Blog Archives

Rowley and district angling Roadshow Friday 16th March 2018

28/2/2018

The Rowley & District Angling Society is Proud to Present An evening of angling chat, information and humour with their Master of Ceremonies Des Taylor and guest speakers Nick Speed and Lewis Baldwin.

You can also join the Barbel Society at a discounted price for the night only.

With fantastic raffle prizes and a free buffett.

Friday 16th March 2018

Royal British Legion Club ,Oldbury, Windsor Road,
West Midlands B68 8NY

Doors Open at 7:00pm Starts at 8:00pm

Ticket Price: £8.50

To order tickets online: www.rdas.me.uk/tickets/ or call 07977048270

1 Comment

Your chance to become a fishing TV star!

20/2/2018

0 Comments

Are you the next Fishing TV star?

Angling Times has teamed up with the UK’s leading online angling TV creators - FishingTV - to work on a brilliant new project for 2018.

0 Comments

THE BIG ONE IS GETTING BIGGER

12/2/2018

0 Comments

The UK’s biggest fishing show is breaking all records in the lead up to what organisers promise will be the biggest and best ever.

The ticket sales for The Big One are 25 per cent up compared to this time last year for the two-day extravaganza that takes place on Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25.

The show saw 21,000 visitors through the doors last year and it’s this growing popularity that has now seen it move to a permanent new indoor site at Farnborough Exhibition Centre.

Visitors will be able to test baits in tanks, book fishing holidays, join clubs and check out new fishing books and DVDs.

There will be a new section dedicated to lure angling, which will focus on boat and kayak anglers. There will also be much more for sea anglers than ever before.

In addition, visitors will be able to get their hands on the latest tackle and meet and learn from the stars in two huge theatres that will stage talks and demonstrations. In addition, there will also be many new elements to its already hugely popular format.

“There’s always a big buzz around the show, but this year is something else,” said Vince Davies, of Fishface Promotions.

“I think the new venue is causing loads of excitement, as not only are ticket sales 25 per cent up on last year, but we are also selling more two-day tickets than ever before. This shows that anglers realise that there’s just too much to see and experience in just one day.

“The fact that we will also have lots more for lure, boat and sea anglers will make this the most all-rounded show we’ve ever put on.”

Manufacturers already booked include Korda, Daiwa, Nash, Preston Innovations, Korum, Avid, Fox, Matrix and Maver.

TICKET PRICES

One day adult – £12 in advance or £13 on the door.

One day concessionary* – £8 in advance or £9 on the door.

Half-day ticket (entry after 1pm) £7.

Two-day adult – £18.

Under 12 years old – free.
*Concessionary tickets apply to over-65s, 12-15-year-olds and blue badge holders.

VIP AND SUPER VIP TICKETS

A limited number of VIP tickets are available in advance, priced at £40. They entitle you to priority parking, two-day entry, food vouchers and a bucket of branded products (choose from match, coarse, carp or sea). Super VIP tickets include all of the above plus overnight accommodation for two at the hotel used by most of the exhibitors and celebrities, plus an evening meal and breakfast. Prices start from £150, available by telephone only.

ENTRY

Entry for advanced ticket holders is 8.30am both days. Pay-on-the-door tickets will be around 30 minutes later. The event closes at 5.30pm (Saturday) and 4.30pm (Sunday).

0 Comments

Riverfest 2018 – qualifiers, final, reaction and all you need to know

5/2/2018

0 Comments

Riverfest 2017 Winner Mike Bedding with Dave Harrell.

Hot on the heels of the Angling Trust’s announcement of the Riverfest Final switching to the River Severn at Shrewsbury, dates and venues for the big money event’s 2018 qualifying rounds have been unveiled. Riverfest has moved its mega money final after five years on the River Wye at Hereford.

The Angling Trust Riverfest final will switch to the River Severn at Shrewsbury in 2018.

The brainchild of former England International Dave Harrell, Riverfest was launched in 2001.

It rapidly achieved status as the pinnacle of running water match fishing, with a £13,000 champion’s jackpot plus a total prize pot approaching £40,000.

The final was won in 2017 by Shakespeare Superteam’s Mike Bedding with 50 lb 7 oz. He is pictured above with Dave Harrell.

In 2018, Riverfest will still be concluded by a two-day event decided on total weight, fished by 72 anglers who top their 20-peg zone in 24 qualifiers spread across the country.

Dave Harrell explained about the reasons behind the venue change, and his hopes for future Riverfest years.

“The Wye at Hereford was never intended to host the final forever. We review the competition after the final every year, and this time we felt it was time for a change

“Much as I love the Wye, my personal belief is the river is in a slow decline – in large part due to predation from cormorants and goosanders which have drastically reduced numbers of roach in particular.

“Big weights from pegs where fish are tightly shoaled can mask a decline, as can matches on a flooded river where everyone fishes ‘big fish or bust’ tactics,” continued Dave.

“But in this year’s final, with Day 1 fished in as close to perfect conditions as you’d get at the time of year, the poor results from the upstream section were a telling yardstick.

“I cringed on day two when the 250 quid top prizes in two six peg sections had to be drawn from a hat, with the next section as won with a single fry,” he admitted.

“As founder and organiser of Riverfest, its success is personal to me. I want to provide a final where everyone still stands a chance of winning at the halfway stage. Overall weight format allows that, a switch to points wouldn’t.”

Although Dave acknowledges that a summer final would open up a wider choice of venues with prospects of better and fairer sport, the downside would be splitting the event between different calendar years in order to fit in all the qualifying rounds.

0 Comments

Anglers rally after Liam’s tragic death on canal

2/2/2018

0 Comments

The first fishing trip of 2018 proved tragically fatal for a young angler who fell into his local canal and drowned.

Canal angler Liam Fairbrother was aged just 20, and from Tamworth, Staffordshire. He suffered from epilepsy, and is believed to have had a seizure while fishing the Tamworth Canal and he

toppled into the water.

A spokesman for Staffordshire Police said: “We were called at 1.50pm to the canal following reports of a body in the water. Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service were also called to the scene and a body was pulled from the water.

“There was nothing to suggest that the death was suspicious. There was fishing tackle at the side of the bank that may have belonged to the deceased. As there we no suspicious circumstances the matter has been referred to the Coroner’s Office,” he concluded.

Now a Facebook page set up to raise funds for his pregnant fiancée has gone viral amongst the angling community.

The 20-year-old was a keen angler, especially for predators, who liked using traditional tackle, and was a member of several Facebook fishing groups including Pike (Lure) and Predator Fishing UK and Traditional Angling, Retro Tackle (TART).

Jamie Leigh, Liam’s bereaved fiancée who is only 18, set up the Facebook group ‘Catch A Fish For Liam’ to raise funds for their baby, and to raise awareness about epilepsy.

And it is clearly something that has touched people’s hearts…

In the few days since it was established, over 1,000 members have joined and getting on for 400 photos posted from around the world, including from as far away as Australia, mostly of fish but also of items of tackle being auctioned to raise funds.

Jamie Redfern, from Angling Direct in Sheffield, posted: “A fish for Liam and hope many more to come dude. Amazed at the support on this page for a bloke many of us don’t know or never met but through the brotherhood of just enjoying catching fish. A life cut short but a legacy continued R.I.P Liam. And tip of the cap to the rest of you. Tight lines.”

Members of the TART group have set up a donation page on PayPal which is quickly raising funds.

One of them, Mark Brassington, of Hunstanton, Norfolk, explained: “I had never met Liam, my only contact was through Facebook when I donated him a split cane rod, but he seemed such a genuine guy and it is such a tragic story that we all thought we should try to get the fishing community to do something to help.”

0 Comments

Rowley and district angling Roadshow Friday 16th March 2018

Your chance to become a fishing TV star!

THE BIG ONE IS GETTING BIGGER

Riverfest 2018 – qualifiers, final, reaction and all you need to know

Anglers rally after Liam’s tragic death on canal

ANGLING News Articles

Archives

Categories