The Upper River Trent is hosting a charity match in early September with the proceeds going to the MacMillan Charity. Organiser Tony Vandome has succeeded in getting some backing from Coors Brewery and Shakespeare for the Sunday Sept 9th event, which will take place on the Sharratts Farm, Ferry Bridge, Municiple, Bailey’s Meadow, Broadholme and […]
Charity Match On The Trent
Shakespeare Veterans Championship
Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 70 Fished. 1 Nick Cowling (Alcester Sports) 6-10-0 (peg 24) 2 Paul Sloss 5-12-0 (peg 66) 3 Colin Wilkins 5-9-0 (peg 8) 4 Ian Covey 5-4-0 (peg 80) 5 Pete Jones 5-3-8 (peg 11) = Keith Burton 5-3-8 (peg 31) Qualifier: Nick Cowling, pictured Nick Cowling seized victory in […]
River Severn Coaching With Steve Maher
River Severn ace Steve Maher is setting up a new coaching service on the middle part of the big river with the aim of helping anglers improve their running water skills. Steve is noted for his float fishing prowess and indeed runs a float business at www.floatshop.com. In fact he holds the River Severn float-caught […]
River Severn Angling Forum
Midlands based anglers and angling clubs with an interest in river fishing are invited to an Angling Trust regional forum taking place on September 26 taking place at Ombersley Memorial Hall, Ombersley, WR9 0DY. The meeting starts at 6.30pm and the main theme will be steps to improve the fish stocks on the River Severn. Among […]
Huggins Out In Front At Blythe Waters
The fifth round of the BW Stillwater Championships provided the best fishing so far, with Solihull’s Blythe water fishing particularly well and the top three all weighing in over 40kg. Winner on the day was Sean Huggins, who also won round five last year. He drew peg 26 on Willow Pool where he caught first […]
‘Snowy’ Takes Barston Bowl After A Recount
This year’s Barston Bowl saw the field reduced to 80 from the usual 100 in a bid to make sure everyone got a good peg. The strategy worked with excellent and fair match fishing throughout, and all section winners, each of whom picked up £100, weighing in over 48lb. Winner on the day and picking up […]
Star Line Up At Evesham
With the qualifying matches now finished, we can confirm that the line up for this year’s three-day Evesham Festival this Bank Holiday Weekend has never been stronger. With no fewer than ten Internationals taking part on each day of the competition, spectators can be assured of a match fishing masterclass of a standard rarely witnessed […]
Fin & Fly Out Now
It’s that time of year when we’re all thinking about holidays either for this year or for next. Augusts’ edition of Hardy & Greys free monthly ezine, Fin & Fly, is packed full of ways you can make your next holiday one to remember. This month Andy Smith talks about combining your yearly family holiday with […]
Hardy & Greys Announce Special Experience Day
Hardy & Greys are pleased to announce a very special event taking place at their Alnwick headquarters on Saturday 22nd September 2012. Hardy have been making the world’s finest fishing tackle in Alnwick for 140 years and this event will see Hardy & Greys open its doors to offer you the opportunity to see various […]
Drayton Roach Deaths A Mystery
There have not been many reported cases of fishy deaths at commercial fisheries this year, but the sudden mass death of quality roach at Drayton Reservoir has fisheries scientists scratching their heads. The carp at the British Waterways controlled water (now known as the Canal and River Trust) appear to have been completely unaffected and […]
Second National Angling Survey Launched
With nearly 30,000 anglers completing the National Angling Survey in less than a month, the Angling Trust and Environment Agency have launched the second phase of the research, this time targeting organisations. Anyone who is involved in angling participation projects, angling clubs, fisheries, tackle shops and trade or who has worked with angling for wider […]
Angling Trust Action On Cormorants Campaign
The Angling Trust has today launched the Action on Cormorants campaign which urges anglers to write to their MPs supporting the call to put cormorants and goosanders on the general licence on an annual, reviewable basis. This would give them the same status as rooks, crows, jays and magpies whose numbers can be controlled without […]
Shakespeare Championship Qualifier
Evesham Town & Ferry Waters48 Fished.1 Trevor Chalk 18-7-0 (peg 20)2 John Freeborn (Sensas North) 13-6-8 (peg 60)3 Paul Glenfield (Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths) 12-9-0 (peg 36)4 Paul Norledge (Worcester AA) 12-0-0 (peg 30)5 Pete Morris (Sensas WB Clarke) 11-6-0 (peg 7)Qualifiers:Trevor ChalkJohn FreebornWith the river still holding a tinge of extra colour, weights were once […]
Alvechurch Grab The SuperCup
Birmingham match team Alvechurch Fisheries have claimed victory in the biggest club angling competition of the year, the Bait Tech sponsored Angling Times Supercup. Fished at Tunnel Barn Fishery at Shrewley, the match saw 15 teams going head to head after a series of gruelling knockout rounds – five each from the Midlands, South and […]
Anglers Going To Seed On The Warwickshire Avon
Better weather means clearer water on rivers and a change of tactics for match anglers fishing the Evesham Festival qualifiers. On Saturday in the Wychavon match fished by 75 anglers, Steve Ashmore started on the feeder, picking up a few perch and eels. He fed a pole line with hemp all day and in the […]
