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Sherwood Forest Farm Fishery October 2nd

Holmedale Lake, Wednesday Fun league open 28/09/05 24 fished  1st         Mick Langton Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 5, 66-2-0 2nd        Dave Madin Mossella Ultimate Anglers peg 19, 52-14-0 3rd         Fred Spooner Brown Baileys ac peg 32, 45-8-0 4th         John Darby Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 25, 41-0-0    5th                  Steve Madin Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 35, 40-9-0 6th          Neil […]

Win a pair of Masterline boat rods

THIS month we’ve teamed up with top lure fishing online story harris-sportsmail.com to offer one TF user the chance to win two of the rods pictured left.The Masterline Masterstik 6ft Boat Rod is a superb rod with an action that rivals rods twice the price. They have progressive power from tip to butt. Features include: 30 lb […]

NFA at Labour Party conference

Three government ministers underlined their support for shooting and fishing at the Labour Party conference in Brighton this week.  Ministers from Defra, the Home Office, the Department of Culture Media and Sport spoke at the event hosted by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), The Country Land and Business Association (CLA), the Fisheries […]

Licence clampdown

The Environment Agency continues to prosecute illegal anglers Nearly 300 illegal anglers were prosecuted by the Environment Agency for rod fishing licence offences in June 2005. The total number of successful prosecutions for the month totalled 276. Fines totalled £18,470 with costs of £17,683 awarded to the Environment Agency, making the average cost of an […]

Business for sale

Business for sale: Tight Line Services, LincolnDue to retirement an excellent and rare opportunity has arisen to purchase a going concern within the tackle trade. Tight Line Services of Lincoln has offered reel repair and service and acted as a spares centre to the public and trade for over 18 years, and has an established […]

Surprise Nene barbel sport

ANGLERS are enjoying some welcome barbel sport on the River Nene around Peterborough.Despite being stocked on a few occasions by the Environment Agency, the hard-fighting species has always struggled to establish itself on the river in the east of the Midland Angler region.However, fish are a starting to come through with anglers reporting whiskers from […]

World match record confusion

CONFUSION reigns over Gary Thorpe’s claim on a new world five-hour match record after the National Federation of Anglers stated it had ‘no opinion’ on the historic achievement.Gary weighed in an incredible 490-8-0 in a five-hour event at Oxfordshire’s Rolf’s Lake, obliterating Dutch master Bert Van Gerven’s widely recognised five-hour best of 419-8-0 of bream, […]

Lawn Farm Fishery September 29th

Golden Rod Open held on Honeysuckle  19 fished 1stChris Young    Peg    17Weight    25lb 12ozbait    maggot/casterFished    pole/insideCaught    carp & barbelChris comes from St Neots 2ndCharlie Potter    Peg    21Weight    13lbBait    sweetcornFished    feederCaught    carpCharlie comes from Little Paxton 3rdMick Burge    Peg    27Weight    10lb 5ozBait    casterFished    pole/overCaught    carp, chub & orfeMick comes from St Neots Next weeks match will be held on Honeysuckle.

Southern Angler

 In October’s issue we report on the new Lea Valley Action Plan that plans to get anglers back on the bank and the Carp Society’s plans to make Horseshoe Lake a carp fishing Centre of Excellence.Also in the feature packed issue, priced only £1.99 Sitting On The dock Of The … Bream!Browning’s Dave Vincent visits London’s […]