Tech is to get behind the Shakespeare Superteam who will now be known as Shakespeare Superteam Bait-Tech. The deal will give the team access to Bait-Tech’s full product range when competing in high profile team events all over the UK assisting them in gaining even more success over the coming season – adding to an […]

The weather forecast for this last Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifying heat of 2016 held at Garbolino Lindholme Lakes, Epworth on Wednesday 29th June was for persistent rain from 11am until around 4pm, and for a change it was almost spot on.  Whilst the grim forecast had clearly deterred a number of anglers it was very […]

partypoker Fish ‘O’ Mania will debut a revised format of its International event this year with the launch of the International Masters to run simultaneously alongside the Grand Final during a mammoth day of angling at Cudmore Fisheries on Saturday, July 9. partypoker Fish ‘O’ Mania International Masters will comprise six anglers representing Holland, Italy, […]

A low and clear River Swale proved to be a tough nut to crack for many of the competitors in the second Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier held on Saturday 25th June. Big chub accounted for all the top weights and leading the way was Goole angler Mark Turner, on his first visit to the venue […]

This year the fabulous Partridge Lakes complex in Cheshire played host to the Angling Trust Cadets and Junior Angling Championships on Saturday 25th June 2016.  Sadly the numbers of teams taking part was very disappointing. Whilst the Cadets event again saw 4 teams fishing, the Junior Championship had only 9 teams, which was 5 teams […]

Winner of this penultimate Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier with a total weight of 102 lb 2 oz was Adam Southgate who drew peg 103 on Syndicate Lake at Gold Valley Lakes, Aldershot on Saturday 25th June 2016.  Adam managed to catch the majority of his fish on the waggler at 25m using pellets but also found two […]

England win double Silver at the FIPSed World Feeder Championship Preston Innovations England World Feeder team continued their excellent run of results in World Championships as they brought home team and individual silver medals from the 6th FIPSed World Feeder Championship. The Novisad Canal in Serbia, a feeder to the mighty Danube hosted the World […]

England win double Silver at the FIPSed World Feeder Championship Preston Innovations England World Feeder team continued their excellent run of results in World Championships as they brought home team and individual silver medals from the 6th FIPSed World Feeder Championship. The Novisad Canal in Serbia, a feeder to the mighty Danube hosted the World […]

Rainfall had created what looked to be a perfect summer river in the run-up to the first RiverFest qualifier of the season, fished on the River Calder. But a heavy downpour of cold water onFriday changed that and fishing was harder than anticipated. The sections used in the match were Zone A- Pear Tree, Zone […]

Stephen Openshaw topped 50 kilos to win the latest Stillwater Champs qualifier, fished at Blythe Waters. The fishery fished evenly with some particularly close results for the second qualifying section places. Stephen Openshaw (Lingmere Fishery) was the overall winner with 51.52 kilo fishing single 6mm pellet shallow on Bridge pool peg10 . Barry Bush (Birkenhead) […]

The latest Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier was held at the fabulous Partridge Lakes complex in Cheshire on Saturday 18th June 2016.  The venue’s popularity was confirmed by the big turnout.   The weather was pretty good following the recent heavy rains and this combined with the fish’s post spawning mood caused most of the anglers […]

Tunnel Barn Farm Memorial Match Tuesday July 5th 2016 Tunnel Barn Farm is holding its annual random pairs match in memory of Jenny Hamlington and departed friends. Jenny and Mike built the fishery together over the years from a small pond which became the bottom pool, to the complex that you see today. The cost […]

England have put themselves in a great position to retain their World Feeder Champs gold medal after a superb Day One performance on Serbia’s Novisad Canal which saw them score just nine points, less than two points per man.  Under the guidance of Tommy Pickering the team changed tactics during the match as it became […]