The biggest salmon seen on the River Tweed for years – a fish close to 50lb – has been landed from the river below Sir Walter Scott’s favourite Borders viewpoint. Ghillie Ian Farr helped land the mighty cock fish, the biggest he’s banked in 25 years at the job. The lucky anger was Edinburgh’s Jim […]
Massive Tweed Salmon On The Fly!
Good Roach Fishing On The Newry Canal
A hard overnight frost and a reduced water level in the Albert Basin didn’t bode well for the Anglers assembled outside the Quays on Sunday morning. Some of the gathering looked decidedly worried as they presented their licences for the Loughs Agency Fishery Officers to inspect. With some men travelling from as far away as Newtownabbey […]
Fishing for Life Strategy launched
A strategy to get more people fishing and help projects that use fishing to provide support to people in need was launched at the Angling Summit in London. The new strategy, Fishing for Life, was launched by Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon to encourage more people to try angling. The Environment Agency and Angling Trust developed […]
Chapman At The Treble
Dave Chapman has had a week to remember at Tunnel Barn Fishery. The White Hart rod won Monday’s open match on Club Pool with 76-10-0 of carp and F1s on pole and pellet, fishing three lines at six, eight and ten metres. He then followed up in the Tuesday Over 50s event, fishing the same […]
Ladies No Longer First At Birmingham Anglers Association
Some equality that perhaps won’t be welcomed by the fairer sex is the Birmingham Anglers Association’s decision for abolish their Ladies Membership. The move is a direct result of a European Union Directive, that makes it illegal for clubs and associations to discriminate on the grounds of gender. Ladies from 17 to 65 years of […]
Harrell’s Triumphs In Hereford Festival
Dave Harrell once again proved his river fishing prowess by winning the Shakespeare sponsored Hereford Angling Festival. Despite low and clear conditions for this sell-out three-day event, there were plenty of good weights, especially from the pegs in the 80s on the right bank. The area produced the day one winner in the shape of […]
Youngster Banks Massive Ebro Albino
Will Sudders has banked what may be the biggest albino catfish ever landed by a teenager on Spain’s River Ebro, at a massive 175lb. At 7ft 10in long, the monster was a full three feet longer than the 13-year-old from Colchester in Essex. It came during a week when fishing was ‘quite slow’ with the water […]
Darryl Moore wins the Angling Trust British Pike Final Championship
This year saw an increase of competitors taking part in the Angling Trust British Pike Final on the 20 Foot River, and Glassmoor Bank on Whittlesey AA’s waters with a total of 225 entrants. Difficult weather conditions greeted the competitors with an overnight frost, and rain settling in for most of the morning of […]
Monster Carp For Former Match Star.
Match angler turned carp man Craig White has banked the sought after ‘Half Lin mirror from Vinnetrow Lake in Chichester at a whopping 54lb 8oz, smashing his personal best by over 13lb. Craig used to fish for top match outfit Daiwa Dorking and represented Drennan Team England Youth, winning a bronze medal in Portugal in […]
Bobbie Fools Rutland’s Biggest Brown Trout Of The Season
Rutland Water has produced its biggest brown trout of the season – this magnificent 9lb 10oz fish which fell to the rod of Dave Murray.Dave and fishing pal Richard Hearth deliberated on where to fish before deciding to target fry feeders in the venue’s North Arm. Both anglers fished Humungus boobies on di 3 lines […]
World Champ Joe Shows Off His Long Pole Skimmer Skills
There are two Kamasan Starlets knocking around with current world championship crowns – Sean Ashby who won the men’s senior event in 2012, and Joe Roberts, who won the Veterans event in Portugal in August. And Joe showed his prowess on silver fish to win the AVVC Open on Arrow Valley Lakes with 29-15-0 of […]
Cox Takes First Meadowlands Silver Fish Open
Meadowlands Fishery is another Midlands commercial that’s just started its winter series of matches and the first one this weekend was won by England international Darren Cox, who opted for a chopped worm, pellet and caster approach on peg 12 on Lambsdown for an impressive 64-4-0 bag of roach, perch and skimmers. Packington Vets regular […]
Two Tons In Barston Winter Open
The first of the winter open matches at Solihull’s Barston Lakes saw really close finishes in both the overall and the silver fish events. Steve Daily was the man in form off fancied peg 20, where he got off to a flying start on the Method feeder at range and continued to take carp and […]
Maver Match This Qualifiers 2013
The Maver Match This competition – which offers the biggest single payout in the sport of £50,000 – now seems to be firmly established in the calendar with the qualifier dates already announced for 2013 and including several events in the Midlands. For next year, each venue with the exception of Maver Larford Lakes and […]
Rubby Dubby boilie tempts 25 kg carp
In September, Quantum Radical team angler Patrick Haas headed off to France. In his luggage were test samples of the new Rubby Dubby boilie. And they were an instant success. Now back home, Patrick gives his report: “I had just come back from another trip to France and was reviewing and reflecting on those experiences. […]
