The Countryside Alliance has called for a more responsible approach from industry, following a chemical spill which has polluted five kilometres of the Taf Fechan in South Wales. It has been estimated that 1,000 wild brown trout and other species will die as a result of the spill.  Three tonnes of aluminium sulphate were released […]

The Pike Anglers Club is calling for a public enquiry into a massive water abstraction scheme it fears could damage historic pike fisheries and internationally-important nature reserves.It has written to Environment Secretary David Miliband, urging him to insist on a full investigation into the envionmental consequences of Essex and Suffolk Water’s Abberton Expansion Scheme.ESW wants […]

ACA Wins Compensation after Anglian Water Kills 1,000 Coarse Fish The Anglers’ Conservation Association (ACA) has secured £2,500 in compensation on behalf of the Whittlesey Angling Association (WAA), an ACA member club, for a pollution of Whittlesey Dyke. In September 2004, a discharge of 2 million litres of raw sewage from Whittlesey Sewage Treatment Works caused a […]

Filmmaker and avid fly-fisherman Gillean Proctor and Hardy and Greys’ Canadian agent, John Mathers, have worked together to bring the history of world-renowned angling company Hardy and Greys to life in a collection taken from covers of its angler’s guides, catalogues and other early publications. Previewed for the first time at this year’s CLA Game Fair, […]

This week, the newly formed All Party Parliamentary Group on Angling had its first waterside encounter with a visit to Sparsholt College in Hampshire, and ended up catching the biggest fish in the college lake – a carp of 20lbs 6oz! The MPs were viewing the National Aquatics Training Centre and looking at the other facilities […]

Around our coast, near to shore, is an area that should be naturally rich in marine life, fuelling the food chain and biodiversity of areas much further out, and of special importance to Recreational Sea Anglers, especially those anglers confined to fishing from the shore and from small boats in sheltered waters.It has become known […]

Online traders benefit from Swap Shop no fee policy Revolutionary new fishing website www.fishingswapshop.co.uk has gained the upper hand with online fishing traders through providing a fee-free listing policy. Popular trading site eBay recently hit the headlines for increasing their sellers fees, causing hundreds of sellers with online ‘shops’ to boycott in protest and calls into question […]

New government rules meant to improve and develop stocks of sea bass in English coastal waters will fail to restore them and only slightly lessen the danger they will instead be destroyed by overfishing, sea anglers said today Raising the size for landing bass from next April though by only 4 cm to 40 cm, was […]

This year’s Evesham Angling Festival on the Warwickshire Avon at Evesham looks set to be a real thriller as all the country’s top anglers go head to head in a three day big-money match fishing extravaganza. Bumper crowds are expected over the August bank holiday weekend which kicks off with the 70 competitor Shakespeare Championship […]

 Wave Industries Announces the Launch of the Fishing Insider Network (FIN) an Informative Internet TV Channel for Anglers, Providing TV-Quality Video Directly to PCs  Wave Industries, Inc™., developers of Wave Worms™ and Tiki-Man™ fishing products are launching Fishing Insider Network™ (FIN™), an Internet video channel dedicated to anglers.  The FIN broadcast will feature fresh and salt water […]

For the third year in a row, the American Carp Society will host the 72-hour ultra-challenge “Tournament of Champions” on Lake Hominy, Oklahoma. The October competition is presented by the Europe-based Dynamite Baits in partnership with ACS Tournaments.“Hominy is a prolific lake with plenty of carp in the high 20 to low-mid 30 pound range,” […]

Fishing Swap Shop’s resident pundit Barry Goddard has certainly raised a few eyebrows this week with his controversial rant about bait boats on the revolutionary new website www.fishingswapshop.co.uk. Tipped to become the most outspoken character in the fishing community, the 42 year old carp fisher certainly doesn’t share in the passion for bait boats and has […]

At the recent meeting of the BRFC chaired by Mr Ken Ball, and attended by Ian Epps, National Federation of Anglers; Marsh Pratley, Phil Smith: Specialists Anglers Alliance, Chris Clark, National Federation of Sea Anglers,  Oliver Crimmen of the Natural History Museum, Scientific Advisor to the BRFC, the Secretary David Rowe, the following records listed […]

1Drennan North West4062315763586160615755023.152Warrington AA4446386540586229566550322.873Eclipse AC4934505855555755275949917.994Mill Tackle AC6450341160644545645449123.335Triana Wigan MG2865605544224751175544419.896Barnsley Blacks3663115026363265624442516.847Wades MG4853546027443738402442513.238Thorne & District AA4859426253214415324442015.499Shakespeare Redditch334435495945485441941713.6410Garbolino Ossett594263404613597592741516.42

 In this month’s APF you’ll find… Go WestCommercial bagging ace Steve Gregory turns roach-hunter this month, as he visits South Yorkshire’s Westwood Reservoir to demonstrate how to gear your pole rigs for silver fish Venue DetectiveWe check out Bake Lakes in Cornwall to see why it’s on of the Southwest’s best pole fishing venues Creatures From FeaturesCatching big […]