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.
Top prizes on offer in new three day festival. Popular Shropshire commercial, Weston Pools has announced a new three day festival, sponsored by tackle giants Tri-Cast. Taking place on the 30th March, 31st March and 1st April, the total cost for the three days is £70. There will also be an optional super pool of £10 which will pay out the top three anglers overall after the last day.
Eric Humphries steps down as manager. The manager of the Welsh International team, Eric Humphries has resigned from his post with immediate effect. The moves comes following a meeting between the Welsh Federation Of Anglers, that took place last week, in which Eric received a vote of no confidence. He told Angling News Week: “I am obviously very disappointed to have to stand down, as I loved working with the team – but in many ways it may be a blessing in disguise.
Three England Feeder teams to compete at the European FriendlyFollowing on from last years successes, which saw England’s ‘Team Blue’ lift a gold medal at Ghent rowing close The Van Den Eynde European Feeder Friendly International will be taking place again this year on 6th-7th April in Holland on the Ghent-Terneuzen canal. Last year saw two teams cross over the channel for this friendly feeder match representing the Angling Trust and team sponsors, Preston Innovations with the two teams bagging up the medals. This year England Team Manager, Tom Pickering is putting three teams forward to compete so he can have a look at other anglers who have impressed in the England Feeder trial that was held last September 2012. The teams are;Team Blue Mick VialsSteve RingerPhil RingerDarren CoxDean BarlowTeam GreenAlex BonesAdam RooneyGrant AlbuttRob WoottonAdam WakelinTeam BlackGlenn LawrenceNick SpeedWayne BartholomewWill FreemanEddie BridonThe Angling Trust and Preston Innovations wish the three teams success at bringing home the medals this year for England.
Masses of free content for Match and Pole Fishing readers. The men behind Match and Pole Fishing magazines are creating a host of videos, all of which are free to view on each magazines YouTube channel. Featuring star anglers, including Des Shipp, Steve Ringer, Alan Scotthorne and Rob Wootton, the team are creating more videos than ever before. Match Fishing’s Joe Carass explained: “For a long time, I have wanted to get more video footage on the bank – as there is no better way of demonstrating the all important details that give top anglers an edge on the bankside.
Top teams dominate in Southern Semi Finals. Daiwa Dorking and Kamasan Starlets have secured their places in the Angling Trust Winter League Final in emphatic style- by winning their respective Semi Finals. Saturday’s match took place at Gold Valley Lakes in Surrey, and Daiwa Dorking proved their undoubted international class by winning the event –with only two of their anglers finishing any lower than second in section. Team regular, and former World Youth Champion, Callum Dicks explained: “Gold is obviously a venue where our anglers are very experienced, so we were able to keep our plan fairly simple.
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Two exciting new competitions have been announced this week - carrying a combined prize fund of over £35,000! If you are a match, sea or fly angler then at least one of them will be right up your street!On top of this we have the story of the pleasure angler who has banked a massive 7lb 5oz chub, and the all important results from the Angling Trust Winter League Semi Finals!We bring you the story of Alan Blairs latest conquest, which sees him targetting carp on tidal rivers, and reveal the exciting new bait on offer from carp giant Solar Baits. Then there is the tale of England feeder star Tommy Pickering's latest high profile win, in the Maver Larford Silver Fish Festival. Feature wise, we have soil secrets from the best angler in the world, a lesson in day ticket carp fishing from England ace Tom Maker, a battle of two UK Champions, and a sea fishing lesson from Gary Pye. Plus, there is a look at the latest tackle to hit the shelves, blogs from the sports top names, and all the latest catch reports.
Traditional bream tactics help Tommy Pickering to festival win!
Tommy Pickering has won the Maver Larford Lakes Silverfish Festival, with a six point score. The Preston Innovations and Sonubaits backed ace managed an impressive three section wins out of four in the 38 strong event – pipping Andy Moors and Grant Albutt to the top spot. He explained: “I was very lucky to have been bought up doing a lot of traditional feeder fishing – and had the best teacher of all, in Dennis White. A lot of the lessons that Dennis taught me at Worsborough Reservoir in the early 1970s have rung true this week at Larford – and I have also been quite lucky at the drawbag.
Bright future for historic match venue
This time last year, the future looked iffy for one of the Country's most historic match venues – as new police regulations made accessing the roadside of Lincolnshire’s Fossdyke Canal almost impossible. The ruling by Lincoln’s chief constable meant that anglers were no longer able to park their cars alongside the busy A57 that runs alongside the most prolific stretch of the canal making accessing the 100 peg stretch almost impossible. Fortunately for anglers, this has now changed – thanks to two kind hearted people who are allowing anglers to park their cars on their property – giving two easy access parking points at two different points along the waterway. Match organiser, Alan Henry explained: “Everyone was gutted when we lost the roadside, as it is by far the fairest, and best stretch of the Fossdyke canal –and has been home to some very historic matches in the past.
Get Down To The Glasgow Angling Centre Weekend!Glasgow Angling Centre's famous open weekend is to take place this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and the organiser promises it to be bigger, better and with more to see than ever before. The company's last Open Weekend, in September 2012, was the biggest and best attended ever, securing a place in the calendar as the biggest free angling event in the UK. Three-Day Event!The event will be taking place at the company's massive 30,000sq ft megastore ,which is throwing open its doors for anglers from all over the world to check out the latest fishing gear, pick up some great bargains and rub shoulders with the top names in the angling business. GAC has long been one of the country’s top sea fishing tackle retailers and this event will host a great line up of brands from the shore and boat angling scene, like Daiwa, Lynx, Abu, Penn, Shimano, Cox & Rawle and Okuma, and top anglers like Mike Thrussel, Stevie Souter and Anthony Glascoe will be on hand to give advice and share tips on sea angling’s latest trends, including a Tronix workshop on Light Rock Fishing, the latest trend in sea fishing.
