Following a successful assessment day held on the Gloucester canal on Saturday 12th April, Mark Downes, Drennan Team England Under 23s Manager is pleased to announce his young lions who will represent the Angling Trust and their sponsors Drennan International in the FIPSed World Youth Championships in Assen, Netherlands from 25th – 26th July 2014. […]

Anglers from all over the country returned to Hayfield Lakes, Doncaster for the fourth qualifying round of this year’s Fish ‘O’ Mania competition on Saturday 19th April, which for many years was the home of the Fish ‘O’ Mania grand final. But it was a local angler David Burley, a 24 year old fitter from […]

Makins Fishery at Bramcote, Nuneaton hosted the third qualifier of the 2014 Fish O Mania campaign on Wednesday 16th April. All the Phase 1 lakes plus Lagoon and Lizard on Phase 2 were in the draw bag and hopes for a good match were high. However, whilst the sun shone all day this qualifier followed […]

Caption: Frerk Petersen, Marketing Director for Zebco Europe / Browning displaying some of the old ‘warhorses’ from the company’s archive, which will be used amongst others during the innovative match at Tunnel Barn Farm. Are you still using a “classic” Browning pole?  Or perhaps you have an “old favourite” Browning lurking in the back of your […]

Pete Rice had a brilliant week at Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery with three match wins including one weight over 200lb. Pete kicked things off in the Monday open match by weighing in 161-6-0 from peg 21 on Jenny’s Pool. He was fourth in the Tuesday match on New Pool and third in Wednesday’s open on […]

Conditions for the Angling Trust & Canal and River Trust Stillwater Championship first qualifier for 2014 held on Sunday 13th April at Boddington Reservoir were quite challenging for the 39 competitors taking part as an over-night frost was followed by a bright sunny day with a chilly breeze. This meant that most of the carp […]

Bitterly cold conditions with a biting wind greeted the 130 competitors for this, the second of the Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifiers for 2014 held at Preston Innovations Boldings, Bridgnorth on Saturday 12th April. The early arrivals for the event had taken their customary walk around the fishery and the talk prior to the draw was […]

The Angling Trust is delighted to announce the Sensas Team England Under 18 Squad for this year’s FIPSed World Championship on the Noord-Willems canal near Assen, Netherlands on 25th and 26th July as; Matt Barnett, Liphook, Hampshire, age 17 Bradley Gibbons, Bracknell,Berkshire, age 16 Joe Kent, Wakefield, Yorkshire, age 17 Jacob McNeil, Rotherham, Yorkshire, age […]

The last of the Angling Trust Winter League semi-finals for this year was held on Sunday 6th April on the Grand Union canal at Loughborough with 90 competitors. Conditions were almost ideal for fishing on a mild overcast day the only downside being a gusty wind. The top individual was local angler Pete Scott (Drennan […]

The first of the Northern semi-finals of the Angling Trust Winter League was held at Garbolino Lindholme lakes on Saturday 5th April 2014, which once again lived up to its reputation as a premier fishery providing superb hospitality as well as everything else any angler could want. Ten teams of ten anglers, having qualified through […]

The first Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier for 2014 took place on Saturday 5th April at Bait-tech Viaduct Fishery, Somerset. The weather was overcast, but the sun did shine on the winner Kevin Dicks of Bathhampton.  Kevin a  Senior Clerk of Works was fishing for Maver, Bathhampton.  Drawing peg 86 on Cary Lake.  Fishing either waggler […]

Competitors who have booked a ticket for the Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier at Evesham on Saturday 18th October should note that the venue has now had to be changed. This is due to the Evesham Rowing Club who will now be using the water for a big rowing competition on that date. Because of this […]

Mid-week frosts led to a clearer canal than seen during the recent excellent practices and coupled with bright sunshine led to a slow start for the 89 competitors on the Angling Trust Southern Winter League semi final held on Saturday 29th March 2014 on the Kennet and Avon canal, Marlborough.  Subsequently, the famed skimmers normally […]

Mark Downes, Drennan Team England Manager is on the lookout for talented anglers young anglers who would like to apply for the England Under-23s team trials. The under 23s World Championship is due to be staged at Assen in the Netherlands from 25th-26th July 2014. The trails will take place on Saturday 12th April on […]

Anglers are in for some sensational sport at Larford Lakes this spring and summer if matches there at the weekend are anything to go by. In Saturday’s Maver Classic qualifier on the Match Lake, the top five all had over 100lb of F1s and carp, winner Chris Bradney taking 177-9-0 to the scales – pole […]