Angling Trust Team England Fly Fishing

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of Mike Childs, a great angler who gave so much of his life to representing his country and organising the international fly competitions for seniors and juniors. Mike was central to the England International and World squads for many years and became a very successful team manager. In particular he developed close relationships with other European angling organisations arranging many exchange trips for the senior and youth teams and served as President of the International Fly Fishing Association. Latterly he was the President of the England Youth Fly Fishing Association and gave many years to supporting the younger generation of anglers through national and international competitions. Mike will be sadly missed by so many anglers across the world and our thoughts are with his wife Valerie.

National Finals, Westlow Mere:

Individual – Saturday 5th October

Team – Sunday 6th October

Heats (further dates and venues will be added)

March

Sun – 3rd Chatton (Individual & Team) 18 fished – 12 individuals & 5 teams – Individuals: 1st Gordon Swain 2nd Simon Robinson 3rd Andrew Scott – Teams: 1st Chatton Chasers 2nd Blobbies
Sat – 9th Wansford (Individual & Team) 13 fished – 12 individuals & 3 teams – Individuals: 1st Lee Haslam 2nd Jim Tuck 3rd James Stephenson – Teams: Jubilee Flyfishers
Sun 17th – Sharpley Springs (Individual & Team) 23 fished – 18 individuals & 5 teams – Individuals: 1st Glen Appleby 2nd Anthony Meadows 3rd Dean Appleby – Teams: 1st Stonebridge AAAs 2nd Goonies
Sat 23rd – Toft Newton (Individual & Team) 13 fished – 12 individuals & 1 team (2nd team pulled out due to adverse weather for travelling) – Individuals: 1st Rob Frame 2nd Neil Deakin 3rd Peter Appleby – Team: Toft Trout.com
Sun 31st – Knitsley Mill (Individual & Team) 23 fished – 13 individuals & 5 teams – Individuals: 1st Paul Runec 2nd Trevor Wadds 3rd Blyth Palmer – Teams: 1st G Loomis

April

Sat 6th – Seighford (Individual & Team) 23 fished – Individuals: 1st Mark Harrison 2nd Tim Gilchrist 3rd Terry Phillips – Teams: 1st Marton
Sun 14th – Aldin Grange (Individual & Team) 14 fished – 12 individuals & 2 teams – Individuals: 1st Josh Fenton 2nd Ryan Mathews 3rd Tracey Davison – Teams: 1st Rainbow Warriors
Sun 21st – Westlow Mere (Individual & Team) 14 fished – 12 individuals & 2 teams – Individuals: 1st Colin Harris 2nd Harry Saxton 3rd Mike Dixon – Teams: 1st Seighford Sharks
Sun 21st – Walthamstow reservoirs (Individual & Team) 12 fished – 12 individuals & 2 teams – Individuals: 1st Mark Thomas 2nd Jim Dillon 3rd Lee Bartlett – Teams: 1st London Irish – Full Results Greys Bank Results
Sat 27th – Langley Dam  (Individual & Team) 19 fished – 8 individuals & 4 teams – Individuals: 1st Gareth Tilley 2nd Steve Cochrane – Teams: 1st Goonies

May

Sat 4th – Bushyleaze (Individual & Team) 13 individuals & 2 teams – Individuals: 1st Adrian Judd (unable to fish the final) 2nd Dave Wortley 3rd= John Page & Howard Leatherdale – Teams: Southern Feds                                                                                          Sat 25th – Bank House (Individual & Team) 11 fished – 9 individuals & 1 team – Individuals: 1st Graeme Kennerly 2nd Malcom Proudlock – Team: Westlow Wackers

July

Sun 21st – Innis Fishery (Individual) 11 fished – 1st Paul Jones 2nd Dave Jones                 Sun 28th – West House (Individual) 12 fished – 1st Andy Taylor 2nd Peter Crow 3rd Chris Micallef

August

Sat 3rd – Press Manor (Individual) 12 fished – 1st Bernie Maher 2nd Andy Miller 3rd Adam Hirst

Sat 10th – Knitsley Mill (Individual & Team) 13 fished, including 2 teams – Individuals: 1st Mark Howard 2nd Ben Race 3rd Bill Thompson – Teams: 1st MBB

Sun 18th – Innis Fishery (Individual & Team) Individuals: 1st Peter Runnalls 2nd Dave Higgins 3rd Len Nottle – Teams: 1st Innes 1

Sun 18th – Aldin Grange (Team) 1st Consett Budgies 18pts 11 fish 2nd Derwent Valley Fly Fishers 18pts 10 fish

The 2013 Rivers National will be held on the River Dart, on the weekend of 13th-14th July 2013. Federation of Peninsular Flyfishers.

(by federation)

Army

Usually fished at Rutland over two consecutive days. The actual dates cannot be published for security reasons. Please contact the secretary Si Elson for more details.

East Anglia

Fished over two days on Hanningfield, points total from both days determines qualifiers.

(1) 12th May – Hanningfield – 16 fished: 1st Lloyd Pallet 21-13-0 2nd Lee Bartlett 20-12-0 3rd Tim Joyce 20-4-0 4th Clive Morgan 20-0-0 5th Gary Morris 18-12-0

(2) 16th June – Hanningfield

Midlands

Fished over two days, points total from both days determines qualifiers.

(1) 16th June – Rutland Water – 33 fished: 1st Ashley Davis 2nd Steve Ellerbeck 3rd Geoff Makin 4th Frank Sumnall 5th Tony Curtis 6th Graham Willis 7th Chris Bobby 8th Harley Smith 9th Graham Pearson 10th Chris MacLeod – Full Results FMFFA Round 1 Qualifier 2013 – Rutland

(2) 30th June – Grafham Water – 33 fished: 1st Chris MacLeod 2nd Ashley Davis 3rd Tony Curtis 4th David Moore 5th Steve Cullen 6th Gareth Tilley 7th Charlie Abrahams 8th Graham Pearson 9th Chris Bobby 10th Mark Haycock

Overall Qualifiers: 1st Ashley Davis (3pts) 2nd Tony Curtis (8pts) 3rd Chris MacLeod (11pts) 4th Chris Bobby (16pts) 5th Steve Cullen (17pts) 6th Graham Pearson (17pts) 7th Harley Smith (22pts) 8th Graham Willis (22pts) 9th Steve Ellerbeck (22pts) 10th Charlie Abrahams (23pts) – Full Results FMFFA Round 2 Qualifier 2013 – Grafham

Northern

Three separate qualifiers.

14th April – Stocks – more information here: 2013 Northern Federation Qualifiers & forms

26th May – Kielder Water – more information here: 2013 Northern Federation Qualifiers & forms

22nd & 23rd June (Fished over two days) – Stocks – more information here: 2013 Northern Federation Qualifiers & forms

Peninsula

28th April – Blagdon – 27 fished: 1st Paul Jones 2nd Tony Chipman 3rd Matt Kingdom 4th Dave Drake 5th Pete Kempton 6th Steve Ebdon 7th Denis Symonds 8th John Glanfield – Full Results Blagdon 2013 Results Summary 

RAF

Usually fished at Grafham over two consecutive days. The actual dates cannot be published for security reasons. Please contact the secretary Dave Newing for more details.

Severn Trent

16th June – Blithfield – 46 fished: 1st Steve Peart 2nd Mike Dixon 3rd Malcom Sargeant 4th John Calvert 5th Gary Owen 6th Eddie Upton 7th Phil Dixon 8th Lee Patten 9th Mark Harrison 10th Mike Laycock 11th Phil Longstaff 12th Mike Lightfoot – Full Results: Severn Trent Loch-style Qualifier 

South East

Fished over two days, points total from both days determines qualifiers.

(1) 26th May – Bewl Water – 28 fished: 1st Vince Brooks 2nd Nick Cox 3rd Ray French 4th Clive Collier 5th Ian Watts 6th Dave Crouch 7th Joel Beeney 8th Len Childs 9th Martin Wright 10th Baz Reece – Full Results 130526 SEFF First Leg(1)

(2) 23rd June – Bewl Water – 1st Gilliam Vermeulen 2nd Joel Beeney 3rd Vince Brooks 4th Andrew Green 5th Mike Heritage 6th Len Childs 7th Nick Cox 8th Matthew Bosher 9th Rob Barden 10th Mick Priest

Overall Qualifiers: 1st Vince Brooks 4pts 2nd Joel Beeney 9pts 3rd Nick Cox 9pts 4th Gilliam Vermeulen 12pts 5th Len Childs 14pts 6th Ray French 15pts 7th Andrew Green 16pts 8th Mike Heritage 21pts

Southern

Two separate qualifiers.

14th April – Bewl Water – 19 fished: 1st John Pearn 2nd Paul Lee 3rd Lindsay Simpson 4th Clive Perkins 5th Bill Rankin – Full Results Bewl2013resultssheet

19th May – Chew Valley Lake – 38 fished: 1st Dale Burgess 2nd Mark Withyman 3rd Mark Miles 4th Martin Burgess 5th Gary Haskins – Full Results chewresultstestbw

Membership/Entry Form: Membership Chit 2013at More information on web page

South West

Note: The South West Federation will not be running a separate Loch-style qualifier this year. Instead, they will be combining with Southern Fly Fishers who will be holding their Chew Valley qualifier on the 19th May (see above for details).

(by federation)

Northern

Two separate qualifiers

Sunday 17th February 2013 – R. Dee, Maelor/Llangollen – more information here: 2013 Northern Federation Qualifiers & forms

Seven people fished this qualifier and everyone caught fish.

Results: Morning Winner – Tom Speak; Afternoon Winner – Terry Phillips; 1st Reserve/3rd Place – Andrew Scott; 2nd Reserve/4th Place – Andrew G Taylor

Full Results: 2013 River Dee Qualifier Results

Sunday 19th May 2013 – R. Ure, Wensley – more information here: 2013 Northern Federation Qualifiers & forms

14 fished – Overall Results: 1st Fred Bainbridge, 2nd Simon Robinson, 3rd Robbie Bell, 4th Dave Hudson, 5th Keith McAdam, 6th Pete Scholes

Full Results: 2013 River URE River Qualifier results

Peninsular

Saturday 25th May – River Teign, Fingle Bridge – membership and entry forms from Paul Jesney jesney@hotmail.co.uk

Severn Trent

Saturday-Sunday 26th-27th January 2013 – R. Dee, Maelor/Llangollen (Severn Trent Rivers Championship) – more information here

Results (top six) 1st Phil Dixon 9 fish 400 fish pts 3 place pts, 2nd Martin Dixon 3 fish 158 fish pts 4 place pts, 3rd Mark Harrison 3 fish 151 fish pts 4 place pts; 4th Ron Ayers 2 fish 88 fish pts 7 place pts, 5th Adrian Carless 2 fish 85 fish pts 10 place pts, 6th Graham Kennerley 4 fish 216 fish pts 11 place pts

Southern Fly Fishers

(two separate qualifiers)

Saturday 13th October 2012, Lower Itchen fishery – CANCELLED

Saturday 16th February 2013, R. Test, Wherwell – more information here

Results: Morning – 1st Robert Brown 2nd Andy Croucher; Afternoon – 1st Graham Lumsden 2nd Ben Bangham. 

Full Results: wherwell qual results 2013

South East FFF

Qualifier: Sunday 4th November 2012, Lower Itchen fishery

(Official Practice: Saturday 3rd November)

More information here

Spring Team

Saturday 23rd March, Bewl Water

Autumn Team

Saturday 6th July, Draycote Water

All squad members shall meet at 9.00am. Martin Introna, Boat Manager

Spring Loch-style team, Bewl Water 17th May

Richard Slater (Capt), John Ball, Robert Barden, Paul Canning, Steve Cullen, Anthony Fox, Harry Fox, John Hardy, John Horsey, Simon Kidd, Paul Lee, Denis Symonds, Roger Truscott, John Tyzack, Reserve – Steve Ottridge

Autumn Loch-style team, Lake of Menteith 20th September

Paul Angell (Capt), Glenn Appleby, Tom Bird, Martin Burgess, Howard Croston, Andy Croucher, Tom Davies, Paul Davison, Martin Griffiths, Gary Hedges, John Hood, Paul Kitchen, Mark Macleod, Steve Smalley, Reserve – Andrew Taylor

Martin Introna TEFF Boat Manager

This will held at either Blithfield or Draycote on 16th June 2013.

For more information contact Ian Colclough on ian.colclough@googlemail.com

The Northern Federation has published its outline programme for their 2013 Qualifiers.

River Qualifiers are being held on the River Dee in February, and the River Ure in May.

Loch-style Qualifiers are being held on Stocks in April and June, along with Kielder in May.

More Information, Rules & Entry Forms 2013 Northern Federation Qualifiers & forms

Further details can be found on the Northern Federation’s web-page here

4th November, Lower Itchen

Baz Reece won the recent South East Fly Fishers Federation Rivers Qualifier, scoring five fish in the morning session, which included a 41cms grayling, the largest of the match. This was just six points ahead of Tony Fox, who also scored five fish.

The afternoon session saw an already coloured river deteriorate further, with just three fish scored. The top six were: 1. Baz Reece 2. Gavin Walsh 3. Tony Fox 4. David Drake 5. Lindsay Simpson 6. Bill Rankin

Full results & report 2012 SEFFF Rivers Qualifier

(Images courtesy of Lindsay Simpson, who also has a report here)