Big Brown Trout

Yes! another big brown trout 

On my most recent fishing trip I wanted to focus on targeting Zander with bigger lures. The water we fished on has recently delighted a few of the well known lure anglers with big Zander so I thought we would give it a go ourselves. I was lucky enough to be accompanied by my mate and great all round angler Stuart who was up from London for the weekend. The trip started like many others do the night before with a fair few beers, talk of tactics and fishing gear whilst checking and rechecking all tackle into the early hours of the morning. Lucky for us we did not have to get up early because I live only a short drive away from this water.

I really wish someone would come up with a system that would allow anglers out onto the water before sunrise. This really is my favourite time to be out on the water, It would also be great if it costed less than £55 a day for two anglers. The day started off relatively slowly with the first bites only coming off the second spot we drifted. Stuart landed his first perch of the day from 54ft of water by making casts and letting his Zoom Swimming Fluke Jnr sink to the bottom and then giving the reel 5 steady cranks to get the lure off the bottom and entice the predatory fish. Whilst Stuart was busy hauling in his best day's catch of perch I persisted with casting larger plastics in the hope I would stumble across a bigger Zander. I have to admit I was disappointed with myself because I did not take my normal rods with me. I had three new rods from Quantum that I was testing which were all not suited for the techniques I wanted to do.

The fishing rods I was testing are the

• Quantum Accurist - 3-12 gram - 2.03m 1 piece rod = I think this would be a great rod for canal work.
• Quantum Iron - 20gram casting - 2.25m 1 piece rod = As this has a parabolic action I think it would be great for some inshore fishing
• Quantum Smoke traveller - 5-55gram casting - 2.55m 5 piece rod - This rod will be a fantastic all round rod that you can pack in your suitcase for both salt and freshwater.

Having spent all morning casting bigger plastics I decided to change up and use something smaller a 10cm Salty Shat'r from Quantum and tried some vertical fishing in 60ft of water near the dam wall. It only took a couple of minutes of jigging and the Iron rod proved it has a lovely parabolic action as the rod doubled over with a heavy take. I took my time bringing this fish up because of the depth. I was also convinced that this fish was a Zander because of the way it was pulling. It was only when it was in the net that I realised it was actually a big brown trout.

I have never been disappointed with a fish but on this occasion because I had tried so hard all day for Zander and ignored all the small bites I was getting, I was a little frustrated. After taking a couple of pictures and weighing the fish she was released back to fight another day.

On the way back home we discussed what worked for Stuart who was very pleased with his days catch , he explained to me that he would have never fished in the areas that I put us in and at the depths of water we were fishing. I was pleased that I had been able to show Stuart something new that he can add to his knowledge. I learnt something over that weekend too, Stuart kindly showed me how to tie a double grinner knot properly. No more horrible looking braid to fluro knots!  I am looking forward to getting back out on this water to target Zander again over the next few weeks.

Pike Behaviour

Part 2

Pike Behaviour

Understanding Predator Fish Behaviour

04/11/2015

The Esox Lucius, Northern Pike or simply Pike has to be one of the most targeted predator fish with lures and probably one of the most well documented predator fish; which is why I have decided to choose Pike Behaviour as my first predator fish to focus on.

If you have followed my other posts from a couple of weeks ago on being a Lure Fishing Learner I wanted to go back a few steps to try and better understand the behaviour of predator fish in order to help me become a better lure angler. The idea of this is not that I am going to become an expert over night on fish behaviour, more to try and key in on some real basic key knowledge that I can refer back to when I am out fishing. I had identified a few key questions to ask my self and as a reminder, here they are.

1. Where will the predator fish be on any body of water be it a Canal, river, lake or reservoir?
2. What are the predator fish most likely going to be feeding on?
3. What times are the predator fish most likely going to be feeding?
4. Are the predator fish likely to be actively feeding or lethargically feeding?
5. What factors will affect a predator fish feeding patterns for example spawning?
6. How does weather affect a predator fish's behaviours?

So to start my research on pike behaviour my first stop was to use google search to see what would come up and there was some interesting reading to be had but there were some really common themes. Best highlighted by the wikipedia entries that includes everything from average sizes and current IGFA record to the all important pike behaviour.  Reading through all the different articles and studies, I thought to myself that it would be unreasonable to think I would be able to refer back to it when I needed it on the water. It has become clear that I need to be able to condense the information down into something that I can refer back to that has a summary of the answers to my key questions.

I have created a table that I can put into a format which can be printed or saved on my phone for a quick reference guide. Over time It will evolve as my knowledge grows. I do think this is something that can be created with a bit of time and should be useful as a reminder of the basic questions that need answering.

In summary what I have learnt from reading the articles on the internet is this:

Pike are an aggressive predatory fish, relying on ambush tactics and short bursts of speed to hunt their food which consists mainly of  fish. They will spend most of their time following their food source and live in solitude for the most but can be found in groups when they are smaller. They are particularly active during autumn when they tend to have longer periods of active feeding in preparation for the winter months when their metabolism slows  down.

It will be interesting to see if some of this knowledge helps me out over the weekend when I head out to Pitsford with a mate in search of a few of these, especially as we are in the heart of Autumn.

I look forward to updating the information on Pike Behaviour as I learn more. I hope there is something that will help you too.

Understanding Predator Fish Behaviour

Part 1

Understanding Predator Fish Behaviour 

On my recent post Lure Fishing Learner I set out that I was going back to the basics and re-learning how to catch fish with lures with the idea of becoming what I class a successful lure angler. I explained that to become consistently good you needed to combine a few things together and the first part that I am going to explore is getting a better understanding of predator fish behaviour.

What timescale have I put in place for this project I hear you ask. Well in all honesty I don't have any because I feel that no matter what style or technique of fishing you are trying to learn or improve there will always be something new to learn. Seriously don't take my advice just look at the top anglers in any discipline they will tell you the same.

The outcome of understanding predator fish behaviour is that I want to be able to ask and answer questions like the below 6 consistently when preparing for fishing be it a competition or simply heading out for a couple of hours after work ensuring my first to last cast have the best opportunity of landing in an area of predator fish.

• Where will the predator fish be on any body of water be it a Canal, river, lake or reservoir ?
• What are the predator fish most likely going to be feeding on?
• What times are the predator fish most likely going to be feeding?
• Are the predator fish likely to be actively feeding or lethargically feeding?
• What factors will effect a predator fish feeding patterns for example spawning?
• How does weather effect a predator fish behaviours?

These questions are probably pretty basic to most of you anglers out there but I want to re-iterate this is all part of the process for me as I am a Lure Fishing Learner especially when it comes to Perch, Pike and Zander as my main predator fish species of interest.

In my next blog post I will narrow in on researching the above 6 questions and others when specifically targeting Zander, Perch and Pike and as I mentioned earlier this will hopefully make my life easier when deciding where to make my first cast.

Zander Behaviour

Perch Behaviour

Pike Behaviour

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Lure Fishing Learner

Thats me a "Lure Fishing Learner"

So why have I called myself a Lure Fishing Learner? In a nutshell I am going back to lure fishing school to learn how to catch fish with lures.

How I intend on doing this is by going back to the basics, breaking down all the elements that when combined make a successful lure angler. Now what I think a successful lure angler looks like may very well be the complete opposite to what you think it looks like. So I will explain to you what I think it looks like, you may not agree with me but it is just my opinion and I do not mean to offend anyone reading this.

"a successful lure angler is the person that can go on to any body of water and quickly locate the target species of fish figure out what technique and lure type the target species will take and then consistently capture the target species while adjusting to the surrounding elements"

When you read that short description it makes it sound easy but from my own experiences over the past 24 months I can tell you it is not easy at all. There is a hell of a lot of knowledge that you need to have in order to be successful consistently, especially if you like to compete in fishing competitions like I do.

Knowing those elements that when combined make a successful lure angler is a challenging question for me to answer because I don't believe I have ever been consistently successful at it so the list could change but here is the three basic elements you need to know.

1. Understand fish behaviour and what drives a fish to bite a lure
2. Understand how weather and season effect fish behaviour
3. Understand how your fishing tackle and lures work properly

Again this does not sound like a lot to know but those three elements in turn break down into endless subcategories and I will get to writing those down but first I want to put out an invite to you if you are reading this.

I want to invite you to get in touch with me if you like the idea of being part of this process with me, I have thousands of questions to ask and countless hours/days ahead of me to learn about lure fishing and will definitely need the participation of other anglers or interested people, be it on the boat, bankside, over the phone, on email or on social media. If you have any ideas information or inspiration for me please get in touch using the below links.

I am seriously looking forward to having some fun documenting this journey with all of you.

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Kayak Lure Fishing Llangorse Wales

I have missed a trick somewhere here with the Kayak lure fishing. I really did not have any idea how big Kayak angling was in the UK until a recent trip to a Quantum Specialist UK supported event the “Llangorse Kayak Angling British Championship”.

On a very windy Saturday in March 57 Kayak anglers set out onto Llangorse Lake to chase down the predator species with lures and bait. I did not compete but was there to see what the competitive side of Kayak Angling is all about. It did not take long for me to see how series these guys take it and what kind of money they invest into their tackle and kayaks. Speaking to a few of the Hobie Kayak boys and Shimano staffer Matt Boast a decent angling specific kayak fitted with power pole, electronics and the accompanying never ending accessories options that come with the different kayaks you could easily spend up to £5000-£7000 on just your kayak set up. Looking around I could see a fair few kayaks that were pretty much fully kitted out so it looks as though the average kayak angler has at least some form of depth finder on their Kayak of choice. Having said that you could also go relatively cheap and get a basic model for around £500 with some of the basic accessories.

Cost aside what is starting to really appeal to me about Kayak Lure Fishing is the accessibility you can get to waters that do not normally allow boat angling. I have heard a lot of the kayak anglers talking about how more and more waters are opening their doors to allow Kayak Lure fishing. To all those decision makers well done you have my thumbs up, long may the trend continue. I could just see myself paddling down a canal or river in search of giant perch or monster pike or even fly fishing on a trout reservoir from one of these and given there is not many waters in the UK that an angler can actually launch a full sized boat from or need to launch a full sized boat from I can only see the popularity of Kayak lure fishing growing from strength to strength.

The Llangorse Kayak Angling British Championship was very well attended with 60+ anglers registered to fish with the idea of raising money for HOW (Heroes on Water) charity. The weather forecast was not in favour of the anglers and forced the start time to be pushed back to 11 am and end early as the wind picked up leaving the anglers with 3 hrs of competition time. The weather did not put them off even when one poor chap who had his kayak flipped in the heavy gusts of wind they carried and determined to get a result.

It was a tough day for the Kayak Lure Anglers as I understand the damage was done on dead baits. Below is a copy of the report from Edward Gibson chairman of the SWKA ( South Wales Kayak Anglers)

“First of all i would like to thank all of you for supporting the British championship kayak angling predator hunt on Llangorse Lake. The weather didnt play fair with us but we did manage to get a small window to launch which saw 57 anglers take to the water and 18 catch returns handed back in with some nice fish on them.
I would also like to give a special thanks To Gus at Escape Watersports, Raymarine, Palm Equipment and also Quantum specialists for their support and very Generous prizes.
Total amount Raised for Heroes on the water is £1042.00
1st Michael Harpur. 237 cm 3 Pike £150 Escape Watersports & Trophy
2nd Lars Lundberg. 201 cm 3 Pike £100 Escape Watersports & Trophy
3rd Ian Pickering. 121 cm 2 Pike £50 Escape Watersports & Trophy
4th Alistair Cole . 105cm 2 Pike Selection of Battleshad Lures, Quantum
Specialists
5th Matt Boast 90 cm 1 Pike, 2 Perch
6th Kelvin Morris 89.5 cm 1 Pike
7th Grant Harris 87.5 cm 1 Pike
8th MarK Radcliffe 81 cm 1 Pike
9th Neil Whitehead 73 cm 1 Pike
10th Nathan Evans 69.5 cm 1 Pike
11th David Morris 66 cm 1 Pike
12th Dane Wood 65.5 cm 1 Pike
13th Steven Tibbenham 56 cm 1 Pike
14th Mark Hewitson 54 cm 1 Pike
15th Chris Aspinal 53 cm 1 Pike
16th Simon Adams 52 cm 1 Pike
17th Paul Foster 50 cm 1 Pike.
18th Danny Kilcullen 41.5 cm 2 perch.
Kelvin Morris won the Raymarine Dragonfly 5pro with the largest Pike
Paul Foster won a Quantum Shogun Rod for catching the smallest Pike on the Lure.
Team Competition
1st SWKA
Michael Harpur, Jamie Samual and Kelvin Morris 326.5
2nd, Hobie.
Matt Boast, Rob Appleby and Lars Lundberg 291.00
3rd, Ocean Kayak
Dane wood, Keith Ward and Ian Pickering 186.5
4th Jackson
Jackson,
Sam Baxter, Mark Radcliffe and Martin Collinson 81.00
5th HOW
Neil Whitehead, Liam and Graham, 73.00
Thanks once again for the tremendous support the sponsors and entrants showed us this year, hopefully we can beat the figure next year and get you better weather.
Many thanks
Ed Gibson
Chairman of South Wales Kayak Anglers”.

It was also great for me to catch up with Daniel Brackley and Gary Palmer who were on hand supporting the guys in the Kayaks as well as having a few casts themselves.

Whilst I have been considering a full sized boat for some time now I see a lot of benefits of having a kayak on the UK waters and am really considering the options available on the market that will give me even more options to cast lures.

For more information on the SWKA you can visit their official website by clicking : Here

Kayak Lure Fishing Llangorse Wales

Monday, 9 March 2015

BLAC Q3 2015 River Thames Report

On the 7th March I participated in the BLAC Q3 2015 river Thames qualifier which promised to be a great event with the stretch of river being chosen known for throwing up big perch and sizeable pike.

As a reminder BLAC stands for British Lure Angling Championship, which is an annual tournament in its second year put together by founder Julian Chidgey and sponsored by Fox Rage and the Angling Times. In my view it is the best lure fishing competition in the country at the moment. You can find out more about BLAC on their website link below or follow them on Facebook.

BLAC website

BLAC facebook

 

As usual it was an 8am arrival which was great on this occasion as I only had about an hours drive compared to the usual 2+ hours. I did also have a passenger with me in the shape of my mate Ziyaad, another chap originally from Zimbabwe and a great all round angler. The drive was over quickly and we were in the club house having a cup of coffee and catching up with other anglers whilst we waited for the draw to take place.

I was lucky enough to get drawn with a real gentleman of an angler in Gareth Finney who has already qualified for the grand final on the Gloucester Canal. Both of us having not fished this stretch of river before had decided to target both perch and pike.

I took with me three rods and reels to cover my bases some would consider this over the top but I am lucky enough to have a really handy rod tote that I brought from the Bass Pro store in Las Vegas in 2014 whilst on holiday. This rod tote allows me to easily transport 4 made up rods when walking the banks. The rods I had with me were my Quantun Exo spinning combo, Quantum smoke spinning combo and finally my Quantum Tour MG and Quantum Exo bait casting set up. Both the spinning set ups were going to be my main tools for the day to target the perch and the bait casting set up to target pike.  Gareth and I moved to an area that looked promising and I began to pick the swim apart with my small lures for perch with in about half an hour I had my first fish, a perch on a 1inch Kopyto in Chartreuse tight to the far bank on a 3.5g jig head fished as slow as I could.

Having landed this first fish of the day measuring a healthy 34cm I thought I was going to have a good day but as the hours started to pass I began getting more and more frustrated as I heard of anglers catching numbers of fish and I could not buy a bite. Until just after 1pm where I struck into what looked like a 10lb+ pike which took a Quantum Crawling Jack in 10cm rigged on a weedless jig head also from Quantum. The line was coming of my bait caster and after about 10 seconds of fighting this fish I had a glimpse of what looked like a good 80cm+ fish no sooner had I started stretching for my net did I get the dreaded slack feeling in my rod…. I had lost the fish I fell to the ground on my back swearing with frustration. I had just lost a big fish that could have really helped me. I remember telling myself I would catch him again I just needed to get a different lure in the water so I changed the lure to a smaller 8cm Quantum Battleshad  in Salt n Pepper pattern. And sure enough 10 minutes later I was into another fish but this was much smaller that the one I had originally hooked I made sure that I struck properly this time and had the net at the ready. As I leant down to easily slip the decent jack into the net my line went slack and I watched the fish make a splash and swim away. I could not believe it dropping my rod and net as I sunk to my knees swearing in frustration asking what I had done to deserve this. I do apologise to the anglers near me who witnessed this I hope you can understand loosing 2 decent fish in the space of 10-20 minutes in one swim during a competition can be soul destroying.

It took me until the end of the day to get over loosing those 2 fish, which would have probably  seen me qualifying for the grand final.  If I am honest with myself I am still mad about the whole thing I put a lot of pressure on myself to do well and practise as hard as I can to do well in these events and I have lost fish at key times on more than one occasion that would have seen my qualify. Is it bad luck or is it a sign? I don’t think I am a bad angler but it seems I have a lot to learn to catch up with some of the best anglers on the circuit at the moment.

A stretch of the River Thames from BLAC Q3 2015

34cm Perch

 

Its back to the drawing board for me and the next qualifier which will be the mighty Chew.

Well done to Paul Parnell and all the other anglers that qualified for the final very well deserved. Thanks to Julian Chidgey for organising the event as usual it was very well attended and great to see the other anglers.

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BLAC Q3 2015 River Thames Report

BOBCO Open Tackle Day

BOBCO Open Tackle Day

Monday, 2 March 2015

Bass Fishing Cyprus

In February 2015 I had the chance to go out for a days Bass Fishing Cyprus.

Going back to the start of January 2015 my wife and I decided to book a weeks holiday to Cyprus in mid February. Unknown to me at the time Cyprus has a really great network of reservoirs constructed   in order to combat the harsh dry seasons that they have. These reservoirs over the years have been stocked with a good number of fresh water species of fish including my favourite species the large mouth bass. Which I had no idea about until about two weeks before the holiday when I googled fishing in Cyprus to pick up a link  directing me to Cyprus Freshwater Angling Association where I found out they had bass in their waters and to be able to fish I would only need to take some kit out with me and purchase an annual licence on arrival. I was set to go Bass Fishing Cyprus. I am sure most fishermen can relate to the feeling of excitement  I had, its that feeling you get when you are a kid and christmas is the next day. Well thats how it is for me anyway.

The day we arrived we had some really promising weather with high sun and the temperature in the early twenties, I remember thinking if the weather kept up like that I would really be able to smash them out the park. Well when I woke up on day 2 of our trip after enjoying my first day of holiday I was greeted with thunder storms and a cold front dropping the temperature down to the low teens. In my experience cold fronts are a fisherman’s worst nightmare as when these role in the fish bit roles out. I investigated the extended weather forecast and the cold front was due to hang around for 3-4 days with the temperature gradually building back up to the twenties. Not leaving me with much time I decided to go out fishing on the Thursday.

When Thursday morning came I was up at the crack of dawn drinking a cup of coffee overlooking the ocean and the hotel swimming pool waiting for my wife to wake up so we could have our breakfast and hit the road straight away. Kouris Reservoir was our destination about  30-35 minute drive from our hotel, this is the largest and oldest of the reservoirs on Cyprus and has the best head of Bass I understand. Our hire car a little Suzuki Jimmy 4×4 was already packed with the three rods and tackle I had taken with me to target these Bass.

It seemed like we were only on the road for five minutes when we arrived at the Kouris reservoir dam wall, where we stopped to take a couple pictures of the scenery and admire another elderly motorist take a leasuerly drive past us with their huge dog on a leash running next to the car for some exercise. Honestly this dog looked as though it was enjoying itself running along side the car and the owner smiling at us as we stared in shock. Before we had left for Kouris I had researched a few spots where I thought the fish were likely to be and headed for a spot where two rivers feed into the reservoir. This turned out to be a great decision as with in my first couple of casts I had a very light take on my rattle trap but could not connect. The Rattle Trap is a great lure for searching out bass in cold water it is a lipless crank bait with a rattle that can be fished as deep or as shallow as you want.

After about 10 minutes of focusing on this area I decided to move closer to the mouth of the small river where the water colour was a little dirtier from the rain water feeding the rivers and where there was a bit more structure in the way of dead trees, old reed beds, and slightly shallower water. I did also swap the Rattle trap up to a Strike King KVD spinnerbait in Chartreuse and BOOM with in 4 casts I had my first fish on a lovely 2lb 2oz fish.  I was over the moon high fiving my wife and acting like Mike Iaconelli when he lands a fish ( Mike is one of my favourite anglers I follow from the very popular Elite BASS series in America) he is well known for his fits of celebration when he lands a tournament BASS the man is just very very passionate about fishing as am I.

I moved slightly down to an area that looked promising and after pointing out to my wife where I thought the bass would be I made 2 casts and hooked into my second fish another 2lber after releasing this fish I made another cast and caught the biggest fish of the day a beautiful 3lb 2oz fish in the exact same spot. I thought I was onto something catching two fish in as many casts unfortunately the wind had really picked up and the water was not as calm as it was when I first started out. This wind made it hard to control my casts and fish the spinnerbait as effectively.

I swapped over to a BOOYAH Jig with a big bite trailer so that I could swim as well as bottom hop the bait. I also moved over to an arm of the reservoir I thought would be sheltered from the wind with was not the case the wind was blowing even harder. I made two casts fishing the steep drop offs where I found the biggest rip raps and BOOM fish on. That was 4 fish with in the space of only a couple of hours. On a body of water I had not fished before and for a species of fish I had not fished for in a very long time I would have been doing very well in any tournament. With those 4 fish I decided to call it a day and take my wife back to the hotel for a spot of lunch.

What fantastic memories I have from bass fishing Cyprus, if you are going to visit Cypress I would recommend getting in touch with the guys at the Cypress Freshwater Angling Association on their Facebook page they were great with telling me where I could arrange my fishing license and best waters to try. A big thank you to my wife for spending that day with me even though I know you would have preferred doing something else you really are a one in a million.

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Bass Fishing Cyprus

Monday, 16 February 2015

BLAC Q1 2015 Gloucester Canal Report

Well it has been a few weeks since the BLAC Q1 2015 Gloucester Canal round has been and I have had ample time to think about the days events and how I performed.

For those that are not familiar with the term BLAC it stands for British Lure Angling Championship. This is a lure fishing tournament in its second year put together and hosted by Julian Chidgey of Fox Rage fishing with qualifiers from each event making it to the final where they get the opportunity to be crowned the British Lure Angling Champion. In my opinion it is the best lure fishing competition in the UK as is covers waters up and down the country giving access to waters such as Chew Valley that the average angler may not otherwise get access too. Not only is is great for the diversity of waters but it is great to meet new anglers and learn new fishing tips and techniques along the way, like I always say fishing is a life long learning lesson.

Back to BLAC Q1 2015 Gloucester Canal Report which has taken me a while to get to thanks to a busy work schedule. This qualifier was always going to be either a great event or a tough one unfortunately for most anglers it turned out to be the latter with the majority of anglers blanking on the day. Having said that there was a super pike caught by Matt Barnsley measuring in at 101cms which was the envy of any anglers in the vicinity including myself.

The day started as usual for me waking up at ‘stupid o’clock’ to get on the road for a 2hr journey to the Gloucester canal where Julian ran through the tournament and venue specific laws as well as health and safety before making the drawn for our partners. Having never fished this water before it was always going to be a challenge for me even though I had spent the previous three fishing occasions on my local canal getting as used to canal fishing as I could for this event. Which I thought was going to pay off early on as I landed what was the first fish of the BLAC Q1 2015 Gloucester Canal and the entire British Lure Angling Championship 2015. A small 31cm Zander on a dead slow jigged 8cm Battleshad in rainbow pattern. The reason I was fishing as slow as I could was because the water temperature was right down and on my practise days on my local canal all the fish I had caught were on slow moving baits including dropshot.

For a while I was the only man on the board but then a couple anglers started to catch fish, first a small Zander then the big Pike and then a few Zander and then some more Pike. I must add that all the fish caught were in the main area near the start and all within a 150 yard fishing stretch, needless to say my partner and I did not move much during the morning. By lunch time I really needed to land a couple fish and switched my gear right down opting for a dropshot rig and micro jigging 1inch shads. As soon as I switched down I started getting bites but could not connect I put this down to using hooks that were too large. Anyone that knows me and knows my angling style knows I prefer using bigger hooks for dropshoting and jigging than the regular angler because it just works for me. Well normally it works on this occasion it would have paid for me to have opted for the smaller hooks as I kept missing the bites. Had I landed all my bites I could have had at least 5 fish banked which would have been 2 more than the 1st place qualifier. If only….

I ended up not qualifying for the final which is disappointing for me but the day was great catching up with the familiar faces and making new friends  as well as taking the honour of landing the first fish of BLAC 2015 and not putting in a blank.

The next BLAC event I will be in will be on the river Thames details available on the events page or directly with the British Lure Angling Championship website. 

BLAC Q1 2015 Gloucester Canal Report

Saturday, 24 January 2015

Team England Lure Squad Needs You

Your Country Needs you…

The Team England Lure Squad are looking for a team to represent the nation at the 2015 World Championships both from that bank and on the boat.

I know that we have some really awesome lure anglers out there that would be able to do us proud  but we need you to step forward and get involved with the selection process.  The easiest way to do this is by contacting the Team England Lure Squad manager Mike Skipper through their website link below.

http://www.teamenglandluresquad.co.uk

For the last two years the angling trust has been able to put together teams for the boating world champs which restricts the field of selection. This year for the first time Team England Lure Squad are looking to send a team to the bank angling world champs to be held in Ireland and that means that anyone who enjoys lure angling competitively can get involved. If you are not the competitive type then please spread the word let all your angling buddies know that there is a fantastic opportunity for them to represent their country all they need to do is get in touch with Mike.

For me there is no higher sporting honour than representing your country at the sport you love.

So what are you waiting for……

Team England Lure Squad Needs You

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