The success of the popular Barston Masters competitions held at Solihull’s Barston Lakes has led to a doubling of the prize fund and the extension of the competition so that it’s now year-round, with heats from January leading up to a final in November.  All of the matches will take place at Barston, on the […]

RiverFest organiser Dave Harrell is looking to set a new benchmark for river match fishing in the UK by offering a £20,000 first prize in the 2015 event. Midlander Dave is looking to increase the number of anglers fishing each regional qualifier from 60 to as many as 90, and is seeking a sponsor from […]

The Birmingham Fazeley Canal will host the final of the 2015 Canal Pairs Championships to be run jointly by the Canal & River Trust and the Angling Trust. Eleven qualifiers will be fished on canal venues around the country with the top five pairs from each (110 finalists) due to battle it out on the […]

Dates and venues have been announced for the 2015 Canal & River Trust Stillwater Championships. It will be the eighth running of the event, with 40-peg qualifying rounds to be held between April and September, with four anglers from each going through to the final at Blythe Waters on October 10th. There will be three […]

But Powers & Harvey lead the race for the title. Lee Harrison has won the second round of the Preston Innovations sponsored Pole Fishing Pairs league, with a weight of 20 kilos 700g. The Drennan  Barnsley ace made the most of a favoured draw on Messingham Sand’s Tripp Pond, catching F1s, crucians, roach and skimmers […]

Cameron Hughes has won the Drennan Rive Silverfish Festival with an impressive 112b catch of roach and skimmers over two days. This is the first year that this prestigious event has been run at the prolific White Acres holiday complex in Cornwall. The 78-strong field included 20 invited anglers from France, the Drennan Team England […]

After a few days of heavy rain and fluctuating river levels, 60 anglers arrived at Hereford on the River Wye to fish the first day of the RiverFest 2014 final on Saturday 15th November to find the river slightly over 7ft but falling. With conditions set to improve as the match went on, anglers were […]

Gianoncelli & Bowman win first round of PF Pairs. Frankie Gianoncelli and his partner on the day, Ian Bowman have won the first round of the Preston Innovations backed Pole Fishing pairs league at Barston Lakes and Packington Somers Fishery near Solihull. Taking place at four of the UK’s best commercial fisheries, the Preston Innovations […]

With the Warwickshire Avon at Eckington carrying around a foot of extra water and a good colour, big bream weights were expected at the Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier on Saturday 18th October.   The Eckington Angling Club waters didn’t fail to deliver as 56 anglers put a total of 960 lbs on the scales with […]

Jamie Wilde is £25,000 better off having won the 2014 Parkdean Masters final at White Acres Fishery. However, it was as very close run thing with his 46-5-0 weight from unfancied peg 13 less than 3lb ahead of second placed Andy Geldart (43-11-0), with Geoff Vallance also close, weighing in 43-3-0. It was an all […]

Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery is creating a new fishing league for match anglers to be fished from 1st November right through to the 1st October 2015. Points will be awarded to open matches in the week and at weekends where there are 10 anglers or more, with the top 32 anglers at the end going […]

The 16th Angling Trust RiverFest 2014 qualifier took place on a very low and clear River Thames at Medley on Saturday 4th October, and with weather conditions also far from ideal, it was a tough match for many of the competitors. The top weight of 16-13-0 fell to Angling Trust Ambassador Dave Harrell who came […]

A wonderful first TideFest was held on the tidal Thames on Sunday September 28 at Kew Bridge, Isleworth, Chiswick and in the Wandle Valley on Sunday to commemorate World Rivers Day. Visitors enjoyed a host of activities that were organised place along the Thames Tideway  including paddle boarding, sailing, kayaking, angling, foreshore exploration, river dipping, […]

Dick Clegg, OBE, International Coarse Angling Manager of the Angling Trust  will be holding a Veterans International assessment day on the Aire and Calder Canal on Sunday 26th October this year.  The intention is to select a squad of anglers to compete in Portugal on the river Sorria next June on a venue that has […]

The River Trent at Burton on Trent was not in the best of conditions for the Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier held on Sunday 28th September with very low, gin clear and not much flow, but surprisingly it still produced a good contest with 60 competitors competing. The winner on the day was Robbie Quinn fishing […]