THE day after newspapers reported untreated sewage killing tens of thousands of fish on the Thames, Ofwat proudly announced it was intending to raise water prices by just 13% over the next five years.   Watervoice, the Ofwat funded consumer group, called the increase “far better than we had expected… or feared.”“These congratulatory notes show how out […]

SEA anglers should be aware of a Government proposal to impose a £22 annual licence on them for pursuing their sport. The proposal is rightly based on concern for conservation, but the Countryside Alliance seeks reassurance on a number of issues.The projected £3m annual revenue that would be generated by this licence fee would probably not […]

DEFRA has invited the Salmon & Trout Association to join the RIA (Regulatory Impact Assessment) Stakeholders’ Group in its wide-ranging review of water prices and resources allocation. The S&TA, as a leading member of the Moran Committee, is the only body representing angling and fishery interests within this influential and opinion-forming Group.“Fish are the obvious […]

WHILE Londoners have heard that the Thames is cleaner, many are still hesitant to go and join the fish for a swim, and quite rightly so, as just last night tens of thousands of fish died.  The Environment Agency reports that yesterday’s storm caused the death of tens of thousands of fish across all ages and […]

Press release from Kevin Webster of Whizzo EVERY seasoned match organiser will agree with me when I say that we perform a thankless task. If it rains, we should have known, if teams drop out at the eleventh hour, we should have had extra teams waiting to fill their places, and strangely both of these things happened […]

Press releaese NEW research points to fish farm cages as most likely source of sea lice, says an organisation calling itself the Sea Trout Group.Two newly-published studies show links between sea lice infestation on salmon farms and ‘pools’ of sea lice juveniles ready to infect wild fish on a Scottish sea loch.The studies – both published […]

A report published today confirms the significant role played by sea angling in England and Wales. The report – by the economists Drew Associates – was commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to provide a clearer picture of sea angling activity in England and Wales and of its contribution to […]

FINANCIAL ADVISOR Steve Clark, 46, from Saffron Walden, Essex, produced the right figures to shatter the existing Individual National Championship record by 16.910 kg in the NFA Division One National Angling Championship fished on 25-miles of the River Trent between Nottingham and Dunham-on-Trent (Notts) on Saturday (July 17). Clark, who was fishing for A4 Oxford […]

A NEW credit card that raises money for the development of angling in the UK is now available.The launch of the striking Royal Bank of Scotland Anglers Affinity Card coincides with the organisation putting up £50,000 over three years to sponsor National Fishing Week. The RBS will be a joint sponsor of the annual August […]

THE organisers of the popular Arva Festival on Ireland’s Lough Gowna are putting on an extra competition following an unexplained decision to move the King of Clubs.For many years matchmen have booked two weeks in the area in the first couple of weeks of September, fishing the Arva Festival one week and the King of […]

THE staff and pupils at Lampton School would like to thank members of www.total-fishing.com and www.total-fishingclub.com for making this year’s annual fishing match one they would remember for many years to come.Many of the pupils who participated were able to fish because of the generous donations of fishing tackle by visitors to the total-fishing.com website […]

The environmentally-friendly Stonze™ System will be utilised at the World Carp Classic in association with Rod Hutchinson, after manufacturer Pallatrax signed a sponsorship deal.Total Carp readers voted Stonze™ the best new product of 2003 – and participants at Lac Amance in October will be able to experience the unique product for themselves.Pallatrax managing director Simon […]

It seemed like an age, but months after originally mooting the idea of a get-together at Drayton, we were finally there: some local experts, some Drayton virgins, and some, like me, previously occasional visitors, just desperate to fish it again. The gaggle which assembled on the Dam Wall ready for the draw was probably the […]

CATHERINE Furness triumphed in the first ever White Acres Ladies Festival winning the three day 34-pegger at the Cornish holiday park with a total of 12 points clinching the £1000 first place prize.Catherine (Acomb Tackle, pictured below with one of her catches) opened her account in the friendly but firecely competitive event by notching up […]

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