Match organiser Alan Henry (pictured) with the 25lb bag of bream that saw him to second place on Sunday on the Trent.The new series of matches on the Trent being organized by Total-Fishing.com stalwart Alan Henry is off and running with over 50 anglers turning up for the opening day event at Laughterton and North […]
Matches Underway On The Trent
Venue Record Broken Twice At Evesham As Bream Feed
Awesome weekend at Evesham! the venue record has been broken twice in consecutive days! The results are listed below….. Saturday 16th JuneShakespeare Championship QualifierEvesham Town & Ferry Waters.72 Fished. 1 Leigh Gardner (Shakespeare Superteam) 84-12-0 (peg 1)2 Paul Glenfield (Drennan Oxford) 34-1-0 (peg 75)3 Michael Buchwalder (Preston Innovations) 19-3-0 (peg 64)4 Steve Townsend (Drennan Banbury […]
Double Tons At Moorlands Farm
The weekend saw several big weights recorded at Moorlands Farm Fishery, topped by a 203-12-0 winning bag to Roman Skura in Friday’s afternoon open. Roman has become a regular winner at the Hartlebury water with his trademark technique of pole-fishing mussels down the edge and he used it to great effect again on Meadow Lake’s […]
Neath Sets New Best for Jenny’s Lake
Jason Neath set a new lake record for Jenny’s Pool in Sunday’s open at Tunnel Barn Farm with 212-5-0. The Smithy’s Angling Centre backed angler drew peg 21, where he fished chopped worm and caster on two lines at six metres and down the side in a match which saw another four weights over 130lb. […]
Sophie Davis wins Angling Trust Ladies’ National Championship 2012
The Angling Trust Ladies’ National Championship took place at Holly Farm Fishery in Leicestershire on Saturday 9th June 2012. After a week of wet weather it was dry, but overcast on the day of the match, however, there was a cold gusting wind which made fishing tricky for some of the 47 competitors taking part […]
Johnson nets top spot at Preston Innovations Boldings Fish ‘O’ Mania
Several days of heavy rain following straight on from the spawning season made the fishing very difficult for some at the Shropshire Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier venue, Preston Innovations Boldings on Saturday 9th June 2012. A lot of fish were up in the water on most lakes, but were not in any particular hurry to […]
Maurice Williams Takes Barston Masters Round 3
The Barston Masters 3rd round took place on Saturday June 9th. With the bad weather beforehand it was anyone’s guess on how it was going to fish. The level of the lake was up by four inches… there was plenty of colour in the water and with the overcast conditions everyone expecting the venue’s skimmers […]
Thirteenth Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier proves lucky for top rod Ben Emery
After a promising forecast for the 13th Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier on Saturday 2nd June 2012, the weather took a turn for the worse as the draw took place leaving the anglers to face a cold, drizzly day, and this almost certainly affected the sport. That said this beautifully kept fishery – Partridge Lakes, near […]
Match Record For WCB Angling Club
The latest WBC Angling Club match on the Grand Union at Tyseley saw Keith Woodhead set a new club match record for the stretch of 15-1-13. Keith drew peg 51 and despite a gusting wind he fished close to the far bank using breadpunch tactics and with the roach not really showing, skimmers made up […]
Barston Matches
Barston Lakes is hosting a charity match in September with the proceeds going to cancer research and the Birmingham based Acorn’s Trust, which is a network of care for life limited and life threatened children and young people, and their families, across the heart of England. Run by Gary Kirkham, the 16th September event will […]
Mallory Park Marukyu Festival
Marukyu Festival Sat/Sun 26/27th May 2012 (2nd 2-Day Event) With The Glebe fish population having only recently spawned it was going to be a bit of the unknown regarding how good or bad the fishing would be over the weekend. All of the competitors received a goodie bag from Marukyu and the bait was […]
Black Cat wins the World Catfish Classics
The Black Cat Team debuted this year at the Catfish Classics in Spain and immediately managed to win the team competition. The team was split into three squads of each two anglers and one support person: Team 1 with Ingo Kuprian, Uwe Barthel and Stefan Seuß; Team 2 with Alexander Kunert, Thomas Grabitz and Riccardo […]
Maver ‘Match This’ – Defending Champion Qualifies
The reigning Maver ‘Match This’ Champion, Andy Power (Preston Thatchers), has qualified for this year’s event following victory at the recent Stafford Moor qualifier. After becoming the first ever person to win the £50k prize last year, the Somerset based angler will once again be in with a chance of securing the richest prize in […]
Angling Trust’s England Ladies Win Fly Fishing Silver
After winning gold medals at Llandegfedd, Wales in 2010 and Bewl Water, Kent in 2011 in the Home Internationals, The Angling Trust’s England Ladies Fly Fishing team was keen to continue this momentum and gain gold at the Lake of Menteith, Scotland on 24th May 2012 – something which has eluded them for 18 years. […]
Lots Of Tons At Moorlands Farm
Moorlands Farm responded to the hot spell over the weekend with some great fishing, with the last six matches on the Hartlebury complex all needing over 100lb to win. Top of the pile with an impressive 196-10-0 in Friday afternoon’s open was Paul Cartwright, who drew peg 17 on Bank Pool in a match which […]