Fifteen teams who had finished runners up in their local winter leagues gathered at Garbolino Lindholme Lakes in South Yorkshire to fish for the Winter League Cup on 4th July 2015. There were 3 sections on the popular Bonsai, 3 on Laurels and one each on Strip and Loco. There was a certain excitement as […]

Angling Trust Winter League Grand Final: Day 1 16 teams of 8 gathered from all parts of the country for the first of the two leg Angling Trust Winter League Grand Final on the Thorne section of the Stainforth & Keadby canal on 4th July 2015.  Bloodworm and joker were allowed for this match, and […]

AT & CRT Stillwater Championship Qualifier Report – Earlswood Lakes A field of 27 anglers turned out for the fifth Angling Trust and Canal & River Trust Stillwater qualifier fished on Engine Pool at Earlswood Lakes in Warwickshire on 28th June 2015, and with a head of chunky carp and some decent skimmers, anglers were […]

The River Swale at Morton was low and crystal clear for this second RiverFest qualifier held on Saturday 27th June 2015, and this, combined with the fact that a lot of fish were still spawning, meant it was a tough match for many of the competitors. Paul Kozyra became the first man to book a […]

Evesham Championship Qualifier Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 82 Fished.   1 Matt Godfrey (Pole Fishing Magazine) 12-2-0 (peg 58) 2 Michael Buchwalder (Preston Innovations/ Sonubaits) 11-3-0 (peg 50) 3 James Robbins (Shakespeare Superteam) 6-8-0 (peg 66) 4 Pete Jayes (Quorn VDE) 6-1-0 (peg 86) 5 Mike Bedding (Sensas WB Clarke) 5-12-8 (peg 20) 6 […]

Match Fishing Team Championship Qualifier Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 70 Fished.   Result: 1 Matrix Dynamite Trentmen B 56pts 2 Drennan 52pts 3 Sensas Cardiff Nomads 49pts   Individual: 1 Richard Candy (Sensas Cardiff Nomads) 8-6-0 (peg 6) 2 Ian Leach (Tri-Cast Weston Pools ) 7-8-0 (peg 38) 3 Ricky Marshall (Matrix Dynamite Trentmen) […]

Last Qualifying Place Secured for Fish ‘O’ Mania Grand Final 273 anglers contested the final Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier of 2015 at the prolific Garbolino Lindholme Lakes Fishery, Epworth, Doncaster on 24th June. For once the weather had been pretty settled in the run up to the event and was particularly pleasant on the day. […]

Wednesday 24th June Wychavon Championship Qualifier Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 70 Fished.   1 Joe Oakes (Middy) 10-8-0 (peg 42) 2 Simon Pickering (Evesham Discount Tackle) 8-7-0 (peg 24) 3 Rob South (Sensas WB Clarke) 8-5-0 (peg 34) 4 Nick Cowling (Hampton Ferry) 7-10-0 (peg 71) 5 Kevin Ellaby 7-9-0 (peg 52) 6 Alan […]

The penultimate qualifier for the grand final of Fish ‘O’ Mania to be held at Cudmore Fisheries on Saturday 18th July 2015 was held at Partridge Lakes, near Warrington on Saturday 20th June. This venue is considered by many to be one of the most picturesque and extremely well managed and hospitable venues in the […]

Evesham Championship Qualifier. Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 76 Fished. Clive Branson has won the first of this season’s Evesham Championship qualifiers, with a 16-4-0 net. The former World Champion made the most of the fancied peg 35, to record a chub and perch net caught exclusively on waggler tactics. He commented: “I am on […]

Once again we saw a change in air pressure and temperature coupled with the fish not quite into the spawning mode conspire to affect the fishing at this prolific West Midlands venue, Woodland View Fishery for the Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier held on 17th June 2015. As a result everyone, even those pulling out the […]

Lough Ree Lanesborough International Angling Competition All credit to the LoughRee Lanesborough Angling Hub for running the championships last weekend, their first coarse angling festival. With a determined effort and all odds against them the community hub recreated scenes of anglers on the bank of the once famous Lanesboro’ Hot Water Stretch that have not been seen […]

Twenty six anglers with disabilities competed for the title of National Individual Champion at the Angling Trust National Championship for Anglers with Disabilities at Lakeview Fishery, Melton Mowbray on Saturday 13th June 2015. Weights were not expected to be high following practice during the week and returns from the open matches, and far from ideal […]

Angling Trust Ladies National Championship Match Report This year saw 48 competitors in the Angling Trust Ladies National Championship at Lakeview Fishery, Melton Mowbray held on Saturday 13th June.  The weather conditions for this event were not ideal with a sudden drop in temperature from 26 degrees on the Friday to 11 degrees on the […]

The latest Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifying match was fished at Woodland Lakes in North Yorkshire on Saturday 13th June 2015, using 5 of its lakes. As ever, cool, breezy and overcast weather conditions for another northern qualifier,after a day of heavy rain would mean that fish would take some persuading to feed. The layout of […]