After winning gold medals at Llandegfedd, Wales in 2010 and Bewl Water, Kent in 2011 in the Home Internationals, The Angling Trust’s England Ladies Fly Fishing team was keen to continue this momentum and gain gold at the Lake of Menteith, Scotland on 24th May 2012 – something which has eluded them for 18 years. […]
Angling Trust’s England Ladies Win Fly Fishing Silver
Trout Fishing For Beginners At Packington
Hot weather isn’t generally great for trout fishing and while the rod average at Packington Somers in the last week has suffered, Sutton Coldfield angler C Hawkins will be delighted with the 10lb 14oz rainbow he caught from the bank on Cocks Close. The fish, the best of the week, fell for a black buzzer […]
Bob Church Gets Into The Rutland Rainbows
Fresh from being on presentation duty in the Bob Church Classic at Rutland Water (SEE VIDEO NEWS BULLETIN), the man himself has been enjoying some top class fly fishing of his own on the Leicestershire reservoir. “Rutland Water, the country’s largest trout water at 3,300 acres is always the last to open. It was worth […]
Team England Youth Flyfishing Compete For Success
The Angling Trust’s Youth Flyfishing squad held its first training session of the year at a blustery and cold Rutland Water. The squad was split into two teams for a serious weekend of practice and competition.On Saturday the two team captains Kieran Bonas and Dom Sheratte sent their team members to various parts of the […]
River Trout Fishing At Packington Somers
Packington Somers trout fishery is known for its stillwater sport, but they also run a small syndicate for fly anglers on their stretch of the River Blythe. Their water on the river is stocked with brown and rainbow trout and is open from March 15th to October 16th to trout anglers. The cost is £120, […]
Win A Holiday With Glen Tanar Estate
Fishermen can net themselves a holiday with Glen Tanar Estate salmon fishing competition. Glen Tanar Estate hopes to reel in anglers from all over the country with a competition which will put an end to fishy tales of the one that got away. The country estate in the heart of Royal Deeside will give away […]
Watt A Rainbow To Mark Ringstead Opening…
Opening day at Ringstead Grange Fishery produced this belting 16lb 4oz rainbow trout to Newport Pagnell angler Mick Watts, who fished a tungsten headed black and green Fritz pattern. Despite the very cold weather over the weekend anglers braved the harsh conditions particularly on opening day to record an average catch rate of six fish […]
£10,000 Holiday Competition For Fly Anglers
Midlands Tackle giant Wychwood is getting behind a new competition for fly anglers they will see one angler win the guided fishing holiday of a lifetime in the USA. The firm have ‘hooked up’ with New York State Division Of Tourism, Virgin Atlantic, THG Holidays and the CLA Game Fair for the draw, which will […]
Invitation To Join Celebrity Fly Fishing Day
A special celebrity Fly Fishing Day, in aid of a children’s charity, will be taking place at Lakedown Trout Fishery, Wealden Valley, East Sussex – owned by pop legend Roger Daltrey of The Who – on Friday 25th May, 2012. The charity day, in aid of The Children’s Trust, will commence at 7.30 am with […]
Grampian’s River Initiative
With the salmon fishing season about to commence on all of Grampian’s rivers over the next few weeks, a new initiative has been launched to raise awareness of the potential impact of wildlife crime on the regions waterways. The initiative will see river crime warning and information boards distributed to 9 of the regions major […]
Fine Rainbow To Mark Quinney
On the trout front Packington Somers has produced a fine 14lb 2oz rainbow to Lapworth angler Mark Quinney, who was fishing Cocks Close. The venue has been in decent winter form over the last week with 90 anglers catching 225 fish, including another nice rainbow of 8lb 4oz to Chris White. The Great Pool has […]
Doubles Tops For Taylor
Atherstone angler Ade Taylor took the biggest fish of the week at Packington Trout Fishery – a fine 13lb rainbow trout that fell from the bank on a Cat’s Whisker lure and an intermediate line on Cocks Close. There were several other stand-out catches to Midlanders in the last week. Phil Nott’s six-fish catch on […]
Season’s Best Rainbow Trout From Rutland Water
Gordon Anthony shows off the biggest rainbow trout of the season at Rutland Water. Gordon, of Whittlesey, is pictured with the 7lb 13 3/8oz rainbow that he took whilst fishing from the Normanton shore with an orange lure fished on a floating line. This fish beat last week’s season’s best to date by more than […]
Surprise 20lb Carp On The Fly
The biggest fish of the Bob Church Vice President’s Trophy held at Ravensthorpe on Sunday was a cracking 7lb 14oz rainbow caught by Stuart Eggleton. However, the surprise fish of the day was caught by Ravensthorpe regular Graham Smith – a 20lb common carp which took an orange Blob!Richard Slater won the event with a […]
Go Heavy At Ravensthorpe
With the continuing mild weather the trout have been active in the top two feet of water at Ravensthorpe reservoir and there have been reports of some surface sport to dries and traditional wet fly fishing. However, a number of anglers have chosen to fish with slow sinking lines and lures (Minkies etc) and have […]
