The weekend of the 28th/29th September saw 100 anglers take part in the two-day AT TEFF National Loch-Style final at Chew Valley Lake. The anglers were fishing to be part of the two England teams for 2020 having qualified from regional heats and the repêchage earlier in the season. The match was fished over two […]
2019 AT TEFF Loch-Style National Final at Chew Valley Lake
Ringers Arrow into World Club Feeder Champs in Bulgaria
At the third attempt to qualify for the World Club Feeder Championship, Team Ringers blew the opposition away at Arrow Valley Lake, Redditch, with a near-perfect score of seven penalty points. Incredibly this included section wins in four of the five sections, from Steve Ringer Fishing and Phil Ringer, Rob Wootton and Adam Wakeline, with […]
Bream on a rising Warks Avon get Biddle through to Riverfest final….
After 12 hours of heavy rain, the Warwickshire Avon was starting to rise as the 55 competitors got to their pegs. As always on rising rivers, some species like to feed and those who were on areas where there were some bream and barbel managed to catch well. Worcester’s Tim Biddle drew the downstream end […]
Martin and Paul take Loughborough Heat!
Pic: Third place pair Lee Newson and Graham Smith The twelfth round of the Canal Pairs qualifiers made its way back to the Grand Union Canal at Loughborough, which has been throwing up good weights over the last couple of years, and this heat proved no different! Winning pair on the day were Martin […]
Cranson takes River Thames Riverfest qualifier
The River Thames at Reading saw the top four anglers land over 600lb of bream, which included a new record weight for the competition. Andrew Cranston set the new standard at peg 34 where he put 194-4-0 of bream on the scales to book himself a place in the final. Next door to Andy, at […]
Jim Burton bags Bewdley RiverFest Qualifier with 55lb of barbel and chub
The River Severn at Bewdley hosted the seventeenth round of RiverFest qualification this Saturday. Conditions on the morning were bright and clear, which weren’t ideal and those with some cover had a distinct advantage. Facebook blogger, Villa fan and one time MatchBox supremo Jim Burton was on such man on peg 49 in B zone, […]
Angling Trust announce the England team for Anglers with Disabiliites for 2020 FIPSed 22nd World Championship
The Angling Trust are pleased to announce the team that will be taking part in the FIPSed 22nd Anglers with Disabilities World Coarse Championship on the River Sava, Slovenia next year. Following a successful England trial assessment day held recently on the River Soar at Loughborough with everyone fishing to FIPSed International rules, John Weeden […]
Karl and Steff Johansen take Trent and Mersey Canal Pairs Qualifier
The Trent and Mersey at Shardlow hosted the eleventh round of the AT/CRT Canal pairs and 32 anglers were treated to some beautiful, late summer weather up in Derbyshire. Unfortunately, this brought the boaters out in force, but the canal still fished very well with plenty of bonus fish feeding. Father-son duo Karl and Stef […]
Team England announced for the FIPSed World Veterans Angling Championship 2020
The England Veterans will be travelling to Slovenia next year to take part in the 13th FIPSed World Veterans Angling Championships being held on the River Sava, Radece. The team are hoping to do one better than earlier this year when they finished in a credible fourth place in Italy on the Canal Scolmatore in […]
Angling Trust announce the England Masters Coarse Angling Team for 2020
The Angling Trust are pleased to announce the England Masters Coarse Angling Team representing England and the Angling Trust in the FIPSed 3rd World Masters Championship on the River Sava, Radece, Slovenia next year. The team selected are; Matt Hall Mark Harper Harry Billing Danny Sixsmith Tommy Pickering Joe Roberts (Manager) Billy Reynolds (Delegate) This […]
Darran Soars into the Final
The Seventeenth round of RiverFest qualification saw the 50 of the country’s finest river anglers pit their wits against a rather low and clear river River Soar. It was Sensas backed Darran Bickerton that took the match from peg 7 in A zone. Darran rotated a 5m line for perch on worm, and a longer […]
Malcolm Vigor takes River Thames RiverFest qualifier
A low, clear River Thames from Abingdon to Appleford made for some tricky conditions for hopeful qualifiers. Talk at the draw was whether the bream would feed and if the finicky roach could be lined up. Malcolm Vigor made the most of his good early draw on peg 3 at Abingdon and stormed the match […]
Somerset landowner kills fish by tipping chemicals on ground
Caption: Bullhead fish and invertebrates like caddis fly larvae were among those killed A retired plant nursery owner has ended up with a bill of more than £27,000 for illegally disposing of waste herbicides and pesticides at a site in Somerset. The chemicals entered a stream and killed more than 270 fish. In September 2017 […]
Three anglers prosecuted after obstructing fisheries bailiff
The 3 attempted to escape the bailiff by running away and hiding in bushes before being caught. The Environment Agency has successfully prosecuted 3 men from Liverpool for wilfully obstructing a water bailiff following an incident in Staffordshire last April. Jack O’Callaghan, 30, of Tynwald Place; Patrick Jones, 35, of Judges Drive and Alan Clelland, […]
Dench, Robbins, Hughes through to RiverFest final after Tidal Trent qualifier
Anglers were greeted by a very low and clear tidal Trent for the latest RiverFest qualifier held at North Clifton, Laughterton and Torksey. With no tide due for the match, the main targets would be the roach, dace and the hope of an odd barbel. Winner on the day from North Clifton peg 22 was […]
