A scheduled meeting of the BRFC was held this week in London, chaired by Mr Ken Ball. In attendance were Ian Epps; National Federation of Anglers; Mike Heylin and Andy Nellist; Specialist Anglers’ Alliance; Chris Clark, National Federation of Sea Anglers, Nigel Hewlett, Environment Agency and Oliver Crimmen of the Natural History Museum;  Scientific Advisors […]

  tcf April Issue – Out Now!tcf April IssueAlternative AngleJohn Bailey’s prescribes himself some special stillwater sport to get over a bout of flu.Travelling LightJan Porter employs some positive mental attitude to make the best of a difficult day on the blockend.The ApprenticeChris and Ryan stumble across a Midlands water in fantastic silver fish form.Commercial BreakAlex […]

Windermere, Ambleside and District AA is one of the first angling clubs in the country to roll out the new Level One Coaching Certificate with 16 applicants starting the course recently in Kendal, Cumbria. The new course which has been developed in partnership between the NFA, Salmon & Trout Association and The National Federation of […]

Pure Fishing have jointly sponsored this fabulous event with CEMEX, securing prizes to a retail value of no less than £22,500, in what will prove to be one of the ‘PREMIER’ attractions of 2007!After a series of qualifiers at Premier Fisheries across the country, and subject to a sell out finalists will be competing for […]

The Environment Agency is appealing for information after heating oil got into the Chennels Brook at Rusper Road in Horsham last Thursday. On Friday 16 March 2007 the Environment Agency and West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service received reports of a strong smell of oil. Environment Agency Officers, together with West Sussex Fire and Rescue, […]

Waterway users of all types and sizes who enjoy the West Midlands’ navigation are being asked to spare a couple of hours to help spring clean their local waterway between Monday 26th March and Thursday 5th April 2007 as part of British Waterways’ Towpath Tidy campaign.  An additional two dates have been added to the […]

What’s in the April issue of Match Fishing?Match NewsAll the latest news from the wonderful world of match fishingUp For The Cup! The 2007 Match Fishing Cup gets underway in May and we’ve invited all the top names to compete. We’ve also got two places up for grabs for readers to take part! Can Kieron […]

Running or owning a Premier Fishery is much more than providing a fantastic venue for anglers to catch prime fish all day long complete with first class facilities. Every member of Premier Fisheries UK is aware that we live in an ever-changing environment and all our fisheries have obligations to protect it for future generations, […]

A new national project to bring 50,000 young people into angling over the next 10 years will be launched on Friday April 13 at the Kingennie Fishery, near Broughty Ferry in Angus. The Scottish National Angling Programme (SNAP) will be launched by Paul Young, one of Scotland’s favourite actors and the presenter of some the UK’s […]

A carrot and stick government promise of improved services and benefits but with a license scheme to fund them has been rejected by sea anglers’ representatives. It is the core of proposals by the environment department (Defra) to develop recreational sea angling (RSA) in England and Wales by recognising both its economic importance and reliance […]