THE five Embassy/NFA National Championships will prove more lucrative then ever this year for the top two points performers in each team, plus the section winners from the Ladies and Veterans events.  The NFA has decided to bring back the Individual National Championship for its centenary year.  Competitions officer Mick Turner commented: “We have discussed […]

 LOADS of you are buying pole floats from the site, especially those from Preston Innovations and Drennan, Tubertini hooks are also selling well, so those coarse anglers out there are clearly preparing for some serious bagging work.  There are loads of great tackle items in the shop for coarse, sea, carp, specialist and fly anglers, […]

TWO thousand farmed brown trout and twenty thousand fry have been released into upland and lowland streams by scientists from The Game Conservancy Trust in order to investigate whether the many thousands of farmed fish released into our rivers each year might be having an impact on the wild population. The project has been prompted […]

MARK Sawyer of Van den Eynde is breaking with tradition this month and selecting Geepster as the ‘thread of the month’ winner on the Coarse board (boos, hiss, shock, horror) for his work on the Glebe charity match and all that led up to it. As this isn’t allowed, not least because they will both […]

WE’RE delighted to report that the Littlehampton heat of the Penn-sponsored Boat Fishing Masters competition was won by our very own Adrian Farley (aka HA and Lexoos Lover). Adrian caught bream to 2lb 8oz plus wrasse, garfish, mackerel, poor cod, pout and a blenny. The species competition had a complicated scoring system of certain numbers of points […]

NEW research suggests that populations of mighty oceanic fish such as marlin, cod and shark have crashed by 80 per cent in the last 20 years.The Canadian scientists involved believe that industrial commercial over-fishing is the clear cause, and that there is still little or no management of stocks or consideration of the future.These are […]

Total Sea Fishing Folkestone trip:  Zonnkers reports We picked the right day to fish off of Folkestone, as can be seen from the photos.  The crew were in order (left to right photo left) zonnkers, crab, squiddly, breakwater, Jan ,Phil and phish and the boat was Pathfinder skippered by Eric Hartley, We didn’t  go plaice fishing as planned […]

Total-fishing.com/ACA challenge 2003Winner Steve Martin: “It’s my biggest ever match weight and my biggest ever win.” Overall result1 S Martin, Uglies, 145-3-02 M Wild, Pool One (A), 115-11-03 R Elston, Pool Five, 114-1-04 P Kania, Pool Four, 87-0-05 Dave Walsh, Pool One (C), 68-7-06 R Liversage, Pool Seven, 66-15-07 N Merry, Pool Six, 47-0-08 L Murawski, […]

THE Midlands Environment Agency has issued fisheries, angling clubs and anglers with advice on how to minimise the risk of spreading Spring Viraemia of Carp (SVC), following the announcement by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) that the disease has been detected at the Woodland View Fishery and Woodland View Fish Farm, Hay […]

ENGLAND won gold at the 2003 SALC Home Boat International Championship held at Weymouth, with Scotland taking silver, Ireland taking the bronze position and wales in fourth place.  The England Team Manager, Neil Bryant, was delighted with the result, and praised his team, which comprised Steve Clements, Paul Hart, Glen Milligan, Colin Searles, Jim Whippy […]

TACKLE firm Shimano has stepped in to resurrect the popular Tuesday evening Twyford Summer League on the Warwickshire Avon.Formerly a float-only event, the new rules format means that swimfeeder and any legal methods are now allowed and there are no bait bans. Organiser Stuart Gottfried is hopeful that this new initiative will encourage many anglers back […]

The European Anglers Alliance (EAA) has discussed the continuing decline of the European eel in European waters and has taken a draft resolution which is being conveyed to European authorities.Many factors contribute to this decline but there are solutions for the long-term survival of the eel.During its last general assembly, in Leipzig in April, The […]

WHITE Acres Country Park in Cornwall is planning a new festival for 2004 and it’s just for the ladies.With an anticipated £1500 top prize the match is open to any female anglers and is planned for early July next year, subject to confirmation of dates.This comes on the back of White Acres sponsorship for the […]

 SEA anglers have a new chairman. Ted Tuckerman was elected to the top job at the National Federation of Sea Anglers (NFSA) by its standing committee after the annual meeting on May 10th. He replaces Michael North JP who has retired.Mr. Tuckerman arrives to lead the federation as it is strengthening its efforts to influence […]