Midlands based Drennan England manager Mark Downes has described the venue that recently held the European Championship as the worst he’s ever fished. England finished fourth of the 27 teams on the appropriately names Ugli Canal, with winners France taking the gold by targeting tiny fry and bleak on size 26 hooks and joker hook […]

Sunday July 3rd61 Fished. . Fortunately, plenty of small fish were feeding which kept the anglers entertained even though the framing weights were lower than normal. Daiwa Gordon League’s Mark Brush finished ahead of the chasing pack with a 5-9-0 weight made up of quality roach on hemp seed topped off with a bonus eel. […]

Saturday 2nd July74 fished Drawn on unfancied peg 52, Tony Marshall put up what many anglers described as the best performance of the season so far to win with a 13-10-0 net of small fish.  Tony started by fishing maggots at 16 metres, where he found plenty of small perch and chub before switching to […]

Filling the 16th place for the final position in the Fish ‘O’ Mania final on 16th July will be Mark Wainwright of Normanton in Yorkshire. Mark put 53 kilos 770 grammes on the scales from peg 73 on Bonsai at Lindholme Lakes, Doncaster on Wednesday 29th June 2011. Mark caught carp to 7lb on chopped […]

Following a successful under 18’s trial held on Saturday 11th June 2011 at Gold Valley Lakes, Nr Aldershot, Steve Sanders the Manager for the Sensas U18’s England Youth team has selected his squad for the World Championships at Castelfranco on the River Arno. This prolific venue has large stocks of catfish from 1lb to 8lb […]

Mike Dawson takes the winning title at the National Championship for Anglers with Disabilities 2011 Top rod and 2011 Champion on Saturday 25th June 2011 at the National Championship for Anglers with Disabilities held at Peatling Lakes, Leicestershire was Lancashire angler Mike Dawson who put an impressive 18 kilos and 80 grammes on the scales […]

Sunday June 26th79 Fished Just half an ounce separated the top two weights in what turned out to be a challenging match for many anglers in bright, hot conditions. Paul Jackson had the top weight on the day, with a 6-5-0 net from peg two. Paul caught small chub early on the waggler, before going […]

Drennan England fought hard for a medal in a dire European Championships in Poland, but just missed out, finishing fourth of the 27 teams competing. Taking the gold were France, a team noted for its small fish prowess. Indeed this is the first championship for some time where big fish have not played an important […]

Past finalist Andy May, a professional angler from Middlewich won the 14th Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier held at Heronbrook Fisheries, Staffordshire on Sunday 19th June 2011. Andy caught carp to 8lbs steadily throughout the match.Andy drew Canal Peg 10, which amongst others in the area has some significant past form. He set his stall out […]

Three of the current England Ladies Team dominated the top three places with the newest member of the England team for 2011 becoming this year’s Angling Trust Ladies’ Individual Champion on Saturday 11th June on the Kennet & Avon Canal, Seend Park. Samantha Sim drew peg 15 where she fished the 16 metre pole across […]

Barnsley & District’s AAS bid to become the first team to win the coveted FIPSed World Club Championships failed to materialise in Serbia. The team consisted of; Alan Scotthorne, Sam Wildsmith, Lee Kerry, Dave Brooks, Simon Fields, Andy Geldhart (Reserve both days), Glenn Lawrence (Captain) and Mick Vials and Denis White (Assistants). Not since Essex […]

The roach aren’t really showing to squatt on the Grand Union Canal at Small Heath yet, but skimmers and perch are making up for it and taking chopped worm and caster. The latest Cornerstone AC match on the city canal was a cracker, with the top four all within 5oz of each other. Merv Rogers […]