The fifth round of the BW Stillwater Championships provided the best fishing so far, with Solihull’s Blythe water fishing particularly well and the top three all weighing in over 40kg. Winner on the day was Sean Huggins, who also won round five last year. He drew peg 26 on Willow Pool where he caught first […]
Huggins Out In Front At Blythe Waters
‘Snowy’ Takes Barston Bowl After A Recount
This year’s Barston Bowl saw the field reduced to 80 from the usual 100 in a bid to make sure everyone got a good peg. The strategy worked with excellent and fair match fishing throughout, and all section winners, each of whom picked up £100, weighing in over 48lb. Winner on the day and picking up […]
Star Line Up At Evesham
With the qualifying matches now finished, we can confirm that the line up for this year’s three-day Evesham Festival this Bank Holiday Weekend has never been stronger. With no fewer than ten Internationals taking part on each day of the competition, spectators can be assured of a match fishing masterclass of a standard rarely witnessed […]
Plans For Super Fishery At Worsbrough
Plans are afoot to create a super fishery at South Yorkshire’s Worsbrough Reservoir after a local angler revealed proposals to stock it with 10,000 carp. Barnsley Bait Company boss Glenn Greasley is working with Barnsley And District Amalgamated Angling Society to raise the £30,000 needed in a hope to restore the venue to its former […]
Want To Feeder Fish For England?
The Angling Trust seek talented Feeder anglers for 2012 Feeder trials The Angling Trust and Preston Innovations England Feeder Team Manager, Tom Pickering is looking for talented anglers to compete in a Feeder trial on Saturday 22nd September 2012. The trial will take place at Larford Lakes & River Severn complex, Larford Lane, Larford, Near […]
Huggins Wins Fifth BW Stillwater Champs Qualifier
The fifth qualifier of the series of the Angling Trust and British Waterways Stillwater Championships provided the best sport so far this year with some good fishing on a warm, but overcast day at Blythe Waters, Knowle, Solihull on Saturday 11th August 2012. The winner on the day was Sean Huggins (Leicester) who coincidentally won […]
Barston Masters 2012 Final Qualifier
The final qualifier for the Barston Masters developed into a peg to peg battle between Dave Smalley and Mark Green. Dave, who runs Mill Tackle, fished a superb Match off un-fancied peg 60. Normally an area for the pole, Dave opted to fish the Method feeder to take the match with 81lb of carp, skimmers […]
Win A TDR Reel With Raison, Ringer And Rich
Angling Direct is hosting a special night for match anglers at its Waltham Cross store, with Steve Ringer, Will Raison and Kieran Rich in attendance and a Connoisseur G20 pole to be won in a special prize draw. The event in association with Daiwa takes place on Thursday August 16th from 4.30pm to 9pm, when […]
Scunthorpe Red Win Last Natural Water Division Two National
Team Championship victory for local team Scunthorpe Red at the Angling Trust Division Two National Championship 2012. But all the talk afterwards was about the announcement that the 2013 Division Two national will be fished on a commercial stillwater for the first time. Team wise it was a convincing performance from Scunthorpe Red for whom […]
Mixed Fortunes For England’s Juniors In Slovenia
Under 18’s and under 23’s FIPSed World Angling Championships Slovenia 28th/29th July 2012 England’s young lions had mixed fortunes in the FIPSed World Youth Angling Championships from 28th/29th July 2012, Riva Sava, Slovenia. The river Sava produced some excellent catches of bleak, bream and nase a fish that is not found in England, and during […]
13lb 11oz barbel wins Evesham Qualifier
After being conspicuous by their absence over the last few weeks, it was the famous Evesham barbel that took the top two places in this well attended midweek qualifier. Coming out on top was Simon Pickering, who banked a 13-11-0 barbel halfway through the match, and added some good eels to finish with a 17-2-0 […]
Shakespeare Championship Qualifier
Evesham Town & Ferry Waters48 Fished.1 Trevor Chalk 18-7-0 (peg 20)2 John Freeborn (Sensas North) 13-6-8 (peg 60)3 Paul Glenfield (Drennan Banbury Gunsmiths) 12-9-0 (peg 36)4 Paul Norledge (Worcester AA) 12-0-0 (peg 30)5 Pete Morris (Sensas WB Clarke) 11-6-0 (peg 7)Qualifiers:Trevor ChalkJohn FreebornWith the river still holding a tinge of extra colour, weights were once […]
Alvechurch Grab The SuperCup
Birmingham match team Alvechurch Fisheries have claimed victory in the biggest club angling competition of the year, the Bait Tech sponsored Angling Times Supercup. Fished at Tunnel Barn Fishery at Shrewley, the match saw 15 teams going head to head after a series of gruelling knockout rounds – five each from the Midlands, South and […]
Anglers Going To Seed On The Warwickshire Avon
Better weather means clearer water on rivers and a change of tactics for match anglers fishing the Evesham Festival qualifiers. On Saturday in the Wychavon match fished by 75 anglers, Steve Ashmore started on the feeder, picking up a few perch and eels. He fed a pole line with hemp all day and in the […]
Wales ‘Storm’ Holyhead for Home Win
Bad weather meant that this years’ Home Nations Boat Championship had to be restricted to a four hour session afloat on each day of the two days of the Championships from 4th – 7th July in Holyhead, Anglesey, North Wales, but this did not prevent the hosts Wales taking the spoils in Holyhead. Uptide tactics, […]
