Drayton Reservoir’s carp have really woken up with bailiff Mark Ryder reporting some stunning bags of double-figure fish. One angler banked no less than 1000lb of carp in one 24-hour session, including five over the 20lb mark, topped by a fish of 27lb 2oz. He had over 100 carp in all, all of them falling […]
Carp To 27lb At Drayton Reservoir
Match Fishing Fun At Manor Farm Fishery As Hobbs Comes Out On Top
The five-day Manor Farm Festival attracted 65 anglers to the Harvington complex and produced a great result, with a different winner every day. Monday’s event saw local rod Martin Ludlow draw peg 22 on Ash Pool where he fished pole and pellet for 139-12-0 to take an early lead. On Tuesday, peg 3 on Middle […]
Richards Through To Match This Final
Lee Richards is the latest angler through to the big money Maver Match This final after the qualifier at Moorlands Farm. The consistent Birmingham matchman drew peg 55 on Meadow Pool where he had to chop and change his pellet and meat lines to keep fish coming for a 109-1-0 total, to beat Coventry’s Jon […]
River Teme Barbel Teach In
The Barbel Society is running a two-day teach-in on the River Teme in July. Open to all comers, the courses will cover rigs, baiting strategies, fish handling, location, watercraft and swim selection on the picture-postcard River Severn tributary noted for its exciting barbel sport. It’s £20 per head which covers two days of fishing and […]
Gold for UK shore anglers….
The Angling Trust are pleased to announce that the Sea Anglers Match Federation (SAMF) have won the gold medal at the World Shore Angling Championships for Clubs with a very impressive 15 points over the four day event. The team representing SAMF were; Malcolm Stote, Stephen Durrant, Mark Pinder, Andy Gallagher, Bill Lindfield and Alan […]
Local Angler Shane Atkin Joins Fish ‘O’ Mania 2011 Final Line Up
It fell to the well established Maple Lake to come up with the goods at the eighth Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier at the Oaks Fishery on Saturday 14th May 2011. Local angler and Oaks regular Shane Atkin, a Carer from Billingham in Cleveland took full advantage from peg 67 to take 28k 500gm, to become […]
Gripper Wins With Wolffish
Kings Lynn angler Stephen Collingridge included this brace of pre-historic looking 13lb wolffish in his team’s winning bag in the first Skipper’s Challenge run out of Andorja in the Troms area of northern Norway. The Royal Mail angler, known to mates as ‘Gripper’, fished alongside skipper Ray Martin, who runs the ‘Shady Lady 2’ out […]
Has North-East Got Angling Talent?
North East Region Invites Young Anglers to take part in the Talent Initiative The Angling Development Board (ADB) has launched three new pilot angling development programmes to prepare youngsters for taking part in county and regional competitions and training programmes. The pilot will run in the North East, North West and West Midlands to improve the […]
Dave Harrell Steps Down From Match Fishing Magazine
Dave Harrell is stepping down from the editorship of Match Fishing magazine after seven years with the Rugby based company. Former England international Dave plans to pursue new interests and get back into his river fishing on the Severn and Wye. As Total-Fishing understands it, Coventry based Jon Arthur, already editor of Pole Fishing magazine, […]
Fishing On River Severn To Be Discussed
Back on the subject of the River Severn, a fisheries conference has been organized by the Severn Rivers Trust to find out if something is wrong with the river. Entitled ‘Is the Severn a shadow of its former self?’ the conference takes place on Saturday November 19th and is aimed at both anglers and clubs […]
