Midlands ace Dave Harrell is available for a question and answer session on Facebook on Thursday July 12th from 7.30pm in the latest Session With The Stars. An England international, journalist and tackle firm owner and with an angling CV that boasts achievements most of us would dream of, Dave is known as one of […]
Harrell On Facebook
Midlands Tackle Shop Celebrates Golden Jubilee
For any firm to stay in business for 50 years it’s an achievement. In the tackle shop trade it’s a minor miracle, but that’s just what Midlands shop Banks & Burr is celebrating this month. Owner Dave Burr’s big break came in 1965 when he won the National Championships, then by far and away the […]
Adam Richards bags final place in Fish ‘O’ Mania grand final 2012
270 anglers eventually came under starters orders for the final qualifier for Fish ‘O’Mania 2012 at Lindholme Lakes, Epworth, Doncaster on Wednesday 27th June. Despite the number of anglers taking part this top flight fishery did not fail to deliver another cracking competition. Of the thirty 10 peg sections only 6 were won with less […]
Clive Gammon – One Of The Great Angling Writers
Clive Gammon, one of the great angling writers, has died aged 83. Clive was one of the world’s top sport’s journalists, covering Olympic Games, Ali fights and World Cups. Among the finest angling writer that Britain has produced, he was also a critic for The Spectator, making him, he later said, “the only man in […]
Mark Eves wins gold at the Angling Trust Anglers with Disabilities Championship
Twenty anglers travelled nationwide to Aldershot in North Hampshire to fish the Angling Trust Anglers with Disabilities National Championship at Gold Valley on Saturday 23rd June 2012. Fishing took place on the causeway bank of Gold Lake where the anglers faced blustery, but warm conditions, but after overnight rain the fish were generally in a […]
Wychavon Championship Qualifier
81 Fished. 1 Brian Rigby (DH Angling) 10-6-8 (peg 35)2 Darran Bickerton (Sensas) 9-13-0 (peg 10)3 Tom Smith 9-11-0 (peg 36)4 Wayne Swinscoe (Maver Bait Tech) 7-15-0 (peg 32)5 Steve Clarke (Maver Image) 7-5-0 (peg 50)6 Ant King (Middy) 6-9-0 (peg 69) Qualfiers:Darran BickertonBrian RigbyAnt King After the opening weekend’s big weight extravaganza, anglers were […]
British Waterways Stillwater Championships 1st qualifier
The first Angling Trust and British Waterways Stillwater Championship qualifier for 2012 took place on Saturday 23rd June 2012 at Boddington Reservoir, Near Byfield, Northamptonshire with 70 competitors. Water levels were slightly down on the day, but this didn’t create a problem with the competitors fishing. The winner Chris Hill (Hookbait Solutions) from Birmingham weighed […]
Rainer Korn and Fin-Nor join forces
One of Germany’s best known sea anglers and Norway pioneer Rainer Korn has entered into collaboration with American fishing tackle legends Fin-Nor. The first fruits of the partnership were presented at the EFTTEX angling trade fair in Paris in June 2012. This included four rod series – from the 50 lb boat rod through to […]
Call for Cormorants and Goosanders to be added to the General Licence
Eleven angling, fisheries, shooting and countryside organisations have joined forces to call for cormorants and goosanders to be added to the General Licence as part of a National Management Plan because of the damage they are doing to fish stocks on rivers and lakes. They have issued a joint statement in advance of the imminent […]
Close at Woodlands, But Champion Atkin Back In Fish ‘O’ Mania Final
Reigning champion Shane Atkin took the honours in the Fish O Mania qualifier at Woodlands Fishery at Thirsk and will be defending his crown, and fishing for big cheque, in the final at Cudmore Fisheries on July 14th. But it was close, with one angler missing the net with a carp that might have put […]
Albutt Granted Match This Slot
Birmingham’s Grant Albutt, who finished as runner up in the 2011 Maver Match This Grand Final, has made it through again this year in the Woodland View qualifier. Faced with tough conditions of strong winds and driving rain, Grant drew on the venue’s High Pool, peg 11. The Garbolino backed rod fished 4mm pellet at […]
Clayton On Top In Dams & Lock
The Dams and Lock Summer league kicked into action in fine style on the Birmingham-Fazeley Canal with 72 anglers turning out and a winning weight of over 15lb. Fishing peg 156 at Erdington, Nigel Clayton pole-fished caster and worm and caught skimmers and bream for 15-7-2. That was the only double figure weight, but there’s […]
Big Pike Double Take From Lough Corrib
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 […]
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. […]
