Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to our blog, we hope you've had a great week. You'll be glad to hear that the local fishing has once again been fantastic this week, and with numerous reports of tench being caught from NAFA's Rackerhayes lakes and some big carp being landed too. Last weekend's NAFA Carp match saw the pick of the Carp bags, with Tim Frost taking the win with two carp for 46lb 10oz from peg 20 on Island, including a 25lb 12oz beauty of a common. Leon Wilson managed second ...

Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to our blog. What a beautiful week it’s been again, the weather couldn’t be much better for April! And you’ll be glad to hear that it’s been another productive week for local course fishing too, with the water temperatures warming the fish are switching on and we aren’t far off them having a proper munch now. Having walked around Rackerhayes yesterday there were plenty of fish moving, and it felt like the air was really on its way to those lov...

Hello all and welcome back, we hope you're having a fantastic week. We’re here with a short update, and are discussing the results from the NAFA winter league matches, with the Junior league concluding last weekend. And a huge congratulations goes to Noah who won both the match on Bradley with 8lb 10oz (peg 11), and the league overall, well done! The seniors also had an away day at Goodiford Mill for their penultimate winter league match on Sunday, with Jamie Pearce taking the win with an impr...

Good morning everyone, we’ve got another blog article for you this week, and what a fine week it has been! The sun is finally with us and yesterday was absolutely stunning, the warmest day of the year so far. While the weather isn’t exactly perfect for fishing, it does mean that the water temperatures will be warming and the fish will be starting to feed. And that means all the more reason for another product review on an item of tackle perfect for Tench, Bream and Carp, and this week I’ve...

Another week gone and spring is finally upon us! While the nights are still chilly and the water still cool, we have reason for optimism with the dreaded January and February months finally over. And you’ll be pleased to hear that local fishing has also improved over the past week or two, with the NAFA matches producing some excellent results. Last weekend’s match on Bradley saw Sam Powell take the win with 44lb 14oz from peg 8 on Bradley, a result followed up by Mike Hadley’s 19lb 10oz f...

Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to our blog. As the weather is starting to turn, we have been delighted to see so many of you looking to get back out on the bank. The countdown is now on until the clocks go forward and the fish to start feeding properly again, we can’t wait! And with several reports of tench being caught in local waters over the last week, it looks as though the warmer temperatures are already having an effect. In new product news we promised you an item review th...

Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to our blog. As the weather is starting to turn, we have been delighted to see so many of you looking to get back out on the bank. The countdown is now on until the clocks go forward and the fish to start feeding properly again, we can’t wait! And with several reports of tench being caught in local waters over the last week, it looks as though the warmer temperatures are already having an effect. In new product news we promised you an item review th...

Happy Wednesday everybody and welcome back to our blog. After another busy week in the fishing world, we are excited to share some local match results and catch reports with you. We start with the results from round three of the NAFA Saturday league on Bradley, where Sam Powell took another win with 16lb 11oz from peg 15. Gary Webber was second with 11lb 4oz (peg 23), and Mark Cousins and Chris Gray were joint third with 10lb 5oz from pegs 9 and 6 respectively. With several decent weights being ...

Happy Tuesday everyone, welcome back to our blog, where today we are diving straight in with some local catch reports from the last week, with the NAFA waters continuing to throw up some decent results. Carp angler Andy Short was amongst the action again, bagging a 23lb 4oz beauty of a Common on First over the weekend, with pleasure angler Paul Cox getting his slice of the fun by landing the Friendly Lin on Dores on Friday night. The third round of the Tackle Trader winter league on Bradley...

After another chilly week we are back with the latest news in the fishing world, including some local match results and a new product that's caught our eye. We kick off with the results from the third round of the NAFA Saturday Bradley league that was won by Dom Holmes with a very impressive 21lb 0oz from Peg 9. Sam Powell was second with 13lb 2oz from Peg 5, with Chris Gray third with 10lb 12oz from peg 6, and with six weights over the 10lb mark on the day it was impressive result all round. ...