Angling Trust Team England Fly Fishing

AT TEFF Bank National 2019/20 Northern Regional Eliminator, 15th March 2020 at Toft Newton Trout Fishery, Market Rasen

Sunday 15th March brought the first semi-final of the 2019/20 Bank National at Toft Newton Trout Fishery for the qualifiers from this season’s Northern heats. 34 anglers were fishing for the top 17 places and their chance to fish the National Final at Chigboro’ Trout Fishery in May. Many anglers had practiced at the venue in the weeks leading up to the competition with Di5 lines and FABs being the method on the rumour mill, with the fish caught at depth on a slow retrieve. As seems to be the norm for many of this year’s matches, it was wind and rain which greeted the anglers at the 8.00am briefing.
Four of the 2018/19 bank team were competing in this match. Joel Beeney took the first fish of the match at 9.04am and current National and International champion Andy Taylor took five fish off his first peg. The fishing was good for the remainder of the morning session with those anglers leading the way at lunch having taken seven fish.
After lunch the trout continued to play ball with fish taken on both sections of the lake. By the end of the match 261 trout had been caught giving a good rod average of 6.5. Fish were caught from both sections of the reservoir with 103 trout taken from the South bank (pegs 1-17) and 113 trout caught from the West bank (pegs 18-34).
Nine anglers managed to catch ten or more fish, with Josh Piper taking first place with 15 fish for 22 points. Second was Andy Taylor with 15 fish for 21 points, and third was Colin Fitzjohn with 14 fish for 21 points.
The successful methods varied, with some anglers catching on the Di5 with FABs, whilst others caught pulling Zonkers on a Fast Glass, Nymphs and Cormorants on a floater or short tip line or the bung. The fish were close in with many trout taking right under the rod tip.
Results
1. Josh Piper, 15 fish, 22 points
2. Andy Taylor, 15 fish, 21 points
3. Colin Fitzjohn, 14 fish, 21 points
4. Simon Lee, 13 fish, 19 points
5. Joel Beeney, 13 fish, 19 points
6. Gwyneth Mooney, 12 fish, 18 points
7. Mark Harrison, 11 fish, 18 points
8. Brian Lillie, 10 fish, 16 points
9. James Stephenson, 10 fish, 16 points
10. Sean Brooks, 9 fish, 14 points
11. Phil Shaw-Browne, 9 fish, 14 points
12. Paul Kitchen, 9 fish, 14 points
13. Graeme Bell, 9 fish, 14 points
14. Terry Wood, 8 fish, 13 points
15. Mark Rose, 7 fish, 13 points
16. Billy Thompson, 6 fish, 12 points
17. Alec Harvey, 6 fish, 11 points

AT TEFF Bank Qualifier 8th March 2020 at Blackdyke Trout Fishery, Norfolk

Sunday 8th March brought the last bank qualifier for the 2019/20 campaign at Blackdyke Trout Fishery in Norfolk. Fifteen anglers fished this rearranged qualifier, which was originally cancelled due to the storm conditions that were forecast on the original date. The wind however was there to greet the anglers on their arrival, making casting and fishing tricky for those anglers competing at the second attempt.
The match was nearly twenty minutes in when the first fish was caught at 9:19 by Billy Thompson. The first session was unusually quiet, however things picked up in the second session with John Hardy and Paul Kitchen taking three fish each. At lunch 12 anglers had caught with it all to fish for in the afternoon sessions.
The afternoon saw anglers continue to catch with a final tally of 52 trout for a rod average of 3.5. Tactics varied but it was the indicator with shammies and shimmies and a Di3 with lures fished quickly which accounted for the majority of the fish.
It was tight at the top with four anglers catching six fish, with fifth place catching five and several anglers catching four. The top six now go to fish the Southern semi-final at Elinor Trout Fishery on Sunday 29th March.

NOTE THAT DUE TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS OUTBREAK, THE AT TEFF EXECUTIVE HAVE AGREED THAT THE OUTSTANDING RIVER AVON, URE AND DEE QUALIFIERS ARE CANCELLED, AND ENTRANTS WILL RECEIVE A REFUND OF THE ENTRY FEE. THE RIVERS NATIONAL FINAL IS ALSO CANCELLED. THE QUALIFIER AND NATIONAL FINAL PROGRAMME WILL RESTART WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES ALLOW. THE RIVER ITCHEN AND TEST QUALIFIER RESULTS WILL STAND.

River Qualifiers Entries & Results spreadsheet: 2019-2020 Rivers Qualifiers Entries Results (d)

November 2019

Sunday 3rd November – South East FF Federation – Lower Itchen fishery (Official Practice: Saturday 2nd November) – Organiser: Tony Fox – Results: 1. Mike Heritage 2. Sean Brooks 3. Jim Dillon 4. Cameron Craigs 5. Mark Thomas 6. Jay Curry – Full Results: Lower Itchen qualifier results 3-11-19

February 2020

Sunday 2nd February – R.Test, Wherwell – Organiser: Baz Reece – Results: 1. Peter Buckey 2. Gavin Walsh  3. Alex Adams 4. Trevor Hayman 5. Mark Thomas 6. Mark Withyman – Full Results & Report: Wherwell qualifier results 02-02-20

Saturday 29th February – R.Dee, Llangollen [CANCELLED]

April 2020

Saturday 25th April – R.Avon, Manningford Trout Fishery – NOTE: THIS QUALIFIER HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 VIRUS OUTBREAK – SEE ABOVE

Sunday 26th April – R.Ure, Bolton Estates – NOTE: THIS QUALIFIER HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 VIRUS OUTBREAK – SEE ABOVE

June 2020

Saturday 20th June – R.Dee, Llangollen – Llangollen & Maelor AA water – NOTE: THIS QUALIFIER HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 VIRUS OUTBREAK – SEE ABOVE

2020 Rivers National Final

River Ebbw – Saturday 8th-Sunday 9th August – NOW CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 VIRUS OUTBREAK – SEE ABOVE

AT TEFF Bank Qualifier 23rd February 2020 at Press Manor Trout Fishery, Ashover, Chesterfield

Thirteen anglers fished the final northern section qualifier for the 2019/20 AT TEFF Bank National at Press Manor Trout Fishery. Heavy overnight rain made for horrendous driving conditions with many roads flooded. However, all thirteen competitors made it safely travelling as far as Cornwall, Essex, Rugby and Newcastle to try and secure a place in the Northern Regional Eliminator at Toft Newton in March.

The heavy overnight rain coloured the fishery and along with the strong gusty winds the fishing was going to be tough. Steve Cullen was first into action with a rainbow pushing double figures shortly after the 9am start. In the first session several anglers managed to bring a fish to the net despite the terrible fishing conditions.

At lunch most of the field had caught and with the leading anglers on three fish it was all to fish for after lunch.
The wind showed no mercy after lunch and when the sun broke through the fishing became even trickier. By the final whistle the thirteen anglers had caught 44 fish. Even event organiser Lee Cartmail netted a fish as he rescued a rainbow trout from the outflow on the lake!

The successful methods in the coloured water were black lures fished on fast or slow glass lines just a few feet down with coloured patterns fished under the bung close in also taking fish. There were several good trout caught in the 4-10lb bracket with a nice mix of blue trout and rainbows making up the bags.

It was tight at the top with Craig Crompton taking first place with 6 fish for 11 points, with Steve Cullen second catching 6 fish for 9 points, and current national champion Andy Taylor third with 5 fish for 9 points. The top six now go to fish the Northern semi-final at Toft Newton on Sunday 15th March.

Stocks 1 – Sunday 19th April (entries open 1st April 10.00am) https://www.anglingtrustevents.net/e/383/stocks-fly-fishery-1

Grafham – Friday 24th April (entries open 1st April 10.00am) https://www.anglingtrustevents.net/e/384/grafham-water

Bewl – Sunday 3rd May (entries open 1st April 10.00am) https://www.anglingtrustevents.net/e/385/bewl-water

Carsington – Sunday 3rd May (entries open 1st April 10.00am) https://www.anglingtrustevents.net/e/386/carsington-water

Eyebrook – Sunday 10th May (entries open 1st April 10.00am) https://www.anglingtrustevents.net/e/387/eyebrook-trout-fishery

Blithfield – Friday 29th May (entries open 1st May 10.00am) https://www.anglingtrustevents.net/e/388/blithfield-reservoir

Chew – Saturday 30th May (entries open 1st May 10.00am) https://www.anglingtrustevents.net/e/389/chew-valley-lake

Blagdon – Saturday 20th June (entries open 1st June 10.00am) https://www.anglingtrustevents.net/e/390/blagdon-lake

Rutland – Sunday 28th June (entries open 1st June 10.00am) https://www.anglingtrustevents.net/e/392/rutland-water

Stocks 2 – Sunday 28th June (entries open 1st June 10.00am) https://www.anglingtrustevents.net/e/391/stocks-fly-fishery-2

Draycote (repechage) – Sunday 19th July (entry by invitation only)

National Final: Draycote – Saturday-Sunday 26th-27th Sept (entry by invitation only)

Entries are to be made via www.anglingtrustevents.net

Individual heat prices are available from the individual qualifier pages. Please note that the ones currently reading £999 are still pending a price from the organiser so will be amended once we have that info!

Entry limit is 3 per person across all Qualifiers (excluding Repechage).
Please read the documents linked on the booking site as it contains the amended & updated Rules & FAQs for 2020.

2020 Loch-style National Qualifiers Poster: AT TEFF Loch Style National Poster 2020

Attention all Loch-Style Competitors

There are some significant changes that you should be aware of for 2020.

Full details are in the rules and Frequently asked questions document – see link below.

Entry fee

TEFF is funded from anglers entry fees only. All the money generated goes to support all the teams. To achieve this it has been necessary from 2020 to increase the entry fees to the loch-style by £5 per entry to £35.(The entry fee of £30 has remained unaltered for several years)

Catch limits

To some extend TEFF is bound by the catch rules imposed by the fisheries it uses. Competitors have request that there are set catch rules for all the heats. To this end 2020 will see the introduction of three sets of catch limits.

1. Three fish kill then catch and release a further 10 then time bonus (This will apply to all Anglian Water heats)

2. Measure the first 3 fish then C&R all day with returned fish being allocated an average length as determined by the fishery. (The will apply to Eyebrook and Draycote)

3. As 1 above but with the release of 33 fish (This will apply to all other venues)

Hooks

With catch and release at all venues, many fisheries require that debarbed or barbless hooks are used. To this end ATTEFF has decided that from 2020 matches will be fished using debarded or barbless hooks throughout. This makes the daily administration (undertaking checks) simpler. At some future date, 1 to 2 years, the use of totally barbless hooks will be introduced. See rules re de-barbed flies.

Scoring

Following issues raised at the 2019 National Final and some heats it has been decided to tighten up on the scoring system. From 2020 each boat will be issued with a dry wipe A4 size encapsulated match card. Each angler will score his boat partners catch. You will be required to purchase a fine point permanent marker pen (Sharpie or similar at about £1 each). Again see rules and FAQs for full details.

Calendar

All heats are now on the match calendar along with other major fly fishing competitions (once dates are known)

Rules and FAQs

This document is updated regularly and includes full information on the points above – you must read this document in its entirety.

Risks

A full copy of the Risk Assessment is on the link below.

Venues

Stocks, Chew, Blagdon, Eyebrook, Grafham, Rutland, Blithfield, Carsington, Bewl.

Repechage at Draycote

Final at Draycote – on the day organiser is Peter Hartley with admin support from Ian Colclough

2021 International at Draycote – organiser is Derek Aunger

Links

On Google Drive – Rules, FAQs and Risk Assessment is here

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vlnzzeKkDuClDqT65WcD_92VegXBfmqt?usp=sharing

To match calendar is here

https://teamup.com/ksnfwcahs2gmkhosry

Questions by email only to ian.colclough@gmail.com

AT TEFF Bank Qualifier 2nd February 2020 at Westlow Mere, Cheshire 

Cheshire’s Westlow Mere Trout Fishery hosted the ninth AT TEFF Bank Qualifier on Sunday 2nd February. 10 anglers competed for six places in the southern final at Elinor in March. The shallows at Westlow were used for the match and the gin-clear water this venue is known for tested the skills of those competing.
The fishing was not easy and by lunch six anglers had caught. By the final whistle 20 fish were netted with many more lost to give a rod average of two fish per angler. Anthony Meadows took first place with five fish followed by Colin Fitzjohn with three fish with Iain Scott third with three fish.
White lures fished slowly on Di3 lines at distance accounted for the winning bag.

AT TEFF would like to thank Lee Cartmail for running the event and Westlow Mere for hosting the day.
There now only remains three bank qualifiers for the 2019/20 season. These are Blackdyke Trout Fishery, Thetford 16th Feb, Press Manor Trout Fishery, Derbyshire 23rd Feb and Woolaston Court Trout Lakes, Lydney on March 1st.
To book onto any of the remaining qualifiers then please visit the Angling Trust booking site at https://www.anglingtrustevents.net/game

Chatton Fly Fishery, 18th April 2020 – Session 1 8.30am – Session 2 1.30pm

Chatton Trout Fishery: To support the England World Fly Fishing team we will be hosting 2, four hour coaching sessions with Howard Croston and Davey Parker. Strictly limited to 15 anglers per session, booking only.

Howard Croston says: “Part of our effort to raise funds for the World Championships in 2020. Between us myself and Dave have dozens of England caps across all disciplines. Rivers, small still waters, reservoirs, European and World Championships, including myself and Dave winning team Gold in the 2009 World Championships and my individual Gold in Tasmania 2019. Dave is also a recognised expert at Chatton fishery – frequently out-fishing everyone (including me which frankly is quite worrying ). A golden opportunity to improve your own small Stillwater fishing and help Team England at a very low cost. Arranged and kindly supported by Chatton Trout Fishery. All enquires and for booking please contact the fishery.”

***UPDATE*** Our morning session is now full, we have still have availability for the afternoon starting at 13:30. Fantastic opportunity to brush up on existing skills or learn some new skills.

AT TEFF Bank Qualifier 19th January 2020 at Bank House Fly Fishery, Caton

Twelve anglers fished the eighth bank qualifier of the 2019/20 season Bank House Fly Fishery, Lancashire. Cold frosty conditions greeted the anglers as temperatures dipped to minus five degrees the night before, however the lake remained ice free for the competition to go ahead.
There were six newcomers to this heat along with anglers who had entered qualifiers over the last few years. Billy Thompson was first into action taking the first trout of the competition at just after 9.20am and by 9.30 half the field had caught fish. At lunch 11 of the anglers had caught with it all still to fish for in the afternoon.
After lunch Graeme Bell got off to a flyer catching four trout quickly with Terry Wood also into the fish taking three trout. These two anglers led the way to the final whistle taking first and second place respectively. In total 77 trout were caught giving a healthy rod average of 6.5 with no blanks! There were many fish in the six to 10lb bracket caught.
The successful methods were Cat’s Whiskers fished two foot down, Mop patterns under the bung and Hare’s Ears and Diawl Bachs fished static on the washing line on a Midge Tip.