Bream to 7lb came to the net as 46 anglers fished the second Thames TideFest Angling Championship, organised by the Angling Trust. Held in London at Strand on the Green and Barnes, competitors shared £1,000 in prizes thanks to sponsorship from Thames Tideway Tunnel and Thames Water, with all ticket money being donated to the […]

Headmaster at Smithills School, Bolton Mr Alec Cottrill presents young pupil Emilo Boaro with his CAST Award and Best Improver trophy, courtesy of Canal & Rivers Trust.     Twelve angling clubs, a charity and a council-run fishery have successfully bid for a share of £50,000 funding available to projects in England aimed at getting more juniors […]

Construction of London’s new £4.2bn ‘super sewer’ will start next year following the confirmation of independent investors to finance and deliver the scheme. Environmental groups and river users joined Ministers and business leaders in celebrating the news – recognising that the Thames Tideway Tunnel is needed urgently to tackle the issue of discharges of untreated […]

The High Court has granted permission for WWF-UK, the Angling Trust and Fish Legal to challenge Defra and the Environment Agency over their failure to protect some of England’s most precious rivers, lakes and coastal areas from agricultural pollution. The focus of the court case is on habitats that are protected by law and known […]

If you haven’t made plans to go already, this year’s Evesham Festival, taking place over the August Bank Holiday weekend, is set to be a long weekend to remember! Attracting the cream of British match fishing, the event will see three separate big money matches – where competitors compete for a total of over £19,000 […]

The Environment Agency is set to award a landmark fisheries contract to the Angling Trust. This announcement follows a rigorous competitive process and is part of the continued drive towards greater partnership working leading to thriving fisheries and angling throughout England. The three key overarching priorities of the contract are to increase participation amongst existing […]

Wildlife organisations, river and environmental groups and community associations have this week announced plans for a second, bigger TideFest to be held on the Tidal Thames in London on September 20th. TideFest is a new River Thames event which took place for the first time last year on World Rivers Day to highlight the recreational […]

Right, the winner of this year’s Total-Fishing.com Fantasy Premier League is going to win a brand spanking new Browning Hybrid BF640 reel complete with freespool facility. Register your team at http://fantasy.premierleague.com/ and add the team code below after selecting and submitting your team. 162998-222732 There’s a forum thread link here: https://total-fishing.com/phpbbforum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=69863&sid=61c03b11f879ce1076025d89bf4310d5 Thanks to Gary The Gudgeon […]

One of Britain’s most famous day ticket waters has decided to become members-only from next spring 2016. Bury Hill Fisheries, near Dorking, in Surrey, will end over half a century of access to day ticket anglers by changing to a membership registration system on the 1st April next year. But anglers will benefit from the […]

ANGLER’S MAIL MAGAZINE is out now with the full story of an amazing 94 lb catfish caught from a UK river! It’s an incredible piece of angling skill, to land such a giant, and it was from a named club water that anyone can fish on a day ticket. Read all about this momentous catch […]

By Gareth Purnell A barbel angler has landed a near-100lb catfish from the River Severn in what may be the UK angling story of the decade.Neil Bridges was night fishing the Birmingham Anglers Association stretch of the river at Ripple when he hooked into something huge that headed up river.What ensued was a brutal 75-minute […]

Fish Legal has sent a ‘letter before action’ to a farmer’s insurers claiming compensation for its member club Grantham Angling Association (GAA). The claim relates to the farmer polluting the river Witham near Grantham in April 2012 with approximately 6,000 litres of liquid fertiliser, killing at least a thousand fish. The Environment Agency (EA) said […]

MPs met with Mark Lloyd and Martin Salter of the Angling Trust in the House of Commons this week to re-establish the All Party Parliamentary Group on Angling in the new Parliament which was elected at the General Election on May 7th. The Conservative MP for Broxbourne in Hertfordshire, Charles Walker, was elected Chairman for […]

On a day when news filtered out that Sky Sports is pulling the plug on its long running weekly Tight Lines show presented by Keith Arthur, BBC has given the sport a boost with the announcement that the national broadcaster is filming a new series starring Ben Fogle alongside Matt Hayes. The pair are to […]

With the start of the river coarse fishing season starting next week, anglers are being warned to take extra care near power lines. As fishing enthusiasts head for the lakes, rivers and canals to enjoy the start of the coarse fishing season from June 15, UK Power Networks, which owns and operates power lines across […]