
This pretigious annual event is an Eliminator for the England Rivers Team, and this year will see the inauguration of the Trevor Colclough Trophy.
Last year's event was won by Phil Dixon who later in the year qualified for the England Rivers Team at the England National Final on the River Tees.
The competition will be fished over the weekend of 23rd & 24th January 2010 on the superb beats of the River Dee controlled by Maelor AA.
All are welcome and entry forms are available from the organiser.
Airflo 2009 Report and Results
Airflo 2009 Report Individual Results Team Results
Loch Style09
Autumn International
The annual qualifier that decides who goes on to the National Final and is Sponsored by Snowbee UK from Plymouth, was held in the beautiful setting of Blagdon Lake in Somerset on Sunday 1st May. Loch Style fishing is in boats that have 2 anglers and drift freely with the wind, which in this case was a strong easterly blowing right down the lake and made a lot of the lake unfishable by boat.
The field this year was particularly strong and included 2 World Team members, 2 Commonwealth Team members, 3 European Team members and 9 International Team members, 1 of which is the ‘Brown Bowl’ winner. This is the trophy presented to the top angler in the Home Countries International events.
The fishing has been outstanding at Blagdon of late but has become increasingly difficult. This was made more difficult by the strong wind on the day. There were several areas of the lake that were holding good numbers of fish but the key area was Home Bay and this held most of the boats all day. Even with the strong wind the most successful method was with a floating line and a team of ‘buzzers’. The winner, Denis Symonds from Launceston in Cornwall, used this to catch most of his fish and later in the day switched to a sinking line and 2 lures to catch 2 more of his 7 fish bag. In second place was Roger Truscott from Liskeard Cornwall, Roger and Denis were boat partners and shared information during the day to catch 13 fish in very difficult circumstances, where the rod average was only 1.9 fish per angler.
The top anglers will now go on to fish the National Final to be held at Grafham Water in Cambridgeshire in September.
Paul Page
2 Spring Rise
Simmondley
Glossop
Derbyshire
SK13 9US
Tel: 01457-867294
Mob: 07768-854849
email: Paul
Ian Greenwood
24 Sandon Road
Birkdale
Southport
Merseyside
PR8 4QH
Tel: 01704 567527
Mob:07963383457
email: Ian Go to webpage
Clive Chatwin
10 St. Andrews Drive
Whitestone Nuneaton
Warwickshire
CV11 6NQ
Tel: 02476-340368
Mob: 07860-560564
email: Clive
Allan Sefton
FMFFA Secretary
4 Barnfield
Common Lane
Hemingford Abbots
Cambridgeshire
PE28 9AX
Tel: 01480 465723
Mob: 07850 759751
email: Allan
Kevin Wood
Mob: 07824-864205
email: Kevin
Phil Shaw Browne
Tel: 01992552746
Mob: 07870317481
email: Phil
John Horsey
Cheriton
Stanton Wick
Pensford
Bristol
BS39 4BZ
Tel: 01761-490367
Mob: 07974-748496
email: John
WO Dave Newing
CDC
Building 235HQ DISC Chicksands
Shefford
Bedfordshire
SG17 5PR
Tel: 01462-752506
Mob: 07803-153605
email: Dave
Brian Beeney
Sparrows Green
Wadhurst
East Sussex
TN5 6TX
Tel: 01892-783946
Mob: 07760-184853
email: n/a
John Ball
20 Gleneagles
Fairway Drive
Christchurch
Dorset
BH23 1JZ
Tel: 01202-482441
Mob: 07796-017225
email: John
Denis Symonds
1 The Cleaves
Launceston
Cornwall
PL15 8X
Tel: 01566-774861
Mob: n/a
email: Denis