There’s no better way to kick off your winter campaign than the Pike Anglers Club’s convention. That’s the message from Britain’s top predator club, as it gets set for this year’s do at Kettering on Saturday, October 1.“It’s going to be a great day out for pike anglers of all ages, with something for both […]
Get Set For Winter Pike Fishing At The PAC Convetion
Big Barbel From Warwickshire Avon
There have been some good barbel caught from Midlands rivers in the last few days, topped by a 15lb 8oz beauty from the Warwickshire Avon – one of the biggest ever caught from the river. It fell to the rod of Adam Davies, who was less than hopeful after finding the stretch busy with anglers […]
Ireland Win European Coarse Angling Championships 2011
European Police Coarse Angling Championships Holland September 2011 The Garda Siochana Maver backed Coarse Angling team from Ireland after weeks of dedicated preparation, finally departed for Holland on the 25th August 2011 to compete in the 15th European Police championships.Final practice sessions behind us on the brilliant Newry Canal assisted by Loughs Agency officer Gerry […]
Angling Trust Loch Style National Flyfishing Final
The Angling Trust Loch Style National Flyfishing Final was held at Grafham Water on the 3rd September 2011. The day started with Angling Trust Competitions Chairman Clive Collier welcoming 100 competitors to the first Flyfishing National final held under the Angling Trust banner. Clive thanked John Mees of Anglian Water for coordinating the Regional Qualifiers […]
Mega Match This – The stuff that dreams are made of
When Andy Power drew Peg 4 at the café end of the Grass Bank on Match Lake for the Mega Match This Final on Saturday 20th August, he could have cried. Other favoured anglers such as Lee Kerry and Andy Kinder had drawn more fancied pegs, but Andy still went to his peg with an […]
Evesham Angling Festival Shakespeare Championship
Evesham Angling Festival Shakespeare ChampionshipSaturday 27th August70 Fished.With the previous day’s heavy rain adding colour to this notoriously clear stretch river, many competitors were hopeful of a few better skimmers, bream, tench and barbel. However, only a handful of better fish showed and those who’d stuck to the ‘safe’ small fish option came out on […]
Abu Garcia/Wychavon Championship
Evesham Angling FestivalAbu Garcia/Wychavon Championship28th August 201170 Fished. Jon Arthur has added the prestigious Abu Garcia Wychavon Championship title to his angling CV after a single-minded bloodworm approach paid dividends. The blustery wind and fast pace made presentation difficult, but Jon managed 20 good sized roach, along with a few smaller samples for an 8-4-0 […]
Evesham Angling Festival Team Championships
Evesham Angling Festival29/08/2011Match Fishing Team Championship70 Fished Daiwa Dorking have taken the Match Fishing Team Championship trophy after one of the closest finishes in the history of the event. Dorking’s five-man side finished on 59 points from a possible 70, just five clear of second-placed Ultimate Barnsley Blacks and eight points clear of third-placed Shakespeare […]
Seed Wins Veterans Championships For Denis White
Shakespeare/Match Fishing Veterans Championship 70 Fished. The legend that is Dennis ‘Fatha’ White destroyed the field in this years Veterans Championship, with a superb display of hemp fishing from fancied peg 50. Barnsley man Denis started his match on his favoured bread punch at nine metres. Fishing a 1g rig, Denis soon started to catch […]
Oakwood Win The Division Two National
Team honours in the Angling Trust Division Two National Championship held on Saturday 20th August 2011 on the Basingstoke Canal went to canal experts and ‘local’ team Oakwood Angling who put their experience and knowledge of the canal to good use by amassing 360 points, their lowest section points being a creditable 19 points on […]
Drennan England Win The Angling Trust Masters
The annual Angling Trust and Fish Legal Masters event was held at Mallory Park Fisheries, Leicestershire on Saturday 20th August 2011 supported by 16 industry and press teams. This is primarily a team event with 6 anglers in a team spread over the whole complex. There were 11 weights over 100lbs but it was not […]
Tim Pickering Seeks Top Feeder Anglers
Preston Innovations England Feeder Team Manager, Tom Pickering is looking for talented anglers to compete in a Feeder trial on Sunday 18th September 2011.The trial will take place on Lake One at Attenborough Gravel Pits, Nottinghamshire. Ticket money of £2.50 will be collected on the day. The trial will be fished to FIPS international rules […]
Pike Anglers Club Looks To Attract Youngsters
Pike anglers will be spearheading the fight to get more youngsters on the bank, as Britain’s top predator club throws open the doors of its annual convention to juniors. Some of the sport’s best-known figures will be running special teach-ins throughout the day at the Pike Anglers Club bash at Kettering Conference Centre, on October […]
Bag Up Coaching Lesson On Milton Lake
Chris Denton booked ‘The Obsessed Angler’ Russ Evans for himself and his son Adam for a coaching lesson on Milton Lake at Bury Hill Fishery to learn some of the finer points of catching plenty of fish on the waggler plus how to prepare expander pellets for the hook and how to correctly feed to […]
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 […]
