Another hectic weekends roach sport on Lincolnshire venue.
The Town Welland at Spalding was again on great form in this weekends match, with over 900lb of roach being put on the scales. The 54 anglers averaged over 16lb a man, with 18 managing 20lb plus. Conditions on the river were totally different from the week before, the colour had dropped out , and the river was at its lowest point for recent years, being barely two and a half feet deep, with a slight flow on it.
Dedicated feeder emag hits the market!
Love feeder fishing? Then you are going to love Feeder, the brand new bi-monthly digital magazine and video.
The first dedicated feeder fishing publication, Feeder will feature the Preston Innovations World Feeder team along with other top class feeder anglers from around the country.
Issue One features none other than Steve Ringer, arguably the finest feeder angler around. Steve goes into great detail about the hottest tactic of the moment, the Hybrid feeder.
Albutt and Wakelin receive England call up. The Angling Trust & Preston Innovations England Feeder Team has now been selected for the World Championships in November in South Africa. They are; Tom Pickering (Manager/Captain) Glenn Lawrence (Coach), Steve Ringer, Phil Ringer, Mick Vials, Adam Wakelin and Grant Albutt. Glenn Lawrence, the current Barnsley Blacks Captain will be coaching this strong squad alongside Tommy.
Big weight in first round of pairs league. The first round of the Maver Bait Tech Pairs Competiton took place this weekend. Conditions didn’t look too good on the Town Welland, the river was chocolate brown and stood virtually still with all the main river flow going down the Coronation Channel. Surprisingly the roach decided to have a real feed.
Final round of pairs league yields more top roach weights. The final round of the Maver Bait Tech Pairs League has taken place on the River Glen and Town Welland in Spalding this weekend. With previous rounds making headlines due to massive nets of roach, expectations were high for another good match. For the first time in the series the organisers were able to use both the Town Welland and the River Glen and both venues fished really well.
Ultimate ace wins Thorne Christmas match with 18lb net. As canal matches go, this year's Thorne Christmas Bash proved pretty special. Topping the field was the ever-consistent Simon Fields, with a cracking 18-6-0 net of hemp-caught roach, but he by no means ran away with it – there were no fewer than five weights of 17lb or more!Long-pole-and-hemp tactics accounted for the top three weights, although caster and bloodworm also proved effective. The result is the latest in a string of outstanding results from the south Yorkshire canal – and the fixtures planned after Christmas are already looking set to prove popular.
Brand offers coaching to customers who have to wait!Garbolino has recently been bought out by French Tackle Company SERT. The company are market leaders in many types of fishing in France. SERT have bought Garbolino in order to strengthen its match/pleasure fishing presence and the move was welcomed by Garbolino UK General Manager and top UK international angler Darren Cox:- “I am delighted to join SERT along with Garbolino and am really excited about the future of the business in the UK. This move will help us develop lots more products in future.
Qualifiers grow in size for 2014. Matchroom Sport have announced an increase of pegs for some of the 2014 Fish ‘O’ Mania XXI qualifiers. Over recent years, qualifiers have been limited to 130 pegs, with just the final qualifier at Lindholme Lakes boasting a whopping 300 peg total. For 2014, there will be an increase in pegs for a total of eight of the qualifiers.
New research is welcome news for anglers.
Over the years, anglers have faced a barrage of abuse from human rights activists, who claim that out sport is cruel, as fish feel pain. Fortunately, a newly relased study has found that even when impaled on a hook, the fish is unable to detect pain because it does not have the necessary amount of brain power. Published in the journal Fish and Fisheries, the research was conducted by a team of seven scientists and concluded that the fish’s reaction to being hooked is in fact just an unconscious reaction, rather than a response to pain.
Fish Legal highlights UK’s low pollution payouts after US firm fined $3. 3million The expert environmental and angling lawyers at Fish Legal, who act on behalf of over 1,000 angling clubs throughout the UK, have highlighted the low level of fines paid by offenders in the UK for polluting watercourses. Fish Legal has this week written to the Sentencing Council welcoming its proposals for tougher pollution penalties, particularly for large companies, but urging it to go much further. This coincided with news from the USA of a paper company being fined a total of $3.
Fisherman's Friend are closing its King's Heath branch. . . Fishermans Friend are closing its Kings Heath branch on the last day of August and are offering 20 per cent off everything, including bait.
January clearance of King Heath Store. Birmingham-based outfit, Fisherman's Friend, is having a massive start-of-the-year sale in its Kings Heath store. The sale is taking place due to the business moving its operation to the Bearwood branch. The offer will run for the full month of January, and there will be some exciting bargains to be had.
Research shows angling can burn up to 490 calories per hour.
Yet more evidence has come to light proving just how good fishing is for your health. A survey, examining how many calories various activities burn, found that angling burns up to 490 calories when fishing in waders – but even more passive fishing from the bank while sat in a stationary position burns 245 calories. This makes even the most relaxed forms of angling as healthy as walking the dog, windsurfing, light canoeing and volleyball.
Late run challenges the leader. Middy backed ace Ben Fisk has enjoyed a good run of F1 carp, and is thought to be pushing close to the leader, Andy Leathers, as the Parkdean Masters Final comes to an end. Leeds rod Ben, has started catching good sized F1s very regularly, fishing long pole shallow with pellets. When asked how much he had, Ben told our man on the bank that he thinks he has 50lb, with Andy Leathers admitting to 60lb.
Five top rods reveal their No1 angling tip!When it comes to catching big weights of fish, and winning matches, it is difficult to get a better list of names than we have below. We have picked their brains to reveal their five number-one tips to put more fish in your net this bank holiday. Enjoy!Alan Scotthorne (Drennan/ Sensas) Preconceived ideas lead to disaster!If you drive to a venue expecting to catch in a certain way, you could very well be setting yourself up to fail. I have learnt this lesson myself the hard way, on commercial fisheries – when today's successful bait or method could very well be totally useless tomorrow.
