Angler nets £1,000,000 Euromillions prize!
A keen angler from Hythe won’t need to talk about the ‘one that got away’ after his EuroMillions Millionaire Raffle ticket returned a whopping £1,000,000 in the draw on Tuesday 12 February. And unbelievably, the win comes almost 21 years after his dad won £250,000 on the Pools. Despite being on holiday, factory worker Ron Warne (46), was up early on Wednesday morning digging for fishing bait on the beach at Hythe completely unaware that he was the town’s newest millionaire. Cold and miserable he was bemoaning his freezing cold feet and grumbling that he was going to have to find the money to buy some new thermal boots; little did he know that he could afford the very best boots on the market.
Preston ace makes it three wins on the bounce!
Winning three consecutive matches is difficult enough – but winning three 50+ peggers on the ultra competitive fens circuit is nothing short of a momentous achievement – and that is exactly what Preston Innovations and Sonubaits backed ace Michael Buchwalder has achieved. Bread has been the secret to success for the Milton Keynes based kitchen fitter, and this weeks result has been the lowest winning weight for the rod – and he still banked over 22lb of roach. He explained: “Although it is a fair old drive to the fens for me, it has been well worth the trip every time, as I have enjoyed three great days fishing – and won a fair bit of money in the process! I have undoubtedly drawn some very good pegs, and this week was no different – but the fish don’t jump in the net, and there are definitely things that you can do to improve the efficiency of your fishing. In this weeks match, I had to chase the fish up and down my peg, varying the distance that I was fishing to keep in touch with fish.
Big match victory for feeder team captain. England feeder team ace Tommy Pickering has proved just why he is regarded as one of the country’s best feeder anglers – after bagging a winning net in this weekends round of the Hayfield Pairs Series. The sixty peg event is contested by some of the north’s finest angling talents – including Alan Scotthorne, James Dent and current World Champion, Sean Ashby. The match win comes on the back of a string of good results at the venue – and Tommy puts them all down to the banjo feeder!He explained: “The banjo is perhaps a little underused by a lot of anglers –who prefer more conventional methods such as the Method feeder – but there are definitely times when the water is cold as it is at the moment when it is very difficult to beat.
Monster carp, bream, barbel and whiting in this weeks Angling News Week!
If you like big fish, then you will love this weeks issue of Angling News Week! We have the story of the years biggest barbel, caught from the River Kennett, and the tale of the novice angler who captured a whiting, which has just been confirmed as the new British record! Then there is the 17lb bream, banked by a teenage angler from a Hertfordshire pit. From the match fishing world, we bring you the story behind Tommy Pickering's latest big match win, and the final results from the prestigious Tunnel Barn Farm winter league. In the studio, we put ten questions to Britain's most decorated young match angler - Matt Godfrey. Feature wise, we have commercial silver fish secrets with Fish O Mania champ Warren Martin, a must read guide to catching more flounder, a selection of six of anglers funniest videos and much, much more.
After 10 hard-fought rounds, the Match Fishing Drawbags team of four has claimed the Tunnel Barn Farm Winter League Championship.
Eighteen teams battled it out at the ever-reliable Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery in Warwickshire. The talented four-man team of Steve Ringer, Jon Arthur, Joe Carass and Paul Bick sealed victory by also winning the final round. They ended up with an impressive 555-point score, ahead of Barston on 516 points and Banbury Gunsmiths on 512 points.
Match This Champion, Les Thompson to host Facebook chat night.
Bait Tech and Matrix consultant Les Thompson is the star in line for the next installment of Bait Tech’s hugely popular Facebook chat nights. Les has been at the forefront of the commercial match scene for many years. The Midlands based angler is heavily involved in bait and tackle design, with an understanding of the industry topped by an in depth knowledge of the sport.
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.
Pictures of fishing trips gone wrong!
Many of us think that we have had a bad day when we stagger off the bank, freezing cold and without a bite - but as the below selection of pictures prove, things could be a whole lot worse! They are taken from a viral email that has been doing the rounds this week, showing just how bad it can be when fishing trips go wrong! Be warned, don't scroll down unless you have a strong stomach!. . . .
Sammie Perkins storms Makins practice match with massive winter haul. After a four year leave of absence, Shimano and Dynamite Baits backed ace Sammie Perkins has returned to Makins Fishery in style, bagging a winning 97lb 12oz net of carp. The 22 year old England international took the haul from peg 15 on Snake Pool – one of the few pegs on the complex that she has never drawn before. Along with her dad, Mark Perkins, and uncle, Rob Perkins, Sammie was regarded as one of the anglers to beat at the Midlands commercial – and even had an ‘Embryo Club’ of celebrity anglers that she had beaten! After joining the England Ladies team, Sammie decided that she needed to broaden her horizons, focussing more on natural venues, and also trying here hand at big carp fishing –meaning she hadn’t visited the venue for the past four years.
71 pages of news, blogs and features for just 69p!The angling world is in mourning this week, as two stars of the sport have passed away. These are multiple Drennan Cup winner Terry Lampard, and match fishing legend, Don Slaymaker. We have tributes from their friends inside. In more cheery news, Gareth Goldson has broken his personal best chub with a 7lb 13oz specimen.
Matrix back Tidal Trent Festival. Following on from good turnouts on the river last year, River Trent match organiser, Alan Henry has announced that the Tidal Trent Festival will be running again in 2013. He explained “Sadly last year we had to call the festival off after the first day due to the river flooding, after what we now know to be one of the wettest years on record. Even with the river out of sorts though, we still had 45 anglers enter the Festival.
It’s a number that could save your life. To many people, dialling 999 is the first thing that comes to mind when faced with an emergency or crisis. But what happens if you have little or no signal, or if you have to use somebody elses phone, where the keypad is locked, or without credit?A video is trending on YouTube explaining the merits of a different emergency number – 112. This has several advantages over the standard 999 number, in that it can be recognised in 70 Countries worldwide – and can often connect to an operator even when there is no signal on your network.
Death Of A Trent Star. Midland based angling legend, Don Slaymaker has passed away after a battle with cancer. Don was widely regarded as being one of the best river anglers of his generation, and also had scores of commercial victories to his name. Originally hailing from Stoke, Don moved to Nottingham as a young man, cutting his teeth on the ultra competitive River Trent circuit of the 70s and 80s.
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.
Dorking ace wins CIPS LeagueCallum Dicks has taken individual victory in the Garbolino Sensas CIPS league. Bad conditions greeted the 70 competitors on the final round at Woodlands View fishery, but that didn’t spoil the fishing as there were dozens of double figure weights in this closely fought competition. Winning team on the day were Kamasan Starlets Blue with an excellent 9 points. That was enough to bump them into second overall in the final standings, but they fell 3.
