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Sensas Challenge 2009!!!

This month has seen me fish the Sensas Challenge UK final with the Barnsley team at Barston Lakes and Packington

Is it Summer Yet???

Lindholme has been my regular haunt this winter, trying to get as much practice for the WL semi this month,

Bloodworm V Maggot

Sheffield anglers Matt Godfrey and Tom Scholey lock horns in a bloodworm v maggot battle at Lakeside Fisheries, Ranskill. Tom’s

The Blogs Are Back!

Sorry for the lack of blogs over Christmas, I’ve had some A-level exams and had to apply to university and

Anyone For a Pikelet?

Over the festive period, myself and angling companion, Tom Scholey, had planned something totally different from our usual intense match

Battered at Barston!

I was really pleased to be asked to fish with 4 other of my Barnsley team mates in the International

Freezing at Lindholme!

This week saw me travel back to Lindholme lakes for the winter league, where the ‘winter’ side of things certainly

Double Lindholme!

The last two weeks have seen me fishing matches at Lindholme lakes. I Joined the Winter League along with Sir

AT Winter Leagues

The last two weekends have seen me fishing the Angling Times Winter League with Maver Barnsley. Round 2 was on

White Acres- Maver Festival

Eyup everyone! Sorry for the delay of getting my blogs on lately, I’ve had loads of work to catch up

Worksop Angling Supplies

FOR the last 25 years Worksop Angling Supplies has supplied local anglers and a large customer base from the surrounding

Barnsley Debut, Divison One National

The first match that I was to fish with the Barnsley Blacks was the NFA Division 1 National, which was

Pole Elastic: The Basics

When we start talking about pole fishing, there are loads of different items that spring to mind, many of which

Back to Kiveton

This weekend saw me venture back down to Kiveton Waters, where I fished a few matches earlier in the year.

An evening at Carterhall

I didn’t fish a match this weekend, although I did go pleasure fishing (supposedly practice for White Acres) on Sunday

Preparation, Preparation, Preparation!!!

Preparation! We had a request for an article about preparation, so we’ve decided to do a three piece one. It’s

Ide – Basic Knowledge

Over the past few years, the UK has seen a new fish become very popular in commercial style fisheries, the

Bream – Basic Knowledge

The bream is an absolute legend of a fish. What more could an angler want than to be sat in

Tipping it on the Trent, Bream at Barston, and then the Aire!

Since the world champs I haven’t been doing much serious match fishing. I dropped onto one of the Carter Hall

World Championships 2008…What a Week!

Eyup everybody, sorry for the lack of blogs I’ve put on lately, but the last three weeks have been really

Busy, Busy, Busy!!!

The Drennan Super League was an absolute disaster for the Triana North team and me! I wrote about the practice

Chub – Basic Knowledge

I’ve got to say as an angler that the chub is one of my Favourite fish to catch. Naturally, the

NFA Regional National

This weekend saw me fishing the NFA regional national which was held on the Stainforth and Keedby canal through Thorne.

Perch – Basic Knowledge

Perch have got to be one of the most under rated fish in fresh water. On the bank you hear

Battling to go to Belgium!!!

On of the main events on the agenda at this time of the year is always the England Youth Trials.