Angling Trust Team England Fly Fishing

2016 Rivers National: Llangollen Maelor AA water, R.Dee – 1st-2nd August 2016

The Rivers National Final will return to the Dee in 2016. The event will be based at the Hand Hotel and fished on Monday 1st and Tuesday 2nd August.

Final Rivers Qualifier Results & Allocations: 2015-2016 Rivers Qualifiers Entries Results (j)

NB: There were seven cases of Pre-Qualifying, where entrants who had already qualified, finished in a qualifying position a second or third time. When this happened, their qualifying place was given to the next highest finishing entrant in that Qualifier. These were: 1. Cameron Craigs: Having already qualified on the 24th Oct 2015, his reserve place on the 8th Nov 2015 went to Andrew Green, and his qualifying place on the 6th Feb 2016 went to Martin Burgess – 2. Martin Dixon: Having already qualified on the 24th Jan 2016, his qualifying place on the 3rd April 2016 went to Mark Withyman – 3. Phil Dixon: Having already qualified on the 24th Jan 2016, his qualifying place on the 13th Mar 2016 went to Tom Speak – 4. Andy Cliffe: Having already qualified on the 13th Mar 2016, his qualifying place on the 3rd April 2016 went to Chris Richardson – 5. Tom Gott: Having already qualified on the 13th Mar 2016, his qualifying place on the 3rd April 2016 went to Ian Greenwood – 6. Chris Richardson: Having qualified on the 3rd April 2016, his reserve place on the 13th Mar 2016 went to Carl Nixon – 7. Ian Greenwood: Having already qualified on the 3rd April 2016, his qualifying place on the 24th April 2016 went to Stan Moore.    

Finalists Pack – for all Rivers National Final Qualifiers: 

AT TEFF River Rules ATTEFFRIVERULES 2016

Llangollen/Maelor AA Map Maelor Angling WHOLE STRETCH

Rivers National Beat Rotation NATFINBEATROTATION2016

Rivers National Event Timetable NATFINEVENTTIMETABLE2016

Rivers National Risk Assessment NATFINRISKASSESSMENT2016

Organiser – Martin Dixon

2016 Rivers National: Llangollen Maelor AA water, R.Dee – 1st-2nd August 2016

Some dates have already been arranged, others will be added in due course. Note that following a vote taken at the 2013 TEFF AGM, you can enter as many Rivers Qualifiers as you like, and are no longer restricted to just the one.

To clarify:

1. An individual will be allowed to enter and fish as many River Qualifiers as they wish, as long as they have recognised the unique cut-off date for each of the various River Qualifiers, and providing they have paid for each Qualifier they have entered, including the TEFF Entry Fee, the Federation Surcharge, and the Fishery Charge.

2. It is up to each entrant to decide and manage which Qualifier they enter. However, if they successfully qualify at more than one Qualifier, the earliest qualification will stand, and any subsequent qualifications will be awarded to the next in line at that particular Qualifier.

3. The number of entrants that fished each Federation Qualifier will be used to decide the number of places in the National Final awarded to each Federation Qualifier on a pro rata basis.

Final Allocations, Entries & Results Spreadsheet: 2015-2016 Rivers Qualifiers Entries Results (j)

October 2015

Sat 24th October – Southern FF – R.Test, Broadlands Estate – Organiser: Simon Lucas – Overall Results: 1. Howard Croston 2. Cameron Craigs 3. Adam Sinclair 4. Malcolm Hunt 5. Lewis Hendrie 6. Andy Ford – Results: Broadlands qualifier results 2015 – More details on Southern FF web page

November 2015

Sun 8th November – South East FF Federation – Lower Itchen fishery – (Official Practice: Sat 7th November) – Organisers: Tony Fox & Mike Heritage – Overall Results: 1. Harry Fox 2. Harry Green 3. Lee Bartlett 4. Tony Fox 5. Mike Heritage 6. Cameron Craigs – Results Letter: Rivers results letter 2015 – More details on South East Federation web page

January 2016

Sun 24th January (Reserve date: Sunday 31st January) – Severn Trent Federation – R. Dee, Llangollen/Maelor Angling waters – Overall Results: 1. Martin Dixon 2. Phil Dixon 3. Scott Nellins 4. Gilliaum Vermeulen 5. Steve Cullen 6. Chris Richardson – Overall Results – Qualifier 24.01.16 – More details on Severn Trent Federation web page

February 2016

Sat 6th February – R.Test, Wherwell – Organiser: Andrew Croucher – Overall Results: 1. Simon Robinson 2. Andy Croucher 3. Cameron Craigs 4. Martin Burgess 5. Trevor Hayman 6. Ben Bangham – Report & Full Results: AT TEFF River Qualifer Wherwell Report Feb 2016

March 2016

Sun 13th March – Severn Trent Federation – R. Dee, Llangollen/Maelor Angling waters. – Overall Results: 1. Tony Baldwin 2. Phil Dixon 3. Tom Speak 4. M Tyndall 5. Andy Cliffe 6. S Clarke 7. Tom Gott  – Full Results: Severn-Trent Fed – Dee qualifier results 13-3-16 – More details on Severn Trent Federation web page

April 2016

Sun 3rd April – Northern FF Federation – R. Dee, Maelor – Overall Results: 1. Martin Dixon 2. Andy Cliffe 3. Tom Gott 4. Mark Withyman 5. Chris Richardson 6. Ian Greenwood – Full results: 2016 Score Card (River Dee) Results Summary – More details on Northern FF Fed web page

Sun 24th April – Northern FF Federation – R. Ure, Wensley – Overall Results: 1. Fred Bainbridge 2. Jon Barnes 3. Andrew Scott 4. Ian Greenwood 5. Stan Moore 6. Mike Dixon – Full results: 2016 Score Card (River Ure) Results Summary 2016 Score Card (River Ure) Results Summary – More details on Northern FF Fed web page

Country: Scotland

Venue: River Don

Dates: 22nd to 25th June (incl)

Match Date: Friday 24th June

Results:

1. Scotland (48 fish) 2340 fish points 44 placing points
2. Wales (44 fish) 2132 fish points 51 placing points
3. England (38 fish) 1944 fish points 52 placing points
4. Ireland (26 fish) 1249 fish points 56 placing points

Accommodation: Thainstone House Hotel, Inverurie 

Congratulations to Scotland for a decisive victory.

AT Team England FF were represented by: Andrew Scott (captain), Andy Cliffe, Phil Dixon, Chris Richardson, Simon Robinson, Cameron Craigs (reserve), and Mike Tinnion (manager).

Full results: iffarivers2016

Country:IRELAND

Venue:Lough Lein

Dates:24th to 28th May (incl)

Match date:Friday 27th May

Accommodation:Randles Hotels, Killarney

Result:

1. England   18 fish  4.111kg
2. Wales   13 fish  3.302kg
3. Scotland  13 fish 2.788kg
4. Ireland   8 fish 1.780kg

Best Basket: Alan Steven (Scotland) 4 fish 0.907kg

Heaviest Trout: Marco Orsi (Wales) 0.430kg

(Image courtesy of John Horsey Fly Fishing Facebook http://www.facebook.com/JohnHorseyFlyFishing)

Top English Rod: John Horsey 3 fish 0.711kg

AT TEFF was represented by: Paul Angell (manager), Nick Dunn (captain), Charlie Abrahams, Tony Curtis, Ben Dobson, Ian Donaldson, Tony Donnelly, Bob Fitzpatrick, Brad Gifford, John Horsey, Carl Nixon, Richard Slater, Gilliaum Vermeulen, Paul Wild & Mark Withyman.

Congratulations to all AT TEFF team members for a convincing victory.

Full Results: iffa2016spring 

The Angling Trust reports: 4 Teams of 14 anglers representing England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales took part in the IFFA Spring Loch-Style International from 24th – 27th May 2016 at Lough Leane, Killarney, Ireland.

The Team members representing England were; Nick Dunn (Captain) Charlie Abrahams, Tony Curtis, Ben Dobson, Ian Donaldson, Tony Donnelly, Bob Fitzpatrick, Brad Gifford, John Horsey, Carl Nixon, Richard Slater, Gillaum Vermeulen, Paul Wild, Mark Withyman, Paul Angell (Manager).

In practice the conditions had varied from light winds to strong breezes, but match day saw the teams take to the water in bright sunshine with very little wind. The bulk of the fleet headed for Victoria Bay or Gaureen Bay, both of which had been found to hold good numbers of “keepers”.

Lough Leane is a wild brown trout fishery with a large head of small fish. To count as a keeper the fish had to measure 10” from the nose to the fork of the tail. Fishing to local association rules, the first 4 fish of takable size were to be killed, with any over 10” after this released after being measured and agreed with boatman and their boat partner. Released fish were to count as 250g in the final weigh in.

The team fished sink or midge tipped lines with nymphs and hoppers. In calm hot conditions, a heavy buzzer was fished on the point to take the flies down to where the fish were. It was hard work, needing high levels of concentration to react to the fast taking, small brown trout. Many undersized fish were landed and returned, but the tally of takeable fish rose slowly during the day. Conditions improved in the last hour of the match, with the heavy, oppressive air lifting as a breeze filled in, and some who had been struggling all day managed to hook and land those elusive 10”+ fish.

At the weigh in, all fish taken were checked to make sure they reached a minimum of 10”. No-one wanted any penalties for weighing in an undersized fish. England went to the scales first and recorded 18 takeable trout, with the best bag being 3 from multi-capped John Horsey.

Ireland, on their home water weighed in 8 fish, with both Scotland and Wales recording 13 fish. When the weights were announced, England took the gold by a clear margin, with Wales piping Scotland for second place on weight of fish, and Ireland in 4th.

Best bag of the day and winner of the Brown Bowl was Alan Steven of Scotland who weighed in 4 fish, and heaviest fish went to Marco Orsi of Wales with a brown Trout of 430g.

Paul Angell, Autumn Loch-Style Team Manager stated “It had been a great team performance, based on the sharing of knowledge and ideas to develop a strategy that produced a Gold medal in difficult conditions. He also thanked the organisers for putting on a good competition in beautiful surroundings, and the boatmen who helped the team practice prior to the match.

Many thanks go to all the team sponsors, with a particular thank you to Wychwood for supplying the team with their new Hybrid Jacket, and to Angling Trust for all their help and support. Also to all team members who helped raise funds towards the cost of the week.”

National Finals – Farmoor 1

Saturday 7th May 2016 – Individual Final

Results

National Champion: Iain Barr – 15 fish – 23 total pts 

2. Jim Tuck – 13 fish – 21 total pts

3. Dave Johns – 12 fish – 19 total pts

4. Rob Frame – 11 fish – 18 total pts

5. Paul Runec – 12 fish – 17 total pts

6. Andrew Scott – 10 fish – 17 total pts

7. Charlie Abrahams – 10 fish – 17 total pts

Full Results : ATTEFF national final IND 2016 FARMOOR TROUT FISHERY national

(Images courtesy of Thames Water Farmoor fishery/Angling Trust)

Sunday 8th May 2016 – Fritz ‘n Flies Annual Pairs Final

Champions: Dave Johns & Peter Runnells – 14 fish – 24 total pts

2. Peter Crowe & Brian Lillie – 15 fish – 23 total pts

3. James Stephenson & Paul Runec – 13 fish – 22 total pts

4. Alex Johnstone & Tony Chipman – 13 fish – 21 total pts

5. Dean Appleby & Glen Appleby – 13 fish – 21 total pts

6. Chris Micalleff & Peter Appleby – 13 fish – 21 total pts

Full Results: FRITZNFLIES ANUAL PAIRS RESULTS FARMOOR 2016

Rules: atteff-rules-2016(v2)

Heats (dates and forms will be added as available)

May

Sunday 3rd – Walthamstow – Results: (Individual) 1. Tony Fox 2. Marco Volino 3. Harry Fox 4. Andrew Green – (Pairs) 1. Tony Fox & Harry Fox 2. Andrew Green & Andrew Smith – Full Results: Greys Bank Results

Saturday 9th – Knitsley Mill – Results: (Individual) 1. Paul Runec 2. Conor Metcalf 3. Colin Harris 4. Robbie Dodds – (Pairs) 1. Conor Metcalf & Lee Wilkinson – Full Results: Knitsley Mill Ind + Pairs 9-5-15

Saturday 9th – Blithfield (Individual & Pairs) CANCELLED due to lack of entries

Sunday 17th – Farmoor 1 – Results: (Individual) 1. Steve Cullen 2. Vince King 3. Jim Dillon 4. Frank Daley – (Pairs) 1. Steve Cullen & Phil Longstaff 2. Frank Daley & Vince King – Full Results: Farmoor heat

Sunday 24th – Chatton – Results: (Individual) 1. Rob Frame 2. Simon Robinson 3. Richard Haughton 4. Ryan Matthews – (Pairs) 1. Jim Tuck & Rob Frame – Full Results: Chatton + Pairs 24-5-15

Saturday 30th – Sharpley Springs – Results: (Individual) 1. Anth Meadows 2. Jim Tuck 3. Phil Burgess 4. Robbie Dodds – (Pairs) 1. Glen Appleby & Dean Appleby – Full Results: Sharpley + Pairs 30-5-15

June

Saturday 6th – Langley Dam  – Results: (Individual) 1. Anth Meadows 2. Robbie Dodds 3. Lee Cartmail 4. James Stephenson – (Pairs) 1. Anth Meadows & Robbie Dodds – Full Results: Langley Dam + Pairs 6-6-15

Saturday 13th – Aldin Grange – Results: (Individual) 1. Chris Micallef 2. Colin Harris 3. Ben Race 4. Jim Tuck – (Pairs) 1. Chris Micallef & Peter Appleby – Full Results: Aldin Grange + pairs 14-6-15

Sunday 21st – Thrunton – Results: (Individual) 1. Gareth Tilley 2. Brian Lillie 3. Peter Crowe – (Pairs) 1. Brian Lillie & Peter Crowe

July

Saturday 11th – Knitsley Mill – Results: (Individual) 1. Peter Crowe 2. Ryan Matthews – (Pairs) 1. Ryan Matthews & Carl Malpass

August

Sunday 9th – Innis – Results: (Individual) 1. Dave Johns 2. Peter Runnells 3. Steve Wiggins

September

Saturday 26th – Westlow Mere – Results: (Individual) 1. Simon Caddy 2= John Oliver & Jack Hardy

Sunday 27th – Press Manor – Results: (Individual) 1. Bernie Maher 2. Graham Kennerly

October

Sunday 4th – Chatton – Results: (Individual) 1. Trevor Wadds 2. Peter Davison 3. Robbie Bell – (Pairs) 1. Simon Robinson & Andrew Scott

Saturday 31st – Chatton – Results: (Individual) 1. Lee Wilkinson 2. Brian Davis 3. Malcom Robinson – (Pairs) 1. James Stephenson & Paul Runec

November

Sunday 8th – Barnsfold (Individual & Pairs) Entry Form (Individual) Barnsfold 8th nov ind (Pairs) Barnsfold 8th nov pairs

Saturday 14th – Elinor – Results: (Individual) 1. Paul Haskey 2. Andrew Scott 3. Iain Barr – (Pairs) 1. Paul Haskey & Ed Foster

Sunday 29th – Blackdyke (Individual & Pairs) Entry Form (Individual) Blackdyke 29th nov IND (Pairs) Blackdyke 29st nov pairs

December

Sunday 6th – Innis (Individual) Entry Form (Individual) Innes 6th Dec IND

Sunday 27th – Rib Valley (Individual & Pairs) Entry Form (Individual) Rib Valley IND 27-12-15 (Pairs) Rib Valley 27-12-15 pairs

Summary of Key Points & Actions – 5th March 2016 

1. Key Positions Filled 

a. World Team Manager: Paul Page

b. European Team Manager: Martin Dixon

c. Rivers International Manager: Mike Tinnion

d. Bank International Manager: Alan Jenkins

e. Loch Style National Coordinator: John Mees

f. Loch Style Qualifiers Coordinator: Ian Colclough

2. Interim Executive 

a. Paul Page

b. Stuart Wardle

c. Ben Thompson (Angling Trust)

Proposal for next committee meeting that exec should contain 1 x International Manager, 1 x Domestic Coordinator, 1 x independent member and 1 x Angling Trust representative

3. Action Plan & Priorities

The committee recognise there are a number of key priorities that need to be addressed within AT TEFF activities. The committee will develop an Action Plan outlining key areas of work. The plan will contain objectives that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time bound

4. A number of key positions on committee remain vacant 

a. Secretary

b. Loch Style International Coordinator

c. 5 Nations Manager

d. Coaching & Development Manager

e. Bank International coordinator

f. Bank National Qualifiers Coordinator

g. Bank National Coordinator

h. Rivers Team Manager post 2016

i. Bank Team Manager post 2016

AT TEFF to continue to promote vacancies and encourage applications at any time

5. John Ball to stand down from fundraising activities as of 1st April 2016 

6. Sponsorship identified as key area moving forward 

AT TEFF to develop a sponsorship strategy

7. AT TEFF propose to submit a European Team for 2016 subject to team being self funded. Insufficient funds to contribute to teams participation

8. No team to be submitted to Masters due to lack of interest at this point however AT TEFF will continue to pursue the opportunity to submit to team to the Masters in Ireland 2016

9. No team to be submitted to 5 Nations event due to vacant managerial position. England will not host the 2016 competition. ambition is to submit a team for future competitions

10. AT TEFF to consider methods to improve communication with anglers and increase the profile of Team England Fly Fishing

Summary of Key Points & Actions from meeting 5th March 2016 FINAL

Carl Nixon of Matchman Flies has arranged some fundraising competitions for the AT TEFF Loch-style Teams in 2016.

Thrunton Fly Fishery – Saturday 16th January – £25 – Fishing & Lunch provided (only a few places remain for this one)

Elinor Trout Fishery – Saturday 20th February – £25 – Fishing

Chatton Trout Fishery – Saturday 19th March – £25 – Fishing & Lunch provided

Please contact Carl Nixon – email Matchmanflies@gmail.com

Here is a list of AT TEFFIC (Angling Trust Team England Fly Fishing International Committee) teams for 2016, as agreed by the AT TEFFIC recently: AT TEFFIC Teams for 2016

2nd World Masters Fly Fishing Championship: Galway, Ireland 2016 13th – 19th June

Lough Inagh

The 2016 World Masters Championship will be held on the wild and beautiful Loughs of Connemara in June 2016.

AT TEFFIC propose to select a team to compete and are now seeking potential team members. The 4 Team members must be 50 or older (hence Masters) and have at least 2 International Caps.

The Championship will be based at the Connacht Hotel, Renmore, Galway, Ireland, with registration Monday 13th and departure Sunday 19th June.

There will be 2 official practice sessions along with 2 Lough Boat and 2 Lough Bank 3 hour competition sessions. The Boat sessions will be on Loughs Corrib (at Cornamona) and Inagh; the Bank sessions will be on Loughs Fee and Muck. The Championship will be fished to FIPS-Mouche rules.

Eligible Species will be; Wild Brown Trout; Wild Sea Trout and Wild Atlantic salmon.

No funding is available, so all costs will be borne by the team members.

The participation cost for the Championship will be 1150 Euros for each team member, however this excludes any flight, ferry or transport costs, or any additional non Championship period accommodation and practice costs. There is a reduced charge for non-fishing accompanied guests.

If you have at least 2 International caps and are seriously interested in representing England in this World Masters Championship, would you please contact Ian Greenwood by email; ian3greenwood@btinternet.com and include a brief resume of the skills and experience you would bring to the team.

The closing date for expressions of interest is 11th December 2015

Invitation: 2016 Ireland Masters Web Page Invitation (Word) 2016 Ireland Masters Web Page Invitation (pdf)

The Angling Trust is inviting experienced, passionate and dedicated volunteers to support and deliver domestic and international game angling events through its Team England Fly Fishing Competitions Committee.

In 2014 Team England Fly Fishing (TEFF) fully integrated within the Angling Trust Competitions structure to create Angling Trust Team England Fly Fishing (AT TEFF). To ensure a smooth changeover during this period a Transition Plan was laid out by the committee. The final stages of this plan called for an open recruitment process for all volunteer roles within the new AT TEFF structure.

Volunteer roles include World and European Team Managers, 5 Nations, Rivers and Bank Team Managers, Loch Style, Rivers and Bank International Coordinators, Coaching & Development Pathway Manager, Loch Style Qualifier and National Coordinators, Bank Qualifier and National Coordinators, Rivers Qualifier and National Coordinators.

Anyone interested in getting involved can find role descriptions, person specification and application form on the Angling Trust website

Applicants should complete an application form and diversity monitoring form available at http://www.anglingtrust.net/vacancies and send them marked “Personal” to: Ben Thompson, Angling Trust, Strelley Hall, Strelley, Nottingham, NG8 6PE, or via email to ben.thompson@anglingtrust.net

Closing date for applications is Friday 18th December 2015. Appointments will be made by 31st January 2016.

Further information can be obtained through Ben Thompson (Senior Competitions & Talent Development Manager) on 07854 240 177 or through Stuart Wardle (AT TEFF Governance Secretary) on 07904 278 889

Press Release: Press Release