Angling Trust Team England Fly Fishing

November 2017

Sunday 5th November – South East FF Federation – Lower Itchen fishery (Official Practice: Saturday 4th November) – Organiser: Tony Fox – Entry Details to follow when available

R.Ure, Bolton Estate, Wensley – Mon 31 Aug-Tues 1 Sept

Results:

1. Fred Bainbridge – 26 fish – 1154 total fish points – 5 total place points (2017 National Rivers Champion) 
   

   Fred Bainbridge, 2017 National Rivers Champion, with Manager Jeremy Lucas. Won a 10ft #2 Bellator fly rod by sponsors Master Nymph (see certificate below).

2. Gilliaum Vermeulen – 16 fish – 763 total fish points – 11 total place points
3. Ben Bangham – 16 fish – 743 total fish points – 11 total place points
4. Mark Harrison – 8 fish – 394 total fish points – 14 total place points
5. Del Spry – 16 fish – 750 total fish points – 15 total place points
6. Jonathan Barnes – 9 fish – 429 total fish points – 15 total place points (reserve) 
   

   L-R: 2018 Home International Rivers Team: Jonathan Barnes (reserve), Fred Bainbridge (2017 National Rivers Champion), Jeremy Lucas (manager), Ban Bangham, Mark Harrison, Del Spry, Gilliaum Vermeulen

Biggest Fish: Robbie Bell – 50.4cms Brown Trout. Won a 9ft #5 Gamma Alpha fly rod by sponsors Edge Rods (see certificate below).

Biggest Fish – Robbie Bell – 50.4cms Brown Trout

Total fish Caught: 284

Rod Average: 8.88

Full Results: 2017 River National Final Results

Jeremy Lucas also covers this event here>> and here>>

AT TEFF would like to thank our 2017 Rivers National Sponsors – Master Nymph, North Fork Composites and EDGE Rods:

“Master Nymph, North Fork Composites, and EDGE Rods and are delighted to be the first companies in this Championship’s recent history, to sponsor the English National Rivers Final.  It makes sense to pair the finest anglers in the Country with the finest, Made in USA, fishing products on the market.  Thank you for letting us share our innovations, steeped in decades of experience, with such a stellar collection of athletes. Congratulations to all the winners on their achievements!”

Nicole Darland 

– VP Marketing and Brand Development, NFC/EDGE Rods

– Managing Director, Master Nymph

Jason Lieverst

– VP of Design and Product Development, Master Nymph

2017 Rivers Champion Fred Bainbridge with the 10ft #2 Master Nymph Bellator

Largest Fish captor Robbie Bell with the 9ft #5 Edge Gamma Alpha

Results:

1. France – 57 Total Placings – 30 Fish – Longest Fish 499.0 – 207500 Fish Points
2. England Red – 65 Total Placings – 25 Fish – Longest Fish 474.0 – 167520 Fish Points
3. Ireland A – 69 Total Placings – 21 Fish – Longest Fish 477.0 – 150020 Fish Points
4. England Blue – 74 Total Placings – 28 Fish – Longest Fish 515.0 – 203040 Fish Points
5. Scotland A – 83 Total Placings – 15 Fish – Longest Fish 480.0 – 110720 Fish Points
6. Ireland B – 91 Total Placings – 16 Fish – Longest Fish 490.0 – 107360 Fish Points
7. Ireland C – 106 Total Placings – 9 Fish – Longest Fish 490.0 – 62680 Fish Points
8. Scotland B – 106 Total Placings – 7 Fish – Longest Fish 485.0 – 58480 Fish Points

Top Individual: Campbell Baird (Ireland A) – 7 Fish – Longest Fish 469.0 – 54200 Fish Points – 8 Placing Points

Full Results: 2017 5N Fly Fishing Championship Results

Jeremy Lucas also covers this event here>> and here>>

A 21-minute video courtesy of Troutwatch

AT TEFF would like thank the IV Five Nations Championships sponsor – Cortland Line Co

The Angling Trust reports: Angling Trust Team England Fly Fishing has announced the squad for the IV 5 Nations competition, sponsored by Cortland, which will be held in England from 16th – 21st July 2017.

England will have two teams competing in the event which will be held at Stocks Reservoir and the River Ribble. Teams from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Belgium have also been invited to participate.

Following England’s recent review of their approach to the 5 Nations event, the England teams will contain a blend of anglers with experience of World or European FIPS-Mouche events, anglers with experience of IFFA Home Internationals and younger anglers who are showing potential to succeed in the international arena.

England Blue will be captained by three-time former European team member Tony Baldwin, who will be joined by Mark Withyman and youngsters Tom Gott and Tom Speak.

England Red will be led by the vastly experienced World and European team member Simon Kidd and supported by Carl Nixon, Harry Fox and Tom Bird. Mark Harrison will complete the squad as the official reserve.

England manager Paul Davison  said: “I’m delighted with the squad we have chosen for my first competition as manager. We have a great blend of experienced and up and coming anglers and the 5 Nations event provides us with the opportunity to develop our skill sets in a FIPS-Mouche style competition. The planning and preparation has already begun, Stocks is a venue the team and myself know well and we will be going all out to win the event.”

2017 will be the first time England have hosted this event, Ireland played host in 2015 and 2016 while Scotland hosted the inaugural event in 2013, an event where Team England swept the board claiming team gold and silver while individual honours followed for Robert Brown and Paul Lee as they took gold and bronze respectively. England will be looking to repeat that feat when the nations descend upon Waddow Hall in July.

AT Team England Fly Fishing are inviting volunteers to support the forthcoming 5 Nations Fly Fishing Championships

Stocks Fishery & River Ribble – 19th & 20th July 2017

Boatmen and controllers are required between 08.00-19.00 to control, measure and record fish during boat, bank and river sessions.

£35 per day is payable to cover expenses and lunch is included.

Accommodation is available at Waddow Hall at discounted rates and tickets are available for the gala dinner.

This is an ideal opportunity to watch international fly fishers on our home waters.

To get involved or find out more information please context Paul Page on 07768854849 or email william@wpage.fslife.co.uk or give your details to Ben Dobson at Stocks

Poster: Boatman poster v1

For the last 12 months AT TEFF have been considering a new approach  to help Team England achieve its goal of becoming the number one fly fishing nation in the world. We have developed the following proposal that would see significant changes to the current competition structure.

The Elite Performance Programme would cover the three principle disciplines of Fips-Mouche Championships; River, Boat and Bank. Fips-Mouche rules and scoring system will be adopted and placing points will be aggregated to build a league table. Our intention is to hold heats at suitable venues throughout England between November and July each year for selection into the following year’s teams.

The conclusion of the 2017/18 programme will provide AT TEFF with teams for the 2019 World Championship in Tasmania and the European Championship in Montenegro.

The proposal has been published on the website to provide anglers with an insight to the current thinking, it is for information purposes only, at this stage it is only a proposal and AT TEFF will make a final decision in due course

Thanks

Ben

Ben Thompson, Senior Competitions & Performance Manager, Angling Trust

AT TEFF Elite Performance Programme explained: Elite Perforemance Programme explained FINAL

AT TEFF Elite Performance Programme fact sheet: AT TEFF Elite Performance Programme Fact Sheet FINAL

AT TEFF International Committee (AT TEFFIC) Selection Policy: AT TEFFIC Selection Policy FINAL

RIVERS HOME INTERNATIONAL 2017

Country: WALES

Venue: River Ebbw

Dates: 21st to 24th June (incl.)

Match date: Friday 23rd June

Accommodation: Holiday Inn, Newport

Results:

1. Wales   91 fish  4331 fish pts   35 placing pts
2. England   48 fish   2255 fish pts   54 placing pts
3. Scotland   57 fish   2841 fish pts   55 placing pts
4. Ireland   55 fish   2640 fish pts   56 placing pts

‘Moc Morgan’ Trophy: Alan Hill (Scotland) – Top Individual – 29 fish/5 placing pts

‘Mike Childs’ Trophy: Eamon Conway (Ireland) – Biggest Fish – 53.6cms

Congratulations to Wales on a convincing victory.

AT Team England was represented by:

Fred Bainbridge, Jonathan Barnes, Steve Cullen, Andy Ford, Andrew Scott, Harry Fox (reserve), and Jeremy Lucas (manager).

Full Results: iffarivers2017

Manager Jeremy Lucas reports on this event for Fish&Fly here>> and here>>

He also covered Team England’s practice for the event here>>

National Final – Farmoor 1 – Sunday 6th May 2018

This competition consists of 3 stages:

1. Local Qualifiers (4 North, 4 South)
2. Regional Eliminators (1 North, 1 South)
3. National Final

1. Qualifiers

8 qualifying events will be held around the country between June and November. Note: Entries for qualifiers will close on the Wednesday prior to the qualifier being fished. A maximum of 24 rods are available of each event. The top 6 anglers from each qualifier will progress to either a Northern or a Southern Regional Eliminator, depending on the venue from which they qualified. Entry fee is £15 per event, there are no restrictions on the number of events you can enter. Fishing fees are additional to your entry fee and are payable on the day of the event. Entries for the next qualifier will be opened the day after the previous qualifier.

Details: ATTEFF BANK HEATS FARMOOR 2017

Enter via the Angling Trust Game Fishing Events website page here >>

North

Press Manor – Sunday 4th June – Results: 1. Rob Frame 2. Peter Davison 3. Colin Harris 4. Tim Gilchrist 5. Lee Cartmail 6. Jim Tuck (top 6 qualify)

Chatton – Sunday 9th July

Sharpley – Sunday 10th September

Knitsley Mill – Sunday 15th October

South

Innis – Sunday 9th July

Blackdyke – Sunday 10th September

Rib Valley – Sunday 8th October

Ellerdine – Sunday 12th November

2. Regional Eliminators

Northern: Thrunton Long Crag, Northumberland – Sunday 11th March 2018

Southern: Elinor Trout Fishery, Kettering – Sunday 18th March 2018

Entry fee to a Regional Eliminator is £15, with the top 12 placed anglers from each of the Regional Eliminators invited to fish in the National Final.

3. National Final

The AT TEFF National Final will be held at Farmoor 1 reservoir on Sunday 6th May 2018. Entry fee is £15. 24 anglers will compete for the title of National Bank Champion and a place in the 2018 England Bank team.

Please note: To compete in the Bank National Final you must be a valid member of the Angling Trust. You can join here >>

Each stage of the competition will be fished to FIPS Mouche rules.

The Bank National co-ordinator is Jim Tuck. You can contact Jim Tuck with any queries on 07985232437.

April 2017

Sunday 23rd April – Northern Federation – Stocks – Organiser: Paul Page – Results: 1st Craig Barr 2nd Michael Laycock 3rd Steve Smalley 4th Dermot Speight 5th Mark Tyndall 6th Samuel Bailey 7th Peter Scholes 8th Neil Hodgson 9th Paul Runec 10th Ben Dobson – Full Results: 2017 Stocks 1 Qualifier Results 230417 2017 Stocks 1 Qualifier Results 230417

Sunday 23rd April – South East FF Federation – Bewl – Organiser: John Pearn – Results: 1st Harry Fox 2nd Andrew Green 3rd Ian Watts 4th Tony Fox 5th Joel Beeney 6th Robert Toptalo 7th Paul Canning 8th Sean Brooks 9th John Pearn 10th Gilliaum Vermeulen – Full Results: 170423 ATTEFF Results (2) Report & pics on South East Federation page

Sunday 23rd April – Peninsula Federation – Blagdon – Organiser: Denis Symonds – Results: 1st Dave Johns 2nd Tony Baldwin 3rd Paul Golding 4th Gary Morris 5th Mark Rooney 6th Martin Burgess 7th Matt Kingdon 8th David Bromley 9th Ben Bangham 10th Lee Ratcliffe 11th Paddy Mounter 12th Mark Thomas 13th Nick Hart 14th Tony George 15th Roger Truscott 16th John Horsey 17th Vince Howley – Full Results: Blagdon 2017 – TEFF Results Blagdon 2017 – TEFF Results

Friday 28th April – Grafham – Organiser: Peter Hartley – Results: 1st Tom Davis 2nd John Hancock 3rd Neil Cohen 4th Craig Smith 5th Norman Rushton 6th Pablo Mullings 7th Bradley Gifford 8th Neil Hodgson 9th Chris McLeod 10th David Franklin 11th John Hardy 12th Phil Thompson 13th Vince Brooks 14th Charlie Abrahams 15th Frank Sumnall 16th Lee Patten 17th Mark Haycock 18th Tim Joyce 19th Ian Whiteside 20th Peter Elliott 21st Ron Gent 22nd Leigh Pond 23rd Graham Willis 24th Lloyd Pallett 25th Ashley Davis – Full Results: TEFF 2017 Grafham Heat 28 April Results

May 2017

Sunday 7th May – Carsington – Organiser: Ian Colclough – Results: 1st Iain Barr 2nd Chris Guthrie 3rd John Hood 4th Frank Sumnall 5th Mike Laycock 6th David Currie 7th Ian Colclough 8th Martin Griffiths 9th Neil Thomas 10th Michael Dixon – Full Results: Carsington result

Sunday 21st May – Chew – Results: 1st Nigel Evans 2nd Andrew Haskins 3rd Dave Summers 4th Andy Cottam 5th Jem Dunn 6th John Horsey 7th Alex Johnstone 8th Mark Weaver 9th Nick Dunn 10th Lee Bartlett 11th Ryan Feber 12th Kevin Sellar 13th Dale Burgess 14th Lee Williams 15th=Mark Glass 15th=Stephen Peart – Full Results: ATTEFFCHEWVALLEYQUALIFIERRESULTS.docx

[Sunday 21st May – Kielder – CANCELLED]

Sunday 28th May – Pitsford – Results: 1st Del Spry 2nd Clive Collier 3rd Rob Allan 4th Peter Hartley 5th Jim Wright 6th Mark Matheson 7th Jamie Thomas 8th David Moore 9th Phil Shaw-Browne 10th Alexander Urquhart – Full Results: Pitsford result 

Sunday 28th May – Draycote – Results: 1st Vince Howley 2nd Mick McLintic 3rd Martin Introna 4th Stephen Peart 5th Paul Runec 6th Gareth Tilley 7th Dave Newing 8th Bart Farmer 9th Terry Phillips 10th Mark Harrison 11th Richard J Hood 12th Edward Mitchell 13th Paul Davison 14th Malcom Hunt 15th Andy Axon 16th Tony Curtis – Full Results: draycote Results sheet draycote Results sheet

June 2017

Friday 9th June – Blithfield – Results: 1st Mark Withyman 2nd Steve Cullen 3rd Mark Miles 4th Yousef Dar 5th Paul Davison 6th Ben Race 7th Andy Taylor 8th Julian Curry 9th Mark Harrison 10th Mark Rose 11th Mike Lightfoot 12th Thomas Robson 13th John Humphrey 14th Paul Haskey 15th Peter Crowe – Full Results: filename-1 Blithfield Qualifier Result

Saturday 17th-Sunday 18th June – Stocks – Overall Results: 1st Ian Gaskell 2nd Ben Dobson 3rd Peter Scholes 4th Bob Fitzpatrick 5th Derek Moore 6th Lee Cartmail 7th Christopher Micallef 8th Stephen Bland 9th Darren Bland 10th Nick Donald

The ATTEFF loch-style qualifiers for 2017 will be open for entries on 1st March at 7pm. This year entries will be taken by Angling Trust through a newly developed web site where you can pay securely using a debit or credit card.

FOR ADMIN REASON WE WOULD ASK ALL ENTRANTS TO USE THIS ON-LINE FACILITY. IF YOU DON’T HAVE ACCESS PLEASE ASK A FRIEND TO MAKE THE ENTRY FOR YOU.

The usual documents (rules, guidance notes, FAQs) are available for you to download below. Please do so and read them in their entirety as changes have been made from last year. Risk Assessments are also available.

Names of those entered at each venue will be available via the usual on-line spreadsheet along with results. However, this spreadsheet will only be updated once a week after AT have reported the names of entrants to the Q&NC.

You can, as last year, enter up to 3 heats but please manage your entries carefully as NO REFUNDS will be made.

Please also note special rules for those entering at Blagdon.

Use the link below to enter.

Qualifier and National Coordinator

Dates, Venues & Entry Fees

(Word) dates-venues-and-entry-fees-2017

(pdf) dates-venues-and-entry-fees-2017

Link to Entry System: http://www.anglingtrustevents.net/

(Note: Entries will be taken through this new web site link from 7.00pm on 1st March)

List of Entrants

Click here to see a list of entrants so far (Note: This is updated roughly once a week). Google Drive required.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12IF508_GCwGkKhTc-xcmW6-1X5rI4dZH7-XPmHlZMqM/edit?usp=sharing

Guidance Notes

(Word) atteff-guidance-notes-for-loch-style-qualifier-entrants-2017

(pdf) atteff-guidance-notes-for-loch-style-qualifier-entrants-2017

Rules

(Word) atteff-rules-for-loch-style-qualifier-entrants-2017

(pdf) atteff-rules-for-loch-style-qualifier-entrants-2017

FAQs

(Word) at-teff-loch-style-entrants-faqs-2017

(pdf) at-teff-loch-style-entrants-faqs-2017

Risk Assessments

Bewl: risks-bewl Blagdon: risks-blagdon Blithfield: risks-blithfield Carsington: risks-carsington Chew: risks-chew Grafham: risks-grafham Kielder: risks-keider Pitsford: risks-pitsford Stocks: risks-stocks

Results 

1.England  43 fish  112.85 lbs

2. Scotland  29 fish  84.110 lbs

3. Wales  21 fish  58.960 lbs

4. Ireland  15 fish  38.120 lbs

Best Basket: Andy Cottam (England) 8 fish 20.770 lbs

Top Rod Andy Cottam receiving the Brown Bowl from International President Wynnora Thomas.

Heaviest Trout: Stuart McLean (Scotland) 5.550 lbs

Top English Rod: Andy Cottam 8 fish 20.770 lbs

AT TEFF was represented by: Paul Angell (manager), Nikki Long (captain), John Braithwaite, Dave Bromley, Andy Cottam, Nick Dunn, Ryan Feber, Mark Haycock, Alex Johnstone, Matt Kingdon, Mark Miles, Mark Rose, Steve Smalley, Dave Summers & Roger Truscott.

Captain Nikki Long receiving the Graham Munro Hall Memorial Trophy (held by the winning team) from IFFA International President Wynnora Thomas.

Congratulations to all AT TEFF members for a convincing victory.

Full Results: iffa2017spring

Manager Paul Angell reports: Three days of variable weather conditions ranging from strong winds to torrential rain meant that each day of practice provided very different challenges for anglers from the four home nations. The teams identified that a lot of fish were to be found behind Denny Island, in Herons Green Bay and smaller pods of fish spread around the lake. Nymphs fished static or dries were the methods of choice for most anglers as the fish were high in the water.  

Match day dawned with bright sun and wind, conditions which traditionally mean that fishing at Chew would be challenging, and so it proved to be. At the off, the bulk of boats headed behind the island with most of the rest to Herons Green Bay. Anglers quickly found that tactics and flies which had worked well during practice might have to be rethought if they were to be successful. England had a code system which allowed team members to talk to one another and share successful flies and lines without making anglers from the other nations aware of what they were doing and this, together with key information found during practice meant that they were able to adapt to the conditions best, and it was noticeable form quite early in the match that English rods were bending with more regularity than those of the other nations. Key flies were Hares Ear and skinny Diawl Bach nymphs fished on a washing line set up on lines varying from full floaters to midge tips of various lengths.

As the match progressed most of the English team had managed to boat a fish or two with several doing much better. Captain and local angler Nikki Long was still fishless at 5 o’clock and decided that a move of area was needed. He and his boat partner headed to the top of Villice Bay where he had found fish earlier in the week, and where earlier in the match he had lost a fish, being smashed off. This move was to prove fortuitous as he picked up a rainbow trout before latching onto something much more substantial. After a prolonged fight he landed a brown trout of 15lb 3oz, the fish of a lifetime. Match rules stated that all Brown Trout were to be returned and would be counted as 2lb. Nikki spent a long time trying to revive the fish, but due to its extreme size and the prolonged length of the fight this proved impossible and, much to Nikki’s disappointment, the fish had to be dispatched and was brought in at the end of the match.

England weighed in first, and it was quickly obvious that they would be the team to beat, with all but one of the team having fish to weigh. By the end of the weigh in, England had claimed 4 of the top 5 places with West Country angler Andy Cottam as top rod and Brown Bowl Winner with 8 fish. Nick Dunn was not far behind on seven and first cap Matt Kingdon on six taking the top 3 spots.

 Paul Angell, team manager, stated that this had been a real team effort, with a nucleus of local anglers providing detailed knowledge of the water, backed up by dedicated and well organised practice and record keeping. Communication on the water was the key element to our success, and each and every team member, from experienced captain Nikki Long to new caps David Bromley, Alex Johnstone, Matt Kingdon, and Dave Summers all contributing to a performance to be proud of.

The team would like to thank:

Craghoppers and Snowbee for their continued support with team clothing and Fulling Mill, Guide Flyfishing, Snowbee, and Seapower UK  for their help with tackle and sunglasses.

Bristol Water Fishery Manager John Harris and the staff at Chew Valley lake with their help and support in hosting, organising and running these championships.

The Wookey Hole Hotel for accommodating the teams and hosting the Gala dinner and prizegiving.

Match report : Website match report

(Images courtesy of the Angling Trust)