THE British Record rod-caught Fish Committee meets as and when necessary, the most recent occasion being in London. In attendance were representatives of the National Federation of Anglers, Salmon and Trout Association, Specialist Anglers Alliance and the National Federation of Sea Anglers. The meeting was chaired by Mr Colin Scull.At the meeting a new procedure […]

A WEEK after falling to Andy Childs at 60lb, the big Bluebell Lakes common carp has been caught again. This time the lucky angler was Mark Brisley from Peterborough in Cambs, who caught the mighty carp from Kingfisher Lake at a weight of 59lb.The 40-year-old fished an 18mm Mainline Activ-Maple-8 frozen ready made boilie at […]

The Salmon & Trout Association was established in 1903 to represent the interests of game fisheries throughout the British Isles and celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The calendar of events to mark this auspicious occasion includes a special Centenary Conference on “Game Fisheries Management in the British Isles 1903-2003: Past, Present & Future’ at […]

A rebuttal to the paper: “Do fish have nociceptors: Evidence for the evolution of a vertebrate sensory system” published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 2003 by Sneddon, Braithwaite and Gentle.By Professor James D. RoseThe paper by Sneddon et al is deeply flawed and does not provide any legitimate evidence that trout are capable of […]

HAYLING Angler, one of our intrepid sea angling correspondents, reports some amazing boat fishing.On a trip aboard Dave Adams ‘Torbay Belle’ it was estimated that some 80 black bream in total were landed in a fabulous day’s boat angling. ”Three fish over the specimen weight of 3lb were landed on the day,” he told total-fishing. […]

AN ESSEX angling trio has reeled a prestigious big game fishing championship in the Caribbean after bagging some huge marlin to over 350lb. Alan Pritchard, 44, of Canvey Island, John McEvilley, 38, Terry Hamlyn, 30, both from South Benfleet, beat off 78 other competitors to take the three-day IGFA International Game Fishing Association Offshore Championship […]

THE green light has been given to plans to run a new 560-peg Individual National, with the first the one taking place in the Midlands this September.To celebrate its centenary year, the sport’s governing body, the National Federation of Anglers, will invite the top two anglers from each team competing in this year’s five Nationals […]

WOODLAND View fishery owner Mike Mason has scotched rumours that he’s had a major fish kill at his Droitwich water.Rumours have been spreading around the Midlands that he’s lost ‘skip loads’ of carp and that the water is closed, but Mike says they are simply not true.“We have lost a few fish but that is […]

TACKLE giant Daiwa has stepped in to back the Bewdley match length on the River Severn (see this month’s Midland Angler) and that plus a new look to the opens should help ensure some strong turnouts throughout the summer.A new pools structure will see prizes paid out every five pegs, giving more anglers a chance […]

TEN Sheffield boys and girls, aged 12 to 14, have won an all-expenses-paid visit to the annual Chatsworth Angling Fair – to be held over the weekend of May 17 and 18 on the world-famed Chatsworth estate near Bakewell, Derbyshire. Their trip is sponsored by the Chatsworth Bursary, an award provided by the Duke and […]

Welsh Federation of Sea Anglers Boat Team Manager Robbie Roberts and squad member Gethyn Owen met recently with the owners of Home & Leisure to discuss a possible sponsorship deal for the WFSA National Boat Team. Following a highly successful meeting, Home & Leisure have offered to sponsor our National Team with a variety of clothing […]

TO celebrate the launch of Today’s Flyfisher – the new magazine from the David Hall Publishing stable –  we’ve teamed up with Orvis to offer one lucky person (and an even luckier friend) two day’s guided fishing on the rivers Test and Itchen.The Test and the Itchen are classic English chalk streams. The springs provide […]

KIERON Rich (pictured above with his final day’s catch) added a second festival win to his portfolio when he headlined the 180-angler White Acres Keenets Spring event with a 36-point clean sweep collecting the £2000 winners cheque and a voucher for a £1899 pole from the sponsors.Mosella and Tricast backed Kieron from Dudley, West Midlands posted […]

THE International Angling Confederation (La Confédération Internationale de la Pêche Sportive – CIPS) which groups the four International Angling Federations composed of 110 National Federations from 54 countries and which represents a minimum of 60 000 000 members, unanimously adopted, during its Congress held in Locarno from 10th to 13th April 2003, the Angler’s Charter […]

THE Countryside Alliance has called for more research, rather than emotional debate, in response to a report by a team of scientists from the Roslin Institute and the University of Edinburgh suggesting that fish do feel pain. Charles Jardine, Director of the Countryside Alliance’s Campaign for Angling, called for the debate to move on: “Previous […]