Tickets go on sale Friday 1st October 2021 7pm for the 2022 series.
Date
Location
Pegs
Saturday 2nd April 2022
Meadowlands
80 Pegs
Saturday 9th April 2022
Hallcroft
100 Pegs
Saturday 16th April 2022
Lindholme
100 Pegs
Saturday 23rd April 2022
Larford Lakes
80 Pegs
Saturday 30th April 2022
The Glebe
100 Pegs
Saturday 7th May 2022
Moorlands Farm
100 Pegs
Sunday 8th May 2022
The Glebe
100 Pegs
Saturday 14th May 2022
Larford Lakes
80 Pegs
Saturday 21st May 2022
Barston Lakes
80 Pegs
Saturday 28th May 2022
Woodlands View
100 Pegs
Sunday 5th June 2022
Larford Lakes
80 Pegs
Saturday 11th June 2022
Partridge Lakes
100 Pegs
Saturday 18th June 2022
Decoy Lakes
100 Pegs
Saturday 25th June 2022
Lindholme Lakes
100 Pegs
Sunday 3rd July 2022
Meadowlands
80 Pegs
Wednesday 6th July 2022
The Glebe
100 Pegs
Saturday 9th July 2022
Barston Lakes
80 Pegs
Saturday 16th July 2022
Moorlands Farm
100 Pegs
Saturday 23rd July 2022
Hallcroft
100 Pegs
Saturday 30th July 2022
Lindholme
100 Pegs
Sunday 31st July 2022
Larford Lakes
80 Pegs
Saturday 6th August 2022
Decoy Lakes
100 Pegs
Saturday 13th August 2022
Partridge Lakes
100 Pegs
Saturday 20th August 2022
Barston Lakes
80 Pegs
Sunday 28th August 2022
Larford Lakes
80 Pegs
With the Grand Final on Saturday 10th September 2022
Golden Reel Final, Saturday September 11th 2021
The long road of national qualifiers finally concluded with the Grand Final at Larford Lakes on Saturday 11th September.
All the qualifiers made their draw on the podium on the morning at 9:30am, a recording of the draw can be viewed on Facebook HERE.
The draw listed the anglers in the following order:-
Peg
Angler
Permanent peg
1
Andy Power
4
2
Scott Jones
6
3
Steve Openshaw
8
4
Lee Edwards
10
5
James Hall
12
6
Mick bull
14
7
Ken Portas
16
8
Perry Stone
18
9
Andy Bennett
20
10
Ryan Bennett
22
11
Chris Weeder
24
12
Jordan Holloway
26
13
Kevin Wadge
28
14
Andy Christie
40
15
Stuart Fotheringham
42
16
Alex Walker
44
17
Barry Mason
46
18
Andy Kinder
48
19
Tom Edwards
50
20
Ashley Blunt
52
21
Paddy Mc Mahon
54
22
Andy Fulleylove
56
23
Jon Radford
58
24
Paul Carnwell
60
25
Alan Scotthorne
62
26
John Jones
64
Conditions on the day were bright sunshine, gentle breeze with highs of around 22C.
So the stage was set for the 5th Golden Reel Grand Final here at Larford Lakes. The match started at 12 noon and concluded at 5pm and from the off carp were hooked short and on bomb & pellet.
Early leaders were Kevin Wadge from peg 13 by the end of the Island, Jordan Holloway from peg 12 in the channel, Stuart Fotheringham on peg 15 on the burr fishing to the nose of the island and Andy Christie from peg 14. Overall, it was a slow start for most of the field which came as no surprise.
By the halfway point everyone was catching fish but a clear leader was Stuart Fotheringham who was catching quality carp to the method feeder, casting tight to the island and Stuart was admitting to 60lbs.
In second place at the half way stage it was tight between Kevin Wadge, Jordan Holloway and Andy Christie all with around 45-50lbs.
Typically in the last two hours the match started to throw up some great weights with quality carp being caught tight down the edges on both banks.
With one hour remaining, peg1, Andy Power was catching well and was probably looking at 80-90lbs. Andy Bennett was catching well, also finding fish down his edges and well in the race. Andy was looking at around 80lbs at this stage of the match. Kevin Wadge and Andy Christie were neck and neck with around 75-85lbs. But it was Stuart Fotheringham who was taking a comfortable lead going into the last lour with an estimated 100lbs plus. Stuart was still catching well on the method tight to the island.
The last sixty minutes was difficult to keep up with, as many of the field were catching very well down their margins. With fish averaging 8-10lbs it could have gone anyway with fifty percent of the field in contention. All that being said, it was Stuart Fotheringham who kept his cool head and remained on the feeder line even though the margins were brimming with feeding carp.
At the whistle it was evident that Stuart was well in front but great weights had been recorded by many of the field.
At the scales, it was quickly confirmed that Stu Fotheringham had the winning weight of 174-9-0 making Stu, for a second time, Golden Reel Champion 2021.
Second place went to Andy Bennett from peg9 with 136-15-0 of mainly quality edge fish.
Third place was awarded to Andy Power from peg 1 weighing in an impressive 122-5-0.
Fourth placed Andy Christie weighed in 103-2-0 from peg 14.
Section Winners :-
Section A. pegs 1-6 – Steve Openshaw, peg 3 111-3-0 £1000 Section B, pegs 7-13 – Jordan Holloway, peg 12 £1000 Section C, pegs 14-20 – Andy Christie, peg 14 103-5-0 £1000 Section D pegs 21-26 – John Jones, Peg 26 69-5-0 £1000
Top 10
Position
Peg
Permanent peg
Name
Weight
1
15
42
Stuart Fotheringham
174-9-0
2
9
20
Andy Bennett
136-15-0
3
1
4
Andy Power
122-5-0
4
3
8
Steve Openshaw
111-3-0
5
12
26
Jordan Holloway
106-5-0
6
14
40
Andy Christie
103-2-0
7
13
28
Kevin Wadge
101-2-0
8
6
14
Mick bull
85-14-0
9
4
10
Lee Edwards
83-5-0
10
17
46
Barry Mason
74-15-0
Blockers –
Mark Hawthorne DNW Mark Skidmore 89-15-0 Steve Rocke 209-8-0 (winning £100) Neil Colcombe 168-15-0
So in all, a truly fantastic day and a big congratulations to second time winner Stuart Fotheringham collecting a massive winners cheque of £50,000.
Also a big well done to Andy Bennett for securing second place and collecting £3000.
Third place to Andy Power who collected £2000, plus the 4 section winners all collecting £1000 each.
The final was covered brilliantly by Jamie Harrison, whom posted on his own fishing channel, Larford Lakes and the Golden Reel Facebook pages.
Here is a highlights video of the day –
Tickets go live for 2022 on the Golden Reel sire for next years event from Friday October 1st 2021 7pm.
If you’re in it, you can win it!
Phil Briscoe Golden Reel Event Organiser
Full results –
Position
Peg
Permanent peg
Name
Weight
1
15
42
Stuart Fotheringham
174-9-0
2
9
20
Andy Bennett
136-15-0
3
1
4
Andy Power
122-5-0
4
3
8
Steve Openshaw
111-3-0
5
12
26
Jordan Holloway
106-5-0
6
14
40
Andy Christie
103-2-0
7
13
28
Kevin Wadge
101-2-0
8
6
14
Mick bull
85-14-0
9
4
10
Lee Edwards
83-5-0
10
17
46
Barry Mason
74-15-0
11
26
26
John Jones
69-5-0
12
20
20
Ashley Blunt
67-10-0
13
19
19
Tom Edwards
64-1-0
14
25
25
Alan Scotthorne
57-3-0
15
18
18
Andy Kinder
46-15-0
16
22
22
Andy Fulleylove
37-4-0
17
10
10
Ryan Bennett
36-12-0
18
11
11
Chris Weeder
34-8-0
19
5
12
James Hall
29-10-0
20
8
18
Perry Stone
29-7-0
21
16
16
Alex Walker
28-0-0
22
7
16
Ken Portas
27-9-0
23
21
54
Paddy Mc Mahon
22-12-0
24
2
6
Scott Jones
DNW
25
23
58
Jon Radford
DNW
26
24
60
Paul Carnwell
DNW
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The Golden Reel Angling Championship Grand Final
The draw has taken place, here are the placings today –
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Andy Power
1
Scott Jones
2
Steve Openshaw
3
Lee Edwards
4
James Hall
5
Mick bull
6
Ken Portas
7
Perry Stone
8
Andy Bennett
9
Ryan Bennett
10
Chris Weeder
11
Jordan Holloway
12
Kevin Wadge
13
Andy Christie
14
Stuart Fotheringham
15
Alex Walker
16
Barry Mason
17
Andy Kinder
18
Tom Edwards
19
Ashley Blunt
20
Paddy Mc Mahon
21
Andy Fulleylove
22
Jon Radford
23
Paul Carnwell
24
Alan Scotthorne
25
John Jones
26
The Golden Reel Angling Championship Semi Final
The semi final will be at Larford Lakes on Wednesday September 1st 2021.
Draw between 8am – 9am Fish 11am – 4pm Pools on the day £30
No1
Larford Lakes
Sunday 11th April
Ray Lamb
Chris Senter
No2
Woodland Thirsk
Sunday 18th April
Ryan Laycock
Anthony Alderson
No3
Barston Lake
Saturday 24th April
Jon Arthur
alex walker
No4
Woodland Thirsk
Sunday 9th May
James Dent
Ethan Bradley
No5
Larford Lakes
Saturday 15th May
Carlos Passeira
Chris Jones
No6
Barston Lake
Sunday 23rd May
Fran O’Relly
Matt Godfery
No7
The Glebe
Wednesday 26th May
Kieron Rich
Joshua Pace
No8
Woodlands View
Saturday 29th May
Matt Higgins
Dale Lynch
No9
Decoy Lakes
Saturday 5th June
Jon Whincup
Chris Barley
No10
Lindholme Fishery
Sunday 6th June
Dale Shepherd
Matt Dawes
No11
Partridge Lakes
Saturday 12th June
Kristian Jones
Graham Ramsdale
No12
The Glebe
Wednesday 16th June
Darren Connock
Reese Miles
No13
Larford Lakes
Sunday 20th June
Krzysztof Frackowiak
Prezmek Solski
No14
Woodland View
Saturday 26th June
Kev Slade
Mark Taylor
No15
Barston Lake
Saturday 3rd July
Mark Stainsby
Andy Kinder
No16
Larford Lakes
Wednesday 7th July
Pete Upperton
Sam Brown
No17
Meadowlands
Sunday 11th July
Stuart Fotheringham
Jason Cawthorne
No18
Decoy Lakes
Tuesday 13th July
Simon Skelton
Ben Bell
No19
Lindholme Fishery
Saturday 24th July
Jimmy Brooks
Nick Smith
No20
Larford Lakes
Sunday 1st August
Steve Forster
Chris Lane
No21
Barston Lake
Sunday 8th August
Darren Sanders
Lee Farmer
No22
Partridge Lakes
Saturday 14th August
Rob Parker
Andy Christie
No23
The Glebe
Sunday 15th August
Mark Griffiths
James Taylor
No24
Larford Lakes
Sunday 22nd August
Keith Pentland
Steve Roberts
Semi Finalists will be drawn as follows:-
24 Anglers – Speci Lake 24 Anglers – Match Lake
Winner of each lake will progress to the September 11th Grand Final, fishing for the trophy and 1st place payout of £50,000.
Phil Briscoe Event Organiser Golden Reel Angling LTD
Larford Lakes, Larford Lane, Larford Nr Stourport on Severn, DY130SQ
Tony Coates Wins £50,000 Golden Reel 2020 Final!
Golden Reel Grand Final, Larford Lakes, Saturday 12th September 2020
The long and difficult year of nationwide qualifiers concluded at Larford Lakes on Saturday 12th September.
The field of 22 finalists arrived to make their Golden draw at 9am all hoping for the winning £50,000 peg.
Leading up to the final, it was virtually impossible to forecast where it could be won from with most, it not all the finalists pegs fishing really well.
By 9:30am the draw was concluded, placing anglers on the pegs as listed –
Peg 1
Gareth Lenox
Peg 12
Kieran Marsden
Peg 2
Tom Edwards
Peg 13
Rob Taylor
Peg 3
Fran O’Rielly
Peg 14
Matt Wiles
Peg 4
Chris Weeder Jnr
Peg 15
Ben Townsend
Peg 5
Luke Bamford
Peg 16
Andy Power
Peg 6
Gareth Gronow
Peg 17
Craig Edmunds
Peg 7
Sam Brown
Peg 18
Ryan McKinley
Peg 8
Sam Slockett
Peg 19
Lee Riley
Peg 9
Mikey Williams
Peg 20
Perry Stone
Peg 10
James Evans
Peg 21
Jason Dunwoth
Peg 11
Tony Coates
Peg 22
John Hannam
Fishing was from 12-5pm, conditions were difficult with a very high pressure set it, gentle breeze and highs of around 22C and bright sunshine.
Needless to say, the lakes totally switched off with fish swimming shallow and certainly not looking to feed.
The early runner were Sam Brown from peg 7 who caught a few decent carp on the method feeder, Mickey Williams from peg 9 to both feeder and pole, James Evans from peg 10 also on the feeder.
At the half way point, it was evident that the fish were in a very difficult mood with 40lbs being a good weight at this stage.
As the match progressed, peg 28 started to catch well and it was Tony Coates leading the field.
The last hour started to produce a few edge fish and in all fairness, anyone could win if they were to put together a string of decent edge fish.
The last 30 minutes saw peg 22 catching well and it was Welsh rod, John Hannam doing the damage on bomb and pellet.
On the whistle, it was evident that both peg 11 and peg 22 were close.
At the scales, John Hannam, peg 22 weighed in 59-1-0 of carp and F1’s and peg 28 lifting the trophy and £50,000 winning cheque with 68-1-0
It was a remarkable performance by Tony Coates, who qualified from Wednesday’s Semi -Final with 222-8-0 from peg 28.
To draw the same peg again against all the odds but on a very difficult day, his method feeder tactics casting tight to the island rewarded him with the Golden Reel Champion title 2020 and a massive pay day of £50,000.
Following the success of the 2019 Golden Reel Final, the dates and venues for the 2020 campaign will go on sale from Monday 4th November 2019 7pm.
By popular demand, 9 of the qualifiers have been booked for Sunday’s and just two mid-week Wednesday matches. The remaining qualifiers will take place on Saturday’s.
All selected venues will be MAXIMUM 100 peg qualifiers so to allow extra space for participating anglers.
Date
Location
Pegs
Sunday 11th April 2021
Larford Lakes
100 Pegs
Sunday 18th April 2021
Woodland Thursk
100 Pegs
Saturday 24th April 2021
Barston Lake
80 Pegs
Sunday 9th May 2021
Woodland Thursk
100 Pegs
Saturday 15th May 2021
Larford Lakes
90 Pegs
Sunday 23rd May 2021
Barston Lake
80 Pegs
Wednesday 26th May 2021
The Glebe
100 Pegs
Saturday 29th May 2021
Woodlands View
100 Pegs
Saturday 5th June 2021
Decoy Lakes
100 Pegs
Sunday 6th June 2021
Lindholme Fishery
100 Pegs
Saturday 12th June 2021
Partridge Lakes
100 Pegs
Wednesday 16th June 2021
The Glebe
100 Pegs
Sunday 20th June 2021
Larford Lakes
100 Pegs
Saturday 26th June 2021
Woodland View
100 Pegs
Saturday 3rd July 2021
Barston Lake
80 Pegs
Wednesday 7th July 2021
Larford Lakes
100 Pegs
Sunday 11th July 2021
Meadowlands
80 Pegs
Tuesday 13th July 2021
Decoy Lakes
100 Pegs
Saturday 24th July 2021
Lindholme Fishery
100 Pegs
Sunday 1st August 2021
Larford Lakes
100 Pegs
Sunday 8th August 2021
Barston Lake
80 Pegs
Saturday 14th August 2021
Partridge Lakes
100 Pegs
Sunday 15th August 2021
The Glebe
100 Pegs
Sunday 22nd August 2021
Larford Lakes
80 Pegs
For 2020, second and third placed anglers from all 24 qualifiers will progress to a fish-off (48 anglers) and the top 2 from this event will automatically progress to the September Grand Final for £50k.The winner of each individual qualifier will progress to the grand final on Saturday 12th September 2020 to be fished on the Match Lake at Larford.
The 2nd and 3rd placed anglers from each qualifier will fish on both the Match and Specimen Lakes.
24 anglers will go head to head on the Match Lake.
24 anglers will go head to head on the Specimen Lake on Wednesday 9th September 2020
The overall winner from each lake will progress to the Grand Final so there is a chance of making the final fishing against just 24 anglers per lake.
Overall winning weight from each lake will decide who are the two additional finalists.
So 2020 presents new opportunities and greater chance to reach the prestigious final which will now be a 26 peg Grand Final.
If you’re in it, you can win it.
On Monday 4th November 2019 7pm book your ticket on:-
www.goldenreelangling.co.uk
Golden Reel Grand Final Saturday 14th September 2019
Golden Reel Grand Final
Saturday 14th September 2019
Larford Match Lake.
Saturday, September 14th presented the third Grand Final at the incredible Larford Lakes complex in Stourport on Severn.
24 qualifiers held at many of the UK’s finest fisheries gave the opportunity to pocket £50,000 and the prestigious title of Golden Reel Champion 2019.
All 24 qualifying events fished extremely well with many of the finalists needing more than 200lbs to qualify for the September final.
The draw for the winning peg took place on Friday 13th September at the very polished Gala night held at the five star Stourport Manor Hotel, where the competitors enjoyed a 3 course meal, entertainment and luxury bedroom accommodation at no cost to the finalists and their partners.
9pm the draw for the pegs was completed, but no one really knew which peg was the likely winner as permanent pegs 28, 30, 36, 38, 44, 46, 48, 14, 16, 18 & 62 were all potential winning pegs.
The weather on the day was superb for the public viewing with highs of around 22C, a gentle breeze and bright warm sunshine.
Conditions like this however, did not favour the anglers on the day.
Furthermore, Friday evening there was a massive ‘Harvest’ moon, which is something we only see every 18-20 years.
Big moons – hard fishing!!
Defending his Golden Reel Championship 2018 title was Andy Power who drew Golden Reel peg No 8 (permanent peg 22) which was not a fancied peg on the day.
Mick Bull, returning for the second year running drew peg 4 (permanent peg 14), a strong bomb & pellet peg, Andy Bennett also a 2018 finalist drew peg 9 (permanent peg 24) which had been producing big weights in previous matches.
Other returning 2018 finalists were Dan Hull, drawing peg 15 (permanent peg 44) which was the end peg on the Match Lake Burr bank and potentially a match winning peg, Mikey Williams peg 21 (permanent peg 56) and Jamie Hughes, peg 24 (permanent peg 62).
The start of the final produced early fish for many of the competitors but as the match progressed, the fish were clearly backing off with many of the resident carp swimming shallow and spooking easily.
The front runners after the first hour were Peter Upperton from peg 24 (permanent peg 62), Jordan Holloway, Andy May, Andy Bennett and Andy Power.
Most of the competitors started short with pellet, some on bomb and pellet and some down their edges.
It became evidently clear, that Peter Upperton was stealing a march, catching quality carp on meat down his edges and at the halfway point of the match, we were scoring Peter at around 65-70lbs.
Andy Bennett was catching carp long with pellet, as was Andy Power but no one other that Peter Upperton was bagging up.
As the match progressed, Andy May started to find some big carp short to pellet from peg 19 (permanent peg 52) and next peg to him was Jordan Holloway also finding big carp short and down his edges.
Peter Upperton at this point was well clear of the field and well in front of his neighbour, Jamie Hughes on peg 23 (permanent peg 60).
That being said, with around two hours to go, Jamie started to put together a string of quality carp from his edges.
Landing carp to 10lbs on corn, both Jamie and Peter Upperton were going fish for fish producing an epic last hours fishing.
With thirty minutes remaining, the scorecard was very tight with Peter Upperton in front, Jamie Hughes in second place and Andy May clear third.
Little more than 10lbs seprated first and second with both anglers losing some big fish and top kits being trashed.
The last 10 minutes, Peter had played a big fish but lost it right at the net, which proved to be very costly as Jamie Hughes had landed two big fish during the same 10 minute period.
So on the final whistle, no one knew the result as it was so tight between 1st and 2nd.
At the scales, peg 20 recorded Jordan Holloway with a weight of 86-4-0 securing 4th place.
Third place was taken by Andy May with a weight of 112-6-0 from peg 19.
Second placed Peter Upperton was gutted to say the least. The lost fish in the last ten minutes of the final had certainly lost him the Golden Reel Championship 2019 title, weighing in 146-11-0.
A new champion in Jamie Hughes with a weight of 151-8-0 from peg 23.
Jamie’s late run of fish rewarded him the title of Golden Reel Champion 2019 and a massive first prize cheque of £50,000.
Afterwards, Jamie Hughes commented, “this is a brilliant match and Phil Briscoe has helped me to cement my position in the match angling all time greats.”
“What he does for angling and the high profile of angling events he organises is remarkable and we should all get behind him at every opportunity.”
“I’ll be back next year to hopefully defend this prestigious title.”
Golden Reel 2018 Grand Final Results
The long hard road of nationwide qualifiers finally concluded with the September 15th final at the popular Larford Lakes complex.
The Draw
24 finalists attended the polished Gala Evening at a five star hotel in Stourport enjoying a 3 course meal, live entertainment and of course the all-important peg draw on the Friday before the final.
In terms of fancied pegs, Larford’s Match Lake was on fire in relation to the form guide.
Clearly, the lake had its fancied pegs but the form book was saying it could be won from literally any peg.
So the draw was concluded as below-
Qualifier
Peg No
Permanent peg
Qualifier
Peg No
Permanent peg
Mark Griffiths
1
6
Richard Bond
13
42
Matt Godfery
2
8
Les Marshall
14
44
Andy Stepney
3
10
Pemb Wrighting
15
46
Dale Shepherd
4
12
Jack Danby
16
48
Jake King
5
14
Danny Bache
17
50
Andy Power
6
16
Adam Major
18
52
Dan Hull
7
18
Chris Weeder
19
54
Mick Bull
8
20
Andy Bennett
20
56
Paul Morris
9
22
Jamie Hughes
21
58
Mikey Williams
10
24
Jason Brown
22
60
Ross Harold
11
26
Ian Wood
23
62
Dave Roberts
12
28
Dan White
24
64
Dale Shepherd drew with fancied peg 4 (permanent peg12) as did Jake King, peg 5 (permanent peg 14) and Andy Power peg 6 (permanent peg 16).
Mikey Williams, Ross Harold and Dave Roberts all drew well fishing the pegs in the channel facing the island and end peg 28 drawn by Dave Roberts.
On the opposite burr bank, Richard Bond, Les Marshall, Pemb Wrighting, Jack Danby, Danny Bache and Adam Major had drawn inform pegs.
So the stage was set for a showdown like never before.
On paper, it was seen as one of, if not the strongest field of commercial match anglers ever to fish a major European final.
With £50,000 up for grabs to the eventual winner, £5,000 to second and £3,000 to third, plus £4,000 in section prizes, a massive £62,000 was the overall prize fund.
Match Day
Fishing commenced at 12pm concluding at 5pm.
Conditions on the day were near perfect.
The match started with a stiffish S/W breeze, overcast with highs of around 22C
Early fish were caught in particular on the burr bank with Les Marshall taking an early lead from peg 14. As the match progressed, the shallow bank, pegs 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 all started to catch well on both pole and bomb & pellet.
The peg that was most fancied was 28 but Dave Roberts found it difficult to get the fish feeding even though his peg was black with carp.
Dale shepherd, Jake King, Andy Power & Dan Hull were all clearly pulling away from the field but on the opposite bank, Richard Bond, Les Marshall, Pemb Wrighting and Jack Danby were finding quality carp on the short pole with hard pellet and paste tactics.
At the half way point, it was close between Andy Power, Les Marshall and Pemb Wrighting.
As the match progressed, the class of Andy Power became evident.
A string of quality carp to bomb and pellet clearly put him in the lead but was being chased hard by Pemb Wrighing, Les Marshall and Jack Danby on the burr bank.
To Andy Power’s right was Dan Hull and Mickey Williams catching well and Ross Harold was also pulling back lost ground.
With an hour to go, it really was a gloves off competition with at least 10 of the finalists in with a chance of lifting the trophy.
That all-important last hour produced some brilliant edge fishing.
Andy Power was taking advantage of the carp feeding in numbers down his edge and at one point, probably had too many in his peg making them difficult to catch.
Dan Hull was catching well short and Mikey Willams was sacking down his edge and looking very dangerous.
Ross Harold was fish for fish with Mikey with nothing between them.
On the burr bank, Richard Bond was catching well down his edge as was Les Marshall, Pemb Wrighting and Jack Danby.
On the whistle, it was a hard one to call. We all thought Andy Power had done enough and true to form, the Power returned a superb performance weighing in with a very impressive 77-000Kg
But had the other anglers done enough to overturn the master of modern day commercials?
Well Jake King on peg 5 had fished a very tidy match sticking with the simple bomb and pellet approach.
Jake weighed in a very impressive 52,500Kgs to secure second place overall.
Third to the frame for big money was Jack Danby from peg 16.
Jack’s run of big edge fish boosted his weight to a superb 51-925Kgs.
Fourth overall was Andy Bennett from peg 20. Not such a fancied area and we let Andy B slip under the radar to a degree.
Although we new he’d caught steadily, we didn’t realise the quality of the fish he was landing and at the scales, he weighed in a very impressive 51-375Kgs.
So a brilliant weight of 77-000Kgs was recorded by Andy Power, 25Kgs in front of his nearest rival. That being said, look how close the chasing pack were.
Position
Qualifier
Weight Kgs
Peg No
Permanent peg
5th
Pemb Wrighting
50.900
15
16
6th
Mikey Williams
49.500
10
18
7th
Ross Harold
49.425
11
20
8th
Dan Hull
49.400
7
22
9th
Les Marshall
49.150
14
24
10th
Richard Bond
45.900
13
26
11th
Dale Shepherd
41.650
4
28
12th
Adam Major
38.925
18
42
13th
Jamie Hughes
32.725
21
44
14th
Mick Bull
32.005
8
46
15th
Chris Weeder
31.850
19
48
16th
Dave Roberts
25.150
12
50
17th
Danny Bache
24.725
17
52
18th
Matt Godfery
24.220
2
54
19th
Dan White
18.160
24
56
20th
Andy Stepney
17.250
3
58
21st
Jason Brown
16.525
22
60
22nd
Mark Griffiths
11.675
1
62
23rd
Paul Morris
10.300
9
64
24th
Ian Wood
DNW
23
6
So in all, 10 weights over 100lbs were registered from a field of 24 of the finest anglers in the country.
Well done Andy Power, richer by £50,000 and so well deserved.
Very well done to Jake King, 2nd overall & collecting £5,000, Jack Danby, 3rd overall & collecting £3,000.
Section winners were –
Dale Shepherd £1000
Mikey Williams £1000
Pemb Wrighting £1000
Andy Bennett £1000.
Next up is the Golden Rod Feeder Championships with £26,800 prize fund up for grabs with several qualifiers already sold out!!
Golden Reel Grand Final Saturday September 15th 2018, Larford Lakes
So, here we are, an intensive program of 24 qualifiers which kicked off at the Viaduct fishery back on the 24th March 2018, and concluded at Larford Lakes on Saturday 25th August.
Despite intense pressure competing against other high profile angling events, the winners purse, second & third place remains at the figure I always promised.
The Golden Reel Champion will walk away with a massive £50,000, 2nd £5000 and 3rd £3000 add the four section prizes of £1000 every 6 men and the total payable will be a massive £62,000.
Ticket sales for this year’s event were disappointing due to a number of date clashes, an over serviced angling diary and a world cup football programme that didn’t help.
Despite numbers for our event being down on last year, our focus is aimed at increasing support for our 2019 event.
Yes, Golden Reel will enter its third year and continue to raise the profile of our sport placing it firmly alongside other high profile sporting events. So we need your support and again I will promise a spectacular competition.
Take a look at the big names in our 2018 final. On paper, it is probably the most powerful and talented final ever.
Join us at the popular Larford Lakes complex Nr Stourport on Severn on Saturday, September 15th 2018.
Doors open to the public at 10am.
Parking and entry is completely free.
What’s going on at the final-
There will be some high profile anglers providing tuition and showing their skills, demonstrating-
Pellet waggler
Pole long
Edge fishing
Method
Cage Feeder
Demonstrations on the river with double handed salmon rods, single-handed trout rods, spinning and lure fishing.
We have a team of highly skilled salmon anglers who join us from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
Food & Drink
We will have-
big hog pig roast
Burgers
Hot dogs
Fully Licenced Bar
Hot & Cold drinks and snacks
Served all day
The Final
Who will lift the coveted Golden Reel Trophy and walk away £50,000 richer
The final commences at 12pm to 5pm with the presentation taking place at approximately 6pm.
Come along and have a bet on your favourite angler and hopefully walk away with a pocket full of cash from onsite bookmaker Gary Wiltshire (Belly from the Telly)
Live coverage with commentary from Phil Briscoe and Catch More Media’s Tom Scholey.
Don’t miss the most powerful line up of anglers ever to compete head to head for the prestigious Golden Reel Trophy and a massive £50,000 winners cheque.
Phil Briscoe
Golden Reel
Event Organiser
Archive – 2017 Winner & Final
The long hard road of 24 nationwide qualifiers concluded presenting the ultimate Grand Final hosted at Colmic / Bag’em Larford Lakes.
Six months of qualifiers, fished at the country’s top venues throughout the UK provided the opportunity for the 24 grand finalists to pocket the massive £50,000 first prize and crown of Golden Reel 2017 Champion. The draw was concluded on the Friday 18th August gala evening so to set the stage for 24 of the country’s finest anglers to go head to head for a total prize fund of £62,000. The draw was kind to some and difficult for others and heavy rain on the eve of the final reduced the water temperature and pocketed the fish together. The fancied pegs didn’t produce the weights expected and area’s that were not potential winning pegs performed well.
The event was well supported by the visiting public and kept pouring in all day
A new champion was crowned from Peg 4 (permanent peg 12) being Stuart Fotheringham (Marukyu) from Leeds. Stu, who qualified at Larford Lakes back in July 17, had applied some productive practice sessions and knew the peg he’d drawn was likely to be a bomb & pellet or method feeder attack.
As soon as the whistle started the five hour final Stuart was straight into fish, landing carp throughout the entire match to finish the day with 147-02-00, 40lbs clear of his nearest rival. Feeding 8mm pellet every cast and fishing bomb & 8mm hook pellets, the tip was constantly being pulled round and there was never a need to come off the feeding fish or change his approach in any way.
Fishing machine Andy Bennett (Guru) drew Golden Reel peg 9 (permanent peg 22). Andy’s approach was method feeder fishing tight to the island which produced some early bites and a few good carp but keeping the bites coming became a problem.
Later switching to his edge, Andy found a run of good carp landing 8 or 9 fish that probably boosted his weight by 80lbs+ On the final whistle, Andy placed 107-15-00 on the scales to secure second place overall and a cheque for his efforts totalling £5000.
Third on the day was Staffordshire’s Craig Goldstraw (Middy) who drew peg 6 (permanent peg 16). Craig’s approach of method feeder with small waffter baits produced the bites required landing quality carp for a total weight of 90-12-00 and a fat third placed cheque payment of £3000.
Section winners collecting £1000 per section of 6 were-
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