Advanced Carp Fishing magazine
ADVANCED CARP FISHING – APRIL ISSUEON SALE MARCH 12TH ON THE COVERLEWIS CLAYTON gives us all a timely reminder that you don’t have to be a time bandit to catch cracking carp like the one resplendent on our cover. Want to know how STEVE MOGFORD became top rod on CEMEX big-fish venue Frimley Pit Three? The […]
Free NFA Newspaper available now
The latest edition of the FREE Anglers’ Lines, NFA newspaper is now available from selected tackle shops around the country. The lead article is looking for your views on the close season and gives you a chance to win a superb Pentax Digital SLR Camera worth £549.99.To be entered into the prize draw, all readers […]
New strategy on water abstraction
The Environment Agency has published the first ever policy for managing water in rivers and streams in West Dorset.The newly published Catchment Abstraction Management Strategy (CAMS) for the West Dorset area is now available and sets out the policy for managing water resources on the Rivers Char, Brit, Asker, Bride and Wey over the next […]
More eels ‘up north’
The Environment Agency’s fisheries team is stocking nearly 70,000 elvers at two locations in Yorkshire and Derbyshire to give a helping hand to this increasingly threatened species.On Monday 26 March officers will stock the River Aire at Rodley with 63,000 elvers, and a further 6,000 in a lake at The Avenue Washlands Nature Reserve in […]
The Angling Trades Association set to launch
The ATA have just announced their plans to stage ‘A National Fishing Festival’ from 21st July – 31st August. ‘Such a move will only prove to be a tremendous boost to all sectors of the industry’ according to Sean O’Driscoll, the new Chairman of the ATA, ‘the ATA have never been short of ideas and […]
Major website updates from Ultima
Ultima has completed major overhauls of both their websites to coincide with the launch of their 2007 catalogue and product range.The main site, ultimauk.com, gives full details of all of the product range as before, but now also has an active news section for company, match, carp and sea news.The most popular section of the […]
Ultima Power Plus sales pass one million spools
Since the launch in July sales of the new Power Plus have just passed the one million spool mark, Ultima has reported. “This is quite and astonishing achievement” Marketing Manager Lynn Evemy commented. “Particularly considering that it was launched after the main start of the season last year”. It is a testament both to the […]
White Acres Country Park 28th March
Van Den Eynde FestivalDay TwoDay two was another stunning day with clear skies throughout the day and sunshine. Yesterday was a great start to the festival and for those with section wins it was all out to start as they mean to go on and for those that didn’t fair as well it was back […]
White Acres Country Park 28th March
White Acres Van Den Eynde Festival 2007 Gosh it hardly seems like 6 days since I stopped writing these reports but it has in fact been 6 months and we are now into our first festival of 2007. The Van Den Eynde festival is always the first on our festival calendar and remains our only […]
White Acres Van Den Eynde Festival 2007
Van Den Eynde Festival Day FiveWow what an exciting festival it has been and couldn’t have been tighter as we headed into the final day.By now you all know who is our 2007 champion but here is the breakdown of the final day.Unfortunately as everyone’s leaves on a Saturday morning I am unable to get […]
Garbolino Tunnel Barn Farm 27th March
Garbolino Tunnel Barn Farm, Shrewley, WarksMon, House pool 1: Rob Swain (Birmingham) 97-13-0, carp, roach and bream, pole and bronze maggot, peg 33; Dave Armstrong (Jets Match Group) 57-7-0; Pete Hancox (Birmingham) 52-12-0. Wed, New pool: Rob Swain (Birmingham) 61-9-0, carp, roach and bream, poled bronze maggot, peg 21; Rob Knowles (M.C.M.) 56-1-0; Pete Rice […]
White Acres Country Park 27th March
THURSDAY ROVERRESIDENTS MATCH26th OCTOBER 2006 95 ANGLERS FISHED ALL WATERS1st CHARLIE SHAW 173lb 14ozDYNAMITE MAYFAIR Peg 12 TrelawneyShort pole 7 meters & with corn 2nd PETE SIVELL 160lb 14ozDYNAMITE BAITS Peg 55 Pollawyn Long pole with pellet3rd JOHN HOLDSWORTH 117lb 07oz Peg 21 Trelawney 4th JOHN FISHER 98lb 08oz Peg 32 Trelawney 5th MICK LEES 96lb 06oz Peg […]
Launching ‘The Premier National Angling Centres’
Sponsored by both Browning and Angling Times, this venture into an academy of excellence will target all qualified coaches and recognised governing coaching bodies, making Premier Fisheries UK the National Angling Centre and the National School of Angling. This initiative will embrace the BDAA, NFA, PAA and independent qualified coaches, all under one banner, with […]
Sherwood Forest Farm Fishery 26th March
Holmedale Lake Pairs Series Round 1Sunday 25/3/07 28 fished 1st Don Clarke Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 31, 41-7-01st Barry Moat Mosborough Tackle peg 20, 34-7-03rd Tony Caley Mosborough Tackle peg 49, 31-11-04th Bernard o Conner Shireoaks Anglers peg 21, 29-0-05th Ivan Widdows Star UPH peg 11, 25-8-06th Jim Strahan Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 15, 19-15-0Despite […]
Angel of the North Lakes 26th March
Bowes Carp LakeCarp feeding tight to margins both on bankside and of islands margins, up of the bottom and well into full feeding frenzies.Best fish out this week was by Colin Pine on Saturday which was 15lb 1oz common carp in stunning winter colours, Colin hooked into this fish during the Saturday match on feeder. […]