Maver's Jamie in Match This FinalMaver and Bag 'em Baits-backed ace, Jamie Hughes has booked his place in the 2013 Maver Match This Grand Final at Larford Lakes. Jamie has been in fantastic form during previous Match This qualifiers having already qualified for the British Pole Championships on a number of occasions. Drawing Peg 9 on Milo lake, Jamie fished the Method feeder tight to the island to take carp up to 8lb for a final weight of 111-04-00, winning the match by a comfortable margin. Ninety-four anglers attended this qualifier, the first ever hosted by the popular Cudmore Fisheries in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
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.
W B Clarke ace wins Evesham season opener. Steve Ashmore has won the opening match of the season on the Warwickshire Avon at Evesham, with an 11lb 12oz net. The W B Clarke-backed rod caught a 5lb bream, a 5lb tench and a handful of small perch and silver bream on short-pole, chopped-worm tactics – beating the rest of the 79-man field by a clear 5lb margin. Howard Kaye was runner-up from the noted Peg 35 on the mouth of the River Isbourne.
Emma Pickering wins the Angling Trust Ladies’ National Championship title. England international and former Ladies' National Champion Emma Pickering (Doncaster AA) has won this year's Ladies' National with a 32kg 500g bag, from Colemans Cottage Fishery in Essex. Emma's net contained a mixed bag of F1s, smallish carp and silver fish taken mainly on worm tails. Emma started at four metres on Peg 21, but had to follow the fish out to seven metres to stay in touch with them.
Chance for anglers to pose questions to the stars!A new angling forum has been launched, giving users the chance to have their questions answered by the best names in the business. The aptly named ‘Angling Answers’ has sections for carp, match, coarse, sea and fly anglers – and is powered by DHP Ltd, Europe’s largest independent publisher 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. Roger explained: “All our editorial staff have been encouraged to get involved and they’re inviting their top contributors on board too.
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.
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.
