Match Fishing magazine
What’s in the February issue of Match Fishing?Match NewsAll the latest news from the wonderful world of match fishing.Champion Calling! When Tamás Walter jetted into Britain to fish a match at Gold Valley, we just had to send the cameras. Read on to find out how the reigning World Champion fared on foreign soil…Match Q&AOur […]
Irish Fishery Board launches fishy school competition
The Central and Regional Fisheries Boards will be running a new National Education Programme nationwide consisting of a series of presentations and field trips to over 20 schools in each Fishery region. The existing Something Fishy education resource, produced by the Fisheries Boards in conjunction with Blackrock Education Centre a few years so, has been […]
EA fish rescue
Fisheries staff from the Environment Agency at Brampton are moving hundreds of coarse fish from Mildenhall to Huntingdon in the interests of conservation. The Lark Angling Club at Mildenhall has an excess of rudd – a silvery roach-like fish with red fins. So, the Environment Agency are coming to the rescue. On Wednesday they will […]
Sherwood Forest Farm Fishery 5th February
Holmedale Lake Sunday 4/2/07 23 fished 1st Neil Wilkinson Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 35, 22-1-0 2nd Steve Richards Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 13, 19-13-0 3rd Pete Ellis Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 47, 17-4-0 4th Steve Armistage Greyhound ac Worksop peg 31, 15-4-0 5th Mick Langton Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 8, 12-2-0 6th John Woodland Peg One Angling Centre peg 45, […]
Angel of the North Lakes 5th February
Saturday 3rd Feb 07 open Match Angel Lakes ‘Bowes’ Clear sky’s/ sunny, ambient temp 7 deg, overnight frost dropped the water temperature overnight , wind W 5mph, humidity 81%, Barometer 1038.9mb, water temp 5.7 to 5.5 deg, PH 7.75, DO 9.98. Moon Phase Full, 1st Dave Hudson AON 13lb 01oz peg 42nd Eddie Douglas AON 9lb […]
Daiwa Hallcroft Fishery 5th February
27.01.07Daiwa Hallcroft Open (Saturday)Moat (36 pegs) 1 D Slaymaker, Leicester Sensas, 48-2-0; peg island 70 Don Slaymaker headed this strong Saturday field with 48-2-0 from island peg 70. Don fished pole, pellet and corn at 12m for 12 carp to 6lb. 2 J Masson, Maver BCUK, 38-8-0; peg outer 42 In second place was Jamie Masson […]
New guides – there’s lovely!
Fishing tourism in Wales is to get a boost with the development of a new course to train specialist angling guides.As part of the Welsh Assembly Government successful Fishing Wales initiative, the Environment Agency and Visit Wales have joined forces with Medrwn, the tourism training programme in mid Wales, to develop a course to enable […]
Hinksey Lake gets a boost
The Environment Agency is restocking an Oxford lake with more than 2,300 fish.A further 2,600 fish, including chub, tench and dace, will also be put in rivers across the area, including the Thames, the Thame, the Cherwell, the Ock and the Marsworth Moat in Tring throughout the day. The fish population in Hinksey Lake was […]
Salt Hill Stream back on track
An environmentally sensitive Slough stream hit by a pollution incident last October, killing 10,000 fish, was put firmly back on the road to recovery yesterday (31 January). More than 200 chub were put into the Salt Hill Stream in the town by fisheries officers from the Environment Agency. The restocking is just the start of a […]
DEFRA comments on removal of coarse fish to eat
Win 15kg of worms…
Superb worms delivered to your doorThe first stop for worms for fishing, Willis Worms is now taking on-line orders for dendrobaenas, without doubt the best worms for fishing in the UK and Europe, plus lobworms and redworms.. Worms are delivered by first class post and up to two days should be allowed for your order although […]
Mosella Moorlands Farm 30th January
Tuesday 23.01.07Cost-Cutter12 fished Rover all pools 1st Jim Greenaway (Dudley Bait & Tackle) 20.2.0 Peg 25 Island 2nd Roger Finch (Dudley Bait & Tackle) 18.2.0 Peg 7 Middle 3rd Mark Johnson (Moorlands) 15.1.0 Peg 28 Island Friday 26.01.07Open12 fished Rover all pools 1st Mal Watson (Daiwa Gordon Lge) 30.13.0 Peg 8 Bank 2nd Syd Julian (Moorlands) 18.14.0 Peg […]
Garbolino Tunnel Barn Farm 30th January
Garbolino Tunnel Barn Farm, Shrewley, Warwickshire Mon: Wayne Sweetman (Youngs Tunnel Barn Farm, 59-7-0, carp, roach and bream, poled corn, peg 26; Steve Skelton (Tunnel Barn Farm) 56-1-0; John Downing (Youngs Tunnel Barn Farm) 36-3-0; Graham Young (Youngs Tunnel Barn Farm) 32-2-0. Wed: Wayne Sweetman (Youngs Tunnel Barn Farm) 61-12-0, carp, roach and bream, poled corn, […]
Today’s Fly-Fisher magazine…
February 2007 Static StalkingTake one top English angler. Take a super-bright, horrific lure pattern.Take a clear stillwater fishery. Stock that fishery with rainbow trout that could swallow a whole chicken. And watch and wait.Howard Croston reveals the latest trick up his sleeve when faced with stalking stillwater trout; this is far from traditional fly fishing and […]
PAC outrage over online video
Pike anglers across the UK are up in arms over another sick video clip showing pike being mistreated is posted for the world to see on file sharing website Youtube.The clip, entitled Fishing at Carnwaife, Scotland, shows a pike being beaten to death with a stick.The Pike Anglers Club has contacted Youtube to complain and […]