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Following a successful under 18’s trial held on Saturday 11th June 2011 at Gold Valley Lakes, Nr Aldershot, Steve Sanders the Manager for the Sensas U18’s England Youth team has selected his squad for the World Championships at Castelfranco on the River Arno. This prolific venue has large stocks of catfish from 1lb to 8lb with some mullet and carp. The team will consist of; Connor Barlow, age 17 from Manchester, Ryan Watson, age 17 from Surrey, Alex Clements age…
Top rod and 2011 Champion on Saturday 25th June 2011 at the National Championship for Anglers with Disabilities held at Peatling Lakes, Leicestershire was Lancashire angler Mike Dawson who put an impressive 18 kilos and 80 grammes on the scales from peg 15 on the Harrow Pool. Mike, who is a previous National Champion, caught carp to 2 kilos plus F1’s mainly down the margins. Runner up on the day from Plough Pool peg 15 was Mick Sharpless. Mick also…
A DAY’S FISHING FOR 2 PEOPLE WITH AN INTERNATIONAL OR TOP ANGLER - This is a unique opportunity to spend a day fishing with an angler of your choice and it’s not just for you but it is for two people. Commencing on 1st July 2011 you can bid on Ebay for you and a friend, or a family member to fish with and ask as many questions as you like of your chosen angler. The day will also include, meeting…
Woodlands Lakes, Thirsk can always be guaranteed to come up with close finishes and this year was no exception with just 12oz being the margin between first and second place. It fell to Nathan Watson last year’s Fish ‘O’ Mania Champion of Champion’s winner to take the honours from peg 20 on Partridge lake at the 15th Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier on Saturday 25th June 2011. Nathan took full advantage of his end peg to give him a winning weight…
Agreement has been reached in principle for The Waterways Trust to merge its operations with the planned new waterways charity (NWC) when it is established in England & Wales next year. The merger will enable The Waterways Trust and NWC to pool their strengths and resources in creating a unique new national charity to engage with supporters, partners and funders. By joining forces the organisations will bring together over 2,000 miles of historic canals, rivers and docks, three important waterways…
The Angling Trust regrets to announce that one of its members has had his membership terminated and been banned from fishing any Angling Trust matches for five years because of his aggressive, rude and potentially criminal harassment on the telephone of two members of staff in the competitions department over issues surrounding the arrangements for matches. He has been refunded in full, but will not be eligible to fish in forthcoming competitions. His tickets will be passed on to reserves.…
Disabled anglers can soon go fishing on the Norfolk Broads with the launch of the first wheelie boat early in the new fishing season. The boat has a roll-on, roll-off bow ramp and level deck, providing disabled people, and wheelchair users in particular, with hassle-free and independent access to angling on the water and will be available from 27th June 2011. Angling access for all is one of the Environment Agency’s highest priorities and in conjunction with the Broads Angling…
Anglers living in and around Exeter have somewhere new to enjoy their sport - Harper's Lakes near the city's historic canal. Situated close to the Double Locks pub, Harper’s Lakes were built in 2009 on land belonging to the Environment Agency using money from rod licence sales plus a contribution from Exeter and District Angling Association. The new purpose-built complex will be officially opened this Friday (June 24) by Exeter’s Labour MP Ben Bradshaw at 2.00pm. As well as anglers,…
Past finalist Andy May, a professional angler from Middlewich won the 14th Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier held at Heronbrook Fisheries, Staffordshire on Sunday 19th June 2011. Andy caught carp to 8lbs steadily throughout the match. Andy drew Canal Peg 10, which amongst others in the area has some significant past form. He set his stall out to fish tight to the far bank weed growth, where he found 4 feet of water, but decided to fish shallow as tight as…
Top rod was previous Fish ‘O’Mania finalist, Kieron Rich, a Daiwa Angling Consultant from Dudley in the West Midlands who caught carp and F1’s to 2 kilos steadily throughout the match to fish shallow with maggots from peg 9 on Ash Pool to record the winning weight of 61 kilos 180 grammes at the Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier held at Preston Innovation Boldings on Wednesday 15th June 2011. Kieron Rich said “Luckily the peg I was on turned out to…
Dick Clegg, OBE, International Events Manager of the Angling Trust is happy to announce the Veterans team which will represent the Angling Trust and England in this year’s World Angling Games in Italy. Dick has this year decided to coach the Veterans team himself on the same venue that brought England their first ever Nations World Championship win back in 1985. The river Arno in Florence was where Kevin Ashurst, Tommy Pickering , Ian Heaps , Dennis White and Bob…
Environment Agency fisheries officers have discovered the first salmon in the River Leven in more than 150 years. The River Leven flows through North Yorkshire, and is a tributary to the River Tees at Yarm. Until 2007 it was not possible for salmon to spawn in the River Leven because of an impassable weir which was built during the industrial revolution. In 2007 the Environment Agency built a new fish pass on the weir at Leven Bridge, between Ingelby Barwick…
As anglers return to the riverbanks for the start of the new fishing season (16 June), the Environment Agency is asking them to keep an eye out for signs of fish in distress. The recent warm, dry, weather, has led to low water levels in rivers such as the River Bain, Barlings Eau, Upper Witham and Welland. Defra and the Environment Agency confirmed drought status for parts of Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire on Friday, 10 June. This, combined with weed…
Over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend of 27-30 May, Environment Agency officers caught a number of rod licence evaders when checking rod licences in targeted fisheries in the Midlands region, which are known to have a higher-than-average evasion rate. Officers in the Environment Agency's Midlands Environmental Crime Team took part in a national rod-licence blitz across the Midlands. They struck at known high rod licence evasion hot-spots where they checked 1,110 anglers and detected 82 offences. Anglers who were unable to provide…
After a successful trial for Anglers with Disabilities that was held at Packington Somers Fisheries, Meriden on Saturday 21st May 2011 the Angling Trust is pleased to announce the England team that will be competing in the World Angling Games Championships in Italy from 28th August – 4th September 2011 The team will consist of; Mark Eves, Andrew Lakey, Mark Russell, Alan Chadbone and John Dickens and John Weedon (Manager). It will be the first time John Weedon has managed…
Three of the current England Ladies Team dominated the top three places with the newest member of the England team for 2011 becoming this year’s Angling Trust Ladies’ Individual Champion on Saturday 11th June on the Kennet & Avon Canal, Seend Park. Samantha Sim drew peg 15 where she fished the 16 metre pole across the canal into 2ft of water feeding chopped worm and caster to net a steady stream of skimmers and a few bream plus 5 decent…
