The Angling Trust National Boat competition two day open boat species challenge will be fished from Minehead, Somerset, on the 30th and 31st July. Places will be limited to 32 anglers on a first come first served basis with a closing date of the 31st May 2011. The competition HQ will again be the Ship Aground Public […]
National Boat Championships Gets July Date
Clean Up On River Lugg
On Tuesday 10th May, Angling Trust and Fish Legal staff from the Leominster office collected 11 bags of rubbish from 2 miles of the River Lugg in Leominster, as part of a project organised by the Lugg and Arrow Fisheries Association to spring clean 100 miles of this Herefordshire river, which joins the River Wye […]
Tight Lines Friday 20th May
Friday 20th May 7:00pm Sky Sports 3Repeated: 10:00pm Sky sports 2Sat. 1:30am Sky Sports 24:00am Sky Sports 38:00am Sky Sports 3 Keith’s guest will be specialist angler Gary Newman. A well known journalist and big-fish expert, Gary will be sharing his approach to catching different specimens at this time of year. If you’ve got a question […]
Local Angler Shane Atkin Joins Fish ‘O’ Mania 2011 Final Line Up
It fell to the well established Maple Lake to come up with the goods at the eighth Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier at the Oaks Fishery on Saturday 14th May 2011. Local angler and Oaks regular Shane Atkin, a Carer from Billingham in Cleveland took full advantage from peg 67 to take 28k 500gm, to become […]
Has North-East Got Angling Talent?
North East Region Invites Young Anglers to take part in the Talent Initiative The Angling Development Board (ADB) has launched three new pilot angling development programmes to prepare youngsters for taking part in county and regional competitions and training programmes. The pilot will run in the North East, North West and West Midlands to improve the […]
Mega Match This will be a resounding success
As more and more interest grows in the new match fishing competition, Mega Match This, the stakes continue to get higher and one lucky winner will walk away with a significant amount of money from the biggest prize money final in UK coarse angling. The qualifiers are being held over a number of venues across […]
Andover angler wins at Monk Lakes Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier
David George (Browning Andover MG), a Projects Manager from Andover was the latest winner to qualifier for a place to compete in the Fish ‘O’ Mania final in July at Cudmore Fisheries. David had a good day’s fishing with his catch consisting of carp, barbel and F1s taken on corn pole fished in the margins. […]
Rob Marsh and Lee Merritt unveiled as Ultima Consultants
Carping duo Rob and Lee have been snapped up by line specialists Ultima. The pair will be working alongside existing Ultima consultants such as Steve Renyard, Frank Warwick and Mark Hutchinson on a range of projects that includes a series of films for the Ultima site. Rob and Lee are no strangers to the camera […]
Ten Pound Trout All The Rage In The Midlands
On the trout front anglers are enjoying great fishing at Raventhorpe with a rod average of five and the best fish being a fine 10lb rainbow to Northampton angler Pat Flynn, on a Blob fished on a sinking line. There’s also been a near 10lb fish caught at Pitsford by Dave Davies (pictured).Best methods at […]
Dave Harrell Steps Down From Match Fishing Magazine
Dave Harrell is stepping down from the editorship of Match Fishing magazine after seven years with the Rugby based company. Former England international Dave plans to pursue new interests and get back into his river fishing on the Severn and Wye. As Total-Fishing understands it, Coventry based Jon Arthur, already editor of Pole Fishing magazine, […]
Fishing On River Severn To Be Discussed
Back on the subject of the River Severn, a fisheries conference has been organized by the Severn Rivers Trust to find out if something is wrong with the river. Entitled ‘Is the Severn a shadow of its former self?’ the conference takes place on Saturday November 19th and is aimed at both anglers and clubs […]
Edwards Wins The Maver Classic
The big match at Larford Lakes at the weekend – the Maver Classic – saw Preston Innovations backed Lee Edwards top a super strong field and take home £2,000 at his first attempt. Near gale force winds made pole-fishing impossible in some areas, and Welsh international Lee, now a full time angler, opted for a […]
John Uses His Loaf At Tunnel Barn Farm
Bread proved the winning bait for John Merchant in the big Tunnel Barn Farm Open at the weekend. Venue regular John fished breadflake and punch at half depth for 106-10-0 – the only ton-up bag of the day – in a tight finish that saw two other anglers take over 96lb to the scales. John […]
