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Healey Roofing Supplies final results

The 2007 Healey Roofing Supplies final leg was held at Broom Fisheries in Annan this week. 35 anglers from all over the country took part in the 15 week series, and all agreed that it should be repeated next year. The series trophies and prizes went to:

1st: Gary McKay - 114lbs...[Read more]

Healey Roofing Supplies open - 8th August 2007

Hi All,

A record number of anglers fished in this weeks Healey Roofing Supplies open, and the Queensberry water at Broom fisheries was the venue.

Kevin Aitken notched up his 3rd win of the series, bagging 19lbs 4ozs . The sun was at his back for the evening and the midges erupted in ...[Read more]

Broom Series - Leg 5 29/07/2007

We are now well into the second half of this £1,000 competition, and the contenders for the top ten places in the final are all closely placed.

The winner of this leg was Ewan Weed, with a great catch of 33 lbs 8 ozs. His catch included 10lbs of silver fish and...[Read more]

Mike`s Carp 15th July 2007

Mike caught this 9lbs 10ozs carp during the 4th leg of the Broom Summer Series at Broom Fisheries.

That was the week that Mike and San Aitken shared the winning spot with 15lbs 3ozs each. 

This particular fish resides in The Square at the Broom, and he has some even bigger friends...[Read more]

Broom Series 4th Leg 15th July 2007

Hi All,

The fourth leg of the Broom Fisheries series was held at Annan on Sunday. San Aitken shared the winners spotlight with Mike Pattison, whose bag included a particularly nice carp weighing 9lbs 10ozs. The prize money went to:

joint 1st: S Aitken - 15lbs 3ozs - Peg 43
joint 1st: M Pattison...[Read more]

Woody bags £800.00 prize money at the Broom.

The Scottish Federation of Coarse Anglers held it's 3rd league match at Broom Fisheries at Annan on Sunday. There was an excellent turnout and the individual winner was 20 year old James "Woody" Woodrow, who not only battled through continuous rain showers to take the top prize for the day but...[Read more]

Broom Series - leg 3 - 24th June 2007

Hi All,

The third leg of the Broom Fisheries series was held at Annan on Sunday. The water is getting warmer now and the bag sizes are coming up again. The prize money went to:

1st: E Weed 33lbs 8ozs - peg 80
2nd: S Hunter 18lbs 14ozs - peg 60
3rd: D McAuley 18lbs...[Read more]

£100 fly fishing evening rise winner - Fri 8th June 2007

Hello All.

The winner of the first evening rise fly fishing competition held at Broom Fisheries was Tom Langlands (pictured left), who's 5Lb 4ozs  beat Andy Richardson (pictured right) into second place.

Tom caught his fish on the top with a cdc in rather difficult conditions. The early evening sun was particularly bright...[Read more]

Healey Roofing Wed night series 30th May 2007

Hello all,

Healey Roofing Supplies Wed night series was held at Broom Fisheries, Annan last night. There was plenty of activity in the water at the Bruce`s Acre pond during the three hour competition and the fish were hard to net. The reeds in the margins were quivering continuously as carp darted...[Read more]

Bank Holiday open 28th May 2007

Hello all,

We had a bank holiday open yesterday at Broom Fisheries in Annan.

The good weather has yet to break in to our part of the world, so the water is still cool, but nevertheless some beatuful fish were landed and a good holiday Monday was had by all. The prize money...[Read more]

Healey Roofing Supplies evening series 23/5/07

Hello All,

Here are this weeks results of the Healey Roofing Supplies competition:

1st: Chris Healey - 19lbs

2nd: Alan Jones - 13lbs 14ozs

3rd: John Busfield - 8lbs 5ozs

4th: Graham Wright - 7lbs 4ozs

5th: John Wright - 7lbs 2ozs

6th: Tom Hornsby - 5lbs 8ozs

Well done to Chris on his excellent catch for three hours...[Read more]

Fiona`s first fly success - 20th May 2007

Fiona, from Brampton in Cumbria has been a sea angler but decided on Sunday to try her hand at fly fishing. 

The venue she chose for her debut was Broom Fisheries, Annan, and she is pictured here with her very first fish caught on the fly. It is a rainbow...[Read more]

SFCA League match #1 - 20/5/2007

Hello All

The overall individual winner of the match held at Broom Fisheries, Annan was Barry Lindsay from Cumbernauld, with a bag of 12.210 kgs.  Barry was kitted out with a Daiwa TDP powrtop 2 and No 8 hollow elastic.  He fished with chopped worm in the morning, starting at 7mtrs...[Read more]

Healey Roofing wed nnight result 16th May 2007

Hi All,

 Hot off the press is tonight's result.

This is the second leg of the competition, and tonight the stalwart anglers spent three hours in the pouring rain at Broom Fisheries, Annan.

Gary McKay, using Pellet over Dynamite Baits Swim Stim Green ground bait, finished with a healthy lead of over...[Read more]

Broom Series - Leg 2 - 13th May 2007

Here are the section results for the second leg of the 2007 Broom Series.

Sorry folks, I was unable to attend the match so  I do not have any info about the conditions, fish caught, etc.

Section 1: Queensbury Water
1st: I Whitson - 11lbs 8 ozs - peg 45
2nd: S Hill - 3lbs 7ozs - peg 40
3rd: P...[Read more]

Jem's Saturday league results

13th May 2007

Hi All,

Here is my report on yesterday's Jem's Saturday League match at Broom Fisheries, Annan:

The weather was mild with a strong South Westerly wind and the odd small shower to stir the water occasionally.

John Busfield, the winner,  had drawn a peg facing into the wind. He chose his Daiwa...[Read more]

John gets a 2lbs 15 ozs perch!

25th April 2007:

Taking advantage of a beautiful evening, John Wright, director of Broom Fisheries, decided to fish one of his five coarse waters for a while and test some new stock items.

You can see from the picture that he was not disappointed. He landed a whopping 2 lbs 15 ozs Perch on...[Read more]

SFCA Federation Cup 2007

Hello all.

The Scottish Federation of Coarse Anglers battled in the wind and rain today at Broom Fisheries, Annan, for the Federation Cup. The team that took the silver-wear was Monklands, with a bag of 20 lbs 15 ozs, and you can see from the photo below that they are rather...[Read more]

Broom Series - Leg 1 16th April 2007

Section 1: Queensbury Water
1st: M Pattison - 17lbs 2ozs - peg 47
2nd: G Yardley Jnr - 16lbs 10ozs - peg 1
3rd: C Healey - 4lbs 5ozs - peg 34

Section 2: Bruce's Acre
1st: D Lear - 17lbs 2ozs - peg 30
2nd: S Hunter - 6lbs 8ozs - peg 18
3rd: M Relph -...[Read more]

Broom open April 2007

Hello all,

Broom Fisheries first open of the year was held today, and the prize money went to:

1st: Ewen Weed - 13lb 14ozs
2nd: John Busfield - 9lb 10ozs
3rd: Jem Paveley - 8lb 8ozs

Although the weather here is definitely warmer, the fishing today was hampered by an unusually clear sky filled with some...[Read more]

Nice Roach Chris!

This 1lb 6oz roach was caught by Chris Healey, of Dumfries at Broom Fisheries

I asked him some questions about it and here is what he said:

Which water were you on Chris?. - I was on the canal, peg 4 I think, fishing about 10 metres.

How many years have you been...[Read more]

Broom awarded E.T pike fishing products distributorship

We are proud to announce that we are now stockists of the famous E.T. Predator Tackle pike fishing products.

They were the inventors of many specialist items that are now the standard for pike fishermen all over the globe.

• The first pike and tube baits
• The first crescent shaped pike weigh sling...[Read more]

National Sea Trout Festival 2004

Cookery
Festival organiser, Anthony Steel (left), accompanies TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and radio's Nick Fisher (right) in a sea trout cookery demonstration on the banks of the River Annan.
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, food writer and TV presenter of River Cottage on Channel 4, backed up by Nick Fisher, presenter of fishing programmes such as BBC's...[Read more]

Princes of Darkness

From the 2004 National Sea Trout Festival, famous for its week-long night-fishing marathon challenge
The National Sea Trout Festival takes place every four years. Started on the River Annan in South Scotland in the mid 1990's, it took place in Wales (2000) but returned to the Annan, from July 11-17, 2004.
The objective...[Read more]