30/07/201163 fished. A low clear river along with blazing sunshine is generally a recipe for a tough days fishing, but Pershore rod Jim Smith found no such problems after drawing fancied peg 29 . As this peg had won the match the previous weekend, Jim set about his day with confidence knowing that his swim […]
Abu Garcia /Wychavon Qualifier
Shakespeare Qualifier
31/7/201172 fished Another scorching day left many anglers scratching their heads over how to get a bite, as the fish seemed to shut up shop in the baking hot conditions. No such problems for Warwick rod Paul Rafferty, as shortly after casting his maggot feeder with worm and maggot hookbait in to the middle of […]
Danny Ashington Wins The Barston Bowl
Nigel Harrhy presents the Barston Bowl to Danny Ashington and a £1000Danny won from peg 67 in the far deep corner of the Barston lake. He fished long into the corner, having to stand most of the time to see his float over the reeds. His float was right nby the edges of the foot […]
£1,000 Fred J Taylor Award for the Avon Roach Project
The 2011 Fred J Taylor Award for environmental stewardship, sponsored by the Angling Trust and the CLA Game Fair, has been won by the Avon Roach Project. Trevor Harrop and Budgie Price received the award at this year’s Game Fair to recognise the many years of work they have put into their pioneering work to […]
Angling Trust and National Swan Convention Join Forces to Tackle Litter
Angling Trust and National Swan Convention Join Forces to Tackle Litter Angling’s representative body, the Angling Trust, has met with the National Swan Convention (NSC) to draw up a joint programme of work to address the problem of discarded fishing tackle injuring swans and other birds. The NSC recorded 329 swans injured by fishing tackle […]
Hardy & Greys Ltd launch ‘On Coarse’
Hardy & Greys are pleased to announce the launch of their dedicated new general coarse mail out, ‘On Coarse’. Every month the Hardy & Greys team will bring you a selection of interesting and informative videos and features for coarse anglers.Featuring top consultants such as John Bailey and Bob James and Academy members Dave Coster, […]
Celtic Lakes Frisby reports July 2011
Sailing Club LakeSome very good reports coming off the sailing lake this past week, with bags of Bream and Tench to over 50lb being reported. Stand out swims have been 3-8 on the point with waggler tactics taking Bream to 5lb, Tench to 4lb and quality Hybrids. Malcolm Williams of Leicester fished peg 5 using […]
Latest News Fron Anglian Water 24th July
• 10lb 6oz Rainbow at Pitsford WaterDavid Brady of Orlingbury lands best fish of the week. • Grafham Water hosts nail biting Midlands decider for Anglian Water Airflo International finalCongratulations to Soldier Palmers, Airflo Team Cormorants and Greenwell Persauders A who have all won a place in International final at Rutland Water • Help for […]
Black Cat On The Prowl…
Black Cat, keen to get their claws into the event, have pounced on one of the three sections available for the 2012 World Catfish Classic. The section, which will be presented as the Black Cat Zone, will be easily recognised by the placement of the distinctive Black Cat logo upon its banners. The Black Cat […]
New Opens On The River Nene
Garbolino Peterborough/Peterborough DAA are running some Saturday matches on the Railworld sections of Nene. Bloodworm and joker is allowed and matches will be fished from 1pm-6pm. Dates are; 6 August, 13 August and 3 September. Please call or text Andy Ellis on 07917 000058 and leave name and number. Alternatively you can use the Total-Fishing.com forum. […]
Davis Wins Shakespeare Qualifier 23rd July 2011
62 fished. Ex Shakespeare Superteam Stalwart Tony Davis scored an impressive win from peg 42 with a weight of 9-4-0. Going into the last hour, Gloucester- rod Tony had just a few small fish and his hopes of any kind of comeback seemed dashed when he lost a serpent sized eel just as he was […]
Abu Garcia/Wychavon Championship qualifier
24.07.2011Abu Garcia/Wychavon Championship qualifier53 fished After winning both matches on the opening weekend with big nets of chub, Shakespeare Superteam ace Tony Bench was banking on much of the same when he drew peg 29. After spending the early part of the match targeting gudgeon on a whip, Tony attacked mid river with his trademark […]
UK Angling Championships
Boilies Reign Supreme As Garbolino Dominate Barston Round 2 of the Preston Innovations backed UK Angling Championships saw a last minute change of venue from Colemans Cottage to the coliseum of competition angling, Barston Lakes. Host venue of the British Carp Angling Championships the weekend before the UKAC, Barston saw large quantities of boilies fed in […]
Angling Trust Daiwa Schools National Championship 2011
Valley School from Worksop won the title for the fourth consecutive year running with a total of 107 points in the team classification. The team consisted of; Liam Ainsworth, Lewis Robinson, Robbie Moore, Dean Northage and Oliver Hipkiss. This is an incredible achievement for Valley to retain the gold medal for the last four years. […]
Will Raison’s Match Fishing Year
Will Raison is widely regarded as one of the very best match anglers ever to have lived. Supported by his dad John and sponsors Daiwa, Will was a World Champion waiting to happen and duly obliged by taking gold on the Spinadesco Canal in 2008. Will knows how to master ever kind of venue at […]
