Thankfully heavy rain which had made for some difficult journeys gave way to decent sunshine before the start signal of the Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier held at Makins Fishery, Nuneaton on Wednesday 29th April 2015. However, the resultant drop in water temperature and continuing cold wind prevented this prolific venue from giving off its best. […]

The previously forecast rain didn’t materialise for the 5th Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier held at Moorlands Farm Coarse Fisheries in Hartlebury on Saturday 25th April 2015, and the competitors had quite good conditions for catching fish being mainly overcast and a slight breeze to ripple the lakes.  For most though the fish were slow to […]

Angling Trust and Canal & Rivers Trust Stillwater Championships Qualifier 1 – Boddington Reservoir Forty competitors faced poor fishing conditions for the first Angling Trust and Canal & River Trust Stillwater Championships Qualifier, held at Boddington Reservoir on Sunday 19th April 2015. A strong and cold easterly wind made it feel like a winter’s day and […]

The second assessment to select the Angling Trust’s England Ladies team to compete this year in Belgium took place at Makins Fishery, Nuneaton on Sunday the 12th April 2015.  Phase one lake set the scene for the final trial, but unfortunately for the ladies they were faced with typical English weather at the start of […]

After a week of glorious sunshine the 56 competitors were faced with a cold overcast day accompanied by a howling gale for the first round of the 2015 Angling Trust & Canal & River Trust Pairs Championship qualifier on Sunday 12th April held on the Loughborough Canal. This not only affected the sport, but cost […]

The Lakelands and Inland Waterways World Pairs Angling Championships, Ireland’s most prestigious coarse angling event is now open for entries.   The event attracts anglers worldwide to fish the natural wild angling available in Ireland’s prolific angling destination of the Lakelands.   The area renowned for its extensive waterways is based on the Erne system, […]

Fish ‘O’ Mania Qualifier Hayfield Lakes, Doncaster 4th April 2015 Match report by Mike Storey, Angling Trust Competitions Committee There was a buzz of excitement and expectation at the opening qualifier at Hayfield lakes today. The fishery looked splendid and the weather was likely to stay dry, but there was a chilly easterly breeze blowing. […]

Team England coarse supremo Dick Clegg OBE is organising two matches to raise funds for Team England Veterans as they bid to bring back gold from Portugal in the 8th FIPS-ed Veterans World Championships in July 2015. The fundraising idea dubbed Wars of the Roses will pit forty Yorkshiremen led by Dick Clegg OBE against […]

The Angling Trust’s coarse angling 2014/15 England Talent Pathway programme reached its conclusion over the weekend as 25 of the most promising young match anglers in the country gathered at Bartson Lakes for a two day event culminating in a match between Northern, Midlands and Southern Squads. Anglers had been building up to this event […]

Angling Trust’s RiverFest is back with a bang and is bigger and better than ever with four more qualifiers and a whopping prize pool of £34,000 expected to be paid out over the two day final in November. Subject to all tickets being sold, there will be 10 main prizes in the final ranging from […]

The eight teams that are to receive invites for this year’s Match Fishing Team Championship Final on Evesham’s River Avon have been confirmed. Midlands teams invited to compete include Kamasan Starlets, Shakespeare Superteam, W B Clarke and Daiwa Gordon League. The event – which forms the last day of the Evesham Angling Festival, is regarded […]

Mallory Park Fisheries will be holding the 11th annual running of the Ivan Marks Memorial Match in May. It will be, as always, open to all anglers of any standard and offers a great opportunity to ‘rub shoulders’ with star anglers from all over the country, including Full Internationals from several countries. This event WILL […]

Tunnel Barn Farm’s three-day May Bank Holiday Festival will see the winner walk away with £1,000 in readies, with big cash prizes right down to sixth place. With fishing on Top, Extension and High Pools (17 pegs on each) on May 23rd, 24th and 25th, it’s £22 to enter. which includes a £7 peg fee. […]

The Angling Trust has announced the Drennan Team England Squads for 2015. The team will compete on four fronts this year as they attempt to win gold at the World Championships and retain their European and Fish ‘O’ Mania International titles. The team will also compete in the reinstated Home International Championships which will be […]

Midlands match fishing ace Dave Harrell is touting a novel pairs idea that would see two anglers fishing from the same peg. Dave, the man behind the successful Riverfest series, believes it could encourage more pleasure anglers back onto running water. He said: “A lot of pleasure anglers don’t match fish because you are isolated […]