Angling Trust Team England Fly Fishing

We invite postal & email bids for the fishing and other interesting lots, listed under the ‘Auction’ tab on the menu above. All have been generously donated to raise funds for TEFF, and we extend our sincere thanks to all our donors.

Bids must be submitted either via the bidding form or by email. They must reach the Auctioneer no later than midnight on Saturday 28th February 2015. Receipt of individual bids cannot be acknowledged. The highest bid received for each lot will be the one accepted. In the event of there being two or more identical bids for the same lot, the first bid received by the Auctioneer will be the winning bid. Notification letters/emails will be sent out in March to the successful bidders requesting settlement by return. If payment is not received within five days the lot will be offered to the second highest bidder.

Fishing must be taken during the 2015 season. Guide prices are only an indication and some lots are expected to attract far more. For most of the fishing lots you will be accompanied by one of England’s top competition fly-fishers. This is a unique opportunity to learn how new techniques, fly patterns and methods which can improve your catch rate and increase your enjoyment of this wonderful sport. All proceeds will go to help fund Team England Fly Fishing in International fly fishing competitions so please be generous in your bidding and good luck to you all.

To help us publicise this Auction, we would be very grateful if you could please download, and display or distribute, our accompanying Flier: TEFF Auction flier (FINAL)

Commencing with the 2015 season, boat anglers will be able to enter as many Loch-style Qualifiers as they wish. Final details of venues and dates are still to be worked upon, however, we are optimistic that we shall be in a position to take entries from mid-January 2015. A full set of Entry Process Rules and Match Rules will be available, along with a Risk Assessment. Entries and payments will be taken online or by the usual methods of post and cheque. An online database is being developed that will allow entrants to see if they lie in a qualifying place – again this should be available by mid-January. Entries will be taken centrally via a link on this website so watch this space.

Ian Colclough, Treasurer, AT/TEFF

Here is a list of the AT TEFF Loch-style squads for 2015 as verified at a AT TEFF meeting on Sunday 7th December 2014: England Loch-Style Squads for 2015

Sunday 7th December 2014, commencing at 2.00pm

Strelley Hall, Strelley, Nottingham, NG8 6PE

You are cordially invited to an AT TEFF Open Forum for all anglers or persons interested in English International and Competitive Fly Fishing. This is your opportunity to ask questions, raise an issue, or just find out more from the AT Team England Fly Fishing Committee representatives.

Venue: http://www.strelley.com/strelley-hall-location.html

Poster: ATTEFF Open Forum Notice 7 Dec 2014

Ireland won the recent 2014 Bank International fished on Ross and Dunnydeer Lakes at Chatton Trout Fishery, Alnwick, Northumberland, just nine placing points ahead of England. A good start by Ireland in the morning session was followed by England narrowing the gap in the afternoon. Top individual and captor of the largest fish at 63cms was AT Team England FF’s Ryan Matthews.

1. Ireland                111 placing pts    36 fish   58.0 longest fish   37340 fish pts

2. England             120 placing pts    39 fish   63.0 longest fish   39740 fish pts

3. Wales                 176 placing pts    23 fish   56.4 longest fish   23540 fish pts

4. Scotland            193 placing pts    22 fish   59.0 longest fish   22500 fish pts

Full Results: 2014 Bank International Results 

The AT Team England FF Bank Team was: 

Chris Micallef (Captain); Rob Frame; Ryan Matthews, Bernie Maher; Mark Harrison; Steve Cochrane; and Alan Jenkins (Manager).

The team was supported by Team Clothing sponsor John Grant of Grantz Custom Fishing Clothing http://www.Grantz.co.uk

AT TEFF Manager Alan Jenkins reports:

Ireland held off a strong challenge from England to claim victory in the 5th Bank International. Ireland secured Team Gold. Top Individual and Longest fish, was Ryan Mathews from England. 

Teams had been practising since the weekend at the superb Chatton fishery. Using Dunnydeer and Ross Lakes the fishing was very consistent and challenging. 120 fish were caught in total on competition day, rod average 5 fish per rod.  Weather had been blustery during practice and the fishing challenging, until competition day and the wind dropped, temperatures rose and the teams targeted rising fish. After the morning session Ireland had a narrow lead over England with Scotland and Wales a little distance behind.  A consistent team effort saw Ireland maintain their lead to secure the ‘Founding Nations Cup’. 

Team Ireland Campbell Baird (Captain) Brian Kerr, Harry McAteer, Joe Quinn, Conor Cunningham, Hubert Smith and Manager Darren Wallace. Individual Winner Ryan Matthews England – 10 fish  – 5 Place Points  – 10,640 Fish Points Longest Fish: Ryan Matthews England with a fish of 63cms

Chatton fishery proved to be excellent hosts with superb facilities complimenting the close competition, and my sincere thanks to Roger and his wife Ali. 

The Innis Qualifiying heat will now be held on SUNDAY OCTOBER 26th conditions have improved considerably with the change in the weather and as such this event should fish well for all competitors. All anglers to meet at 9am for 9.30 start time…Please let Dave know that you are entering prior to the day.

Payment to enter this qualifier can be made on the day.

This match will be pegged, with the competitors changing pegs every hour, so that everybody will fish every peg. A draw will be held to pick everybody’s first peg.

Dave at the fishery 01726 852382

19th-20th September – Rutland Water

Top 4

1st John Horsey – 5 place points

2nd Rob Barden – 18 place points

3rd Martin Burgess – 25 place points

4th Mark Withyman – 27 place points

Clive Collier, AT TEFF chairman, presents Individual Champion trophy to John Horsey

Autumn Loch-style Manager, Paul Angell reports: Over two days of exceptional fishing at Rutland Water, John Horsey emerged as the clear National Champion with a brilliant display of consistent angling, taking first place on Friday and fourth on Saturday, giving him a total of 5 place points, 13 ahead of second placed Rob Barden from Kent who finished with 18 place points, finishing eighth on Friday and tenth on Saturday.

John fished dries across Manton bay to take his eight fish limit by 1.35pm on Friday, and 3.08pm on Saturday. Overall the anglers found the fishing tougher on the second day, with 37 anglers reaching their 8 fish limit on the Friday, but only 10 managing it on the following day.

As well as John and Rob, the other anglers qualifying to fish for Team England in next year’s Spring and Autumn Internationals were: Martin Burgess, Mark Withyman, Gary Haskins, Mike Heritage, Tony Baldwin, Frank Sumnall, Pete Kempton, Richard Wood, Craig Smith, James Atkinson, Chris Bobby, Joel Beeney, Gary Morris, Carl Malpass, Brad Gifford, Paul Davison, Lee Bartlett, Kim Green, Lloyd Pallett, Steve Cullen, Ian Colclough, Mark Glass, John Hardy, Richard Slater, Paul Golding and Mark Stevens 

The AT TEFF squad for the 2015 Spring & Autumn Home Internationals

Another convincing victory for AT Team England FF!!

1. England (94 fish) 175-9-2

2. Scotland (84 fish) 155-5-12

3. Wales (65 fish) 118-10-8

4. Ireland (51 fish) 90-2-0

Brown Bowl: Phil Dixon, England – (19 fish)

Full Results: iffa2014autumn

AT Team England FF have followed their victory in the Spring Home International at Lough Owel with another convincing performance on Brenig. Well done to all of the AT Team England FF team: 

Phil Dixon (captain), Lee Bartlett, Paul Bebb, John Bowen, David Currie, Peter Elliott, Ryan Feber, André Gysler, John Hood, Tim Joyce, Michael Laycock, Gary Owen, Simon Robinson, Mark Rose & Paul Angell (manager).

Paul, our new Loch Style Manager for the Autumn International team reports: “After three days practice in light wind and often bright sunshine, the teams from the four home nations took to the water on match day, in overcast conditions with a slightly stronger breeze and a wind shift to a steady Southerly. The boats scattered to various parts of the lake, with many heading to the Northern end of the lake which had been producing fish all week. However, the change in conditions had obviously affected the fish, and soon boats were seen moving to other areas to try to locate fish that were willing to take, with varying degrees of success.

The England team tactics were to use Boobies, Dabblers, and foam-bodied Daddies on a variety of lines, according to the depth at which the fish were found on the day, popping the flies through the surface to start with, and holding on the hang at the end of the retrieve. Team captain Phil Dixon led by example, putting together a Brown Bowl winning score of 19 fish, eight more than his nearest rival, and was well supported by his team members who came in with a total of 94 fish, ten ahead of Scotland in second place, Wales with 64 in third, and Ireland with 51 in fourth.

I regard this as a great team performance, based on the sharing of knowledge and ideas to develop a winning strategy, and an outstanding captain’s performance to comfortably take the individual top position by Phil Dixon.

The team wish to thank all the sponsors of Team England Fly Fishing for their help and support, and particularly Craghoppers for supplying the team clothing for the event.”

Paul’s Bio: Age 59, a retired schoolteacher from the West Midlands with almost 40 years experience of fly fishing. I have represented England at Loch-Style 3 times between 2011-13, including captaining the side at the Lake of Menteith in 2013. In addition I am Chairman of “The Nomads” Flyfishing Club and act as an education advisor for the Countryside Alliance Fishing 4 Schools project

 The 2014 FIPS-Mouche European Fly Fishing Championships is being held on the 12th-18th August in the Jämtland region of Sweden, on the Ammerån river, and the Öravattnet and Ösjön lakes.

Programme:

12th Aug – Opening Parade.

13th-14th Aug – Official Practice. 

15th-17th Aug – Competition Days

18th Aug – Closing Awards Ceremony

You will find more information at the official website here, and on their Facebook page here

Team England FF is represented by: Scott Nellins, Simon Robinson, Andy Croucher, Tony Baldwin, Lewis Hendrie, and Ian Greenwood (manager/captain/reserve)

In the first session Andrew Croucher came 4th, Scott Nellins 5th and Tony Baldwin 9th in their sections on the Ammerån river, with Simon Robinson 6th on Öravattnet lake (boat), and Lewis Hendrie one of thirteen anglers who suffered a blank on Ösjön lake (boat) where only one fish was caught. Individual results after first session: Ses1Indiv The Czech Republic was in the lead with 24 placing points, ahead of Spain with 30 points, with England in 3rd place with 35 points. Team results after first session: Ses1Team

In the second session Simon Robinson came 2nd, Scott Nellins came 4th and Tony Baldwin 11th in their sections on the Ammerån river, with Lewis Hendrie 4th on Öravattnet lake (boat). The Ösjön lake (boat) continued to be a hard section and saw only two fish caught in this session, with Andrew Croucher one of a dozen anglers who failed to catch. With two 1st places the Czech Tomas Adam was currently leading in the Individual results, with Simon Robinson 10th and Scott Nellins 11th: AfterSes2Indiv The Czech Republic was still the first placed team with 49 points, with Spain 2nd with 55 points, Poland 3rd with 62 points, and England 4th with 67 points: AfterSes2Team

In the third session Tony Baldwin came 3rd, Simon Robinson came 6th and Lewis Hendrie 11th in their sections on the Ammerån river, with Andrew Croucher 2nd on Öravattnet lake (boat). Scott Nellins did exceptionally well to win his session on the Ösjön lake (boat), which again only saw two fish caught, and this performance pushed him into 3rd place in the Individual rankings, behind Ander Perez (Spain) and Tomas Adam (Czech) who was still in 1st place with two firsts and a second. Simon Robinson was 9th: AfterSes3Indiv With 79 points Spain were just one point behind the Czech Republic on 78 points, with England back in 3rd place with 90 points, two ahead of Poland: AfterSes3Team

In the fourth session England put in another good performance which saw Lewis Hendrie winning his section on the the Ammerån river, with Simon Robinson 4th and Andrew Croucher 8th. Although Tony Baldwin failed to catch on the Ösjön lake (boat), which again only saw two fish caught, Scott Nellins scored another lake win on Öravattnet lake (boat), which helped him keep his 3rd place in the Individual rankings, behind Ander Perez (Spain) and Tomas Adam (Czech) both of whom caught in their Ösjön lake session. Simon Robinson is now 7th: AfterSes4Indiv With the Czech Republic dropping to 4th place, Spain have moved into 1st with 103 points, ahead of England in 2nd with 117 points, one point ahead of Poland on 118: AfterSes4Team

In the fifth and final session England experienced mixed fortunes on the Ammerån river, with Lewis Hendrie coming 3rd and Andrew Croucher 8th in their sections, but Scott Nellins unable to score. Tony Baldwin finished 9th on Öravattnet lake (boat), while the Ösjön lake (boat) sector was another struggle, producing just one fish, with Simon Robinson failing to catch. Individually, Tomas Adam (Czech) finished with an exceptional run of four first places and a second for just 6 points to become European Champion, ahead of Ander Perez (Spain) with 15 points in 2nd, and former Champion Martin Droz (Czech) in 3rd with 22 points. Scott Nellins finished 7th, with Simon Robinson 17th, Lewis Hendrie 19th, Andrew Croucher 20th, and Tony Baldwin 39th: AfterSes5Indiv Having figured in a medal position for much of the competition, England finished in 4th place with 163 points, behind Poland in 3rd with 154 points, and Spain in 2nd with 146 points. After staging a dramatic recovery in the final session, the Czech Republic are the European Champions with 143 points: AfterSes5Team

Stirling, Scotland, 8th-9th August 

Top 3 Teams:

1.England B 58 fish 47700 fish pts 79 place pts

2. England A 59 fish 46580 fish pts 79 place pts

3. Scotland A 53 fish 45180 fish pts 80 place pts

AT TEFF England B with Manager Alan Jenkins & Stuart Wardle – Team Gold

This competition took place on Friday-Saturday 8th-9th August, and was fished under FIPS-Mouche rules. Programme:  5N Provisional Programme – FINAL The two boat venues were Lake of Menteith and Loch Carron, with the two rivers the Carron and the Devon. Practice waters were the River Clyde and the Endrick Water. The eight anglers representing AT TEFF were: Terry Phillips, Robert Brown, Graham Lumsdon, Tony Fox, Ben Bangham, Paul Lee, Steve Cullen & Harry Fox.

AT TEFF England A – Team Silver

Alan Jenkins, AT TEFF Manager reports: The first ever 5 Nations Fly Fishing Competition proved a great success as part of the Stirling International Angling Festival. The Competition attracted multiple teams from France, Ireland, England, Scotland and one team with competitors from both Belgium and Luxembourg. The event was fished at four venues – the River Carron, the River Devon, Carron Valley Fishery and the Lake of Menteith.

Robert Brown Individual Winner – Gold

Team England B took Gold with Team England A taking Silver and Team Scotland A collecting a very creditable bronze. The medal team results are here 5N Top 3 Teams 2014

The Individual Gold was won by Robert Brown – England A, with Silver going to Kenny Riddell – Scotland A, and Bronze to Paul Lee – England B. The full individual results are here 5N Leader Board 2014

The success of the event was only made possible by the support from local clubs and fisheries who allowed the use of their waters for both competition and practice. Thanks must also go to the large number of volunteer controllers, officials and sector supervisors, who gave up their time to help make this event such a success. The feedback from the competitors was full of praise for the venues and the enthusiasm and helpfulness of the volunteers.

Paul Lee Individual Third – Bronze

It has been some time since England Fly Fishing entered two teams A & B to compete in Internationals. A decision to decide who fished in which team wasn’t that difficult as all eight anglers have equal angling abilities. Both teams all agreed from the beginning the only way was to ensure they all shared flies methods and tactics, both teams worked as one with the results showing AT TEFF winning the Gold and Silver medals and Individual Gold and Bronze.

I must say it was an honour and privilege to act as team manager to a great team of anglers, with such talent it bodes well for AT TEFF for future Internationals both at home and World and European championships.

My sincere thanks to SANA and Gillies Breckenridge and all those involved for their assistance in this inaugural International competition.

The event next year will be held in Ireland.