A joint team of representatives of the NFA and NAFAC met with senior management of British Waterways (BW) on Friday 28th October 2005 and agreed a strategy for on-line angling and fisheries, subject to the agreement of BW directors.  The plan will go before the BW Board on 7th November. It contains most of the […]

 EasyTackle.com, based in Solihull West Midlands, are officially launching on 1st November. The family owned and run fishing tackle company have brought forward the launch of there website (www.easytackle.com) due to the overwhelming success of there trial period over the past 3 weeks. The company partners brothers Simon and James Morgan along with there father Nigel […]

THURSDAY ROVER RESIDENTS MATCH27th October 2005 80 ANGLERS FISHED ALL WATERS 1st    BOB BROWN                                             84lb 06oz  BROADACRES Peg 22 Sycamore   Chopped worm & caster on the 10m pole on the bottom        2nd   STEVE CHESHIRE             68lb 06ozM.L. AC Peg 10 Twin OaksBread on the bomb and a few edge fish on breadFREE HOLIDAY/ PRESTON FESTIVAL/ TANKARD 3rd    JOHN […]

THE National Association of Fisheries and Angling Consultatives is urging both Defra and the Environment Agency to take urgent steps to protect diminishing eel stocks.The European population of the freshwater eel, (Anguilla anguilla) is at an historically low level of approximately 1% of the 1980 level and numbers continue to decline with the result that […]

November 2005 issue Into The Unknown – Dave Lane tells the story of how he caught an elusive big carp from Cambridgeshire. 10th Anniversary – Looking at the development of the magazine. A Day In The Life Of Lee Jackson The Number Game – Learn how Ian Russell goes for quantity and still comes up with quality. Davy Levy’s Diary […]

December issueShore8 NewsRead about the proposed increase in bass size limits. It could mean more and bigger bass for all of us.10 Catch SceneWe¹ve never known a year like it! You¹ve been catching more double-figure bass than ever before ­ find out where from.16 Black Lug!Times they are a changing. TSF discovers that black lugworm […]

A FANTASTIC individual sponsorship is up for grabs for the big fish angler who wins the 2006 Midland Specialist of the Year competition.Sponsors Wychwood are raising the event to a new level by putting up the prize, involving a £2000 budget to spend on the tackle of their choice, and a full set of Extremis […]

JIM Knight, the Parliamentary Under Secretary at Defra, with responsibility for Wildlife Mangagement, Access, and British Waterways, confirmed at a meeting with anglers leaders on Thursday 20th October, both his and the government’s support for angling.Speaking after the meeting Terry Mansbridge, Executive Chairman of the National Association of Fisheries and Angling Consultatives, (NAFAC), said, ‘This […]

Holmedale Lake Sunday 23/10/05 20 fished  1st         Craig Brazier Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 32, 66-7-0 2nd        Neil Wilkinson Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 38, 41-7-0 3rd    Jason Thomas Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 50, 39-15-0 4th    Simon Langton Peg One Angling Centre peg 35, 31-14-0 5th                  Rob Ward Sherwood Forest Fishery peg 47, 25-1-0          6th         Mick Stafford  Peg One Angling Centre peg […]

Dog Lane Open, Dog Lane Fishery, Napton, Warks1st Duane Seckington (Total-Fishingclub.com) 24lb9oz; 2nd Pete Palmer (Daventry AC)23lb2oz; 3rd Martin Paynter (Daventry AC) 22lb14oz Duane (pictured above with his winning catch) fed pellet and maggot with swimstim groundbait at 13m to take first spot after bemoaning his skill at not catching anything but stockies. Then he hit […]

Every year cases are reported of anglers being injured when their angling equipment contacts overhead power lines. In extreme cases this has resulted in horrific burn injuries or even fatalities. Lack of awareness on behalf of the angler is often the main cause of such accidents.The National Association of Fisheries and Angling Consultatives (NAFAC) therefore […]

Wednesday 12.10.05Open – 15 Fished on Bank 1st Mick Henshall (Fosters) 50.6.0 Peg 192nd John Cook (Angling 2000) 26.12.0 Peg 213rd Harry Ward (Moorlands) 25.0.0 Peg 11 Thursday 13.10.05Cost-Cutter – 14 Fished on Moors 1st Gary Picken (Lifestyle) 56.8.0 Peg 162nd Ralph Baxter (Gloucester) 42.11.0 Peg 33rd Colin Bennett (Worcester) 40.1.0 Peg 8 Friday 14.10.05Open – 13 Fished on […]

Parkdean Masters Final1st Tommy Pickering 42lb 12oz 2nd Danny Wynn 41lb 6oz 3rd Harry Billing 38lb 13oz 4th Neil Mckinnon 37lb 4oz 5th Karl Webster 31lb 3oz

Preston Innovations Festival 2005 Day Four Porth Section Winners Will Raison        9 points            26lb 8ozPaul Yates        9 points            21lbSteve Ringer     9 points            13lb 13ozArthur Turner     9 points            13lb 6oz Bolingey Section Winners Daren Cox        9 points            85ln 5ozJimmy Garside  9 points            78lb 3ozTommy Pickering           9 points            66lb 8ozDanny Wynn     9 points            59lb 1oz Pollawyn  Section Winners Paul Hiller         9 points            112lb 2ozGrant Albutt      9 […]

Sixteen nations met in Belgium at “Les Lacs de l’eau d’Heure” last week (29th September – 2nd October) for the 7th F.I.P.S World Carp Championships. The NFA squad consisted of 3 pairs; Steve Spurgen and Chris Rose, Peter Holehouse and Ian Huntington, and Mitch Smith and John Dean. The team runners were Jason Woods and Lee […]