Awesome Andy in Riverfest Final. No one
can deny that Preston ace Andy Power is having a phenomenal season on
the commercial match scene - qualifying for the Fish 'O'Mania Final,
Maver Match This Final, and leading the prestigious UK Angling
Championship. In a rare summer break from commercial fishing,
Andy entered the RiverFest qualifier on his local Bristol Avon at the
weekend - and continued his awesome run of form by winning the 58 peg
match!The Thatchers rod explained: "Contrary to what some people
think, I actually prefer natural venue fishing to commercials, and
between October and March river and canal fishing is pretty much all I
do. It is only the size of matches in my area, and my desire to progress
as an angler, that makes me fish commercials.
New start for Emneth store. A new tackle
shop called, Baggin Up Tackle has opened in the Cambridgeshire town of
Emneth. Under the ownership of well known match angler, Stewart Milne
the store is already proving popular. The shop has opened on the premises of
the old Emneth Angling, and caters for all disciplines of fishing.
Leicester's Pete tops the Division Two National. To catch 100lb from a natural venue in England is an achievement; to win a National Championship with over 50 kilos of bream is nothing short of incredible – but this is exactly what Pete Marlow achieved in Saturday's Division Two National on the Great Ouse. In the team stakes, it was Devizes Angling Association that topped a strong field, with a 243-point score – beating Garbolino Blackhorse and Maver Bait Tech by just a single point. The team, made up of G Williamson, N Baker, K Rowles, A McTiffin, J Carty, N Franks, A Carter, R Guy, D Clapton and R Kepner averaged 24 points out of a possible 33.
Maver rod tops five day festival. Ian Giddins has won the 2013 Maver Larford Lakes Festival, with an eight-point score. Sixty-four anglers attended this year's annual five-day summer festival hosted as Maver's Larford Lakes complex. Conditions for this year's event were, for the most part, settled with the exception of the opening day, which saw heavy rain.
Star-studded race night this Friday. A race night to raise money for the England Ladies Team is set to take place this Friday. Hosted by Former Ladies World Champion, Emma Pickering, the event is taking place at Monckton Social Club in Pinfold Lane, Penkridge. Star anglers, including Tommy Pickering, Ed Warren, Grant Albutt and Mick Vials have already confirmed their attendance, making it a great opportunity to rub shoulders with the stars, and hopefully win a few quid along the way.
Roach go on the feed at Evesham The weights on the Evesham Festival Qualifying matches have soared this week, after bloodworm and joker were allowed for the first time this season. Sensas ace Darran Bickerton was best, with a 10-13-0 net from Peg 18. Darran fished bloodworm at 13 metres over a bed of soil, joker and groundbait, taking fish to 10 ounces. It was a similar story for runner-up, Steve Townsend, who also caught a net of roach on bloodworm.
Ministers urged to ban domestic use of hazardous chemical. Following the identification of the pesticide chlorpyrifos as the cause of last month's pollution of a 15km section of the upper Kennet between Marlborough and Hungerford, the Angling Trust has written to Environment minister Richard Benyon calling for the chemical to be withdrawn from domestic use. It has been estimated that as little as half a cupful poured down a local drain and entering the river via the Marlborough Sewage treatment works resulted in the almost complete wipe-out of macro invertebrates in the affected stretch. Chlorpyrifos is regularly used on lawns and golf courses and to tackle insects on crops and some soft fruits.
September's Pole Fishing shows you how. If you want to learn from the best pole anglers that England has to offer, then you can't afford to miss the September issue of Pole Fishing, that is on sale now. In it, we feature all the latest goings-on in the pole fishing scene, test the newest models to hit the market, and bring you deadly tactics from the world's best pole anglers. Below is a rundown of some of the things that you can expect to find within the 116 action-packed pages:Keep Catching With Steve RingerA sweltering day means one species is on the cards for our pole fishing master… tench!Stealth ChubbingForget your stick floats, feeders and wagglers, as Adam Richards shows you why a pole can reign supreme for River Swale chub!Bamford’s Bam, Bam Method!We lift the lid on an exciting new shallow fishing tactic that Luke Bamford has been using to devastating effect!TroubleshooterA day with Welsh international Lee Edwards is in store as our latest pupil gets to grips with roach, perch and bream on his local park lake.
Match Fishing previews MAP's new flagship pole. Top
match brand MAP is set to release a new flagship pole – the TKS 901 – and already it
has set tongues wagging in the tackle industry. Many of those who have
seen it believe it to be the best pole ever made. Recently, MAP's
brand manager, Mike Robinson, took the pole into Match Fishing's, and
sister title Pole Fishing's, headquarters in Daventry.
Wakelin smashes UK Championship record!Preston Innovations ace Adam Wakelin has set a new UK Championship record, with a massive 279lb 6oz net from Bait-Tech Viaduct Fishery in Somerset. Adam took the huge net from corner Peg 119 on Campbell Pool, fishing 8mm pellets shallow down the edge at 16 metres. On hearing the news that he had set a new record, Adam was absolutely delighted. He told us: "I have been fishing the UK Championship for 10 years now and have always wanted to win a round but never quite managed it.
Daiwa & Guru backed ace in Maver final. Andy
Bennett has won a place in the Maver Match This Final, after winning
the Garbolino Lindholme Lakes qualifier, with a weight of 138lb 13oz.
The result came on the back of a successful week for Andy - who also won
last weeks festival at Lindholme!Having only just missed out on
a place in the final from last weekend’s qualifier at Partridge Lakes
by a little over 4lbs, Andy was determined not to be beaten again.
Fishing meat over ground bait towards the far bank Andy finished the day
with 138-13-00 from peg 26 on OasisOne hundred anglers attended
this year's Mega 'Match This' qualifier at Lindholme Lakes - the best
attendance to date across all Mega 'Match This' qualifiers at the
popular Doncaster venue.
Stainforth & Keadby Canal to host exciting new contest. A new teams-of-three winter league is set to run on the Stainforth and Keadby Canal at Thorne. The venue – which has a reputation as being one of the most prolific winter fisheries in the country has been famous for hosting the sell-out individual and pairs league in years gone by. In recent years, numbers have begun to dwindle though – and when the previous organiser announced that he wasn’t interested in running the leagues any more, Lee Kerry and Tom Scholey stepped up to the mark.
World Champs glory sees England youth top world rankings. England’s youth teams are quite literally on top of the world as they travel back from France, as this weekend’s fantastic World Championship performance has seen them rise to the top of the World rankings. The table – which is worked out on medal count over a five-year period, is used to determine which teams are regarded as the best in the world – and we now top the chart at both junior and senior levels. England’s international events co-ordinator, Dick Clegg, was the first to congratulate the teams and their management.
Glory for England in World Youth Championship. England's juniors have won the World Championship in France, with a record 10-point score. They have also taken the top four individual placings – a feat which isn't believed to ever have been achieved before. Manager Steve Sanders was ecstatic with the results.
England Juniors lead World Youth Championship. The England under-18 team have taken a commanding position on the first day of the Junior World Championship, taking three section wins and a second. As it stands, they are nine points ahead of second-placed France, with one day of the competition still to go. Section winners include Sam Hughes, Bradley Gibbons and Joe Kent, with Matt Barnett second in his section – finishing just a few grams short of victory.
