Tackle store Fishing Republic is opening its second superstore in Manchester on Sunday 30th April – and has an incredible offer for online customers.FR’s megastores have over 10,000 square feet of angling equipment and are staffed with angling experts who are ready to advise and assist.Anyone who registers through the website at www.fishingrepublic.net will receive […]

MATCH FISHING – MAY ISSUE   Match NewsAll the up-to-the-minute news and stories from the world of match fishing. Pickering’s WayHow do you go about tackling a place you’ve never seen before? Tom visits a new venue and explains how he goes about it.  Match Q&ATop stars from the world of match fishing answer your questions – and […]

THE new Dynamite Baits website is now online (May) and with sections dedicated to match/pleasure and specimen anglers, the site aims to provide anglers with a valuable resource for improving their catches and understanding of baits. Apart from details of Dynamite Baits extensive product portfolio, there will also be sections containing articles from Dynamite’s sponsored anglers. […]

IT’S official! Daiwa Dorking’s Milo-backed England ace Steve Gardener is the currently the best match angler in the world.In a list of the current best 20 international anglers based on the average section points scored in the last five world championships the Surrey ace finished top of the pile with a score of 4.9 points.England […]

JOHN Wilson is among the star names attending the 27th Chatsworth Angling Fair, which takes place at Chatsworth Hall in Bakewell, Derbyshire.Former world champions Bob Nudd and Ian Heaps, carp legend Frank Warwick, piking expert Barrie Rickards, plus fly fishing aces Charles Jardine and Hywell Morgan will also be on hand with demonstrations at the […]

BRITISH Waterways has stocked over 300lb of 4-5lb bream plus six carp, all electro fished from the Coventry Canal around Sutton Stop, into Makin Fishery. All the fish have been put into Lake 5 at the Warwickshire complex, including a magnificent 28lb carp, which is now the biggest fish in the lake.The Exhall Basin area […]

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PETA have faxed a letter to Sir John Harman chairman of The Environmental Agency urging him to call off the Environment Agency’s 10-year campaign which aims to recruit women and ethnic-minority anglers.“Women and ethnic minorities historically have shown very little interest in fishing in the past, and they deserve applause for avoiding such a cruel […]

EasyTackle.comYou can win a Shakespeare Superteam LXL 13ft/17ft Match Rod RRP £140 in the EasyTackle.com competition this month. Entries close April 28th. http://www.easytackle.com/competition.php  …………………………….  Bristol Angling Centre Maver poles are available on interest free credit in April www.bristolangling.com/acatalog/maver678.html ……………………………. Cool4Carp This month’s specials Dave Lane JRC STI Brolly Massive saving RRP.£139.99 our price £99.99http://www.cool4carp.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=Jrcdavebrolly&cat=84 Dynamite Baits Package deal is a real bargainhttp://www.cool4carp.co.uk/products.asp?cat=137 FOX MX Bite […]

Fish ‘O’ Mania 2006, coarse angling’s Grand Prize kicked off on Saturday at The Oaks Fishery with a win for Lee Barrett of Wakefield with a weight of 23 kilo. Winner Lee stated triumphantly, “I hope that by qualifying for the final I can go on to emulate my regular travelling partner Mark Jones (the 2005 […]