Bonus tench seals the win for DesDes Shipp has been crowned the 2014 Wychavon champion, after a close fought battle on Evesham’s River Avon. The Preston Innovations-backed ace, and England international, picked up the £2,000 winner's cheque, after weighing in 8-1-0 from end Peg 1 on the Crown Meadow. A delighted Des explained: “I am over the moon to have won, what I regard as one of the most prestigious river fishing titles out there. I was pleased with my draw this morning, not least because my good friend and England teammate, Will Raison fished the peg yesterday, and his information was a massive help, given the fact that I don’t know the water very well.
The store, which can be found atwww. shopatdhp. com, sells everything from hip flasks to books, DVDs, pictures, mugs, head torches and jewellery! In short, it’s a one-stop shop for anyone looking for angling-related gifts.
Shoppers have the choice of being able to browse all gifts, or just those relevant to a specific discipline – whether that be sea fishing, coarse fishing or game fishing or specific budget.
New angling-related gift shop now live. A new online angling gift shop has been launched by the
publishers of Match Fishing magazine, David Hall Publishing. The store, which can be found at www. shopatdhp.
Lincoln store to offer massive weekend discounts. Popular Lincoln tackle store Shortferry Angling has announced a 25 per cent discount sale this weekend. The store is celebrating being open since 1988 by offering customers some bumper bargains in a one-off weekend extravaganza. The terms of the sale couldn't be simpler – the owners are simply taking 25 per cent off their entire stock! This is for one weekend only and only available in store.
Great Northern Fishing show in Jeopardy, but Fish O Mania will go ahead. The Great Northern Fishing Show, which accompanied the famous Fish O Mania event aired live on Sky Sports, looks unlikely to run in 2013 following a bust up between show bosses. The show organiser, and former Cudmore Fisheries boss, Cyril Brewster has left his post, following a row with land owner, Edward Mainwaring. A press release to exhibitors from Cyrils’ wife, Sue Brewster stated: “Due to matters beyond Cyril’s control he will not be running the Great Northern Fishing Show at Cudmore Fisheries this year during Fish O Mania.
Larford announce dates for popular silvers festival. Maver Larford Lakes has announced the dates for its 2013 Silver Fish Festival.
The event, which has proven very popular in recent years, is scheduled to take place over a four-day period starting on Monday 25th February and finishing on Thursday 28th February.
The competition will cater for a total of 44 anglers fishing in four sections of eleven each day and will take place on the Specimen lake, which has built up a reputation for being amongst the best silverfish venues in the country.
Arrow Valley Country park has recently played host to a Learning Disability Match run by Bromfords HUB at Studley.
Good weather was ordered for the day. To celebrate Bromford’s, a Midlands Housing Association and Support Service 50th Anniversary they provided the main trophy, the Bromford Cup, and the Bromford 50 Cup for the nearest weight to 50lb.
At the draw each angler was presented with a Participation Certificate and Goody tackle bag kindly donated by the tackle trade and angling press.
Middy ace makes the Maver Match This Final. Simon Skelton has won the latest Maver Match This qualifier at Maver Larford Lakes. Simon drew end peg 44 on Arena Lake, and alternated between short pole and the method feeder, before switching to the margins late on to take carp to 18lbs. Simon's final weigh pulled the scales round to a match-winning 135-12-00.
Big fish boosts England's hopes. With just over an hour to go, England's hopes of a team gold have received a boost - after Des Shipp, who was thought to be last in his section, has banked a skimmer, and several decent roach in the last few minutes. It is thought that this has pushed him up 12 places, to sixth in his section. Things aren't going so well for Will Raison now however, as more and more big fish are being caught in his section.
Deadly new flavour combination from Marukyu! Marukyu is well known for its scientific approach to baits and the latest launch is set to take the market by storm!
'Skrill' is the buzzword from the Marukyu stable. It is a new pellet formulation that combines the awesome fish-catching properties of krill with strong-smelling squid.
Skrill pellets are almost black in colour thanks to this combination of flavours, and they have been taking venues apart during development.
Luckily for you, we will be the first to get our hands on the Skrill pellets and we'll have an exclusive Facebook competition for you tomorrow to stand a chance to win some of these awesome pellets.
Bait giant Sonubaits launch a new range of silver-fish groundbaits.
We are at the Preston Innovations and Sonubaits Press day today where the brands are set to show us all of their new products for 2015.
Over the course of the day we will bring you information on the items as and when we get it, as we are sure you are all excited to see what they have to offer — we certainly are!
First up is the new Super Crumb range from Sonubaits. This is a concise range of four non-fishmeal mixes aimed at silver-fish anglers and natural waters.
Good year ahead predicted at White Acres!Match legend, and manager of Cornwall’s White Acres Holiday Park, Clint Elliott has predicted a great year for his guests, after a cracking personal winter campaign at the venue. “Considering how up and down the weather has been, I couldn’t be more happy with how good the fishing has been at White Acres this winter. I was lucky enough to win the Cornish Winter League, and we enjoyed pretty consistent sport throughout" he explained. "The last round a couple of weeks ago was a real highlight – I drew on Jenny’s and managed 60lb of roach and F1s, a brilliant days fishing in anybody’s book! This was only good enough for third overall – and in that particular match carp didn’t count! In terms of the stocking of the fishery, I haven’t changed a lot this year.
The latest government statistics show that angling participation has increased over the last 12 months as anglers head out to the banks more often.
The Active People Survey is carried out by Sport England to establish how many people are participating in sport. The survey, looks at all sports, including angling, as part of the government drive to keep people engaged in sporting activity. 164,500 anglers were canvassed as part of the regular study to find out how often people go fishing and what is their background.
Westwood Lakes, Boston, Lincolnshire – Over £12,000 In Prize Money! – Tuesday May 12th, Wednesday May 13th and Thursday, May 14th. Daiwa is proudly sponsoring the first three-day match fishing event at Westwood Lakes, Boston, in Lincolnshire, in May 2015. The Spring Classic Festival will be fished on Skylark, Falcon, Osprey and Hawk lakes, with 40 anglers per lake, rotating each day. Entry fee for the festival is £120 per angler, which covers all peg fees and pools.
Welsh international wins RiverFest final. Flowing-water expert and former Welsh international Andrew ‘Spud’ Murphy has won the inaugural RiverFest final on the River Wye, and pocketed the £10,000 winner's cheque. The event, which saw qualifiers take place all over the country, culminated in a two-day final on the Hereford stretch of the Wye. Event organiser Dave Harrell commented on his Facebook page: “The weekend has proved an incredible match of twists and turns and a fitting end to RiverFest 2013.
