After a short break in proceedings, the 2018 Maver Mega Match This qualifier campaign resumed at the prolific Decoy Lakes complex in Peterborough. One hundred anglers were in attendance, all hopeful of securing position number seventeen in this year’s Grand Final at Maver Hayfield Lakes. Despite slightly cooler conditions and a light breeze making things…
Andy Kinder has won the annual 2018 Barston Lakes festival for a second year in a row, thus defending his title in the process! The Guru sponsored event takes place over three days with sixty (60) anglers taking part in sections of ten. The popular festival attracts some of the country’s best anglers from all…
Welsh Internation, Lee Edwards, has secured a place in his third consecutive Angling Trust RiverFest Final after topping the competition’s latest qualifier event held on the River Nene at Peterborough. Lee, who qualified for the final last year from the River Wye, then the River Severn at Bridgnorth in 2016, is regarded by many as…
Competing anglers on this sixteenth Mega Match This qualifier of the 2018 campaign were greeted with bright sunshine and clear blue skies whilst a slight breeze provided some light relief as well as a welcome ripple across Covey lakesd 1-6, Spey and Marsh lakes. However, with the forecast before the match predicting temperatures approaching thirty…
Competing anglers on this fifteenth qualifier of the 2018 Mega Match This campaign were met by flat calm conditions with bright sunshine pushing temperatures up to 27 degrees by mid-afternoon. The conditions, coupled with the number of pegs put in by the venue on Falcon Lake, had anglers preparing for a difficult match with Skylark…
The fourteenth qualifier of the 2018 Maver Mega Match This qualifier campaign marked another sell out for the competition with one hundred and ten (110) anglers in attendance. Conditions on the day were ideal to begin with with plenty of cloud cover giving a little relief from the intense sun coupled with a decent ripple…
Saturday 16th June not only marked the opening day of the rivers for many, but also marked the one and only Maver Mega Match This qualifier in the South of the country held at the stunning Viaduct Fishery in Somerset. The field for the latest qualifier was, again, incredibly strong with both local knowledgeable anglers…
The 2018 European Feeder Challenge saw twenty eight (28) teams of five battle it out over two days on the formiddable Ostellato Canal in Italy. The event is fished to International rules with overall placings being determined by way of points based on section finishes, ie one (1) point for a section win right the…
This second midweek qualifier event of the 2018 Mega Match This campaign marks the halfway stage with twelve anglers now having confirmed a place in September’s big money final. Conditions for the day were much improved of late with plenty of cloud cover and a gentle breeze putting a much needed ripple on most areas…
Maver Mega Match This qualifier number eleven (11) saw a return to the beautiful Maver Hayfield Lakes complex in Doncaster. The ‘King of Hayfield’ 3-day festival preceeding this latest qualifier produced some fantastic results with much of the field staying on to fish this second qualifier at the venue. Although many of the competitors, particularly…
This second Bank Holiday weekend qualifier at the Glebe saw another full capacity field in attendance with one hundred and ten (110) anglers all competing for a place in September’s big money final. Conditions for this tenth qualifier had not been forcast to be kind with several severe weather warnings in place in neighbouring parts…
Saturday 19th May saw the 2018 Maver Match This qualifier campaign return to Partridge Lakes in Culcheth, Warrington for this nineth and latest qualifier event. Ninety eight (98) hopefuls lined the banks of Spey, Covey 1, Covey 2, Covey, Covey 4, Covey 5 and Covey 6 for their chance to qualify for this year’s Grand…
Welsh International Lee Edwards has returned from the annual Anglo Dutch Classic held on the Voorne Canal in Holland as the 2018 Champion! The event, which attracts some of the sport’s biggest names, is fished over four (4) days with this year’s event seeing one hundred and fifteen (115) anglers go head to head for…
The ever-popular Barston Lakes in Solihull hosted this first midweek qualifier of the 2018 Maver Match This qualifier campaign. With the dramatic increase in temperatures during the days leading up to the match, many were of the opinion that the fishing was going to be tough with the warmer weather triggering the carp into spawning…
Saturday 5th May saw the 2018 Maver Mega Match This qualifier campaign stop off at the ever-popular Tunnel Barn Farm in Shrewley. Conditions for this latest qualifier were extremely hot with temperatures well in excess of 20 degrees, little to no breeze and not a cloud in the sky. Despite the resident carp showing signs…
Saturday 28th April marked the annual Team Commercial Stillwater National Championship ran and organised by the Angling Trust. This year’s event was held across two venues in Lindholme Lakes and Woodhouse Grand Fishery with twenty six (26) teams of ten (10) anglers taking part. Teams were divided across seven (7) sections at Lindholme Lakes and…
The second of a double-header qualifier weekend commencing on 28th April marked a return to Messingham Sands, Scunthorpe – the first Maver Match This qualifier at the venue since 2011. Unfortunately, conditions once again did their best to hamper the efforts of the competing anglers with an extremely cold North Easterly wind making things on…
Anglers attending this fifth and latest Maver Mega Match This qualifier at Makins Fishery, Warwickshire were greeted by cold, wet conditions with temperatures not even making double figures. Weights were, therefore, relatively low for the time of year with little separating the top eight (8) anglers on the day. Conditions leading up to the qualifier…
Maver Match This qualifier number four was held at the popular Heronbrook Fisheries, Slindon. With a marked improvement in conditions across the country, the resident carp and F1 stocks exploded into life with this latest qualifier producing some fantastic weights! Many anglers before the start of the match wanted to draw on Match lake and,…
The fifth Fish O Mania XXV qualifier made its way Northwards to Lindholme Lakes, Doncaster with the one hundred and thirty four (134) competing anglers finally being met with some warmer weather. This brouht the resident carp and F1s up in the water with shallow pellet and caster tactics proving dominant on the day. Frantic…
League events at Heronbrook fishery in Staffordshire attract a very high standard of match angler from across the North West and the Midlands with this year’s Spring Festival neing no exception. Twenty (20) teams of four (4) competed with anglers being spread across Canal, Meadow, Bridge and Match lakes over the six (6) round series.…
Saturday 14th April marked the first of three Maver Match This qualifier events hosted by Maver Hayfield Lakes – the home of European match fishing’s biggest and richest final. One hundred and twenty (120) anglers lined the bank of Little Adams, Big Adams and Island lakes for their chance to confirm their place in September’s…
Maver North West man, Chris Weeder (jnr), is the second man through to this year’s big money Maver Mega Match This Grand Final at Maver Hayfield in September after topping a sell out qualifier event at Partridge Lakes. After a night of cold heavy rain showers, the sell out field were greeted with yet more…
Maver Midlands man Jason Brown has booked his place in this year’s Fish O Mania final after topping the one hundred and fifty (150) peg qualifier event at Heronbrook Fisheries. Jason is now the third angler through to July’s final at Maver Hayfield Lakes and joins Dave Romain and Shaun Cook in his pursuit of…
This weekend saw the conclusion of the popular individual Winter League series staged at Heronbrook Fisheries, Eccleshall. The league saw a total of fifty three (53) anglers compete over a total of six rounds for individual honours with Clive Nixon’s Maver Gold sqaud entering five men, all of whom secured a top ten finish upon…
Steve Crossley and his men have won the prestigious Angling Trust Winter League final after recording an incredible fifty one (51) point score which saw no fewer than five team members achieve top five finishes from both the Fenland Drains and Peterborough’s Decoy Lakes. The team – Roger Priestley, Tom Barlow, Peter Duffy, Simon Wain,…
We are delighted to announce the recent signing of Total Angling’s Andy Jones. The 2017 Angling Trust RiverFest finalist joins the Maver stable following a six-year stint at Matrix and brings with him a wealth of knowledge having dedicated much of his angling career to his love of river fishing and is the driving force…
Welsh International Lee Edwards, once again, showed his class on running water to finish inside the top 10 on the second annual River Wye two-day Spring festival held on the prolific Belmont stretch at Hereford. The event was created by Tricast man and 2017 Match This finalist Dave Roberts and proved an instant success with…
This year’s Winter League series at the popular Midlands-based bagging mecca that is Tunnel Barn Farm recently came to a close after ten fiercely competitive rounds fished in arctic conditions for the most part. Fished between 28th October last year and 10th February, twenty three (23) teams of four went head to head across the…
The 2017 – 2018 Preston / Sonu Baits Feeder Masters pairs event came to a very cold conclusion on Sunday 11th February after six gruelling rounds fished in some of the worst winter conditions seen for a long time. Sixty (60) anglers battled it out on this feeder-only event hosted at the popular Hallcroft Fishery…