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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.

Angling News Week on sale now! 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.

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.