New fish pass helps transform the Upper Derwent
A new fish pass built by the Environment Agency at historic Calver Weir on the River Derwent has been completed at a cost of £165,000. On Friday 5 March 2010 it carried water for the first time offering fish a route up the river beyond the weir. The fish pass is part of a wider project to restore the weir....
Anglers Fume as Regulator Bows to Hydropower
The Angling Trust has reacted angrily to the Environment Agency’s massive over-exaggeration of the amount of electricity that could be harnessed from English and Welsh Rivers...
Looking Good For Killeshandra Festival
Killeshandra angler Lee Symonds spent a day on Killeshandra’s Town Lake to take this fine net of roach and hybrids on feeder and red maggot. ...
Giant Roach Is The Fish Of Many Lifetimes
Korum consultant Duncan Charman banks huge stillwater roach just under 4lb, but is turning his back on the venue that produced the historic fish.......
Bury Hill’s Haiti Angling Appeal raises close to £6000!
Saturday the 27th February saw 65 anglers brave the cold conditions to raise money for Bury Hill’s Haiti Angling Appeal,...
Pike Club Bites Back Over Bivvy Ban
Pike anglers are backing Ramblers Scotland in their campaign against new camping by-laws proposed for Loch Lomond....
Fantastic Offers for Fly Anglers From Fishtec
Special offers on selected Fishtec Fly tackle...
Great Tackle Releases from Fishtec
Special offers on selected TFGear products...
Ivan Marks Memorial Match 2010
Mallory Park Fisheries will be holding the sixth annual running of the Ivan Marks Memorial Match...
Chapmans Angling Fish Fest 2010
Chapmans Angling is gearing up for Fish Fest 2010 – which they are billing as the biggest angling show in the north of England....
Great Excitement Among Avon Salmon Rods
Tree early fish, the best start in years!...
Barston Lakes To Host The Kamasan British Open
Barston Lakes will host the prestigious Kamasan British Open on August 7th. ...
Angling Times Launches New Competition
Angling Times is injecting some much-needed impetus into the match fishing scene with two new initiatives that are drawing some of their inspiration from the past....
The Biggest Zander Ever Caught
The River Severn has produced the biggest zander ever caught by design in the UK – a 20lb 2oz beauty....
Hardy Pushes to the Extreme
Hardy & Greys Coarse Academy member Cathal Hughes has been pushing the new Hardy 13ft Extreme Feeder rod to its limits during extensive field testing. ...
Angling Trust General Election Campaign
The Angling Trust today launched a campaign strategy to highlight the concerns of Britain’s 3 million anglers in the run-up to the General Election....
SSACN Announce Sharkatag 2010
100s of shark anglers to invade South West Scotland 18-19-20th June...
Barston Fish O Mania Qualifier Moved To Makins
Angling Trust and Matchroom have announced today that the Fish O Mania qualifier scheduled for Wednesday 21st April at Barford Lakes in Norfolk has had to be moved ...
New Research on Atlantic salmon asks if size matters
Conservationists and salmon fishermen are united in their concerns about the dwindling number of Atlantic salmon now residing in rivers across the UK....
Piking Hunt For Yorkshire Monster….
Do monsters lurk beneath the waters of a South Yorkshire beauty spot..?...
Irish Roach Through The Ice
Angling guide Ian Kitson stars in new video on how to make the most of fishing in Ireland.... and catches through the Irish ice.......
Toft Open Dates
Tony Ward is planning a couple of open matches at Toft Farm Fishery’s Carp Lake, the first of which will be on Sunday 4th April and the other on Sunday 10th October....
Free Trial At Cemex Angling Venues
This week’s Angler’s Mail magazine is even bigger than usual and includes a special offer for a FREE TRIAL at lots of CEMEX Angling venues. ...
Bait Firm Bags Andy May
Three times Kamasan Matchman of the Year Andy May has been signed up by Northamptonshire bait firm BagEm to help promote its range of commercial fishery groundbaits and pellets. ...
Biggest Pike Of The Season?
The West Midlander at the centre of a record zander claim has now witnessed the biggest pike of the season – a 40lb whopper....
Take A Stake In The Future of Our Fisheries
Anglers, your country needs you! A once in a lifetime opportunity is being offered to become part of the new Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCAs), which will shape the future of our inshore fisheries....
Massive Perch Caught By Match Angler
The Total-Fishing.com forum has been buzzing this week with the news that a 5lb plus perch has been caught in a match… and on very light tackle....
Long Eaton Victoria Angling Society Match Result
championship match number 16...
U18s and U22s Team England Coarse Angling Youth Trial
The application forms for the U18s and U22s England Youth Trial nominations are now available for download from the Angling Trust website...
Win Extreme Fishing II DVD Featuring Robson Green
Actor and passionate fisherman Robson Green experiences more breathtaking adventures of the wet and wild kind in the thrilling and spilling Extreme Fishing II With Robson Green – now available as a DVD for £24.99....
110 Year Old Title Landed By Fish&Fly!
The UK anglers ‘bible’ finds a new home on the internet....
Academy Member Wins International Acclaim
Hardy & Greys Coarse Academy member, Cathal Hughes has been selected to fish for Ireland in the World Championships....
Preston Innovations to Sponsor New Elite Competition
Preston Innovations have signed a 4 year, £50,000 deal with the Angling Trust to sponsor a new coarse angling match ...
National Fishing Month-The Success Grows
National Fishing Week grows into National Fishing Month...
£20,000 UK Angling Champs Dates Announced
Match fishing was dealt a vote of confidence today as a new and exciting calendar was announced for the UK Angling Championships....
Hardy & Greys Sponsor Team England
Hardy & Greys Ltd are proud to announce their sponsorship of England Men’s World, European and Rivers Fly Fishing Teams for 2010....
Unique breast cancer charity reveals 2010 schedule
Casting for Recovery, the unique fly fishing programme for women who have, or have had, breast cancer, will run retreats in Devon, Hampshire, Co Antrim and Angus in 2010; applications to participate are now being accepted....
Bury Hill Launches Haiti Appeal Angling Fund
Angling aims to raise £10,000 in support of victims of the recent Haiti earthquake......
The 'Coster' Tackle Development...
Hardy & Greys Ltd are pleased to announce they have appointed Dave Coster as Product Manager for their expanded Coarse Product Development team. ...
Lee's Close Shave For Charity Fishing Event
Barston Lakes is running an all-star charity Pairs Match to raise money for Birmingham Children's Hospital – and the more money anglers can raise, the more of a fool organizer Lee Woodhouse is prepared to make of himself. ...
Greys Prowla Hits the Big Fish Jackpot
Greys Carp and Coarse Category Manager, Andy Charlton has landed a catch of a lifetime on a recent trip to Cumbrian Waters....
Killeshandra Festival 2010
May 3rd-6th, 2010...
Total-Fishing World Series - Northern Qualifier
The Total-Fishing World Series Northern Qualifier takes place at Lindholme Lakes on Sunday the 23rd May. ...
Total-Fishing World Series 2010 - Southern Leg
The Southern Leg of the Total-FishingClub World Series has been booked for Monks Lake Two on Saturday June 5th…...
Duane Seckington Memorial Match 2010
The Duane Seckington Memorial Match 2010 has been booked for Alders Farm Fishery on June 5th....
Three Weights Over 30lb On Ice Stricken Coventry Canal
On the Winter League match on the Coventry Canal from canal basin to Foleshill Road, they had to break three inches of ice, yet the winner had 38lb of bream and the top ten all had double figures. ...
Big Four Reservoir Opening Dates
Ravensthorpe Reservoir will be the first of the Anglian Water Reservoirs to open for trout fishing Saturday 27 February....
ABC News
Qualifier tickets for The Angling Bait Club will go on sale no later than the 28th February 2010. This preliminary date may be brought forward if membership capacity is reached in the interim....
Fishy Christmas stockings scale new heights in West Midlands
The Environment Agency revealed today that the early Christmas present of fish from the Environment Agency’s Calverton Fish Farm near Nottingham last month to re-stock the Rivers Trent and Tame and other West Midlands waters reached a grand total of 95,500 fish....
World Record Carp For 'Lucky Locke'
An English carp angler has set a new carp world record with a massive 94lb brute taken by Solar Tackle’s Martin Locke....
Fishery Owners Urged To Break The Ice
Britain’s current Arctic freeze-up could lead to an explosion in the number of fish deaths in stillwater fisheries. ...
Angling Trust Nationals 2010
The dates have been released for the Angling Trust Nationals in 2010....
The Bay Malton Angling Club has now officially opened its “Angling Development Centre”,
The Bay Malton “Angling Development Centre” is aimed at promoting junior angling...
Martin Bowler Strengthens Co-operation with OKUMA!
UK Fishing Guru, Martin Bowler, pro-longs contract with OKUMA fishing reel Giant!...
Views of anglers needed for new fish movement laws….
Consultation document from DEFRA over replacement law for section 30 fish movement legislation – anglers’ views sought....
The Barston Christmas Event
The Barston Christmas event is usually one of the big occasions of the winter on the open match scene, but with a couple of inches of ice on the shallow big lake, venue owner Nigel Harrhy was forced to try and call the whole thing off. ...
River Churnet Received A Christmas Present Of 500 Fish
A stretch of the River Churnet at Consall Forge in Staffordshire that had been badly affected by pollution has received a Christmas present of 500 fish. ...
Arthur Takes A Ribbing, But Wins The Day
Twenty teams of three braved the cold for the second round of the Hankat Teams Of Three Winter League run by Lee Woodhouse...
Boxing Day Pairs Match
Daiwa Hallcroft Fishery ...
Collingham anglers home and dry
This month (December 2009) the Environment Agency completed the construction of 18 new stone angling pegs on the tidal River Trent at Collingham....
Lanes Bait Winter League
Final round (6) 34 pegs Meadowlands Fishery, Warren and Lambsdown pools ...
Wiltshire Wins Classic Qualifier at Larford Lakes
Classic Qualifier - Specimen Lake Sunday, 13th December 2009...
The E3,000 Lough Ree International Pike Festival
The festival is open to all anglers and will take place on Lough Ree at Athlone, located in the very heart of Ireland, with boat angling over three days....
OnlineFishing Is A TV Gift For Anglers
Angling TV channel OnlineFishing.tv is a year old and has over 220 great fishing shows to watch online and in great quality....
Shakey Clear With A Round To Spare
Shakespeare continue their dominance of the region’s team match fishing scene – they have as good as qualified for the semi finals of the Winter League from the Warwickshire Division with a round still left to fish. ...
New Fish For Tunnel Barn
Mike Hamblington has ‘got the fish moving’ at Tunnel Barn Farm with a winter stocking of half a ton of F1s, and the results have been immediate....
New Tame Home For 10,500 Fish
A stretch of the River Tame at Tamworth that was badly affected by pollution has received an early Christmas present of 10,500 young fish. ...
Christmas Success For Birthday Boy Rob
Coventry’s Rob Swain won the big Christmas match at Packington Somers just in time for his 57th birthday this week. ...
Lake District Report 2009
November is often a wet month but this year it was exceptionally so - taking the Country as a whole it was the wettest November for 58 years as the month saw 8.5 inches as against the previous highest of 7.5 inches in 1951. This, however, totally belies what happened in Cumbria during November - where two to three times this amount fell....
Plans To Introduce Beaver's To England's Rivers Are 'Ludicrous'
Labour’s Parliamentary Angling spokesman Martin Salter used last week’s Commons debate on fisheries to describe as “ludicrous” plans by Natural England to re-introduce the beaver to the English countryside. ...
MPs’ Praise For Sea Angling “Just Fine Words”
Agreement among MPs on the importance of recreational sea angling (RSA) were just “fine words”, according to Mike Heylin, chairman of the Angling Trust. ...
Odds And Evens Rule For £50,000 Club Angler Match.
The ABC Club Members Matches will be held on a number of venues, including rivers, canals and on some "wild card venues" not necessarily on the current match circuits....
Long Eaton Victoria Angling Society Match Results
Championship match number 14...
Winter Opens At Barston Lakes
The Sensas Challenge at Barston Lakes is showing once again the silver fish potential of Nigel Harrhy’s Solihull day ticket fishery......
£5000 Top Prize For Drennan Knockout Cup!
The popular Drennan Knockout Cup has an increased prize fund next year thanks to the generous backing of leading tackle manufacturer Drennan. ...
European rules threaten to “smother sea angling”
Members of parliament are being urged to tell fisheries minister Huw irranca-Davies, that Britain’s recreational sea angling industry is in danger of being “smothered by the restrictions and rules of management regimes” that are really only intended to control the European commercial fishing industry....
Early Christmas stocking for the River Soar
A stretch of the River Soar that was badly affected by pollution will receive an early Christmas stocking of about 10,000 young fish on Friday, 27 November 2009....
Wily Derek Foxes Angel Lake Record
Match anglers braving the weather in the weekend’s open match at Angel of the North Fishery in County Durham had a surprise when the lake record was beaten....
Nige Is One For The (Piking) Ladies
The Fishing For Everyone Ladies Fishing Club are organising their first pike fishing day to be led by world class pike angler, Nige Williams....
Salter: Warning On New Marine Conservation Zones
Labour’s spokesman for Angling Martin Salter used a speech in Westminster at an event by the Marine Conservation Society...
The 50K Club Match
The Willis Worms Angling Bait Club match (ABC) planned for 2010 will pay out a staggering 50k first prize. ...
Over £6000 Raised at Fish With The Stars
Over £6,000 was raised at the ‘Fish with the Stars’ Celebrity Charity event organised by Hardy & Greys Ltd and Game Fishing Supplies of Morpeth....
Moorlands Farm Individual Winter Series
The Moorlands Farm Individual Winter Series kicks off on Sunday December 6th and is ongoing until Sunday March 28th......
Problems For Record Zander Claim (Picture)
Mick Dolan’s claim for a new British record zander could run aground because he weighed it while afloat. ...
Dave Brittain Wins Wye Festival
With the river running close to 3ft up with and a slight tinge of colour most anglers were anticipating bumper weights for the Fox Match Wye Festival....
Tunnel Barn Booked For Supercup Final
Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery has been booked to host the prestigious Van den Eynde Supercup final for the first time....
Match Anglers Turn Out For 'Moorsy'
Over 130 anglers from across the country turned out to support a fundraising event in aid of Potteries match legend Jeff Moors, who has sadly been given just months to live in his battle with cancer. ...
Match TV: Derek Willan Out In The Open
Derek Willan is one of the country’s top open match anglers, and in this episode of Match TV, the only TV show exclusively for competitive coarse anglers, we join him to see how he sets about trying to win a five-hour open....
Polluted Trent To Be Restocked For Christmas
Stretches of the River Trent and Tame that were badly affected by recent pollution incidents will get an early Christmas stocking of thousands of baby fish this winter....
Government Fails to Ease Passage of Fish
The Angling Trust and Fish Legal have reacted with dismay to news that the Government has decided that “implementation of the Free Passage of Fish Order should be postponed until at least May 2011”. ...
Record Zander From Grafham Water
The British zander record has potentially been beaten with a magnificent 22lb fish at Anglian Water’s Grafham Water on Sunday, Total-Fishing.com can reveal. ...
Chance for Angling Coaches to Upgrade
Many anglers have achieved instructors’ or coaching qualifications or awards such as STANIC and C25 dating back five or more years and which are no longer adequate to become a licensed coach. ...
Silstar Is Back In The UK!
It’s 20 years since the Silstar brand was last seen on the shelves of British tackle shops. ...
£2,000 raised for Disabled International Coarse Angling Team
Fishing for Charity, the brainchild of angler Tony Shaw of Lafarge Aggregates Limited, has presented a cheque for £2,000 to International Manager Joe Roberts to support the England Disabled Coarse Angling team....
Fish O Mania 2010 Dates And Venues
Angling Trust and Matchroom Sport announced today that entries to Fish O Mania 2010 will be open from 9.00am on 18th January 2010 for a three week period. ...
English Lakes fly Fishing With Patrick Arnold
This Report now covers Game Angling only. The Fly Fishing ‘ Hints and Tips ’ are based on the Author’s own Experiences....
Fly Casting Tuition At Caer Beris
The Game Angling instructors Association (GAIA) held its bi annual training weekend at Caer Beris is Wales. Individuals had opportunity to take assessments at this event and the following were successful taking the new revised syllabi....
Richard Dodds RIP
Warlingham & DAS are sad to announce that Life Member, former chairman and secretary Richard Dodds passed away on October 15 following a short illness at just 58-years-old....
Annual National Vintage Tackle Fair
This month sees the annual National Vintage Tackle Fair heading once again to Redditch. ...
Big Rainbow Trout Showing At Packington
Knowle angler Harold Lewis took the best rainbow trout of the week at Packington Somers in the shape of a 13lb 12oz beauty....
Giant Great Ouse Perch Could Be A Record
Warwickshire angler Noel Jones was so taken back by catching the biggest perch of the season so far, he had to sit down and roll a cigarette!...
Barston Lakes Christmas Match Details
The 2009 Barston Xmas match is scheduled for Sunday the 20th December. ...
England Clock Off World Carp Champs
England pair denied first place as clocks go back in World Carp Championships.......
Ammo Sponsors England Boat Team
The England Boat Squad received a huge boost to their 2010 World and Home Nations campaign in the shape of sponsorship funding for their recent squad weekend held on the 17th and 18th of October 2009, from the leaders in quality frozen baits, the ‘Ammodytes’ Company (www.ammodytes.co.uk)....
Long Eaton Victoria Angling Society Match Result
Championship match number 12 ...
Salter Sees Off Attempts To Weaken Marine Bill
Angling MP praises anglers for voting for conservation measures...
Fish To win 2009 Results
Fish to Win 2009 came to a climatic close on Sunday 25th October 2009 at Lake John in Waltham Abbey where the 20 finalists battled it out for the top prize of £3000...
Midland angler of the year 2009 Barston Lakes.
Dave Roberts, an automotive engineer from Hereford, has become this years midland angler of the year. ...
Anglers Accuse European Commission of ‘Fiddling while Rome Burns’
The Angling Trust has reacted with dismay to the European Commission’s latest draft of the Common Fisheries Policy Control Regulations,...
Fish Legal Bring Poacher to Court
Fish Legal has successfully settled a civil action against a poacher on behalf of its member club the King's Lynn Angling Association....
Dave Roberts Wins Midland Angler of the Year Title
Dave Roberts, an automotive engineer from Hereford, has become the 2009 Midland Angler of the year after the fish-off at Barston Lakes near Solihull.......
England Team Announced for World Carp Championships
11th World FIPPSed Carp Championships, 21st October to 25th October 2009, Cazaubon Barbotan France....
Try Gainsborough For Specimen trout
Sunday, 1st November 2009 sees the launch of Shatterford Lakes' new specimen trout water and bookings are now being taken. ...
Matchmen Trounce Carp Men in Barston Lakes Fish-Off
Match anglers take seven out of eight weigh-ins as they easily see off the carp men in televised fish off at Baston Lakes in the Midlands......
Lee's The 'World Champ'
Lee Taylor Takes The ‘World Series’...
A grand up for grabs in Packington’s Sensas Winter League
A £1,000 top prize is on offer for the winner of the Sensas Winter League at Packington Somers Fishery....
Long Eaton Victoria Angling Society
Championship Match Number 10 at Boddington Reservoir...
Ringer Wins 2009 Maver Festival At White Acres
Phil Ringer was outstanding in winning the 2009 Maver Festival at White Acres Fishery with over 400lb......
LE & C Open And thursday Summer League
Venus Boddington Reservoir, Thursday 8th October...
FHI re-confirm legal position surrounding French carp imports
Some in the coarse fishing community in England and Wales are still not entirely sure about the legal position surrounding the importation of French carp....
A common skate which would have set a new Irish record has been caught and returned off Red Bay, Antrim.
Hans Dykman was fishing with Hamish Currie on ‘Predator II’ ...
Fox International makes donation to RNLI
Fox International has made a recent donation totalling £2,854.06 to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) ...
Fox Match Hereford Winter League
Reigning champions on top…again! ...
Huge Shatterford Catfish Bottoms Out 65lb Scales
Shatterford Fishery has produced its biggest catfish of 2009, and almost certainly the biggest ever from the day ticket venue. ...
River Severn float only matches
The popular Tuesday series of River Severn float only matches on the middle Severn at Arley gets underway again on October 20th and judging by the response to date they look likely to become sellout events for running line purists. ...
French carp: the facts
There have been several media reports about the proposed import of record-sized carp from a source in France to a fishery in England over the last few weeks....
Parkdean Holidays celebrates 10th Anniversary of Parkdean Masters
Parkdean’s White Acres Holiday Park is the fabulous setting for the 10th Anniversary of the Parkdean Masters £25,000 one day fishing final....
Tackle Giant backs Innovative Academy
Fox has teamed up with Lewis Murawski, creator of Lewis's Angling Academy and owner of Anglers World Norwich in a deal worth thousands of pounds....
Long Eaton Victoria Angling Society Match Results
Championship match Number 9: Trophy: Richardson Cup Date, 20 September 2009 Venue: Robinwood Fishery ...
Johnson Wins The King Of Clubs 2009
Kevin Johnson joins the long list of names etched on the on the silver plate of the “King of Clubs” trophy - match angling legends dating back to 1983 by winning the 2009 event....
Pickering Smash And Grab Lands Him 2009 UK Champs
Long time leader Darren Cox was unlucky as he lost on a weight countback in the 2009 UK Champs after leading for most of the series......
Berryman Wins Fish For £3k Hartleylands Qualifier
Hartleylands Farm near Cranbrook in Kent was the destination for the 6th qualifier in the Fish to Win Series and as expected Nick's Lake was the place to be but what was more surprising was that Bramley through up bigger weights than Pear Tree Lake....
Best Match For 20 Years At Coombe Abbey
The last big match of the year at Coventry’s Coombe Abbey produced ‘the best result for 20 years’ according to organiser Malcy Brown, with a ton-up winning weight and the top 19 anglers all weighing over 40lb of bream....
Slovakia Win 2009 World Match Fishing Championships
Shock victory for Slovakia in World Match Fishing Championships 2009 as favourtes England blow it....
New Chairmen at Angling Trust and Fish Legal
The Angling Trust has announced that Stephen Marsh-Smith has resigned as Chairman of both the Angling Trust and Fish Legal...
Fish to Win 2009 - Q3 Monk Lakes
60 Anglers returned to Monks Lakes in Kent today (9th September) for the 3rd qualifier of "Fish to Win" 2009...
English Pair Tough It Out For World Carp Glory
England’s Rob Tough and Tom Duncan-Dunlop are on top of the world...
Sport England gives green light to angling
Angling is one of the first sports to be recognised by Sport England as making good use of the opportunity to work with County Sports Partnerships (CSP) to increase participation....
Results from Barford Lakes two day festival fished this weekend
This event saw 22 anglers fish on Colton and Barford Match Lake over two days...
Fish to Win 2009 - Qualifier Two - Monk Lakes - Wednesday 2nd September 2009 - Match Results
The Anglers were met with wet and windy conditions on the 2nd Fish to Win Qualifier...
Dynamite Baits Makins Thursday ‘Kobra Affordable Open’
Thames and Inner Avon, 3rd September...
Match Fishing Team Championship
14 teams of five 70 pegs ...
Abu Garcia Wychavon Championship
Sunday 30th August 70 pegs...
Shakespeare Championship
Saturday 29th August 70 pegs ...
Match Fishing/Shakespeare Veterans Championship
Wednesday 26th August 72 pegs...
Match Fishing/Shakespeare Ladies Championship
Sunday 23rd August 35 pegs...
Evesham Angling Festival Results
Shakespeare Junior and Intermediate Championship ...
Jet Breakers AC 21st Charity Match
Dog Lane Fishery, Napton, Warwickshire, 30 pegs...
Frenzee Sponsors Andy Neal
South Wales based commercial star Andy Neal has joined up and coming tackle innovators Frenzee. ...
Angling Trust Welcomes High Profile Supporters
The Board of the Angling Trust is very pleased to have received the offer of assistance from an Advisory Panel of high profile anglers....
Subfish Team England Ladies Miss Out on Medals in the Ladies World Championships 2009
The Ladies World Championship event was held on the River Fiuma Mandria in Berreto near Palma, Italy...
Angling Trust Masters results
Sixteen teams battled it out for the Angling Trust Masters at Mallory Park Fisheries on Saturday 22 August...
UK Angling Championship
Round 2, Larford Lakes....
Browning Hotrods Crowned Angling Trust Division 2 National Champions
Browning Hotrods were crowned team Champions at the Division 2 Angling Trust National Championships held on the River Trent on Saturday 22nd August....
Packington Somers Winter League
Entry details have been released for the Packington Somers Winter League, which carries a £1,000 first prize....
80 years at Hampton Ferry
This Sunday marks the 80th anniversary of the Huxley family moving to Hampton Ferry, the famous match fishing stretch of the Warwickshire Avon at Evesham. We look back at the development of this hugely popular fishery… ...
Fish Legal in Court preventing illegal dredging on the River Sence
Two brothers, who were taken to Court by Fish Legal, the legal arm of the Angling Trust, on behalf of the Gopsall Fishing Club, for dredging the River Sence in Leicestershire during the spawning season, yesterday gave the Court a binding undertaking never to dredge the river again....
All Systems Go For The Evesham Angling Festival!
The Evesham Angling Festival attracted 44,000 visitors last year. It’s the biggest angling event in the country and this year it carries an increased prize kitty of £27,750! Dave Harrell, editor of Match Fishing magazine, looks forward to the three day angling extravaganza… ...
Twenty Ton-Up Weights In Woodland View Qualifier!!!
Sonubaits Individual Open Qualifier Woodland View Fishery, Droitwich, Worcs...
Record Barston Catch For Cox
The 72-peg Leicester 72 Summer League match produced a record result at Barston Fishery near Solihull....
Results Of The BW Stillwater Championship 2009
Qualifier held at Earlswood lakes (Engine pool)....
Angling Trust £1,000 Prize Draw for New Members
The Angling Trust has announced a prize draw for new members signing up in the next month....
Anglers with Disabilities World Championship England Team win Bronze in Portugal
The Angling Trust’s Anglers with Disabilities England Team took part in the 11th Freshwater World Championships at Ponte De Sor, Portugal on 8th-9th August 2009....
UK Individual Championship, Round One
Garbolino Lindholme Lakes, South Yorkshire...
Shakespeare Redditch crowned Team Champions at 2009 Division One National
The first ever Angling Trust Division One National Championships took place on Saturday 8th August on the Staffs-Worcs Canal, the Shropshire Union Canal and the Trent and Mersey Canal and was voted a huge hit by the 690 competitors. ...
Roger Holmes his way to take Gold at the Veterans National Championship
Roger Holmes became the Angling Trust Veterans National Champion on Wednesday 5th August at Makins Fishery at Wolvey Warwickshire with an exceptional winning weight of 52.350kg fishing Phase 1, Lake 2 on peg A14....
Shakespeare Championship Qualifier 8th and 9th August
Warwickshire Avon - Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry...
The Angling Trust's Veteran's National Championships Results
Held at Dynamite Baits Makins on Wednesday 5 August...
The Online Mosella Solution
Mosella fishing tackle is a big name in angling across Europe, especially in the match fishing market where the company has produced a string of innovative products in recent years that have developed almost cult status in competitive circles....
Angling Trust announces restructuring
The Angling Trust has announced a number of cuts to its central operations in Nottingham and Leominster....
World champions and world championships to enjoy at the Test Valley Game, Country & Angling Fair
Interest in fishing and in particular specialist angling including carp, trout, coarse, fly and sea fishing is at an all time high in the UK. Many thousands enjoy the sport regularly, making it the most popular leisure pursuit nationwide. ...
Look To ‘Absolute Uniques’ For Web Marketing
More proof that the online story continue to boom comes from angling website Total-Fishing.com, which has just announced record traffic figures. ...
Stillwater Championships 2009 Results
British Waterways qualifier held at Blyth Waters...
Evesham Angling Festival Match Reports
Shakespeare Championship Qualifier Sunday August 2nd and Saturday August 1st. ...
England Youth World Coarse Angling Championship teams miss out on the medals for 2009
England U18s World Championships - St Justa, River Sorraia, Portugal 25th & 26th July 2009...
Fury At British Waterways Plan To Cut Fisheries Staff By 50%
Canal anglers and angling clubs have reacted furiously to news that British Waterways (BW) is to cut its fisheries staff by 50% as part of its restructuring. ...
Specimen Bass For Firefighter
Ewan McNeish knew he had the fish of a lifetime when this 17lb bass slammed into his live mackerel bait. ...
Streamer Lands 26lb Grafham Water Pike
Richard Sewell boated this cracking pike estimated at 27lb while fly fishing at Grafham Water....
Teenager Wins The Barston Bowl
Andy Fullylove, and 18-year-old angler from Allesley in Coventry, took this year’s 100-angler Barston Bowl by storm, after catching 100lb 10oz from fancied peg 17. ...
Late Tench Seals Evesham Qualifier For Curtis
It was a case of ‘after the Lord Mayor’s show’ in Sundays qualifier which was fished in gale force wind and rain saw a river which had lost its colour from the previous day turn hard again. ...
Roach Go On The Feed At Evesham
A couple of inches of extra water and a tinge of colour was all that it needed to get the Warwickshire Avon roach feeding again and good weights were recorded all the way the through the match length. ...
Scunthorpe Blue Win 2009 Division Three National Championship
Local team Scunthorpe Blue took the glory this weekend at New Junction Canal, Doncaster, in the team classifications in the Division 3 National Championship and took home the gold medal with 198 points, and total weight of 19.740kg....
Valley Win Schools National Fishing Championships
Valley School, from Worksop, won The Angling Trust Daiwa Schools National Fishing Championship on 15th July by beating 29 teams to take the title for the second consecutive year....
Garbolino Tunnel Barn Farm Masters
Tunnel Barn Farm, Warwickshire Wednesday, 15th July, 70 pegs...
The Fourth St Lawrence Challenge
Organised by Pete Henwood of Specialist Tackle/Riverveiw Motel, the fourth St Lawrence Challenge attracted a good entry from the UK, America, Canada and even France, as several teams of two did battle over a non-stop 72 hour match....
Fundraiser For Our International Teams
The Angling Trust is offering anglers a fantastic opportunity to go fishing with their favourite England International angling star and at the same time support our Veterans and Anglers with Disabilities International teams....
France forge to Victory at Furzton to take Gold
The 2nd Veterans World Angling Championship took place 11th - 12th July at Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes....
Leicestershire Match For Charity
Match anglers are coming together at Maynes Fishery in Leicestershire to raise money for Macmillan Nurses....
Coombe Abbey Lakes Running Into Form
Fishing at Coombe Abbey Lakes in Coventry is running into good form – the fish have spawned and good bream catches are coming from the Linley Bank pegs 12-24. ...
Angling Trust Calls For Anglers To Help With New Research Into The Benefits Of Angling
A major, new research programme on the social and community benefits of angling is underway....
Drennan Team England U22's & Sensas team England U18's teams announced for 2009 World Championship
Mark Downes and Steve Sanders, Joint Youth Team Managers have named their respective U22’s and U18’s teams to travel to Portugal to compete in the World Championships on 25th – 26th July 2009....
Martin Salter to open National Fishing Week
The Angling Trust has announced that MP and keen angler, Martin Salter, is to open National Fishing Week at the CLA Game Fair at 3pm on 24th July....
Tameside Fox Match reel in the medals at Cudmore
The 2009 Angling Trust Cadets, Juniors, & Intermediates National Championship took place on Saturday 4th July at Cudmore Fishery, Newcastle-under-Lyme....
World Series Qualifier, Barston Lakes
Barston Lakes fished really well for the third round of the Total-Fishingclub.com World Series, with the recently stocked F1s feeding aggressively and giving bites to those who fished the pole all day long....
Evesham Angling Festival - result from Sunday 5/7/09
Abu Garcia Wychavon Championship Qualifier Warwickshire Avon - Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry...
Masters Peg 13 Is Lucky For Paul
Two catfish in ten minutes from Shatterford Lakes for Kingswinford angler...
Stillwater Championships 2009 - Results -Boddington 4th July 2009
The reservoir fished extremely well and lot of fish were caught. Where clear section winners were known many anglers didn’t weigh in....
New Website For Springwood Fishery
Online booking form for match anglers and holidaymakers added to Derbyshire Fishery site...
UK Champs Rescued At 11th Hour
The UK Champs is back up and running after being taken overby Barston Lake's Nigel Harrhy.......
Angling Trust Hosts The 2nd Veterans World Championship
The Angling Trust will be hosting the 2nd Veterans World Championship 2009 at Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes from 11th – 12th July 2009....
Matt Hall wins final Fish 'O' Mania qualifier at Lindholme Lakes
Matt Hall, 2003 Fish O Mania Champion, won the 16th and final qualifier on a scorching day at Lindholme Lakes Fishery on Wednesday 1st July with a top weight of 133lbs 15ozs....
Daiwa confirms sponsorship worth £4,000 for Angling Trust Schools National Championships
The Angling Trust is delighted to announce that Daiwa Sports have confirmed they will be sponsoring ...
Environment Agency “complacent” about toxic algae
Fish Legal has expressed surprise at what it sees to be the Environment Agency’s apparent lack of concern at the severe and potentially toxic algal blooms in Llyn Padarn...
Match TV: The Young Guns
There's a changing of the guard at the Barnsley Blacks, for years one of the most feared and respected match fishing teams in England....
Angling Trust offers anglers a chance to Go Fishing with a Star
The Angling Trust is offering anglers a fantastic opportunity to go fishing with their favourite England International angling star and at the same time support our Veterans and Anglers with Disabilities International teams....
Barford Lakes Hit By KHV: Fishery Statement
Barford Lakes has confirmed it has been hit by the KHV virus - statement from the fishery....
Lindholme Lakes Fish O Mania Qualifier
Matt Hall is once again through to the 2009 Fish O Mania final after the qualifier at Lindholme Lakes, Doncaster...
Anglers Call For Action After Fish Kills On Two Trent Tributaries
The Angling Trust today called for long overdue plans to be put in place to deal with urban run-off after two separate pollution events at the weekend killed thousands of fish...
Rob Wootton Wins The Penultimate Fish-O-Mania Qualifier
Rob Wootton wins the penultimate Fish-O-Mania qualifier...
Kids are the winners as inaugural pro-celebrity fly fishing event raises thousands for charity!
Friday June 19th saw Meon Springs trout fishery in Hampshire welcoming over 70 specially invited fly fishers...
European Commission Goes Backwards On Recreational Anglers Threat
Anglers would be forced to register fish caught against their national quota ...
Red and Green lines FREE with Angler’s Mail
ANGLER’S MAIL this week becomes the first magazine to give away TWO different kinds of exclusive lines, only on the June 30 cover-dated issues....
Carp Tips 2009 Magazine Launched
ANGLER’S MAIL has just launched a summer special magazine Carp Tips 2009. ...
Abu Garcia Wychavon Championship Qualifier
Sunday June 28th Warwickshire Avon - Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry...
Shakespeare Championship Qualifier
Saturday June 27th Warwickshire Avon - Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry...
European Match Fishing Championships 2009 Full Results
England finished third behind Hungary and Belgium in the European Match Fishing Championships held on the River Sava, Radece, Slovenia - with England's Steve Hemingray taking the individual gold....
Evesham Angling Festival
Tickets now on sale for veterans championship...
Sea Anglers Selling Fish Are Cast Adrift
The Marine Committee of the Angling Trust meeting in June agreed that they would only represent recreational sea anglers. The meeting confirmed that the EAA definition of Recreational Sea Angling formulated in 2004 should be their criteria: ...
A Statement On Otters From The Angling Trust
The joint statement put out recently by the Angling Trust, Natural England and the Environment Agency was the product of the first of many meetings about otters and fisheries....
Robertson Reaches Final At First Attemp
With only three rounds left to this years Fish’O’mania Grand Final at Cudmore the competitors arrived at the Woodlands Lakes at Carlton Miniott, North Yorkshire...
Preston Innovations Parkdean Pairs Festival
Another month on and another new festival and our very first pair festival we have had here at White Acres....
Who will win this year’s Lower Thames Championship?
That is the question everyone is asking...
Shakespeare Championship Qualifier
Sunday June 21st, Warwickshire Avon - Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry...
Abu Garcia Wychavon Championship Qualifier
Saturday June 20th,Warwickshire Avon - Evesham Town Waters and Hampton Ferry ...
New Website For Springwood Fisheries
Springwood Fisheries has a brand new website which will keep anglers bang up to date with what’s going on at the popular Derbyshire day ticket water....
Denise Hudgell victorious in Ladies National with 33.75kgs haul
The Ladies National Angling Championship took place on Sat 13th June at Baden Hall, Staffordshire....
Dulley Ceilings and Partitions Ltd Sponsor The National Championship For Anglers With Disabilities
The Angling Trust has signed a three-year sponsorship deal with DCP Ltd...
Angling more popular than football
At the start of the coarse fishing season, a new poll commissioned by the Countryside Alliance has revealed that more people have participated in angling (38%) than in organised football (36%) or birdwatching (22%)....
Doncaster debutant Paul Christie books his place in the final
Heavy overnight rain and cool blustery winds met the anglers when they arrived at the Oaks Fishery at Sessay, North Yorkshire for the eleventh round of this years Fish’O’mania qualifiers....
Jakub Vagner And The Goonch Show
Czech adventure angler Jakub Vagner is closing in on his life quest to land every freshwater fish that swims and grows to over 100kg in weight. And he is back among the world records again – this time with a strange-looking Indian catfish called a Goonch (pictured)....
Evesham Angling Festival ’09
Evesham Angling Festival attracts new sponsor ...
British Catfish Championship and Katmandoo Charity Shield 2009
We have great pleasure in announcing the inaugural British Catfish Championship and the Katmandoo Charity Catfish Shield will be taking place at the stunning Celtic Lakes Resort in West Wales. ...
Forthcoming Charity Match
Springwood Fisheries at Melbourne Derbyshire is hosting a charity match in aid of Help the Heroes and the Ghurkhas fund on Saturday 20th June 2009....
9,600lb For Total-FishingClub.com Anglers At Glebe Festival
The Total-Fishing.com community raised a fantastic £2240 in the sixth running of this annual two-day event in which Roy Marlow gives up the peg fee at his fishery to allow money to be raised for angling causes. ...
British Waterways Stillwater Championships 2009: Boddington Qualifier
Six more anglers are through to the 2009 final of the British Waterways backed Stillwater Championships 2009 following the latest heat at Northamptonshire's Boddington Reservoir......
Portuguese May Cull Carp And Catfish....
CHAOS reigns supreme in Portugal again after government agencies voiced plans to kill all ‘exotic species’ in the nation’s waterways. The list of fish includes carp, pike, perch, largemouth bass and the wels catfish to name just a few....
Polemania 2009 - Increased Payouts in Qualifiers and Final
Each qualifier has a total of 60 pegs and the top two qualify for the 20 peg final to fish for £3750 in prize money (1st £3000, 2nd £500, 3rd £250). ...
Dynamite Baits Makins Wednesday ‘KOBRA’ Affordable Results
EVENT: VENUE: Lake 2, DYNAMITE BAITS MAKINS ...
Entry date for Junior National Championships extended
The date for completed entries for the Angling Trust Cadets, Juniors & Intermediates Coarse Angling National Championship, held at Cudmore Fishery on July 4th, has been extended to Friday 19th June 2009. ...
Personal Best Bream For Nudd At Burghley Fair
Foiur time world champ Bob Nudd wowed the crowds at the Burghley Game Fair landed a string of big bream and tench including a double figure fish.......
Adam Richards wins Fish-O-Mania Qualifier at Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery
Student Adam Richards won this weekend’s PartyPoker.com Fish-O-Mania qualifier at Tunnel Barn Farm on Saturday 16th May with a haul of 114lb 10ozs. ...
Your Licence, Your Money – The TV Show
The Environment Agency has teamed up with TV Channel, www.OnlineFishing.tv to bring anglers a fascinating insight into where your licence money is spent – and it’s free to view. ...
Big Bash 2009: The Full Report
Steve Rothery takes star:studded charty event at Lindholme Lakes with over £5,000 going to breast cancer....
Incredible 50lb-Plus Pike On The Fly (Picture)
Simeone Palli won’t ever know the weight of this magnificent pike because he wanted to return it quickly, but accepted weight for measurement scales place it at well over 50lb....
Giant Docklow Catfish
Docklow Pools has hit the headlines, producing a magnificent 67lb catfish to visiting angler Steve Cook, who was fishing worm popped two feet off the bottom. ...
British Waterways Decides To Restock Midlands Canals With Silver Fish
British Waterways has decided to add a large quantity of silver fish to a network of canals around the West Midlands.....
More Oarfish Washed Up Along North East Coast
Two more giants of the deep have been washed up along the north east coast of England - fish that simply should not be there....
John Wilson Lands Massive Cod From River Tyne: PICTURE
John Wilson (no not that one) has landed one of the biggest cod ever to be taken from the River Tyne shoreline, Total-Fishing.com can reveal....
Betty The Bream A Creature Of Habit
Environment Agency fisheries scientists have been closely monitoring bream on the River Witham in one of the largest freshwater fish migration studies that has ever been done....
Thames Water Fined £125,000 For River Wandle 'Decimation'
A water company whose careless operational practices decimated the aquatic life in an iconic urban river has today, Monday 26 January, been fined £125,000 and ordered to pay £21,335 in clean up and investigation costs....
Sky Sports 2008 World Angling Championships VIDEOS
Fordy's slant on the 2008 World Match Fishing Championships on Italy's Spinadesco Canal in glorious video.......
John Bailey On River Wye Barbel VIDEO
John Bailey is interviewed about the barbel population of the River Wye.......
'Suicide' fish jumping into boat VIDEO
Video footage of strange phenomenon of 'suicide' fish jumping into a boat when light is shined onto them.......
Top Ten Weird Fish VIDEO
Footage of ten weird, wonderful and fearsome fish.......
World Hybrid Record For Bailey? (pic)
Hardy consultant John Bailey is pursuing a world record after banking a magnificent 7lb 12oz roach:bream hybrid during a feature for tcf (Total Coarse Fishing) magazine....
Total-Fishing Club Glebe Festival 2008: Top Three's Stories...
Total-FishingClub.com members once again showed their great generosity by raising over £1500 for the ACA in their annual two-day festival at the Glebe. Here are the very different accounts from the festival's top three......
Win Power Steel Every Fortnight With Total-Fishing.com
Every fortnight, two Total-Fishing.com site users will win 300m spools of 4lb, 5lb, 6lb and 8lb Power Steel – a prize worth over £40....
£50,000 of FREE tackle and bait to get YOU hooked on fishing
PREMIER Fisheries UK have announced the country’s biggest ever campaign to encourage people to discover the relaxation and enjoyment of fishing. ‘Go Fishing with Premier’ is a unique initiative offering £50,000 worth of FREE tackle, bait, licenses and tuition to help introduce newcomers and lapsed anglers alike to the fun of angling. Celebrating the 10th year of Premier Fisheries, the UK’s most ...
Recreational fishing 'ten times bigger in Sweden than commercial sector'
The recreational fishing market in Sweden is more than 10 times greater than the commercial fishing market, a new report has revealed....
First Ladies Only Angling Club
Founder of Fishingforeveryone.com and Public Relations Co-ordinator to one of the worlds most well known fishing manufacturing company, Hardy & Greys is to found a ladies only fishing club....
Europe: 60 million anglers…€3.8 billion in tackle sales…
THE European tackle trade is now worth €3.8 billion ($5.39 billion US) according to a new survey unveiled by Tackle Trade World magazine....
Incredible pike pictures
Believe it or not the smaller pike that's been grabbed by this massive Northern pike in Canada is 26 inches long itself....
World Angling Championships 2007
Full individual and team results from the 2007 World Senior Angling Championships from Lake Velence in Hungary......
Sea Angling in North Norway
Anglers World Holidays are the leaders in providing big cod fishing experiences in Norway. The north of Norway, around Skjervoy, is a special place for big cod, halibut and coalfish – in quantity....
The Big Interview
Tackle Trade World catches up with Lars Svendsen, the man behind the now global giant: Svendsen Sport ...
Total-Fishing.com trip to Test produces 3lb 8oz roach
Mark Hatherway took a magnificent 3lb 8oz roach on the Total-Fishing.com trip to the River Test at Timsbury Manor......
