Countryside Alliance Chief Executive Simon Hart has challenged Defra Minister Jonathan Shaw to freeze concessionary rod licenses for the next five years following huge increases since 1997, which threaten to marginalise elderly and disabled anglers. Licences for non-migratory trout and coarse and salmon and sea trout fishing have increased by 109 and 64 per cent […]

Recent scientific evidence shows that UK bass stocks are collapsing.  Bass Society demands urgent government action. John Leballeur, Chairman of the Bass Anglers’ Sportfishing Society (BASS) Restoration Project Team says “In over 20 years of bass sampling I have never seen a period when the numbers of young bass have been so low for so […]

Reigning UK Champion Jon Arthur got that winning feeling at Browning Cudmore last weekend as he qualified for the final of PartyPoker.com Fish ‘O’ Mania, and will be hoping to replicate his performance at the same venue in July. All the main match pools were being used on the day, however the Arena pool which […]

Auto Shot is a revolutionary device for attaching micro shot to line. This is a fantastic product for all anglers, especially those whose sight isn’t what it used to be who may have trouble using small shot. The red Auto Shot comes with un-cut Super Soft Shot which feeds from a well into a chamber, […]

PAA coach and event organiser Graham Walker applied his skills to great effect on this well sponsored double-header, that featured experienced and novice anglers alike, all accompanied by bulging sponsorship forms in aid of the Alzheimer’s charity. Free entry at Poole Bridge Farm fishery in Yorkshire saw 18 rods line the banks of Horseshoe Lake […]

Anglers expressed their disappointment that the British Canoe Union is continuing to campaign for unregulated access to rivers when appropriate local agreements are being shown to work.  Following an Early Day Motion that went nowhere in 2007, the BCU have now again secured the support of John Grogan, MP for Selby, for yet another EDM […]

Power Steel Ultima has raised the performance bar with mono yet again with the launch of their new flagship product Power Steel. If all early indications are correct this product will take the market by storm over the coming months. Power Steel is the result of two years’ careful development work, building on the huge […]

Keith Passant and members of the North Wilts Fly Fishing Club in Swindon are holding a 24 hour non stop fly-tying session over the weekend of 17th/18th May at the Orvis shop in Burford, Oxfordshire to aid the vital work of Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland, a unique outdoor-based programme specifically designed for women […]

The BRFC met at the Fishmongers Hall, London on 7th May 2007. Present were Ian Epps (National Federation of Anglers), David Rowe (Secretary), Chris Clark (National Federation of Sea Anglers), Oliver Crimmen (Natural History Museum), Scientific Advisor, Nigel Hewlett (Environment Agency), Scientific Advisor, Malcolm Hanson (Salmon & Trout Association), Mike Heylin (Specialist Anglers Alliance) & […]

The Norfolk Anglers Conservation Association (NACA) is holding its annual Open day event at the renown Bawburgh Lakes Fishery just outside Norwich on Sunday 1st June 2008 between 10:00am and 4:30pm.  Entry will be free, with plenty of parking for the public to enjoy watching and meeting experienced anglers, fish with licensed angling coaches and […]

Auto Styx Sizes: No8 and 10 Styx sizesRRP: £14.99 including applicator, refill and instructional DVD For those who prefer cylindrical weights rather than shot. Works in the same way as Auto Shot, but with a wide steel pin on the green applicator creating a perfect slit down the Styx which is then easily pressed onto […]

Keith Passant and members of the North Wilts Fly Fishing Club in Swindon are holding a 24 hour non stop fly-tying session over the weekend of 17th/18th May at the Orvis shop in Burford, Oxfordshire to aid the vital work of Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland, a unique outdoor-based programme specifically designed for women […]

A hundred and twenty of the 128 competitors were immediately out of the chance to qualify for the Fish O Mania final when they drew on Barston’s Big Lake, which fished disappointingly. That meant the eight anglers on Barston’s small Match Lake were handed a brilliant opportunity qualify as it duly produced the top six […]

The NFA is offering anglers the once in a lifetime opportunity to go fishing with record breaking world class angler, Alan Scotthorne and river superstar Dave Harrell. With almost £1000 raised through the NFA’s first two ‘Go Fishing with a Star’ auctions and six anglers still remaining including Tommy Pickering, Dave Harrell and Alan Scotthorne, […]

Reading West MP, Martin Salter, has been appointed to the Draft Marine Bill (Joint Committee) by Parliament. The Committee of MPs and Lords will scrutinise every aspect of the Draft Marine Bill and examine comments from stakeholders and other interested parties. The Draft Marine Bill was published on April 3rd 2008, and will create a […]