Tom Scholey and Matt Godfrey win Preston Innovations Pairs festival. Pole Fishing’s editorial assistant, Matt Godfrey, and regular Match and Pole Fishing contributor Tom Scholey have won the Preston Innovations-sponsored Parkdean Pairs Festival at White Acres. The duo clinched the win after a tight festival – which saw them tied at the top of the 28-pair field going into the final day. Fortunately for the Daventry-based pair, a favourable draw on the Trewaters complex gave them two section wins, meaning they took victory by a four-point margin.
New forum puts the questions to the experts. A new angling forum is to be launched next Monday, giving users the chance to have their questions answered by the best names in the business. The aptly name ‘Angling Answers’ has sections for carp, match, coarse, sea and fly anglers – and is powered by DHP Ltd, one of Europe’s largest independent publishers of fishing magazines. The forum is the brainchild of DHP’s operations director, Roger Mortimer, who has seen similar forums working well in other sectors, and noticed a gap for a technical and tactical-based forum in the angling market.
Chapmans hosts Garbolino open night. Hull angling superstore, Chapmans Angling is to host a night with Garbolino stars Darren Cox and Steve Cooke. The event is set to take place this Thursday, June 13th, between 5. 30pm and 9.
Consistency shines through for Maver Midlands canal ace. Canal expert Dave Brown has just won the Wolverhampton AA Individual Spring League with a fine display of canal fishing. Fished over six hard-fought matches, two rounds were held on the Shropshire Union Canal at Pendeford, two rounds in Penkridge and two rounds in Wombourne, both on the Staffs-Worcester Canal. To make things interesting, the points were awarded based on the position you finished in the match overall, so you got one point for first place and 27 points for last.
Match Fishing's own Tom Scholey wins Mega Match This qualifier. A lower than anticipated turnout for the latest Mega Match This qualifier, at Cornwall’s White Acres, meant that anglers were given plenty of room, divided between Twin Oaks, Trelawney and Acorn lakes, with the resident carp responding positively to the 23°C temperatures. Winner on the day, and earning his place in August’s Mega Match This Grand Final, was Match Fishing/Pole Fishing magazines’ very own Tom Scholey. Tom made the most of his Peg 15 draw on Trelawney, where he opted to fish 6mm pellets shallow on the long pole.
Fish Legal highlights UK’s low pollution payouts after US firm fined $3. 3million The expert environmental and angling lawyers at Fish Legal, who act on behalf of over 1,000 angling clubs throughout the UK, have highlighted the low level of fines paid by offenders in the UK for polluting watercourses. Fish Legal has this week written to the Sentencing Council welcoming its proposals for tougher pollution penalties, particularly for large companies, but urging it to go much further. This coincided with news from the USA of a paper company being fined a total of $3.
The superb River Thames is set to hold three big matches in September 2013. The Big 3 September Thames matches are The Turner 400– teams of four fished at Radcot, Clanfield and Rushey. Held on Sunday, September 1st – £100 per team. The Swan Individual Open– fished at Radcot and Clanfield on Sunday, September 8th – £20 all in.
England struggle in the World Club Championship. The English representatives in the 2013 World Club Championship, Kamasan Starlets, have finished in a disappointing 17th place in the weekend’s event. The two-day match was fished on the extremely difficult Brian Canal in Italy, a venue that saw the English side struggle to work out the methods needed. They weren’t alone, though, as even the home side, Trabucco Ravenelli, found the going tough with very few fish to be caught.
Car manufacturer backs top Halesowen rod.
Grant Albutt has signed a sponsorship agreement with Sytner Coventry BMW. The deal, which sees Grant receive backing from the huge car firm, is centered around introducing BMW and its subsidiaries to the sport – and it all happened thanks to a chance conversation. Grant said: “I’ve been a loyal customer of the Coventry branch and last time I was here I simply put the question of sponsorship to the sales representative.
Joe Carass recounts an extremely busy few weeks that has seen him catch a lot of fish and receive a few batterings too! Underwater Shenanigans! It has been quite some time since my last blog so I have a lot to catch up on. Firstly I must say how overwhelmed I have been by the response to the Underwater Secrets series in Match Fishing. I fully believe we are all going to become better anglers because of it.
We had a basic list of goals for the first part of the series but, as soon as Rob Hughes got in the lake, one question led to another and before we knew it, it was getting dark! If you haven’t seen the feature already I urge you to go out and buy the magazine, as you will definitely learn something from it.
