The Angling Trust has taken its first steps to safeguard the future of the Winter League. The aim is to improve satisfaction among existing Winter League anglers and attempt to introduce new teams and anglers to the league.  The changes have been introduced following a survey conducted by the Angling Trust to gather the thoughts […]

Sunny conditions greeted the competitors who took part in the Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier on the River Trent at Newark on Saturday 19th July. The winner on the day and the first competitor from this qualifier to go through to the RiverFest final on 15th/16th November was Paul Kozyra from York, who weighed in 41 […]

Thirty two anglers fished the Angling Trust & Canal & River Trust Stillwater qualifier at Boddington Reservoir on 16th July in hot, and still conditions. The early pegs proved difficult to tempt the carp to feed, with flat calm water. The later pegs had more ripple on the water, and carp soon came to method […]

Saturday 19th July 2014 Wychavon Championship Qualifier Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 68 fished.   Result: 1 Rich Reynolds (Maver Bait-Tech) 14-8-0 (peg 36) 2 Bradley Proctor (MAS) 14-4-0 (peg 2) 3 Joe Oakes (Middy) 12-5-0 (peg 67) 4 Roger Marlow (Drennan Leicester) 10-5-0 (peg 78) 5 Jim Smith (Pershore Match Group) 10-3-0 (peg 76) […]

Sunday 20/07/2014 Match Fishing Team Championship Qualifier Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 65 fished.   Individuals: 1 Ant King (Matrix Dynamite Trentmen) 9-12-0 (peg 1) 2 Alan Stephens (Alcester Sports) 7-7-0 (peg 41) 3 Ed Warren (Kamasan Starlets) 7-4-0 (peg 52) 4 Tom Potter (Matrix Dynamite Trentmen) 7-0-0 (peg 36) 5 Jim Brockie (Alcester Sports) […]

England have another team and individual international gold medal to their name after fairly blitzing the 2014 World Feeder Champs in a one sided event on Ireland’s Inniscarra Reservoir. England won both days easily, and posted the highest overall team weight by some 27kg, coming home by a clear 36 points on 26pts – in […]

England have taken a commanding lead after the first day of the 2014 World Feeder Fishing Championships on Inniscara Reservoir in Ireland… England’s Mick Vials is second, Steve Ringer fourth and Phil Ringer seventh as England lead by 12 points with home nation Ireland second, just ahead of Holland. Ireland’s Richard Pratt leads the individual […]

Wednesday 16th July Evesham Championship Qualifier Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 57 Fished.   1 Rob South (Sensas WB Clarke) 12-1-0 (peg 43) 2 Pete Jayes (Quorn VDE) 7-13-0 (peg 15) 3 Alan Stephens (Evesham DAA) 6-14-0 (peg 65) =  Adrian Higginbottom (Matrix Dynamite Trentmen) 6-14-0 (peg 82) 5 Tom Potter (Matrix Dynamite Trentmen) 6-8-0 […]

Bream showed well for two of the three qualifiers in the fifth Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier of 2014 held on the Bristol Avon at Newbridge on Sunday 13th July. Richard Chave booked his place in the final with 51-7-0 from peg 97 where he used groundbait feeder with worm and maggot to bank 10 bream […]

The Fish O Mania XXI grand final will cast off tomorrow, Saturday 12th July, at Cudmore Fisheries at Whitmore. The FA Cup of fishing features weigh-ins every 30 minutes and an ever changing leaderboard to keep fishing enthusiasts on the edge of their seats. 16 finalists will compete over five hours and 2013 winner Jamie […]

In 1996 at the Home Internationals held on Inniscarra Reservoir, David Taylor the Irish Team Manager at the time, whilst reviewing the fabulous fishing experienced suggested we attempt to hold a World Championship on the venue. This was echoed by all the countries involved and here we are 18 years later ready to receive the […]

Wychavon Championship Qualifier Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 70 Fished. 1 Kevin Ellerby 8-12-0 (peg 33) 2 Mark Brush (Daiwa Gordon League) 7-3-0 (peg 86) 3 Andy Murphy (Tredegar Angling Centre) 6-15-0 (peg 10) 4 Barry Blakemore 6-14-0 (peg 8) 5 Pete Jayes (Quorn) 6-10-0 (peg 85)   Qualifier: Kevin Ellerby It was hemp heaven […]

The third Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier, held on the River Severn at Lower Lode on Saturday 5th July saw Shakespeare Superteam member Paul Bick become the first angler to qualify for the final in successive seasons. Paul easily won B section at Peg 33 with 15-5-0, made up of three decent bream, four skimmers and […]

With the Gloucester Canal coloured up from overnight water movements to the Bristol reservoirs the 120 competitors of this year’s Angling Trust Winter League Final on 6th July were expecting a few bites especially after last week’s good practice match.  Unfortunately for most it was a struggle and a long wait between bites as most […]

Wychavon Championship Qualifier Evesham Town & Ferry Waters 60 Fished. The river was in great form for this afternoon qualifier, with a tinge of colour and steady pace leading to consistent fishing throughout. Top man on the day was local ace Trevor Chalk, who banked 9-7-0 from peg 15 on the Crown Meadow. Trevor caught […]