The Angling Trust is pleased to confirm the details for a sixth Tidefest Angling Championship to take place on the tidal Thames in London on Sunday, September 8th. All the ticket monies will once again be donated to the children’s angling charity Get Hooked on Fishing. The 50-peg match, which is sponsored by Thames Water, […]
Tidefest 2019 Tickets On Sale
Dynamite back to sponsor Canal Pairs 2019
Canal Pairs tickets kicked off Last week and we are delighted to see a good chunk of ticket sales in these opening days. To bolster the contest even further we’re also delighted to announce that bait extraordinaires Dynamite Baits will renew their sponsorship for 2019. Daryl Hodges from Dynamite commented “The Canal Pairs is a […]
England Disabled match fishing team named for Italy 2019
Angling Trust announce the England team for Anglers with Disabilities for 2019 FIPSed 21st World Championship The Angling Trust are pleased to announce the team that will be taking part in the FIPSed 21st Anglers with Disabilities World Coarse Championship on the Scolmatore Channel, Italy from 14th – 15th June 2019. Following a successful England […]
Canal Pairs dates, venues and entry information…
The Angling Trust and Canal & River Trust, Canal Pairs tickets for 2019 have gone LIVE this week, offering canal anglers up and down the country a great chance at getting into a BIG money final. Organised by the Angling Trust in conjunction with the Canal & River Trust, the Championship will see sixteen regional […]
How to Choose the Best SUP Board for Fishing
When it comes to fishing, paddling out to the middle of a lake and casting your line is the best way to ensure that nothing is outside your sphere of influence. Staying landlocked means being unable to cast the deepest recesses of the lake. There are alternatives; motor boats can get the job done, but […]
Angling Trust welcomes ban on unsustainable salmon netting
The Angling Trust has given a warm welcome to the announcement by Fisheries Minister George Eustice that nearly all netting of salmon in England will cease for at least 5 years with effect from 2019 after a sustained campaign for the past 4 years by the Angling Trust. The new byelaws will save more than […]
2019 Bass Bag Limit Agreed
Recreational anglers fishing for bass are to be allowed to retain up to one bass per day from April 1st-31st October 2019 after EU fisheries ministers thrashed out an agreement in the early hours of Wednesday morning. It’s a disappointing result for anglers who were campaigning for the bag limit to be increased to three […]
Call all talented young match anglers….
The Angling Trust is looking for talented coarse anglers who would like to apply for the England under 20s youth assessment trial. The 33rd FIPSed U20s Youth World Championships are due to be staged on the El Vicario Reservoir, near Ciudad Real, Spain from 10th – 11th August 2019 and a team is required to […]
Nudd, Sanders among those to make England Veterans’ team for Italy 2019
The Angling Trust are pleased to announce the team that will be taking part in the FIPSed 12th Veterans World Coarse Championship on the Scolmatore Channel, Italy from 14th – 15th June 2019. Following a successful England trial assessment day held at the Glebe Fishery, Leicestershire on 19th December 2018 which fished very well with […]
England announce their team for the World Masters Championship in South Africa
The Angling Trust are pleased to announce the Masters World Coarse Championship team for 2019 representing England in the 2nd FIPSed World Masters Championship in the World Angling Games on the Vaal River, South Africa from 14th – 15th February. The team selected are; Mark Downes Harry Billing Matt Hall Mark Harper Mick Wilkinson Joe […]
RiverFest 2019 Qualifiers
With the new year just around the corner, we thought we’d get a few dates lined up in the calendar for next year’s Angling Trust RiverFest 2019. We’ve carefully selected some of the best river stretches in the country and done our best to avoid clashes wherever possible. We must thank Dave Harrell Angling for […]
Canal Pairs dates released for 2019
Details of Britain’s biggest canal angling competition have been announced, with the 2019 Canal Pairs Championship once again coming to the nation’s waterways. Organised in partnership between the Canal & River Trust and the Angling Trust with sponsorship from Dynamite Baits, the Championship will see sixteen regional qualifying heats taking place across England with further […]
Canoeing governing body branded irresponsible for encouraging its members to trespass
The National Governing Body for paddlesports, British Canoeing, has issued a Charter for Access that encourages its members to trespass which may damage the interests of other legitimate users of watercourses. These include thousands of angling clubs in communities throughout England and Wales. The document repeats fundamentally flawed suggestions by British Canoeing in recent years […]
Boddington Classic bigger and better for 2019
The AT/CRT Boddington Classic is back for 2019 and even better than before! After the sell-out success of last year, the Angling Trust has worked closely with the CRT to put an additional qualifier on the bagging mecca, where weights exceeded 300lbs in last year’s final! In addition to this the competition has also slightly […]
England Men’s World Shore Angling Team bring home Silver Medal from Wales
The England Men’s Angling Team travelled to Llandudno, Wales to take part in the FIPS-M 35th Men’s World Shore Angling Championship from 20th – 27th October. This extremely competitive World Championship ended with a hard-fought silver medal for the England Men’s team. England finished sixteenth out of the eighteen participating countries on day 1, but […]
