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Mark Lloyd, Chief Executive of the Angling Trust & Fish Legal said: "This angling survey is an important opportunity for anglers to give us their views not only about the work of their representative body but also on any issues that they feel are important to the future of angling. This might include worries about declining fish stocks, threats to anglers' rights and the lack of young people coming into our sport. We will publish the results of the survey in November and will use it to prioritise our campaigns, and Fish Legal's legal work, over the coming year. I urge everyone who cares about the future of fishing to get involved and have their say"

The Angling Trust runs campaigns, and Fish Legal takes legal action, to fight numerous threats to fish stocks such as poaching, predation, pollution, habitat damage and over-abstraction. The unified organisation also promotes the benefits of angling to society and protects anglers' rights to go fishing. The Trust also has a wide range of programmes to get more people fishing more often and manages a growing calendar of national and international competitions.

The survey is intended to identify the top priorities for the angling community to back up our campaigns and legal action.

Source: Angling Trust Fishing News

14 teams of six anglers lined the banks of The Glebe and the Foundation Lake.  Fishery owner Roy Marlow runs this event and he thanked all the anglers for being fantastic ambassadors for the Angling Trust.

Although the fishing was very serious everyone had a great time and there was a lot of fun had by everyone.  Roy Marlow commented “this event supported by many of the most talented anglers in the country is by far the best competition in the fishing year at Mallory Park Fisheries.  Every member of the Angling Trust demonstrates how much fun can be had in a serious competition like this.  It is the anglers and their supporting companies that make this all happen.”

It was a nail biting finish for the individual winner and the top team with so many good weights being recorded on the day.
The winning team by just two points was Team Daiwa closely followed by M.A.P.  Team Daiwa consisted of;  Phil Ringer, Luke Sears, Pemb Wrighting, Paul Holland, Steve Ringer, and Martin Greene.  It was on the wire right till the end regarding the individual winner with 5 anglers only a few fish apart. There were 29 weights over 100 lbs recorded, but it was Marukyu star Andrew Williams who edged his way clear with a weight of 205 lbs to take the title.

Special thanks also went to Marukyu UK who sponsored the trophies for this event.

Top 8 individual results
1st Andrew Williams Team Marukyu 205 lbs
2nd Mark Malin Team M.A.P 199 lbs
3rd Dave Dare Team Marukyu 193 lbs
4th Tony Curd Team MAP 191 lbs
5th Craig Jones Team Marukyu 188 lbs
6th Colin Mercer  MFS A Team 175 lbs
7th Ady Lindsey Maver Gold Young 175 lbs
8th Ian Toplis Scone Zone 173 lbs

Top 3 team results;
1st Team Team Daiwa
2nd M.A.P
3rd Team Marukyu Red

Source: Angling Trust Fishing News

All S&TA members are very welcome to attend – and please bring along any non-member friends with you to hear about the work of the Association, especially the local issues around S&TA’s Chalkstream Campaign and ongoing Chalkstream Project with Southampton University.  You will also hear about our declining fly life from John Slader, and what the new-look Riverfly Partnership (RP), which operates through S&TA’s charitable status, is doing about it - from the new Anglers and Rivers Monitoring Initiative (ARMI) Coordinator, Ben Fitch.  Then ask questions and discuss S&TA’s and RP's present and future work. 

Presentation by Paul Knight – Current S&TA Campaigns and the Chalkstream Project

Presentation by John Slader -  What has happened to our Fly Life?

Presentation by Ben Fitch – The new-look Riverfly Partnership

Discussion – your chance to question S&TA’s work and discuss our future direction

Admission and refreshments free to all, and the meeting will end by 9.30pm.

Please notify John Slader -  by Monday September 8th if you would like to attend, so that we can give the museum’s caterers an idea of numbers. 

Source: Salmon and Trout Association

A very cold North Westerly wind blowing across the lake meant that those drawn on the right hand bank had it in their faces all day, whilst those on the opposite bank amongst the trees had it off their backs, where it was noticeably warmer.  Although a considerable number of fish had been caught on the Thursday prior to the Championship when some of the anglers had been to practice, the changes in the conditions had put a damper on big catches and most of the competitors seriously struggled irrespective of what method they used.

Top rod on the day was Stephen Beard, a local from Stratford on Avon with 49 kg 140 grams from end peg 78.  Casting his method feeder 50 to 60 yards out, he had 4 carp and a couple of skimmers in the first 3 hours of the match, a couple more skimmers in the next hour and a further 5 carp in the final hour.

The 4 section Qualifiers who go through to the final in September were:-

‘A’ Section – Trevor Wyse – 16 kg 320 grams
‘B’ Section – Paul Urban – 8 kg 140 grams
‘C’ Section – Kerry McMahon – 21 kg 380 grams
‘D’ Section – Stephen Beard – 49 kg 140 grams

The next Stillwater Championship qualifier takes place at Earlswood Lakes (Engine Pool) on Wednesday 3rd September.

Source: Angling Trust Fishing News

The Angling Trust England Veterans team had fished a fantastic match losing to the host nation by only 2 points in the torrid heat of the Italian capital city. To beat the Italians on their own territory was always going to be difficult, but the tremendous second day performance by England saw the team fall agonisingly short with only 2 points in separating the two teams at the final whistle.

Unfortunately the England Disabled team although having a good week in practice struggled on the two match days and could only manage 9th out of the 10 teams fishing the event.

FIPSed Veterans World Angling Championship

With temperatures reaching mid to high 30's England had to try and acclimatise in just four days before the actual match started, and at the same time the squad had to sort out a plan of attack for a river they had never seen before. The Tiber river was carrying a lot of pace and colour at the beginning of the week, and although the pace slowed a little it did lose a lot of colour.  Apparently there are a number of dams upstream and the level changed considerably during fishing necessitating a constant plumbing of the depth.  The depth varied along the match length from 1.5metres to 4 metres, but the biggest problem the team encounted was the horribly snaggy bottom which resulted in all the anglers losing up to 40 hook lengths in just four hours of fishing.  Up to 50 grams of flat floats had to be used in some sections when the current was at its strongest, and yet in other areas 6 grams running floats accounted for a lot of fish.

However, the England team devised a plan that worked exceptionally well and it was only an extremely bad peg in section C on the first day that cost them the gold medal. Gravel and sticky magg used in conjunction with joker in a ground bait, gravel and leam mix fed at 11.5 metres was the plan.  Finding a clear spot was the difficult part especially in sections A, B and C, whilst D section was the best area to use a running float. In the bottom three sections the team knew that lots of hook lengths were going to be lost searching the swim to find the best area, and then it was necessary to fish as still a bait as possible to avoid all the snags, hence a 30 to 50 gram flat float.
In sections A, B and C maggots proved to be the best hook bait with bloodworm accounting for a lot of fish in section D.

A first day points total of 22 put England in joint second place some 8 points behind Italy with a number of countries also only a few points adrift so it was imperative that a second day plan was needed to make sure of a podium place.

England’s first day team results.
Manager Dick Clegg
Assistant Danny Sixsmith
Section A.  Terry Lancaster  3 points  3.773kilos
Section B.  Steve Sanders    7  points  2.941  kilos
Section C.  Joe Roberts        11 points  0.725 kilos
Section D.  Roger Marlow    1   point   12.722  kilos
Reserve  Dicky Carr

Top 6 Team Results Day 1;
1. Italy 14 points
2. England  22 points
3. Hungary 22 points
4. Germany 23 points
5. Swiss 23 points
6. Portugal 24 points

Roger Marlow, Veterans Team England put up a sterling performance in section D recording the best weight of the competition as he weighed 12.722 kilos giving him an excellent chance of an individual podium place providing he had a good second day peg.

This ever increasingly popular Veterans competition attracted 14 teams this year double that of a few years ago when England hosted the World Championships in Milton Keynes.  Team England’s second day’s performance was exceptional as the same 4 men almost overturned the first day’s 8 point deficit.  Normally the lowest point’s scorer from the first day would be replaced by the reserve, but Dicky Carr decided that he would prefer it if Joe Roberts took his place and this decision was justified when Joe won section B to register just 1 point.

England’s second day team results.
Section A. Roger Marlow 5 Points 2.388 kilos
Section B. Joe Roberts 1 point 2.491 kilos
Section C. Terry Lancaster 3 points 2.767 kilos
Section D. Steve Sanders 6 points 5.549 kilos

Top 6 Team Results Day 2;
1.  England 15 points
2. France 21 points
3. Italy 21 points
4. Finland 23 points

Final team placings;
1. Italy 35 points
2. England 37 points
3. Hungary 48 points
4. Switzerland 51 points

Unfortunately Roger Marlow’s second day draw left him agonisingly 1 point short of an individual medal.

Top 3 Individuals results;
1. Jacky Belliard Switzerland 3 points
2. Pedro Peralta Portugal 4 points
3. Maurice Meganck Belgium 5 points

England placing’s;

4. Roger Marlow England
7. Terry Lancaster England
20. Joe Roberts England
21. Steve Sanders England

Dick Clegg, OBE, International Events Manager, Angling Trust stated “The venue was a great test of an anglers skill and temperament as some of the snag pit areas would make most people give up in disgust. There were however, methods to catch fish and the team sorted it out in just a few days. Barbel to 2 kilos along with bream of a similar size as well as carrassio, mullet and roach made up the weights and with just a little more luck on day one we could have won gold. It was however, always going to be a struggle to beat Italy on their own patch and I am proud to have been part of a great squad performance.  Danny Sixsmith was an asset and Dicky Carr's decision to step down on the second day was decisive in the result.  I would like to thank Sensas for their continued sponsorship of groundbait and for making sure that it was available on site in Rome.”

FIPSed Disabled World Angling Championship

The Disabled World Angling Championship was held just downstream of the Veterans match length and 10 teams took part in this the 16th running of the event.

Here the river had a little less pace than the area fished by the Veterans and indeed in downstream section A the flow was more upstream near the bank as the river followed a bend.  In practice the team caught well fishing similar tactics to that used by the Veterans, but Mark Eves did land a catfish of 7 kilos caught on a Bolognese rod fished 30 metres out into the current.  Flat floats carrying 30 grams and 4/5 grams round floats for running through were the order of the day again with 2 or 3 maggots, bloodworm or red worm tipped with maggot to tempt carrassio and skimmers. The bulk shotting was best fished about 6 inches off  bottom with a long hook length carrying 2 or 3 BB's.

Day one resulted in England finishing in 9th position with 29 points.

England Disabled squad consisted of; Mark Eves, Alan Chadbone, Mick Cove and Bill Galt, (manager)  John Weeden, (helpers)  Mick Gibbs, Geoff  Lewis, Mark Wells and Tony Troth

Dick Clegg, OBE, International Events Manager, Angling Trust said;  'It was very difficult for the disabled team members to come to terms with using flat floats of such a huge size since none of them had any previous knowledge of their use. The helpers here play a large part in this competition, in landing fish, balling and throwing ground bait etc. so I would like to thank them for their help and a special thanks to Mick Gibbs and Geoff Lewis for driving the van with all the equipment from the UK.”

Final result;

Team
1.  Hungary 31 points
2. Czech Rep. 36 points
3. Croatia  37 points
England finished 9th

Top 3 Individual results;
1. Gyula Gurisatti 4 points  Hungary
2. Alain Schaeffer 5 points  France
3. Bohumil Sedlacek 6 points  Czech Republic

Team England results;
30. Bill Galt 14 points
32. Alan Chadbone 14 points
33. Mick Cove 15 points
35. Mark Eves 16 points

Source: Angling Trust Fishing News

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The winner fishing peg 8 on Bridge pool was the recently crowned World Individual Feeder Champion Steve Ringer who broke the venue record with a total of 87.320 kg. Steve caught a total of 27 carp.  18 competitors fished pellet shallow on the long pole and nine fished in the margins on pellet and worm.

Second place went to Barry Bush who has had very consistent results this season including a second place in one of the Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifiers. Barry fished on peg 4 on Willows lake where he also caught carp shallow and in the margins for a total of 50.680 kg.

Third place went to Sean Huggins fishing peg 6 on Willow pool. Sean struggled to catch shallow as the bright sunlight made spotting fish difficult, however, he built up his margin swim to catch 18 carp for a weight of 50.080 kgs just 600 grams off a qualifying place which eluded him when he lost a carp in the dying seconds of the match.

Top Six
1)  Peg  8 Bridge  Steve Ringer (Ringers baits) 87.320 kg
2) Peg 4 Willows Barry Bush (Lingmere Lakes) 50.680 kg
3) Peg 6 Willows Sean Huggins (Leicester ) 50.080 kg
4) Peg 31 Bridge Carl Barnfield (Swann Baits) 45.240 kg
5) Peg 21 Willow Aiden Mansfield (Shakespeare Superteam) 41.820 kg
6) Peg  23 Bridge Lee Carver (Telford) 41.160 kg

The four qualifiers for the grand final in September were; Steve Ringer, Barry Bush, Aiden Mansfield and Carl Barnfield.

Source: Angling Trust Fishing News

Other wildlife sites which often include important fisheries, such as Special Protection Areas (SPAs), Special Areas for Conservation (SACs) and Sites of Scientific Interest (SSSIs) as well as nature reserves and Local Wildlife Sites, have been excluded from the new safeguards.

The Angling Trust, National Trust, RSPB, the Salmon and Trout Association, The Wildlife Trusts and the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust earlier this year published a major review of the risks that shale gas extraction (‘fracking’) could pose in the UK entitled ‘Are we Fit to frack?’ which put forward ten recommendations to address these risks.

These included:

• Avoid sensitive areas for wildlife and water resources by creating shale gas extraction exclusion zones.
• Make Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) mandatory for shale gas extraction proposals.
• Require shale gas operators to pay for a world-class regulatory regime.
• Prevent taxpayers from bearing the costs of accidental pollution.
• Ensure monitoring and testing of shale gas operations is rigorous and independent.

The Angling Trust shares the concerns of other wildlife groups about the impacts of fracking and the potential for water contamination, close to a range of fragile ecosystems and habitats including vulnerable chalk streams. With many of the newly licensed fracking areas either on top of or close to the chalk aquifers of Southern and Eastern England the Trust has pressed for designating all sensitive areas as ‘no frack’ zones. Groundwater contamination poses a threat to all  river systems but the English chalk rivers are particularly vulnerable due to the permeable nature of their aquifers.

Angling Trust Campaigns Chief Martin Salter said:
“This is a missed opportunity to ensure that all designated sites, which are highly sensitive and of great value to wildlife and fisheries, are properly protected from the outset. The Angling Trust has once again joined forces with other conservation groups to strongly urge Government to review this decision and deliver meaningful environmental protection and a rigorous system of regulation.

“As we said in our joint report back in March we believe that fracking should only go ahead in the UK if it can be objectively demonstrated that the regulatory framework for the industry is fit for purpose, and offers sufficient protection to the natural and historic environment. The government has simply not done enough to convince anglers and conservationists that the problems experienced in America, with groundwater pollutions and environmental damage, won’t now be repeated over here.”

Source: Angling Trust Fishing News