Angling Trust News Release

The Angling Trust is offering anglers a fantastic opportunity to spend a top class days fishing with their favourite England International star, and at the same time support our Veterans and Anglers with Disabilities International teams.This will be the second set of anglers to be auctioned off and up for grabs this time around are Steve Gardener, Stuart Conroy, Tom Pickering and Sean Ashby. The bidding begins on Friday 24th of August at 2pm and will remain open for the following ten days.

Anglers can bid for a day’s fishing with their favourite star in a special eBay auction – click here for the current auctions – set up by the Trust. The session will be for the sucessful bidder to have 5 hours of top class coaching from an angler who has fished at the World Championships.

The day starts with meeting for breakfast then a discussion about the type of fishing and prospects for the day. Then there’ll be a period of preparation followed by a fishing session with top class instruction on how to choose the correct type of equipment and bait for that particular venue.

The fishing will take place at one of the following venues:
Lindholme Lakes (Doncaster), River Trent, Brookside Fishery, Browning Cudmore Fishery (Shropshire), River Wye, Gold Valley Lakes (Aldershot), Willingshurst (Surrey).

International Events Director Dick Clegg says “It is a vital fundraising opportunity and we want anglers of all types to support this in order to help us fund future International teams. All the proceeds will go towards helping to fund the Veterans and Anglers with Disabilities International teams in their quest to bring medals back to England and keep angling at the top of the sporting lists.”

Successful anglers will be using their own equipment, but where possible bait and a day ticket will be provided – and of course they can take a camera to record the day’s events.

To win this wonderful chance to Fish With a Star, anglers will beed to bid on the Angling Trust eBay account – bidding will start at £100.

To enter the auction anglers should click here.

Please note a contact telephone number will be required from the bidder to allow the successful pair to be contacted by their chosen star to arrange a suitable time and venue.

For more details contact The Angling Trust via email info@anglingtrust.net or telephone; 01159 813535 and press option 2

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