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
Club Match Results – Bridgwater & Taunton Canal (Swans Neck)![]()
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With only 9 anglers booked on this weekend’s club match, due to several other local matches taking place, we decided to mix things up a little by introducing a few gap pegs. On this section, the end pegs can often dominate, so this helped spread things out a bit more evenly.![]()
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The water was surprisingly clear for the Swans Neck, where there’s normally a bit more colour thanks to the regular boat traffic. As the match progressed, the colour did improve slightly, although that also brought plenty of other water users through the section.![]()
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Weather-wise, it was a welcome change. We had a pleasant downstream breeze and even managed to record a whopping 0.01mm of rain! 🌧️![]()
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So, who managed to put a few fish on the bank? 🐟![]()
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🥇 1st – Will Bate![]()
Will put together a consistent net of roach, rudd and silver bream to take the win with 7lb 13oz from the downstream end peg.![]()
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🥈 2nd – Lee Holliday![]()
Lee continued his good form with another tidy catch of roach and rudd, weighing 6lb 5oz.![]()
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🥉 3rd – Dan Baldwin![]()
Dan completed the top three with a mixed net of rudd, roach and bleak for 5lb 14oz.![]()
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Well done to everyone who fished, and thanks to all those who turned out. Hopefully we’ll see a few more faces at the next one!
Unfortunately, after many hours of hard work trying to get the River Tone fishable for this weekend’s match at Newbridge, I’ve had to make the difficult decision to move the match.![]()
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The weed has simply proved to be too much. Even if we had managed to razor out 12 pegs, the bottom four would have quickly closed up again due to the huge amount of floating duckweed and eel grass, combined with the very little flow in the river.![]()
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For anyone who still fancies a day’s fishing, Sunday’s match will now be held at Swans Neck on the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal.![]()
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Please comment below if you’re still interested in fishing on Sunday.![]()
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The draw will be at the Durston carpark at 8.15am![]()
The pools will be £15![]()
The Fishing will be from 10 am to 4 pm![]()
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If you would like to fresh, please comment below. ![]()
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1. Martin Chiffers ![]()
2. Ian Burton![]()
3. Lee Holliday![]()
4. Dan Baldwin ![]()
5. Richard Bradley ![]()
6. Will Bate ![]()
7. Steve Maynard ![]()
8. Matt Dunster ![]()
9. Harrison Dunster ![]()
10. Steve Hall![]()
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This weekend we have two Match events. ![]()
The first one is on Saturday 25th this is a CRT regional celebration on the Canal at Charlton Orchard.![]()
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On the Sunday, we have a club Match on the River Tone at Newbridge. ![]()
This will need some pegs cleared. So please let us know as soon as possible if you’d like to fish. ![]()
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The draw will be at Newbridge at 8.15am![]()
The pools will be £15![]()
The Fishing will be from 10 am to 4 pm![]()
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If you would like to fresh, please comment below. ![]()
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1. Martin Chiffers ![]()
2. Ian Burton![]()
3. Lee Holliday![]()
4. Dan Baldwin ![]()
5. Richard Bradley ![]()
6. Will Bate ![]()
7. Steve Maynard ![]()
8. Matt Dunster ![]()
9. Harrison Dunster ![]()
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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.
