Country: WALES Venue: Llyn Clywedog Dates: 9th to 13th September (incl.) Match date: Thursday 12th September Accommodation: Metropole Hotel, Llandrindod Wells
RESULTS
1st Scotland 236 fish 484lbs 11ozs 2nd England 159 fish 326lbs 13ozs 3rd Ireland 127 fish 263lbs 9ozs 4th Wales 105 fish 219lbs 7ozs
Top Individual Bag: Michael Low (Scotland) 35 fish 70lbs 4ozs
Heaviest Trout: Paul Tweddle (England) 3lbs 15ozs
Congratulations to Scotland on a convincing victory.
START
AT TEFF Marketing & Sponsorship executive Keith Wallace reports: ‘The practice days saw some changeable weather, including rain, a big drop in temperature and high winds. The international day saw cold spells, and hail and rain, with some moderate winds.’
DINNER & PRESENTATION
Congratulations to Richard Denney, who was the Top English Rod, winning the Grafham Trophy (see right and above) with a staggering 22 fish weighing 44lbs 15ozs. Well done, Richard!
AT Team England Fly Fishing was represented by: Gary Haskins (captain), Simon Bird, Sean Brooks, Richard Denney, Simon Gains, Dave Johns, Mark Macleod, Sean Porter, Ben Race, Paul Roach, Riccardo Saccone, Dom Sheratte, Richard Slater, Paul Tweddle & Paul Angell (manager).
TEAM SPONSORSHIP
The AT TEFF team for the Autumn Loch-style Home International was sponsored with corporate clothing by Envirofil Ltd, as part of their ongoing sponsorship commitment to Team England Fly Fishing.
Envirofil Directors: “We need to bring Fly Fishing to the surface, and we need to be focused on Team England’s image, and bring together Youth, Ladies, and all nationalities, to learn the sport, and fish for England, and their associated countries”
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Venue: River Eden, Appleby AA water Match Dates: 7th to 8th September (incl.) Entry: Through 2023-2024 Rivers Qualifiers
The Angling Trust reports: 2024 Rivers National – Held 7th & 8th Sep, Venue: River Eden, Appleby AA water. Congratulations to all who qualified and competed for this year’s prestigious AT TEFF Rivers National Championship. The river settled well and fished hard yet fair, with only the dying minutes of the final session on Sunday falling under the influence of a torrential downpour, that any earlier would have seen competitors climbing out of a coloured and rising river. Congratulations goes to an ever-popular angler amongst participants of past seasons’ qualifiers and finals. So well done to this year’s winner Paul Baker. Paul received a ruckus round of applause when he went up to collect his trophy. As stated, the Eden held her prized residents close over the two days, yet some truly impressive fish were landed too. Keith McAdam landing an impressive brown trout after a breathtaking fight, whilst Kevin Moran netted a chunk of a grayling that rose to his fly on a second offering. Of the big fish that reached to net, Karl Watson’s took the proverbial biscuit, deserving a picture here, what a lump!
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The 28th FIPS-Mouche European Fly Fishing Championships was held in Lesko-Krosno, Poland, from the 27th August to the 2nd September 2024.
AT TEFF was represented by: Bernie Maher(Captain/Manager), Simon Clarke, Brian Lillie, Gilliaum Vermeulen & Mark Withyman.
TEAM SPONSORSHIP
The AT TEFF European team was sponsored with corporate clothing by Envirofil Ltd, as part of their ongoing sponsorship commitment to Team England Fly Fishing.
Envirofil Directors: “We need to bring Fly Fishing to the surface, and we need to be focused on Team England’s image, and bring together Youth, Ladies, and all nationalities, to learn the sport, and fish for England, and their associated countries”
Paul Page: ‘The cons of European Championships’Sector 4 – River San, Lesko – Tuesday morning
OPENING CEREMONY
RESULTS
SESSION 1
England’s top performer on their first day of competition was Gilliaum Vermeulen, who caught seven fish on the River San, Hoczew, the dry fly only sector, to finish 7th. Elsewhere, Simon Clarke came 10th on the River San, Lesko, Bernie Maher 13th on the River San, Zwierzyn, and Mark Withyman 14th on the River San, Sanok. On the boat fishing sector, Myczkowce Reservoir, Brian Lillie was one of four competitors to blank. Out of 14 teams in the championship, England were lying in 13th place. Poland took an early lead, with 9 placing points, ahead of France 2nd with 20 pts, and the Czech Republic 3rd with 27 pts. Ireland were in 9th place with 40 pts.
SESSION 2
Gilliaum Vermeulen was again England’s top scorer on the second day, landing six fish for 3rd place on the River San, Lesko. On Myczkowce Reservoir, the boat sector, where nearly half the field failed to catch, Mark Withyman had a brace to finish in 7th place. On the other river sectors, Bernie Maher was 12th on the River San, Hoczew, the dry fly only sector, Brian Lillie was 13th on the River San, Zwierzyn, while Simon Clarke failed to catch on the River San, Sanok. England moved up one place to 12th, while Ireland remained in 9th place. Poland hung onto their 1st place with 37 placing points, with the Czech Republic overtaking France to move into 2nd with 46 pts, with France 3rd with 51 pts. Individually, two Poles, Szymon Konieczny and Michal Fejkiel were 1st and 3rd with 4 pts and 5 pts, with Lukas Horsky (Slovakia) 2nd with 4 pts.
SESSION 3
The third session saw Mark Withyman landing seven fish on the River San, Zwierzyn, to come 7th, with Gilliaum Vermeulen also coming 7th on the River San, Sanok, and Brian Lillie 8th on the River San, Hoczew, the dry fly only sector. Simon Clarke managed to avoid a blank on Myczkowce Reservoir, the boat sector, to come 12th, while Bernie Maher failed to score on the River San, Lesko. England dropped a place back to 13th, while Ireland moved up a place to 8th. Poland remained in 1st place on 67 placing points, with Spain moving into 2nd place on 76 pts, ahead of the Czech Repuboic 3rd with 83 pts. Individually, a 3rd in his sesson saw Szymon Konieczny (Poland) hang onto 1st place with 7 placing points, with Michal Fejkiel (Poland) moving into 2nd with 9 pts, with Lukas Horsky (Slovakia) also in 9 pts in 3rd place.
SESSION 4
In the penultimate session Mark Withyman landed six fish on the River San, Hoczew, the dry fly only sector, to come 3rd, while Bernie Maher finished 5th, with nine fish, on the River San, Sanok, and Simon Clarke was 11th on the River San, Zwierzyn. Like Simon had done in the previous session, Gilliaum Vermeulen also managed to avoid a blank on Myczkowce Reservoir, the boat sector, to come 12th, while Brian Lillie was 13th on the River San, Lesko. England moved up one place to 12th, while Ireland dropped a place to 9th. Poland remained in 1st place with 84 placing points, with the French moving into 2nd with 106 pts, ahead of the Czech Republic in 3rd with 110 pts. Three Poles now held the top individual places, led by Szymon Konieczny with 8 placing points, with Michal Fejkiel 2nd on 11 pts, and Adam Wnekowicz 3rd with 16 pts.
SESSION 5
The final session saw Simon Clarke get a 3rd place on the River San, Hoczew, the dry fly only sector, with eleven fish, and Mark Withyman finish 4th on the River San, Lesko, with four fish. Elsewhere, Brian Lillie came 9th on the River San, Sanok, while Gilliaum Vermeulen was 13th on the River San, Zwierzyn, and Bernie Maher was one of four competitors who were unable to avoid a blank on Myczkowce Reservoir, the boat sector. England finished the competition in 12th place, with Ireland in 9th. Poland were European Team Champions with 98 placing points, well ahead of France in 2nd on 135 pts, and the Czech Republic 3rd with 139 pts. Poland also had the top three Individuals, with Szymon Konieczny European Champion with 9 placing points, Michal Fejkiel 2nd on 16 pts, and Adam Wnekowicz 3rd with 17 pts.
Images: Remigiusz Ogonowski
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The AT TEFF European team was sponsored with corporate clothing by Envirofil Ltd, as part of their ongoing sponsorship commitment to Team England Fly Fishing.
Envirofil Directors: “We need to bring Fly Fishing to the surface, and we need to be focused on Team England’s image, and bring together Youth, Ladies, and all nationalities, to learn the sport, and fish for England, and their associated countries”
SECTORS
Sector 1 Lake MYCZKOWCE
A section of Myczkowce lake on River San. Length: ca. 2.5 km, width: 100 to 300 m. Depth: 1.5 to 12 m. Fish species: brown trout (Salmo trutta trutta m. fario) – 90%, rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) – 5%, grayling (Thymallus thymallus) – 5%. Accompanying species: northern pike (Esox lucius), european perch (Perca fluviatilis), common roach (Rutilus rutilus) and common whitefish (Coregonus sp.). Periodically there is water discharge from Solina reservoir of up to 350 m3/sec (in between discharges the water is practically still). The areas where water is still most of the time, feature abundant underwater vegetation. The competition sector starts at the bridge in Solina and ends at the dam in Myczkowce.
Sector 2 River SAN Zwierzyn
Average width: 80-100 m, depth: 0.5 m, water flow: 22.4 m3/sec. When the water is low, the flow is 8.0 m3/sec. The current speed is slow to medium fast. Fish species: brown trout – 40%, grayling – 60%, huchen (Hucho hucho) < 1%. Accompanying species: chub (Leuciscus cephalus), dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) and ide (Leuciscus idus). The competition water starts at the village of Zwierzyń and goes as far as the village of Średnia Wieś. In numerous places the water is rich in aquatic vegetation but it does not obstruct fly fishing. Eligible fish occurring: rainbow trout, brown trout, brook trout, lake trout, grayling, danubian salmon.
Sector 3 River SAN Hoczew (dry fly only)
Average width: 100 m, depth: 0.6 m, water flow: 22.4 m3/sec. When the water is low, the flow is 8.0 m3/sec. The current speed is slow to medium fast. Fish species: brown trout – 40%, grayling – 60%, huchen (Hucho hucho) < 1%. Accompanying species: chub (Leuciscus cephalus), dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) and ide (Leuciscus idus). The competition water starts at the village of Średnia Wieś and goes as far as the village of Łączki. In numerous places the water is rich in aquatic vegetation but it does not obstruct fly fishing.
Sector 4 River SAN Lesko
Average width: 100-120 m, depth: 0.7 m, water flow: 25.0 m3/sec. When the water is low, the flow is 8.0 m3/sec. The current speed is slow to medium fast. Fish species: brown trout – 40%, grayling – 60%, huchen (Hucho hucho) < 1%. Accompanying species: chub (Leuciscus cephalus), dace (Leuciscus leuciscus) and ide (Leuciscus idus). The competition water starts at the village of Łączki and goes as far as the village of Postołów. In numerous places the water is rich in aquatic vegetation but it does not obstruct fly fishing.
Sector 5 River SAN Sanok
Average width: 100 m., depth: 0.8 m, water flow 30.0 m3/sec. The lowest flow is 11.0 m3/sec. The current speed is slow to medium fast. Fish species: brown trout – 20%, chub (Leuciscus cephalus), barbel (Barbel barbel), dace (Leuciscus leuciscus), nase (chondrostoma nasus) – 80%, huchen < 1%. Accompanying species: perch (Perca fluviatilis) and ide (Leuciscus idus The competition water starts at the town of Sanok and goes as far as the village of Dobra.
You will find more information on the Championship website here>>
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AT Team England Fly Fishing regret to announce that Len Childs, captain of the England team in the 1997 Autumn Loch-style Home International on Loch Leven, passed away on the 4th July, aged 81.
Len, who gained three Loch-style caps, and also competed in the Rivers National, was a stalwart of the South East Federation, with an outstanding record in their loch-style qualifiers on Bewl Water.
He also captained the Meridian team to success in the Lexus, Airflo, Grand Max and other team competitions, winning the Lexus on Chew in 2009.
Laura Childs, his daughter, has requested that anyone who wishes to attend the funeral, or who wants further information, should contact her through AT TEFF General Secretary Alex Adams alex.adams1969@gmail.com or the Angling Trust’s Danny Williams daniel.williams@anglingtrust.net
Each Qualifier provides the opportunity for the eight highest-placed anglers to proceed to the National Final. In 2024 the National Final will be fished over two days on the River Eden. There will be up to thirty two places available at the National.
January 2024
Sunday 21st January (rescheduled again from the 17th December) – River Dee – QUALIFIER CANCELLED
February 2024
Saturday 10th February – R. Test, Wherwell – QUALIFIER CANCELLED
March 2024
Sunday 3rd March – South East FF Federation – Lower Itchen fishery – Organiser: Tony Fox
Organiser Tony Fox reports that the weather for the day was beautiful, and that even if the river was high and slightly coloured, it did clear later in the afternoon. Because of the levels everyone had to park at the main entrance and the walk to the first hut, which was their base for day. Despite the conditions 16 anglers landed 48 grayling, an average of 3 per rod.
Overall Results: 1. Cameron Craigs 2. Mike Heritage 3. Jim Dillon 4. Baz Reece 5. Andrew Smith 6. Gavin Walsh 7. Alex Adams 8. Harry Chance 9. Jay Curry 10. Darren Everitt 11. Daniel Tranter 12. Robert Williams 13. Alex Tipping 16= Peter Buckey 16= John Waters 16= Trevor Hayman
April 2024
Sunday 21st April – R. Ure, Wensley – Organiser: Paul Page
Overall Results: 1. Del Spry 2. Stan Moore 3. Chris Micallef 4. Danny Williams 5. Kevin Moran 6. Brian Lillie 7. Paul Fairhurst 8. Mark Withyman 9. Dan Scott Paul 10. Peter Crowe 11. Chris Richardson 12. Gavin Walsh 13. Karl Watson 14. Paul Baker 15. Tom Hunt 16. Andrew Sowerby 17. Nick Craigs 18. Anthony McKenna
Organiser Paul Page reports: The England Rivers Qualifier was fished on the Bolton Hall and Wensley Beats centred around Lords Bridge on the Bolton Hall Estate in Wensleydale. Despite all the poor weather and high river levels that has beset many of our rivers over winter and early spring, the River Ure had dropped to 0.411 on the scale at Bainbridge and the weekend was set for fine and sunny weather, light winds but still cold. The 18 qualifier entrants met up at the Three Horseshoes inn at Wensley to pair up with their controllers. 9 fished the morning session on the Wensley Beat with the other 9 fishing the afternoon session, upstream, on the Bolton Hall Beat The morning session’s 09:00 start on the Wensley Beat downstream from Lords Bridge was greeted with a frosty start, which once warmed up by the sun, set the weather fair with regular hatches of Grannom sedges. Del Spry won the morning session with 7 trout between 26cms and 45cms, of which 3 were in the upper 30’s and 3 in the lower 40’s cms. Del’s 44.5cms fish was the largest trout caught on the day. Danny Williams and Brian Lillie were not far behind with 6 trout each. Mark Withyman came in 4th with 5 trout. The 9 anglers who fished the morning session caught a total of 37 trout between them. After swapping over from controlling to fishing and changing partners 9 anglers competed in the afternoon session upstream of Lords Bridge on the Bolton Hall Beat. The afternoon session’s 14:00 start on the Bolton Hall Beat upstream from Lords Bridge was now cloudy broken by short sunny spells, however the temperature remained unseasonably cold. The regular hatches of Grannom in the morning disappeared. Stan Moore who ventured up to the top end of the beat found accommodating trout and won the afternoon session with 6 trout ranging between 22cms and 33cms. Chris Micallef, Kevin Moran and Paul Fairhurst with 4 trout each vied for 2nd, 3rd and 4th places respectively. Chris’s 43.3cms was the largest of the afternoon session. Keith McAdam came third with 3 trout and Chris Micallef fourth with 2 trout. The 9 anglers who fished the afternoon session caught a total of 24 trout between them. Paul Page the event organiser said that the April Ure Qualifier was always a challenge as the grayling are out of season. However, with 41 trout being caught over the 2 beats, 8 of which were over 40cms, 8 over 35cms and 24 over 30cms, all wild brown trout, once again indicates that the River Ure is still a superb fly fishing river. Wensleydale and the River Ure are a stunning place to visit and fish. Our thanks go to the Bolton Castle Estate for giving us access to the estate’s fishery and to Tom Orde-Powlett for their continuing support. Also, our thanks go to Aran at the Three Horseshoes at Wensley for his kind use of their car park at the beginning and end of the competition.
May 2024
Sunday 26th May – R. Dee, Llangollen & Maelor AA waters
The Angling Trust reports: AT TEFF River Qualifier, Dee, Llangollen. It’s 09:00 and the first of the AT TEFF Dee Qualfiers is under way. With rain the last couple of days, the river is carrying a little water and colour. We’ve seen Sulphur Duns and what looked like PW’s as well as the usual Olives. John B is seen here, entering the water in search of his first fish. Good luck to him and the rods upstream doing exactly the same.
The Angling Trust reports: AT TEFF River Qualifier, Dee, Llangollen. Apologies for the results not being posted yesterday, phone signals and technology are never guaranteed on natural venues. In brief, the river did fish fairly well with the extra water in over the week, the morning session faring a little better than the afternoon. The other difference being the afternoon’s wading, with a near miss and a slight dunking to brighten up the afternoon’s banter. Congratulations to the heat’s winner, Dee regular and current Team England River Team member, Kevin Moran. He worked determinedly to winkle out some quality fish on mainly nymphs to hold off John Bowen to a very close second place, who alternated between nymphs and dries. In third was ever-present Tom Hunt, whilst the largest fish fell to Danny Williams on the dry fly. The next qualifier for a place in this year’s final is again on the Dee, at Llangollen Sunday 30th of June. For your ticket please follow the link here>>
June 2024
Sunday 30th June – R. Dee, Llangollen & Maelor AA waters
The Angling Trust reports: AT TEFF 2024 River National Qualifier, River Dee, Llangollen, Wales. We caught up with our competing anglers at the Hand Hotel for lunch, several of whom where already celebrating some great catches. The river is in good form, although the grayling are still slightly shoaled up post breeding with some usually productive areas being void of them. Fortunately, the trout are all still very present and so far, showing on the feed, fingers crossed they stay active and we see a couple of hatches during the PM sessions.
The Angling Trust reports: AT TEFF River Qualifier 2024 River Dee Llangollen. PM session finished and results back, the news pre-ratification, we’ve seen two catches of eleven fish, so theses catches will rank on length. Two catches of six fish and two of four. Nymph tactics have been quite prominent, however we’ll give more details on the placings shortly. Tight lines until then.
National Final
7th-8th September, R. Eden
Entries & Results Spreadsheet
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Be one of six lucky bidders to join our Trout Socialwith John Horsey event at the stunning Hobby Lake, Reading.
Generously donated by Sportfish as part of their ongoing support of our Anglers Against Pollution campaign, this event on Friday 11th October 2024 promises to be special.
All funds raised by the event will go towards our Anglers Against Pollution Campaign, fighting to keep our rivers clean.
ABOUT THE VENUE
Hobby Lake is named after the bird species which used to frequent the area in numbers.
The lake has abundant fly life, so offers superb floating line fishing with nymphs or dry fly.
An exclusive Lake only usually available for corporate bookings
Spring-fed with crystal clear water clarity and depths from 3 to 15ft
Stocked with fin-perfect rainbow, blue, brown, golden, sparctic and tiger trout well into double figures.
Beautiful fishing hut by the lake where we will serve lunch and refreshments
ABOUT OUR HOST FOR THE DAY
John Horsey is an Angling Trust Ambassador and one of the leading fly anglers in the world
Has been a hugely successful fishing guide for over 20 years
Co-presenter of C5 successful “Chris Tarrant Goes Fishing” TV series
Has captained England Fly-Fishing teams at World Championship, European Championship, Loch Style and River levels
Will be on hand to give advice and help to all
Lunch and refreshments will be provided at the Hobby Lodge and each winning bidder will receive an amazing goody bag to commemorate the event.
Angling Trust staff, including our CEO Jamie Cook, will also be on hand to discuss our work and demonstrate the work of our Water Quality Monitoring Network.
If you would like a chance to be involved, click the link below to visit the auction site. There are six places available and each lot offers an identical day – simply make sure you are the highest bidder on the lot you have chosen and you will win the place on offer.
Closing date for bids is Sunday 28th July 2024 at 8pm.
Money raised from this auction, and all of our other fundraising events throughout the year, is ploughed back into the Angling Trust to support our work. We truly appreciate every bid placed – good luck if you choose to take part.
John Cheyne Head of Marketing, Communications & Membership, Angling Trust
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Lee Cartmail is looking for 20 controllers for the up and coming Bank Home International at Ellerdine Lakes, Telford, on Wednesday 23rd October. AT TEFF will pay £35 to cover any out of pocket expenses. Contact Lee direct on leecartmail@gmail.com for more details on supporting/volunteering.
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