Barston Lakes hosted its second festival in a week with the Swann Baits Barston Festival and it was Andy Findlay who came through to lift the trophy in a close finish with Steve Daly. Thirty six anglers fished in three sections of 12, rotating the three sections over each of three days.Section winners on day […]
Andy Findlay Wins The Swann Baits Barston Festival 2013
15lb Trent Carp Secures 2013 Vaughan Cup
Paul Nicholson with the 15lb carp that helped him win the 2013 Vaughan Cup on the tidal Trent.The Tidal Trent at Laughterton, North Clifton and Besthorpe looked near perfect for this 71-peg match with a slight tinge of colour and running quite steady. There was a split tide but it was very small and only […]
No Good For Starlets in 2013 World Club Champs
Pic: Serbia, Slovenia and Hungary took the medals at the 2013 World Club Angling Championships in Italy. Birmingham’s Kamasan Starlets became the latest English team to make little or no impact on the World Club Championships, finishing 20th of the 29 outfits on Italy’s Canale Brian at Torre Di Mosto. Mark Downes’ outfit sat in […]
Emma Pickering wins the 2013 Angling Trust Ladies’ National Angling Championship
Pic caption:Emma Pickering with her 2013 Ladies National Angling Championships winning trophy. 40 Ladies faced rather cool and breezy conditions at Colemans Cottage Fishery, Essex on Saturday 8th June 2013. The match fished on Stepfield Lake proved to be a match of two halves with the first nine weights all coming from the front halve […]
22lb Carp Landed In Barston Masters
The third round of the Barston Masters took place on June 8th and for once the weather was fantastic, the highlight being a 22lb common carp landed by the winner. Thanks must go to Halkon Hunt who were the main sponsors of this round who supplied first prize with one of their superb fleece top […]
Nathan Watson Back In Fish O Mania Final
Once again a fairly dramatic change in weather conditions impacted on the Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier on Wednesday 5th June 2013 held at Woodlands View Fishery, Droitwich. Just for a change this time it went from hot, bright sunshine of previous days to much cooler, cloudy conditions for the match day. As a result the […]
Steve Sanders Called Up To England Vets Team 2013
Both the 6th FIPSed Veterans and the 15th Disabled World Championships will be held together in the same country in the same town, and on the same river this year. Bosnia and Herzergovena will be host to each of these competitions on the river Krupa in Capljina during the weekend of the 10th and 11th […]
Jamie Hughes Wins Partridge Lakes Fish O Mania Qualifier
Decent weather again greeted the 130 competitors for this, the 13th Fish O Mania qualifier at this picturesque and excellent Partridge Lakes Fishery on Saturday 1st June 2013. 11 lakes were in use including the new Covey 5 Lake, and the fishery staff were expecting good weights to be recorded as a result of a […]
Tommy Pickering Through To 2013 Fish ‘O’ Mania Final
A very strong field made their way to Messingham Sands Fishery in North Lincs on Wednesday 29th May 2013 for the Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier match, and with no less than seven previous champions in attendance, and a host of grand finalists taking part this all looked like it would be a hard fought round.Following […]
Angling Trust announce the England Ladies’ Coarse Angling Team for 2013
The 20th FIPSed Ladies’ Coarse Angling World Championship will take place this year on the river Sava, near the town of Radece in Slovenia on the 23rd and 24th of August. This venue is not unknown to English anglers since there have been several other Championships fished there in recent years.England Ladies’ are currently number […]
Tunnel Barn Farm Memorial Match
Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery is holding a random pairs match in memory of Jenny Hamlington and departed friends of the Midlands venue. Jenny and Mike built the fishery together over the years from a small pond which became the Bottom Pool, to the complex that you see today. The cost for the Tuesday July 9th […]
Hotrod Leathers Wins Place In 2013 Fish ‘O’ Mania Grand Final
Heavy rain overnight and pretty cold conditions all day helped to make this a hard match for most of the anglers at the tenth Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier held at Barford Lakes, Norwich on Saturday 18th May . It was Andrew Leathers lucky day, the Hotrods angler was a reserve and got a ticket on […]
Two Summer Events For Arrow Valley Lakes
John Bushell is running a teams-of-three match at Arrow Valley Lakes in Redditch in August with a prize of £600 for the winning outfit if a full quota of 18 teams enter. Entry is £100 all-in for the August 10th event, with a 9am draw at the Arrow Valley Visitor Centre and prizes going […]
Winds Push Out The Boddington Carp
The Angling Trust Stillwater Champs is underway and the first round at Boddington on Sunday saw a cold wind push the fish well out into the reservoir, making fishing difficult. There were a couple of good weights though – in fact the top three all came from the natural bank pegs 90-99 – and topping […]
Barston Swann Baits Festival 2013
June sees the second running of the Swann Baits Festival at Barston, won last year by Lee Richards. The event will be fished at the popular Solihull water over three days – the 18th-20th of June – with organiser Craig Casemore looking to fill 60 pegs to guarantee daily payouts of £300 for first in […]
