Tomi Kurman from the Corrib Predator Team reported on some great fishing during May for Tomi, fellow guide Jack Gorny, and their clients. On many days they recorded landing several fish over 1m long, with many fish in low to mid-twenties in weight, but these were dwarfed by their best fish. A member of Hybrida […]
Big Pike Double Take From Lough Corrib
Quantum Exo Reels Success Story Continues
The accolades keep rolling in for Quantum Exo reels. At Europe’s largest specialist trade fair for angling equipment, EFTTEX in Paris, the ultra-light and highly robust reels netted two prestigious awards at the start of June. The new left-handed multiplier Exo LH 101 was crowned best multiplier while its fixed-spool sister reel Exo Pti was […]
Angling Trust: We Can Help Our Rivers Recover
We can make our rivers and fisheries better was the upbeat message from Saturday’s successful ‘Improving Coarse Fish Stocks in Rivers’ conference organised jointly by the Angling Trust and The Rivers Trust, at Barston Lakes near Solihull. More than 70 delegates attended the conference, representing angling clubs and river interest groups from across the country. […]
Tubertini (UK) Ltd Sponsor The England World Boat Team
The Angling Trust is delighted to announce that it has signed a three year deal with the Italian manufacturer, Tubertini (UK) Ltd to sponsor the Angling Trust England World Boat Team. Tubertini (UK) Ltd will provide branded clothing, tackle and merchandise for the Team England World Boat Team in their sponsorship deal. The England team […]
Double Tons At Moorlands Farm
The weekend saw several big weights recorded at Moorlands Farm Fishery, topped by a 203-12-0 winning bag to Roman Skura in Friday’s afternoon open. Roman has become a regular winner at the Hartlebury water with his trademark technique of pole-fishing mussels down the edge and he used it to great effect again on Meadow Lake’s […]
Neath Sets New Best for Jenny’s Lake
Jason Neath set a new lake record for Jenny’s Pool in Sunday’s open at Tunnel Barn Farm with 212-5-0. The Smithy’s Angling Centre backed angler drew peg 21, where he fished chopped worm and caster on two lines at six metres and down the side in a match which saw another four weights over 130lb. […]
Sophie Davis wins Angling Trust Ladies’ National Championship 2012
The Angling Trust Ladies’ National Championship took place at Holly Farm Fishery in Leicestershire on Saturday 9th June 2012. After a week of wet weather it was dry, but overcast on the day of the match, however, there was a cold gusting wind which made fishing tricky for some of the 47 competitors taking part […]
Three Cod For 200lb
Jakob Lindberg had the kind of catch most sea anglers can only dream about when he boated three cod for over 200lb during a trip to Norway’s famous Sørøya region. The three giants all fell to a 40com Big Bob jig and pulled the scales around to 66lb, 67lb and 73lb during a three day […]
New Shore Fishing TV series
Fishing TV has commissioned a brand new series of made-for-TV programmes for UK shore anglers in partnership with three leading companies from the trade.AnyFish Anywhere, Akios and Veals are pooling resources to support the new five-part series, which will be broadcast through the video magazine Sea-Watch. The series will see international shore angler Julian Shambrook, […]
Record Undulate Ray
The British record for a boat-caught undulate ray has been beaten with the capture of a specimen weighing in at 23lb 8oz. The fish beats the existing best for the species, which has stood for over 40 years, by over 2lb. Simon Dale was the lucky angler, catching it during a night time fishing trip […]
Builder Bags UK’s Big Girl
At 62lb on the nose, this huge specimen is the biggest known carp in the UK.Builder Danny Harmer caught the fish, known as the ‘Big Girl’, during a four-day session at Kent’s Elphicks Fisheries. Danny located a clean area at the bottom of a drop-off towards the middle of the venue’s North Lake in 10 […]
Biggest Irish Trout For 118 years!
The largest trout caught in Ireland for over a century has been boated on the country’s Lough Corrib. Weighed at a staggering 25lb 2oz, the huge ferox is a new record for the venue in the west of Ireland, beating the previous best for the lough by over 3lb.The monster brown trout was hooked not […]
Maurice Williams Takes Barston Masters Round 3
The Barston Masters 3rd round took place on Saturday June 9th. With the bad weather beforehand it was anyone’s guess on how it was going to fish. The level of the lake was up by four inches… there was plenty of colour in the water and with the overcast conditions everyone expecting the venue’s skimmers […]
Angling Trust Welcomes New Fishing Superstore Opening in Newbury
While the country prepared to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee the Angling Trust celebrated a rare event in the fishing world, the opening of a new tackle shop. Angling Trust National Campaigns Coordinator Martin Salter joined Charles Jardine, the legendary fly angler and Pallatrax baits boss Simon Pomeroy for the opening of the Newbury fishing […]
2012 England Youth Fly Fishing National Qualifier
Twenty five young anglers took part in the 2012 England Youth National held at Pitsford Water on Monday 4th June. Conditions were good with a light easterly breeze giving the water a slight ripple, perfect for buzzer fishing. Six boats started in the ‘small half’ close to the boat pontoon and it was Fen Oakley […]
