The National Federation of Anglers’ Team Selectors are pleased to announce that the 10-man squad of casters that will go to the CIPS World Championships in Grosseto, Italy, from 10th to 14th September is as follows:Mr Mike Birks, PaigntonMr Rob Caley, Thetford, NorfolkMr Garry Dickerson, Wimbourne, DorsetMr John Hodgson, Weymouth, DorsetMr Tony Jones, Chippenham (New […]

SHAKESPEARE fell agonisingly short of a medal in the World Club Championships on Bulgaria’s brilliant Plovdiv Canal, missing our on bronze by just two points in sweltering conditions.Six anglers from the crack Midlands outfit were able to represent their country after winning the Embassy Division One National in 2002, and skipper Jeff Perrin chose Steve […]

Above: The ace Total Fishing team. Class will always out.IN a result regarded by the doyens of the media as so predictable they decided to report the Wimbledon exit of Lleyton Hewitt instead, the cream rose to the top in the Midlands heat of the intersite challenge, and Total Fishing showed various wannabe websites what […]

WEST Yorkshire aces Slaithwaite & District AC were full of praise for Warrington‘s Steve Conroy as they celebrated a magnificent victory in the Team event at the Embassy Division Four National Angling Championship on the Bridgewater Canal at Warrington on Saturday (June 21).And there was double glory for West Yorkshire as Mike Sharpe, a 46-year-old […]

A US company is looking for a ‘very good carp angler’ to be a professional carp angler in USA Fixed Salary/Plus % advantages Tel Alexander Nikolajevitch : 00.33.0.2 35 82 17 32  Mail: alexangler@wanadoo.fr

WOODLAND View owner Mike Mason (pictured) has promised great catches in next weekend’s club Champion of Champions final, despite SVC being confirmed at his Hagley water.Tests by the Environment Agency confirmed that some of the 400 or so fish that have died at the popular venue were carrying a mild case of SVC. However, Mike insists […]

 IN a unique bid to raise money for cancer research, fly fishing mad angler, Philip Clarke of Brighton has set a new record by catching a trout in Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales in 17 hours. The record attempt comprised eight hours of fishing, seven hours on the bike and two hours on the […]

THE Environment Agency has introduced new rules to protect declining salmon stocks in south Cumbria.New byelaws mean netting on the Leven Estuary is now banned during June, with the netting season reduced to July and August only.Also, a ‘catch and release’ byelaw means rod-caught salmon in the Leven and Crake catchment, upstream of the Leven […]

HERE’S an exclusive treat for users of the Total Fishing shop. The next 10 orders we receive for over £30 (before P&P) from the total-fishing online shop will get a FREE double sided Milo double sided magnetic hook box which carries an RRP £12.99.  All you need to do to visit the shop is click the red […]

Report by Clint Elliot and Ian Chambers Martin Williams first ever festival leads to victory…  Martin Williams (Northern Gen) from Sheffield won his first ever festival against 71 other anglers competing in the new DAIWA Match Winner Virgins Festival.  Martin a Transport Administrator for Fletchers Bakeries walks away with £1000.00 in cash and the Daiwa Match […]

THE Environment Agency is warning Trout fisheries in Sussex that they could face fines of up to £2,500 if they are found to be stocking illegal trout.Agency Officers are investigating Trout introductions at fisheries across Sussex and will be taking enforcement action where fish stocking has taken place without the prior written consent of the […]

THE CHAMPIONS…the Starlets AS quartet of (left-to-right) Pat Kavanagh, Claire Dagnall, Julie Abbott and Helen Dagnall celebrate after their superb victory in the Team event at the Embassy Ladies National Angling Championship at Woodland View near Droitwich. HATS off to West Midlands side starlets AS, who took the gold in the Ladies National at Woodland View […]

 DEFRA and the Welsh Assembly Government today published a consultation paper onproposed new designations under the Freshwater Fish Directive.The Directive seeks to protect freshwater bodies suitable for sustaining fish populations by setting physical and chemical water quality objectives for designated waters.  At the end of last year the European Commission issued an Article 226 ReasonedOpinion […]

KIDDERMINSTER and District Angling Association are pleased to announce a sponsorship link with tackle giants Daiwa for the forthcoming river season. The link has come about after much hard work by Dave Harrell and Matt Maginnis to transform the Bewdley match length into a stretch which can now host competitions for up to one hundred […]