The weekend of the 15th/16th June 2019 brought the second Angling Trust Six Man Team Championships held this year at Draycote Water. Sixteen teams were to battle it out for their share of the £6,000 prize fund with the 2018 champions Fulling Mill FNF Nymphomaniacs returning to try and retain their title. There were several […]
The Angling Trust Loch Style Team Championships 2019
England Win Gold in the 2019 Ladies International on Draycote Water
On Thursday 6th June the 31st Ladies Loch Style Fly Fishing International was held for the first time at Draycote Water, one of England’s top competition venues. England were convincing winners with 54 fish. A fine team performance saw them take Gold with nearly twice as many fish as Ireland who were second with 28 […]
Team England Veterans just miss out on podium place finish
The Angling Trust’s Team England Veterans have returned home from the 12th FIPSed World Veterans Championship in a credible fourth place, just missing out on a podium place. The England Veterans World Championship was held on the Scolmatore Channel, near Pisa, Italy from 14th – 15th June fishing just further down the stretch where the […]
Doug Jackson qualifies for Fish O Mania final at Lakeview
Damp, muggy weather greeted the Seventy-five anglers that made their way to Lake View Fishery for the nineteenth Fish’O’Mania qualifier. That said lots of heavy rain in recent days, plus evidence that some fish were still spawning made for a very apprehensive atmosphere at the draw. Seven lakes were used so anglers were not short […]
Tubertini England Home Nations Boat Team win Silver off Weymouth
Tubertini England Home Boat Team took second place honours at the SALC Home Boat International Championship out of Weymouth harbour from 13th to 16th June 2018. Team England consisted of; Gary Geoghegan (fishing/manager), Cliff Newbold, Martin Bobbett, Brett Lomas, John Bellamy, Richard Day, Peter Bailey (reserve) and Cliff Williams (2nd reserve). Team England’s preparations began […]
Silver for Team England’s Disabled on the Scolmatore Canal, Italy
Team England’s Disabled squad finished with a fantastic second place team win in the 21st FIPSed World Disabled Championship from 14th – 15th June on the Scolmatore Channel near Pisa, Italy. Team England Disabled Team consisted of; Mark Russell, Mark Eves, Roy Wells, Alan Chadbone, Stefan Gent, John Weeden (manager), Dick Clegg (2nd captain) and […]
Gavin Bridge goes straight into Fish’O’Mania Final on toughish Coleman’s Cottage
For a change, the weather was reasonable for nineteenth Fish’O’Mania Qualifier held at Colemans Cottage. The warm and breezy conditions did not though, galvanise the fish into a feeding frenzy and weights were surprisingly low for this normally prolific venue. Not that local rod Gavin Bridge (Colemans Bait & Tackle) was worried about any of […]
Five new British records ratified by BRFC
The BRFC met at the Natural History Museum, London, on 12th June 2019. Present were: Mike Heylin OBE (Chairman), Oliver Crimmen (Scientific Advisor, Natural History Museum), Andrew Nellist (Freshwater Specialist), Mat Mander (Marine Specialist) and Nick Simmonds (Secretary). The committee considered and accepted the following record claims as being duly ratified: Simon Ellis’s Grayling (Thymallus […]
Darren Frost wins first RiverFest qualifier of season on River Calder
High rivers in many parts of the country resulted in numerous matches being cancelled at the weekend. Competitors were therefore pleasantly surprised to find that the River Calder at Mirfield was only carrying about 10” of extra water. Darren Frost won the qualifier at peg 54 in C Zone where he caught a mixed bag […]
30th time lucky (and good) for Andy Bennett in Fish O Mania Qualifier
The second qualifier this year at the popular Partridge Lakes was a triumph for Andy Bennett, who qualified for his first Fish ‘O’ Mania final after more than 30 attempts over the last 10 years. The 34 year-old angling coach from nearby Hyde in Cheshire landed F1’s and carp to 4lb, fishing maggot shallow for […]
Angling Trust Appoint Andy Taylor as Competition Support Officer
The Angling Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of Andy Taylor as its new Competition Support Officer. Andy brings a wealth of experience gained within angling and the fishery management sector having lectured in fishery management for twenty years and assisted in the management of his parent’s commercial trout fishery for thirty years. Andy […]
Bronze for England’s ladies at carp fishing world championships
A nail biting and exciting finish saw England’s lionesses secure a bronze medal at the inaugural ladies World Carp Cup held at Villeneuve de la Rhao, Perpignan, France last weekend. Home nation France took the honours with a magnificent display that secured them two section wins and a second. Their unbeatable four points could not […]
Minter strikes lucky on the Boddington Classic
This third qualifying round for the Boddington Classic Final was a mixed bag for the 43 anglers that fished. The anglers pegged on the Dam wall had to face a strong wind all day whilst those pegged along the main bank had almost mill pool conditions. Peg 2 on the Dam was the favoured draw […]
Fish Legal wins High Court challenge over Kendal sewage outfall
The High Court has ruled that a decision by Cumbria County Council to allow United Utilities to continue using a temporary sewage outfall at Kendal Wastewater Treatment Works for another 12 months was unlawful. In a judgement handed down last Friday, the council was found not to have properly considered the environmental impact of the […]
Chalk Streams in Crisis
Following three consecutive dry years across much of Britain, river levels and groundwater supplies are now in such a depleted state in the water-stressed South East that wildlife organisations and river groups have published a call for the Government and Water Companies to introduce hosepipe bans and other water restrictions immediately to avert fish kills […]
