Angling Trust Preston Innovations England Feeder teams roar to success in the European Feeder Friendly Championships The Angling Trust Preston Innovations England Feeder ‘A’ team and ‘B’ team proved without a doubt that they are squads to be reckoned with for the future.The two teams crossed over the channel for the weekend of 14th/15th April […]

Starlets and Garbolino star Simon Fry cooks up a storm at Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier – Gold Valley Very strong gusty winds and torrential rain made for a very unpleasant day for the 130 brave souls who faced horrendous conditions at the second Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier at Gold Valley, Aldershot on Wednesday 18th April […]

The first angler to secure their place in the Fish ‘O’ Mania grand final line up for 2012 is Stephen Tucker (Garbolino), from Yeovil. Stephen bagged carp and two tench with a weight of 103lbs 4ozs. Stephen drew peg 125 on Campbell using both bomb and pole with his biggest fish being a 10lb carp. […]

Scunthorpe and District Angling Association has announced it will be running a series of open matches on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal in the lead up to this year’s Div 2 National.   The competitions begin on Sun May 6 and run for six consecutive weeks. The draw for each match takes place at 8.45am […]

Angling Trust Winter League Northern Semi Final (Sponsored by Partridge Lakes, Nr Warrington) Sunday 1st April 2012 Stainforth & Keadby Canal, Thorne Match Report The second of the Angling Trust Winter League Northern semi-finals again faced the changes in the weather conditions with overnight temperatures of minus 3 degrees, which was going to have a big […]

Following on from the announcement that  a Team Championship event will feature as part of the 2012 ‘Match This’ weekend, Maver (UK) have been working hard behind the scenes in an effort to bring together the best club teams currently in the UK.  The teams currently selected include Ultimate Barnsley Blacks, Daiwa Gordon League, Maver […]

With 180 in attendance including some of the very best in Britain, this was sure to be another hotly contested event. The sun was shining and the fish fed well which led to some huge weights from all over the complex. Tony Wynnick topped the big weight stakes with a staggering 240lb but some very […]

The tons are starting to flow at Tunnel Barn Farm, with 11 reported in open matches in the last week, topped by an impressive 178-11-0 in the Wednesday Open on New Pool to Kingsmill Redditch rod Paul Newell. Paul fished bread and slop at nine metres up in the water for a bag of F1s, […]

Match ReportA cold northerly wind greeted the 80 competitors to the Gloucester Canal for the first Southern Semi Final of the Angling Trust Winter League and the plunging temperatures meant the normally prolific roach went off the feed. The saving grace was the skimmers and bream which did show reasonably well especially in the later […]

Match ReportA cold northerly wind greeted the 80 competitors to the Gloucester Canal for the first Southern Semi Final of the Angling Trust Winter League and the plunging temperatures meant the normally prolific roach went off the feed. The saving grace was the skimmers and bream which did show reasonably well especially in the later […]

John Bushell has been in touch about the forthcoming series of open matches he’s running at Arrow Valley Lakes. John has just completed a successful winter series on the Redditch Water, and has now booked seven dates for Saturday open matches with the draw at 9am at Arrow Valley Visitor Centre and fishing 10.30am to […]

A sign that summer is on the way is when ton-up weights start to be recorded on the area’s commercial stillwaters. At Moorlands Farm Mal Watson registered 108-12-0 in the Wednesday Open on Bank Pool peg 17, and the following day George Reynolds won the open on Silver with 104-4-0. On Saturday the top two […]

Midlands teams enjoyed a brilliant final of the 2012 Sensas Challenge on the Gloucester Canal, filling the top three places. The 16 team event was fished to international rules with Daiwa Gordon League winning their way through to October’s European final by five points from the two Kamasan teams from Birmingham. Gordon League know the […]