Tom Noton

NAME: Tom Noton

NICKNAME: Horse

LIVES: Derbyshire

OCCUPATION: Oil Engineering Specialist

TOP ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • Division 1 national team winners on the Trent 2022 (Barnsley)
  • England Feeder Team member
  • Feeder national team 3rd on the Trent 2022 (Barnsley)
  • Sensas Challenge team winner 2022 (Barnsley)
  • Winter league winners (Barnsley)
  • England International Feeder Team
  • 8 x Riverfest finalist
  • 3 x feeder masters finalist
  • Tidal Trent Festival Winner
  • Sensas challenge individual 3rd 2022

TEAM: Drennan Barnsley Blacks

BIGGEST FISH: 24lb carp
BEST MATCH WEIGHT: 139lb
FAVOURITE METHODS: Feeder Fishing
FAVOURITE VENUES: The River Trent and Loch Erne
ANGLING AMBITIONS: To win more medals both for my country and my team
FAVOURITE ITEM OF TACKLE: 12ft Acolyte Commercial rod and the 10ft Acolyte Commercial Silverfish & F1 rod.

ABOUT:

River fishing has always been my favourite style of fishing, and something I still really enjoy but once team fishing became part of my angling I had to turn to other venues. My first serious team was Browning Hotrods where I learned to fish the Fenland drains with bread punch and squats etc. We fished nationals and other team events like Evesham etc. and we had some brilliant results in my time there. Getting asked to join the mighty Barnsley Blacks was a true honour and something you can’t refuse. Having been with the team for a few years now, I’ve had some brilliant success in my personal and team fishing with the Div 1 national win on the Trent being a dream of mine from a youngster! The icing on the cake for me though, is that I’m now part of the England Feeder team and am so excited for what the future holds.

I’ve been fortunate to learn from the very best in all styles of fishing from float to feeder and being able to travel out with the Barnsley team to international events like the World Club Championships helped me understand the international side of our sport. Feeder fishing has been something I’ve always been passionate about, particularly on rivers catching smaller fish like roach and dace.