Star studded angling extravaganza.
If you haven’t made plans to go already, this years Evesham Festival, taking place over the August Bank Holiday weekend, is set to be a long weekend to remember!Attracting the cream of British match fishing, the event will see three separate big money matches – where competitors compete for a total of over £19,000 in prize money!The nature of the venue means all kinds of methods come into play, from feeder, to waggler, flat float, and of course the ever faithful bloodworm and joker. Whatever the discipline, you are sure to see a masterclass from England’s finest anglers over the course of the weekend!Then there is the show itself. Exhibitors include: Match Fishing Magazine, Pole Fishing Magazine, Birmingham Anglers Association Ltd, Frenzee Ltd, MatchBox Tackle, VRAC Limited, Strikemaster Tackle, Snowdonia Cheese Company, Redwood Tackle, Floats Direct, Dinsmores Ltd, Loughs Agency, EZ Feeda, Stapeley Angling Centre, Fishtastic Tackle, S R Enterprises, Medusa Multi Feeding Systems, H G Gladwell & Sons Ltd, Fishing For Heroes, Craft Fair, MAD Baits, Fish On, UK Lures Ltd, Dave Harrell Angling, Nisa Feeders, A K Angling, Preston Innovations Ltd, Used Tackle Ltd, Deception Angling, Caer Beris Manor, Fishermans Friend and The National Trust.
Just one week left for Garbolino Club Angler Of the Year Entries!Due to popular demand, an extension has been placed on the Garbolino Club Angler Of The Year, meaning anglers now have another seven days to get their entry forms in!Once again Garbolino has pledged its unanimous support for the biggest event in the Match Fishing club calendar – the prestigious Club Angler of the Year!This is every club angler’s opportunity to step up to the plate and prove themselves as the country’s number-one club angler, as others have done in previous years. There’s over £10,000 worth of top tackle prizes and some lucrative cash prizes to be won too! (All cash prizes subject to entry. ) As ever there’s a unique glass trophy for the winner, who will also receive an invitation to fish the 2014 Drennan Knockout Cup competition, giving them the chance to lift that huge title too!The qualifiers will run in the same format as previous years, with three regional fish-offs. The first will be at Tunnel Barn Farm on Friday, April 19th, the second at Woodland Lakes Thirsk on Friday, May 3rd and the third at Colemans Cottage on Friday, May 17th.
Angler's Name
Weight (lbs/oz)
Peg # / Lake
Perry Stone (Spro)
198-12-00
80 (Lake 5)
David Brown (Maver Midlands)
182-10-00
22 (Foundation)
Frankie Gianoncelli (Preston Innovations / Sonu Baits)
181-10-00
88 (Lake 6)
Matthew Higgins (Neptune Angling)
153-00-00
50 (Lake 3)
Ben Hagg (Guru / Daiwa)
137-00-00
7 (Lake 1)
Jason Collins (Preston Innovations / Sonu Baits)
133-12-00
17 (Lake 1)
Ryan Lidgard
123-02-00
105 (Lake 7)
Jake Fowles (Pole & Match Fishing Magazine)
117-12-00
27 (Lake 1)
The 2016 Mega Match This qualifier campaign finished on a high with another sell-out event at The Glebe. Conditions on the day were not ideal with the fishing proving difficult for some on account of the bright sunshine and lack of any ripple. That said, weights were still exceptional, especially given recent events - testament to just how well the Glebe as a venue is managed and one of the reasons why this particular qualifier venue always proves so popular amongst anglers.
Securing the final 2016 Match This Grand final place was Perry Stone.
Popular carp water receives winter makeover! Recently voted by Match Fishing readers as your favourite venue, The Glebe Fishery, in Leicestershire, has been having a bit of a facelift this winter. The venue has yearly maintenance projects but with a lot of wear and tear in recent years, Pool 1 has needed more than its share of TLC. A massive project was undertaken in the early part of January, when the lake's levels were dropped to allow work to be completed.
Firstly the platforms have been repaired and replaced where needed.
Star anglers divided over ‘skill’ issue. When Alex Bones wrote his Editorial in the February issue of Match Fishing, he argued that it is wrong that certain methods are regarded as more skilful than others. The piece has prompted great debate among anglers – with Tom Scholey chipping in with a blog challenging Alex’s argument. The question has even split opinion among the country’s star anglers, with some agreeing with Alex and arguing that no method should be regarded as more skilful than another, and others backing Tom Scholey’s case - and naming what they consider to be the most skilful discipline.
Christmas Fur & Feather match announced. Sunday 22nd December will host the 2013 annual Fur & Feather match at Tri Cast Weston Pools near Oswestry in Shropshire. Everyone is invited to the match, which costs just £25 to enter including food after the match. Alongside the usual pools payout, there will be random prizes awarded to certain pegs, and there is expected to be some novelty prizes too.
Charity Moustache growers celebrate the end of November!
Just hours remain before the gallant Movember crew are allowed to wield there razors, and shave off the product of the last months growing. Between the team at parent company DHP, they have managed to raise a whopping £868 towards mens health causes – largely thanks to the generous support of friends, colleagues and families.
The global total for Movember stands at over £64,000,000 – money which will make a real difference to the lives of cancer sufferers everywhere.
What sets Movember apart from many other charity campaigns though is the ‘fun’ element- and staff at DHP have certainly had their fair share of that! Angling News Week Editor, Tom Scholey explained: “The banter always flows freely at DHP Towers, and with almost half of the male staff sporting some sort of facial hair, we have had lots more ammunition than normal!
We have even had to postpone our staff photo, because our HR manager feared we would look like a bunch of Mexican bandits from an old western if it went ahead this week!
Mo wearers have been compared to everything from Hulk Hogan to Super Mario, Freddie Mercury, and Carlos Valderrama.
Shipp & Kerry's Italian GloryDes Shipp and Lee Kerry have returned form Preston Innovations Italia Festival in victorious style, after each winning a day of the star studded competition. The event, which is open to Preston Innovations consultants from throughout Europe, is contested on the prolific Lake Faldo and River Tevere. The first day of the event is a coaching day - and taught Lee Kerry some lessons that were to prove very valuable. Lee explained: "The first major match of the festival is a pairs event that takes place on Lake Faldo, but the coaching day before the event proved a good chance to practice.
Marlow Wins Fourth Soar Championship. They say that consistency is the mark of a good match angler- which must make Roger Marlow the undisputed king of his local River Soar, as he has won no fewer than four Soar Championships, and three in the last three years!He is, in fact believed to be the only person ever to have won three river championships in consecutive years. The England Veteran Star told Angling News Week: “I have always loved the River Soar- it is my local river, and I have been fishing it for years- so to add a fourth Soar Championship title to my CV is an unbelievable feeling. ”Roger’s latest result came after a tough match on the Sutton Bonington stretch of river, when he recorded just 2kg 550g to take the win.
Deadly bait additive shown on cameraAnglers have been left open mouthed, as a new video that is trending on YouTube shows the deadly effective nature of the new Stinky Stuff bait additive that has recently hit the market. The star of the video is England Veterans ace, Terry Lancaster. First, Terry cups in some leaves that have no additive and nothing happens. Next, Terry cups in some leaves that have been sprayed with the critically acclaimed 'Stinky Stuff' and carp can be seen almost instantly gobbing at them.
Openshaw and Frackowiak complete Maver Match This lineup. Steve Openshaw and Krysztof Frackowiak have become the last two people to qualify for the Maver Match This Final, after winning their respective qualifiers this weekend. The two matches, fished at Tunnel Barn Farm and Barston Lakes. A good turn-out saw ninety seven anglers attend the 2013 Maver Mega 'Match This' qualifier at the popular Tunnel Barn Farm.
Albutt’s anguish at 8th near miss. Despite his reputation as being one of the best anglers in the country, there is one prize that keeps avoiding Matrix and Bait-Tech-backed ace Grant Albutt – and that is a place in the Fish ‘O’ Mania Final. Grant has now come second in eight qualifiers of the 130-peg, including two in the last two weeks – finishing an agonising 3lb 1oz off top spot in this week's match at Gold Valley. He explained: “I am very fortunate in that I have fished in most major UK finals, and even managed to win the £25,000 2010 Parkdean Masters Final, but a place in the Fish 'O' Mania Final has continued to evade me.
Grab your copy of the December issue!The December issue is on sale THIS FRIDAY - don't miss your chance to get involved with the best information, from the best anglers in the game. The final part of this year's Drennan Knockout Cup unfolds in a two-day-long epic at Docklow Pools. The four finalists battle it out in our elimination shocker. Alongside this there's top advice from Steve Ringer, Lee Kerry, Lee Edwards and many more.
Most eventful week of the year in news. It has been the most hectic week of the year so far in terms of news, with big matches taking place, international teams announced,and big fish banked!There has been controversial news from the Preston Innovations Feeder Team captain, Tommy Pickering, who has chosen his team for this years World Championship in South Africa - and included two anglers who have never represented their country before. In other match fishing news, the results are in for this years Angling Trust Winter League Semi Final - which has seen some shock exits for the UK's biggest teams. Then there is the story of the lucky sea angler, who has won £1,000,000 on the Euromillions! Plus, we have word of the launch of an exciting new specimen fishing brand!Feature wise, we reveal the clever F1 fishing device that will send you potty, uncover carp fishing tips from the best in the business, and take in a days grayling fishing on a tough northern river.
