Jamie Hughes is the new Midlands Match Angler of the Year after winning the annual event at Solihull’s Barston Lakes. The event sees competitors fish two three hour matches in the same day, with the first match on the feeder and the second on the pole. Jamie weighed in 28lb of F1s in the morning […]

The Angling Trust will be holding a Ladies International assessment day on the Aire and Calder canal on Sunday 26th October this year, and the England management team of  Dave Brooks and Joe Roberts will be looking to select a squad of anglers to compete in the 22nd  FIPSed Ladies World Angling Championship in Belgium […]

2014 Lakelands and Inland Waterways World Pairs Angling Championships. 8th to 12th September, 138 fished English pairing Adam Wakelin and Rob Wootton broke the Irish stranglehold on the third edition of the Lakelands and Inland Waterways World Pairs Angling Championships, fished on venues throughout Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The duo from the […]

Thirty one teams (310 competitors) battled it out on a tough Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Wigan in the Angling Trust Division 2 National Championship on Saturday 13th September.  Red hot favourites Wigan Match Group fishing on their local water proved difficult to beat to amass a fantastic total of 273 points to become Division […]

Report courtesy of Drennan International The Netherlands have won World Championship gold in Croatia after an impressive two-day per­form­ance on an extremely chal­len­ging venue. Heavy rain had seen the already powerful flowing venue rise around 2.5 metres in just a few days. The teams that fared the best got to grips with these demanding con­di­tions […]

The Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier on the Great Ouse took place at Littleport on Sunday 7th September with three more qualifier winners booking their places through to the grand final on 15th/16th November on the River Wye, Hereford. With only securing his ticket just two days before the qualifier Graham Dack’s luck was in by […]

The latest Angling Trust & Canal & River Trust Stillwater Championship qualifier was held at Blythe Waters on Wednesday 10th September 2014. 30 competitors of the 35 that were booked in turned up on the day. The weather was dry, bright and sunny, with little wind. After the previous round at Blythe the fishing would […]

Birmingham club Ridgemere AC have been crowned the kings of club fishing after winning the Angling Times Supercup final at Barston Lakes. Scoring only 23 points among their six-man team, they finished ten points clear of second placed Essex Tackle. The club was at an advantage over many sides as they hold regular matches at […]

The Annual and now very long running Angling Trust Masters (ACA) was held on Saturday August 30 at Mallory Park Fisheries Leicestershire. Fourteen Teams of six anglers lined the banks of The Glebe and the Foundation Lake. Fishery owner Roy Marlow runs this event and he thanked every angler for being fantastic Ambassadors for the […]

The latest Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier for 2014 took place on the River Don on Saturday 30th August with two zones at Sprotborough & one at the much fancied Denaby length with 55 anglers fishing. The river had risen 8 inches overnight and rose further during the match which hampered the roach fishing so skimmers […]

Saturday 30th August witnessed the fourth and latest chapter in the Maver Mega Match This success story. A gruelling twenty-four qualifier campaign produced a truly exciting and unpredictable prospest with club anglers pegged amongst some of the country’s finest, each one having earnt their place in angling’s ultimate showdown and the sport’s richest final. As […]

Winter match fishing doesn’t come much better than on the Stainforth and Keaby canal. With well attended matches and double figure nets of silver fish common place, the sought after teams of three series is once again being run by Lee Kerry, Tom Scholey and Matt Godfrey. Lee commented: “Last year was a great success with roach […]

A new pairs league exclusively for pole anglers is to run this winter. Taking place at four of the UK’s most prolific silver-fish venues, the event will follow a unique format and carry a guaranteed first prize of £2,000 for the winning pair. The event is the brainchild of the Pole Fishing team, Tom Scholey […]

Stillwater Championship Qualifier – Results from Earlswood Lakes Match Report Far from ideal conditions greeted the 25 competitors for the Angling Trust + Canal & River Trust Stillwater Championship qualifier held at Earlswood Lakes on the Engine Pool on Saturday 23rd August 2014.  A very cold North Westerly wind blowing across the lake meant that […]

Ladies World Angling Championships 2014 The Angling Trust’s England Ladies World Championship coarse fishing team went into this year’s 21st FIPsed Ladies World Angling Championship on the River Sorria, Coruche, Portugal (23rd – 24th August) as reigning champions after a tremendous win in Slovenia last year, but sadly this time just failed to make the […]