http://www.birminghammail.net/ Visit the brand new Birmingham Mail newspaper website. Read Birmingham news, updates on Birmingham City and Aston Villa, find jobs in Birmingham & much more. en-gb Birmingham Mail no Visit the brand new Birmingham Mail newspaper website. Read Birmingham news, updates on Birmingham City and Aston Villa, find jobs in Birmingham & much more. Birmingham Mail newspaper, Birmingham news, Birmingham City, Aston Villa, jobs in Birmingham http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/junior-sport/2008/11/12/hook-line-sinker-angling-with-gareth-purnell-97319-22238332/ Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/junior-sport/2008/11/12/hook-line-sinker-angling-with-gareth-purnell-97319-22238332/ STUART Palser thought he’d hooked the bottom on his first cast on a match on the Gloucester Canal – then the bottom started moving! http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/junior-sport/2008/10/21/angling-with-gareth-purnell-97319-22082761/ Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:07:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/junior-sport/2008/10/21/angling-with-gareth-purnell-97319-22082761/ THE River Severn revealed one of its giant zander to Stourbridge angler Gary Bagley when he netted a magnificent 18lb 10oz fish during a boat session. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/junior-sport/2008/09/24/hook-line-and-sinker-angling-with-gareth-purnell-97319-21890654/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/junior-sport/2008/09/24/hook-line-and-sinker-angling-with-gareth-purnell-97319-21890654/ I WAS listening to Keith Arthur’s Talk Sport radio show on Sunday when a caller rang in about Buzzards Valley Fishery at Drayton Bassett – a venue I’d never heard of. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/junior-sport/2008/08/20/angling-hook-line-and-sinker-with-gareth-purnell-97319-21570905/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:12:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/junior-sport/2008/08/20/angling-hook-line-and-sinker-with-gareth-purnell-97319-21570905/ MIDLANDS outfit Dams & Lock Match Group are the new NFA Division Three Champions after using local knowledge to secure victory on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, finishing 27 points clear of the field. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/junior-sport/2008/08/12/hook-line-and-sinker-angling-with-gareth-purnell-97319-21517961/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:12:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/junior-sport/2008/08/12/hook-line-and-sinker-angling-with-gareth-purnell-97319-21517961/ LEE Woodhouse was talking me through some of the best Birmingham Anglers Association stretches of canal the other day, and I was interested to hear about some of the sections that are positively ‘lifting’ with chub. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/junior-sport/2008/07/23/hook-line-sinker-angling-with-gareth-purnell-97319-21388821/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:01:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/junior-sport/2008/07/23/hook-line-sinker-angling-with-gareth-purnell-97319-21388821/ THE tiny River Anker has produced a huge barbel in the shape of a 13lb 4oz beauty to Bromford Bridge angler Keith Smith, who was fishing the pole! http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/junior-sport/2008/02/27/angling-with-gareth-purnell-97319-20529821/ Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/junior-sport/2008/02/27/angling-with-gareth-purnell-97319-20529821/ BRITISH Waterways' netting teams have been busy preparing for 2008's fishing season. Some 3,300lb of excess roach and perch have been removed from Lake One at the Makin fisheries complex and transferred to canals within the West Midlands. http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/junior-sport/2008/02/20/hook-line-sinker-angling-with-gareth-purnell-97319-20499094/ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-sport/other-sport/junior-sport/2008/02/20/hook-line-sinker-angling-with-gareth-purnell-97319-20499094/ THE biggest pike I've heard of from the River Blythe, a whopper weighing 30lb 8oz, has been banked by Birmingham angler Ian McCuster.