Angling Trust Team England Fly Fishing

Paul Page (captain/manager), John Horsey, Phil Dixon, Simon Robinson, Howard Croston, John Tyzack and Scott Nellins (reserve) will represent Team England FF in the 2012 World Championships in Slovenia 2012 world team profiles

Wherwell Qualifier, Saturday 4^th February 2012.

Under new management, entrants to the SFF Wherwell qualifier arrived to find that the temperature reading was minus 10!! The River Keeper duly arrived to open up and found the gas regulators frozen for the cooker and heating gas frozen solid – Oh Joy.

Briefing completed, the anglers headed off briskly (not sure if this was enthusiasm or just a means to get warm!).

The morning session was traditionally slow – with the exception of Howard Croston, who led the way with 23 fish, including the biggest fish of the day at 46cm.

The afternoon was more prolific, Richard Wood in first place with 25 fish and two other anglers catching over twenty each.

Total fish landed for the morning session was 54, the afternoon being even more productive with 93 landed.

Results: Wherwell Results 4th Feb 2012

This event was held on the waters of the newly merged Llangollen Maelor Club on 28^th & 29^th January. Thanks are due to the club for their invaluable assistance.

On Saturday morning the Dee was up and coloured, but it fell and cleared nicely in dry frosty conditions. All of the competitors caught fish over the 2 days, and a total of 188 grayling were caught and returned.

Largest grayling was caught by Alan Carloss of Nantwich, a belting fish of 45cm. The winner was organiser Martin Dixon, and the likely qualifiers for the National Final on the Dart were;

Phil  Dixon                  20 fish             7 place points

Mike Dixon                 25 fish             9 place points

Graham Kennerley      12 fish             12 place points

Graham Willis             13 fish             14 place points

Glen Wright                10 fish             16 place points

Chris Ragin                 6 fish              20 place points

Ton Waslander       9 fish               21 place points Reserve

Loch-style

Stocks reservoir, Sunday 15th April (1 day event)

Stocks reservoir, Saturday-Sunday 16th-17th June (2 day event)

Kielder reservoir, Sunday 20th May (1 day event)

River

R. Dee, Maelor, Sunday 11th March (half day, as drawn)

R. Swale, Reeth, Sunday 3rd June (half day, as drawn)

More details, including Entry Forms & Rules on Northern Federation web page

Manager Martin Introna recently confirmed that Stena Line are sponsoring the Spring Home International loch-style team by offering reduced ferry rates. Martin added, “We appreciate Stena Line’s help and can fully endorse them as ferry operators”. The Spring Loch-style International will take place in May at Lough Sheelin, so the cost of travel and logistics to Ireland is a major consideration.

2012 Rivers National

This will be held on the River Dart on Sunday 15th July. Andrew Gooding will be the organiser, and will contact qualifiers in due course.

2012 Loch-style National

This will be held at Bewl Water on Friday 21st September. (A weekday has been chosen to avoid disruption by other water users.) John Mees is the organiser. Qualifying anglers will be notified once all loch-style qualifiers have been completed.

The Team England FF Annual General Meeting was held on 27th November 2011 at Egleton Bird Centre, Rutland Water.

During this meeting the new TEFF Constitution was ratified. For full details (incorporating all changes agreed at this meeting) see TEFF Constitution

Among other motions discussed, it was voted not to revert to the roll-over system for Loch-style International teams.

A motion proposing that anglers be allowed to enter as many qualifiers as they wish, ie multi-qualifier entry to Nationals, was withdrawn.

A motion proposing a two-day Loch-style National was defeated.

It was also agreed to assign a working party to look at the possibility of rationalising the current federations into fewer and larger organisations.

The possibilities for expansion of the Bank competition would also be examined.

For a full report see TEFF AGM 27-11-11

A squad day has been arranged for the Spring and Autumn teams at Rutland Water on Saturday 28th April 2012.

All team members are requested to attend, including the reserves. We shall be holding a fund-raiser on the same day, where the format will be run as a 30 boat ‘Pro-Am’ competition. If anyone would like to enter this event and have the chance to share a boat with a current England International, please contact me for full details. All proceeds will go towards the Loch-style teams.

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Martin Introna, Boat Manager

Following the meeting of the Team England Fly Fishing International Committee (TEFFIC), the World, Norwegian training, Loch-style, Rivers and Bank International teams have been selected, as ratified by the TEFF AGM.

2012 TEFFIC teams

Mike Heritage followed his victory in the Commonwealth fund-raiser on the same venue with a stunning 34 fish score in the afternoon, miles ahead of others fishing in the same session.

Overall results were: 1. Michael Heritage 2. Harry Fox            3. Tony Fox 4. Ray Burt 5. Terry Mann 6. Hector Rodriguez  7. Bill Rankin 8. Sean Brooks 9. Clive Collier 10. Andrew Green 11. Vince Brooks 12. Gavin Walsh 13. Paul Canning   14. Wesley Boyd

Full report on the South East federation web-page here