Sunday the 8th June marks the annual World Ocean Day holiday, where people come together across the world to celebrate our oceans and promote taking care of them. World Ocean Day has been around since 1992 where it was first proposed at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2008 the United Nations […]
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Anglian Water Latest News
Picture: Natalie Hanson shows off the best fish of the week from Rutland Water. The Northborough angler caught this lovely 7lb 10½oz brown trout on the third cast of the day with a new rod and reel purchased from Rutland Tackle Shop. Rutland Water Fish week 1,053(season 15,579) Returns 310 (3,243) Rod average 3.39 (4.8) The […]
England Lady Fly Fishers Win Silver
The annual home international match between the ladies of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales took place on 22nd May 2014 at Lake Trawsfynydd in Wales. The match started well with Janice Sharp, Eileen Chatwin, Sheena Goode and Hilary Tomlinson all catching early in Club Bay with hardly any fish being caught by other teams. Boat […]
Shaun Cooke Makes Fish O Mania Final
Eleven lakes were in use again this year on the 13th Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier held at the picturesque and excellent Partridge Lakes Fishery near Warrington on Saturday 31st May 2014, but due to an influx of cold rain water at the beginning of the week, weights were not expected to be high. This influx […]
England Lure Team Announced
After a series of two-day team trials held around the country over the past few months, the 17th & 18th May saw 17 exceptionally talented anglers battle it out for the 6 available places for the 2014 Angling Trust Team England Lure Squad. This final eliminator was held on the magnificent Llangorse Lake in the […]
Barston Lakes Carp Record Tops 35lb
The carp record at Barston Lakes has been broken with a 35lb 6oz mirror – landed by a pleasure angler who was only using a size 16 hook! George Johnson was enjoying the Solihull venue’s silver fish on peg 117 and F1 sport when the big fish picked up his floatfished pellets offering fished under […]
Dara Finnegan wins 2014 Ballinamore Angling Festival
The festival was borne from the anglers competing in the World Pairs Angling Championship which highlighted the good fishing in the area has been resurrected to promote angling tourism in this part of County Leitrim. The Ballinamore Angling & Tourism Association is keen to intereact with the anglers once again and get them returning […]
Four Double Figure Tench In 12 Hours
Most anglers will never see a double-figure tench; let alone catch one. But Norwich specialist Darryn Stolworthy has just landed FOUR in the same session – the best fish going over 12lb. Darren took all four fish from a stillwater in his home county of Norfolk – all in a 12-hour session, feeder-fishing maggots with […]
DEFRA: River Otter Beavers will not be culled
A family of beavers living in the River Otter in Devon may have to be culled because they are believed to be carrying a rare tapeword that can be passed to humnans, Environmentalist says that Natural England is drawing up plans for a cull even though a programme has begun to reintroduce the animals into […]
Blue Surprise At Rutland
The capture of the biggest trout of the season at Rutland Water is always news, but especially when it’s a strain that the management don’t even stock there. Peterborough angler Leon Smith landed the 10lb 10oz fish while boat fishing on the South Arm. But this was no brown or rainbow trout. In fact Leon’s […]
Gary Bull books his Fish ‘O’ Mania grand final place
Heavy overnight rain and again just prior to the Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier held at Colemans Cottage Fishery, Essex on Saturday 24th May played a part in slowing down the catch rates on the day, with anglers also having to put up with a cold wind and odd showers during the match. Miracle Baits sponsored […]
Angling joins Project Wild Thing
The Angling Trust has joined a major movement to reverse the generational decline in children’s connection to nature. The Wild Network, a rapidly growing movement of more than 1000 organisations, large and small, is leading a campaign calling for at least 30 minutes more wild time for every child, every day. The Angling Trust is […]
Angler’s Mail Is 50 – send in your stories!
Message from webmaster Gareth Purnell: Ben from Angler’s Mail has asked me to post that next week is a very special week in the life of the mag – Angler’s Mail is reaching the ripe old age of 50 years old! So I’m only just behind it. If you have any memories of reading the […]
Anglers Mail May 27th
The latest issue of Angler’s Mail magazine, on-sale now, is packed with all your favourite news, features, tips, columnists and star anglers, including: Invasive ‘flying carp’ removed and killed from UK waters Carp match sees whackers landed Save the eel – exclusive report on a species in recover Giant common carp on full moon Crabtree […]
Rob Wootton Wins His Fourth Ivan Marks Memorial
This was the 10th consecutive year of this prestigious angling event whereby the angler with the highest weight of either of the two days receives the Ivan Marks Memorial Trophy from Linda Marks. Scorching temperatures greeted the 80 competitors on Day 1 and expectations were mixed. The fish had started to spawn on Glebe Pool […]
