Taunton Angling Association was founded around 1948 and currently offers fishing to well over 500 members.
Taunton Angling Association is run by a team of dedicated and enthusiastic anglers driven by passion to ensure the club can providing the very best angling experience and quality waters. Whether you’re interested in pleasure fishing, match fishing, carp fishing or pike fishing we have a quality waters and venues to suit your interest.
Taunton Angling Association - Club News
This coming Sunday will be the last round of the president’s cup this will take place at the West Sedgemore Drain.The Draw will be at 8.15amThe pools £17.00The Fishing from 10am to 3pm If you would like to fish please comment below 👇🏼 PS, I’ve just been down there Monday afternoon just to see how far the Fish stretched towards the railway Bridge and it’s solid all the way. 1. Dan Baldwin2. Lee Stanley 3. Richard Bradley 4. Lee Hoillday 5. Martin Chiffers 6. Vince Stuckey 7. Ian Burton8. Monkey 9. Will Bate10. Andy Ankers11. Adam Rich 12. Chris Parr13. Paul Purchase 14.15.16.17.18.19.20
With no match pencilled in on the calendar, we decided to organise a little sweep at Athelney today, on the lower Tone.After the summer we’ve had and the lack of rainfall, it was probably still a little early to be contemplating fishing this section. However, with some encouraging reports of a few fish coming out during the week, we thought it was worth giving it a go.We had quite a large tide this morning, with with this backing it up and pushing it the other way until around 9 o’clock, after which it ran off for the remainder of the day.Despite the tide, the water was surprisingly shallow, reaching only around 2½ feet at its deepest at high tide. By the end of the match, this had dropped to just under 2 feet.Weather-wise, it was a pretty grey day, with a thick fog hanging over the river. Visibility was so poor that you could barely see more than three pegs away!One thing that certainly caught everyone’s attention today was the number of Pike showing themselves. There were loads crashing out and chasing fish around the pegs above the pumping station, with some clearly well into double figures! 🐊With so many Pike in the area, this may well have had something to do with the amount of smaller fish present throughout the match length. There were plenty of quality Roach, small Chub, Dace and Perch about, providing no shortage of potential prey for the predators.The fishing was certainly much brighter than the weather conditions, with over 200lb caught on the day.So, who managed to work out the best plan and put together the biggest weight?Local carp angler Simon Garbutt certainly gave the match anglers something to think about going forwards, producing a dominant display to put 28lb 11oz of quality Roach, Perch and Skimmers on the scales to take the match win.In second place was Richard Bradley with 22lb 10oz, again made up of quality Roach and Skimmers.Third place went to Graham Field with 21lb 5oz of Roach.Completing the top four was Dan Baldwin with 21lb of small Roach.Next weekend (Sunday) we have the last round of the presidents cup this will be at Stathe Drain.
This Weekend’s match Stans Sweep on the River Tone at Athelney Limited to 15 first come first served Draw 8.15am at Athelney Fishing 10am to 3pm Pools money £15.00If you would like to fish comment below 👇🏼 1. Stan2. Dan Baldwin3. Richard Bradley 4. Ian Burton5. Andy Ankers6. Pete Grainger 7. Tony Cinicola 8. Martin Chiffers 9. Lee Holliday 10. Simon Garbutt 11. Adam Rich12. Vince Stuckey 13. Mark Afflek 14. Dean Stacey 15. Graham Field.Full
500
Club members
6
disabled access pegs
6
Venues to Fish
35
Matches per year
Club waters
Below you will find links to all of our waters along with useful information on the area + travel information to get you there.
