Coaching Lessons

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Coaching is available with Tees Valley Lakes owner Ste Alford. An angler with a passion for catching big fish with over 40 years experience catching carp to 61lb+ and a regular competitor in the national carp match scene,
A fully licenced Angling Coach with the Angling Trust and winner of the British Carp Cup – Pairs and British Carp Cup – Midlands Cup.

A long time Member of DNA Baits match Team & JPrecision Hooks.

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Tuition is currently available on our very own Tees Valley Lakes venues being Alpha, Eagle, Yarm & Sangemere.

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Fully Licenced Level 1 Angling Coach 

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Fully Licenced Level 2 Angling Coach 

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Cast Awards for Angling 

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DBS Checked 

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First Aid in Sports 

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Safeguarding Children 

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My background
With over 40 years angling experience I began fishing as a child on a park lake & old brick works pond fishing waggler & feeders, talking to & watching older anglers I gained knowledge and progressed to club lakes then on to club match fishing, in my teens my passion for catching bigger carp took over when I witnessed a mid double figure specimen caught & have had an obsession with catching carp ever since progressing to national specimen carp match level with success winning the Midlands – British Carp Cup in 2015 and being crowned The last ever British Carp Cup – Champions of 2019.

Like a lot of anglers I’ve always had a dream of owning my own lakes and have been lucky enough to make this a reality by buying waste land from which I personally designed, built, stocked & now run my own fishery consisting of 4 fishing lakes being Tees Valley Lakes, The success of our venues seen us expand to building our own carp farm in 2020 with the aim of rearing our very own future stock of English bred carp in 4 purpose built stock ponds known as Hilltop.

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