2025 is now well underway and we are delighted to say that the fantastic fishing that we were blessed with last year has continued. The luck definitely struck for carp angler Andy Short who bagged these two stunning Dintons from NAFA's Dores pond over the weekend, a brilliant way to start the year. The 2025 NAFA league matches have also started well, with Sam Powell (10lb 6oz) taking the win on Bradley in round 1 of the Silverfish league and Mark Cousins bagging 10lb 2oz for the win in the the s...

Hello again everyone and happy new year! After a stellar 2024 for local angling, we hope 2025 brings you all as much angling success. The year finished with a bang, with Ethan Gilpin taking the win in the Senior Christmas match with a very impressive 47lb 8oz from peg 17 on Wheel. Second was Sam Powell with 47lb 8oz from peg 8 (Wheel), followed by Duncan Hill in third with 37lb 2oz (Peg 15 on Wheel). Wapperwell was won by Dean Bradford with 21lb 1oz, and Matty Parsons took the win on Bradley wit...

It’s been a quiet week in the fishing world, but perhaps that’s to be expected with the weather doing us no favours and Christmas around the corner. Nonetheless, we are full of festive spirit and have some great new products to share with you this week. And we start with the very impressive new ESP hats, which are worn by two even more impressive models (see above). There are two different styles, with the first a re-make of the retro ‘Headcase’ (worn by me), which is a thicker and wool...

It’s blog time again, and we are back with the NAFA Christmas match results (on Bradley pond) this week! And you’ll be pleased to know that despite the cold weather the results were exceptional, with several weights over 10lb. The winner on the day was Lee Dance with 12lb 7oz from peg 8, pipping Gary Webber (peg 18) by an ounce, what a battle! Third was Mark Cousins with 12lb dead from peg 7, and Shane Harper came in 4th with 11lb 8oz on peg 11. With just 1lb separating the top 5 weights and...

There’s never a boring day in the fishing world, and this week we are talking Christmas (the least boring day of the year). We’ve been mentioning it for about 6 weeks now, because why not? There nonetheless is a point to talking about it today - with both the NAFA Junior and Senior Christmas club matches taking place over the next 10 days. The senior match will be taking place on Bradley this week (1st), and the junior comp on wheel next Saturday (6th). There will be prizes and plenty of...

We are back! And after such a great few months for local anglers, it will be no shock that the fishing has once again been brilliant this week. We start this time with a standout catch from Paul Cox, who bagged a personal best carp at 30lb from Rackerhayes last week (see the photo below!). Charlie Ellis also bagged an equally impressive 25lb 2oz mirror from First Pond on Sunday on his first outing to the venue, a stunning fish and a great result! The NAFA bonus classic also took place on Sun...

Another week, another blog. And as usual we start this week with some local match results. On Sunday the annual NAFA Juniors Pairs match took place on Wheel, with 20 turning up for a full house, what a great sight to see! Liam and Billy were the winners on the day, bagging a combined 55lb 6oz, a fantastic weight given the cooling conditions. Jamie and Chris were second with 45lb 12oz, with Noah and Thomas finishing third with 40lb 8oz. Given the cooling weather the weights were really impressiv...

Another week and you'll be delighted to hear that there's another blog. And what a stellar week it's been! On Sunday the NAFA silverfish league came to a conclusion, with Dean Bradford taking the win with a brilliant 88lb which was enough to also hand him the league win, great stuff! Ethan Gilpin pipped Shane Harper to second with 46lb 15oz to 43lb 2oz, which saw Shane lose the league overall on weight, what an exciting finale! In new product news we promised a review of the new Drennan Acol...

It's been a cooler week, that's for sure. The clocks have changed (our least favourite day of the year), meaning there's no evening fishing for a few months now. However, its not all doom and gloom! This week has once again produced some excellent local catches, with Dave Aggett landing a monster carp just shy of 30lb on the feeder on NAFA's Island pond (peg 17), well in mate! Lots of juniors have also taken to the bank this Half Term week with lots of fish being caught - mainly on Wheel. The...

It's been another exceptional week for local angling, with the colder nights not yet taking full effect on our fishing - not to jinx it. And this week's stand out catch was from Jason Craven, who bagged this pristine 38lb 6oz Common from First pond, a fish that was just shy of the club record. In other news Jay Jay Durdu landed a monster 16lb 4oz pike up at Trenchford Reservoir, making his chilly night session - and numerous other blanks - worthwhile. We are also delighted to see that so many ju...