Ten influential fishing products created over the past 75 years, from rods to reels to electronics, have helped make fishing the great sport it is today, according to a new survey from the American Sportfishing Association (ASA). The Anglers’ Legacy Innovations Awards were unveiled at the International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades (ICAST), the world’s […]

A fine 19th century leather pot-bellied fishing creel, which sold in 1951 for £1, made £12,000 at Bonhams Henley Sale of fishing equipment and boats on 19 July. Prior to the sale the creel was estimated to sell for £6,000 to £8,000. Bonhams fishing specialist, Charles Kewley commenting on the price achieved for the creel, […]

 49 rod licence cheats have been reeled in by the Environment Agency during a licence blitz across the Midlands throughout July.  With a massive surge in anglers taking to the waters over the course of the school holidays, the Environment Agency is urging everyone to ensure their licences are up to date.  Those who try […]

 Dr Franz Kohl of the European Anglers Alliance presented a call for a Pan-European Cormorant Management Plan to the parliament’s Committee on Fisheries on June 26.  He told members that there were approximately 600,000 breeding cormorants across Europe. When offspring and non-breeders were taken into account, referring to scientist wildlife biologist W. Suter’s estimation model, […]

 CLA Game Fair – Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire We are very much looking forward to this year’s Game Fair, which starts this Friday (25th July) at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. Please do drop by the ACA stand if there’s anything you would like to discuss, we would be delighted to see you. We will also be holding […]

The WFSA have agreed to open up next year’s Champion of Wales event to all nominated club champions including the various regional qualifiers, making the event a major calendar competition. This year’s final finally got underway following the late withdrawal of the original sponsor. Julian Shambrook of Anyfish Anywhere came to the rescue, providing prizes […]

The 2008 National Championship’s for Anglers with Disabilities takes place next weekend on 2nd August at Heronbrook Fisheries in Staffordshire, where seven regional teams and almost 70 anglers will compete for the prize of National Champion. Heronbrook is one of the country’s most well known venues and will prove a tough test for the anglers […]

It’s one thing to have a cracking facility like Marsh Farm, but it also takes the dedication of the volunteer workforce within the club to continue to provide & develop the future of the club. Now with the help of the quality junior coaching on offer the NFA club has obtained Clubmark for Angling. Not […]

Mick Bull is the new 2008 PartyPoker.com Fish’O’Mania Champion following an outstanding performance which saw the man from Warwickshire on target taking home the £25,000 jackpot at Cudmore Fisheries this past weekend. The match was extremely close for its entirety and it wasn’t until the last hour and a half that Mick really took the […]

This gem of a venue in a peaceful Warwickshire vale has four stream-fed pools to choose from and offers tremendous mixed fishing for pleasure and club match anglers. Stocks on all four lakes are similar and include a healthy head of F1 crucians, bream, tench, chub, roach, rudd, perch and so this is a venue […]

Get a friend enthused by fishing and you might gain a fishing partner for life. At the very least you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing you’ve helped someone discover just how enjoyable and relaxing this outdoor pastime can be. That’s the idea behind the ‘Take A Friend Fishing’ initiative running from 27th July to 31st […]

Next week is National Fishing Week with events organised all over the country to celebrate Britain’s most popular participant sport. For the first time, the All Party Parliamentary Angling Group in Westminster is organising a charity angling competition between MPs, a team from the Metropolitan Police and young people from the charity Thames21. Thames21’s newly-named […]

Anglers and bird watchers in Reading and West Berkshire were today celebrating the news that the Government has rejected the recommendations of the panel looking at development potential in the South East to include Kennet meadows as a ‘strategic development area’. This followed a vigorous campaign by Martin Salter MP, local councillors, residents groups, bird […]

A Welsh record wreckfish caught off Milford Haven has found itself a new home in the National Aquarium in Plymouth. The capture of the 7lb 1oz specimen was witnessed by a fisheries offices and so J Martin’s record claim looks secured. The fish should be happy in the National Aquarium, where it’s guaranteed four square […]