Tag: Angling news

Total Coarse Fishing With Bob James

Parts of this series filmed exclusively for Fishing TV are now becoming available FREE TO VIEW online on this website, through the new Coarse&Match Fishing Monthly video magazine. In the first issue, Bob James of Passion For Angling fame targets the specimen chub of his favourite running water venue, the mighty River Wye.Ever the traditionalist, […]

Fishing matches in Ireland

Fishing matches in Ireland this weekend…. Waterways ExtravaganzaDate: 16th & 17th July Venue: The Erne – Castle ArchdaleCome join us for a weekend of fun including water activities, storytelling, game fishing and trips to White Island.Contact: Joe Mahon             +44 (0) 28 6862 1656       / www.mahonshotel.co.uk Kilcock Open Canoe Polo CompetitionDate: 16th & 17th JulyVenue: Royal […]

Sky To Cover Match This Final

Sky Television have agreed to film the final of the Match This competition, which takes place at Larford Lakes on August 20th. The Maver backed event has been supported by the Daily Mirror, and will see 24 anglers go head to head for a guaranteed minimum prize fund of £50,000. Maver will be making a […]

Match Record At Moorlands

Moorlands Farm ran into tremendous form for the Sunday evening open match, as Chris Hill set a new four and half hour record for the Kidderminster complex with a massive 293lb from peg 36 on Meadow Pool. Chris fished paste shallow at 13 metres before switching to paste down the inside later on. It was […]

White In Top Gear

Matches at Packington Somers included a stand out 86-15-0 winning net in the Monday evening open to Kobra Feeders’ Steve White. Steve drew peg 11 on Little Geary’s, where he fished the Method with meat on the hook for a bag of F1s and carp. Swann Baits Derek Hartshorn was second with 55-2-0 with Suzy […]

Great Match On The River Severn

The Severn has been surprisingly good in the early weeks of the season with both barbel and chub feeding and that’s resulted in some good turnouts in the matches there. The Nick Gretton Memorial at Linley was a case in point attracting 40 anglers, and it produced the best match weight of the season on […]

Celtic Lakes Latest Catch Report

Sailing Lake:Some excellent Bream Sport this week with fish to 7lb figuring in mixed bags. Harry Lewis of Leicester took 6 Bream to 7lb, Hybrids, Roach to over 1lb and Tench to 4lb for a total catch of 48lb, Harry alternated between pole and feeder with maggot and caster outscoring other baits on the day. […]

Shakespeare Qualifier 10th July

Shakespeare QualifierSunday July 10th69 fished. With fishing times being pushed back to accommodate the Evesham River Festival, anglers were optimistic that the later finish would lead to increased catches. Alcester rod George Avery took top spot with a 7-8-0 net of perch and roach from peg seven. George started by fishing maggots on the long […]

Latest news From Angling Water

National Fishing Month is just around the corner and on Thursday 4 August we have a great day planned for young anglers Rutland Water Fly Fishers to host a Juniors Day at Rutland WaterA boat fishing competition for youngsters in two age groups 12-14 and 15-17 yearsEach boat will be accompanied by an experienced RWFF […]

Mega Match This

Angling is the most participated sport in the UK, yet despite this, lacks the level of recognition and life-changing financial rewards of sports such as snooker and darts. However, this is all about to change thanks to tackle giants Maver (UK) who have decided to do something about raising the profile of angling by organising […]

Big Roach by Mark Wintle

Books about big roach are about as rare as genuine four-pound roach. This long-awaited book, ‘Big Roach’ (Mpress) by respected roach angler Mark Wintle, will be available from mid-July. For those wanting to meet Mark (and other well-known roach anglers who’ve been invited) there is a book launch at angling-themed pub The Land’s End Pub, […]

Angling Essays by Graham Marsden

• 400 pages in total with 368 pages printed in a classy brown/sepia font on quality cream paper • Numerous photographs throughout in sepia • A 32 page section of full colour photographs on 130 gloss art paper • Signed hardback copies are £25.00 plus P&P. Available by mail order from Calm Productions (www.calmproductions.com) • A limited number of 15 […]

Sharktag 2011

Tope numbers down – no sign of cuckoo, blonde or spotted rays… Are Scottish tope shark stocks in decline and will we ever see any rays again. ? These are two of the questions facing sea anglers and Scottish fisheries managers following last weeks Sharkatag, as, for the third year in a row, the numbers […]