A European Feeder Cup event for international teams will take place in England this month. In a special, invitational event run by the England Feeder team and organised by Lee Kerry, seven European nations will do battle against three England teams in a five-day contest at Barston Lakes starting on Monday October 16. Confirmed to fish are teams from Ireland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Lithuania, and current World Feeder Champions Hungary who will be looking to add a Euro crown to their trophy collection. But there will be three strong England sides at the event too with the Dre ..read more

Team England staged a major comeback on Day 2 of the Nations World Championships in Spain to earn themselves a well-deserved silver medal… and took silver and bronze in the individual competition too! Mark Downes’ squad of William Raison, Sean Ashby, James Dent, Steve Hemingray, Cameron Hughes, and Matt Godfrey found the opening day’s match on the River Ebro around Mequinenza and Fayon tough. Even with section wins from James Dent and a second from Sean Ashby, they were 18 points off the pace of the leaders Serbia and France on 20 but were in a group of chasing nations each recording over 30 p ..read more

For the second year running quality roach rather than bream provided the winning catches in the annual 40-peg contest fished on the tidal Thames at Kew, Chiswick, and Barnes. The winner was Tony Rice with a float caught mixed bag from Barnes netting him a cool £400. ] The Chiswick zone was won by last year’s champion Mark Brush with 12lbs of roach including a magnificent specimen of 2.04. The big bream shoals failed to show at Kew resulting in much lower than usual weights although a couple of surprise sea trout were landed. Zones Kew A – Martin Smith 6.08 Kew B – Tom Bolton 5.00 Chiswick – C ..read more

KYLE Wainwright is the 2023 Angling Trust RiverFest champion following an action-packed two days of fishing on the River Trent around Burton Joyce. The Normanton, West Yorks angler – who qualified on the River Don at the end of July – led one of the strongest final line ups ever with 84 anglers including World Champions, former winners, and river-fishing legends in attendance. And the Ashfield Anglers’ stretches at Ferry Field, Roadside, Nelson’s, and the Rack were in fine early-Autumn form. Over the weekend there were of catches of over 20lb of roach, dace nets into high double figures, some ..read more

And to add to the medal celebrations Josh Duffy claimed the individual gold ahead of Billy Kirk with the silver after two intense days of fishing on the River Sorraia at Coruche. The Angling Trust squad – backed by Sheffield law firm SSB Group – were described as one of the strongest ever assembled in the age category and they lived up to their hype with a commanding performance that saw them run out day one winners with an impressive 10.5 section points ahead of big rivals France. Their score included section wins for Alfie Nicholls, Josh Duffy, and Billy Kirk. On day two they found the going ..read more

  John Arthur passes on some of his tricks to make the most of micro pellets in this 20-minute video ..read more

The Environment Agency (EA) has released its Fisheries Annual Report for 21/22 which details how and where fishing licence income is spent. During the financial year 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 the EA sold 934,760 fishing licences which generated an income of £21,854,093. So how has this income helped promote fishing? The report – available here – gives details on all the work the EA does with the support of a brilliant network of approximately 1000 partners. These include organisations involved in angling such as the Angling Trust, Canal & River Trust and Get Hooked on Fishing, as well ..read more

Angling Trust Team England U20 manager Jason Kirk has named his squad for this year’s World Youth Championships following an action-packed assessment day at Barston Lakes on Sunday May 7, 2023. Fourteen anglers between the age of 15 and 20 were selected to attend the session on the main lake at the Midlands’ complex and they all got to show off their skills with two hours of big waggler fishing ahead of a two-hour stint on the pole. All those who attended gave a good account of themselves, making the choice for the final six a difficult one for the management team with just the finest of margi ..read more

There is no stopping Drennan Barnsley Blacks at the moment as they added to an already bulging trophy cabinet with a third victory in as many years at the Angling Trust Team Commercial National. The squad – who also claimed a trio of Winter League final victories in February – made short work of this 23-team, 230 angler contest at the prolific Lindholme Lakes complex near Doncaster. Barnsley’s score sheet saw them card two section wins and a host of solid back up scores for a 27-point total. That put them ahead of a great performance from runners up Clowne Angling Supplies on 41 and third plac ..read more

The Angling Improvement Fund (AIF) reopens on Friday, 14 April, for funding towards projects involved in tackling the spread of invasive non-native species and measures to increase biosecurity at angling venues. The AIF is administered by the Angling Trust and is just one of the ways the Environment Agency is reinvesting income from fishing licence sales in projects which benefit anglers across England. A total budget of £75,000 is being made available for this round. Applications for up to £5,000 funding are invited from clubs, fisheries and other angling-related organisations. All applicants ..read more