Report by Aberdeen Angus “We came first when the results were announced in reverse order.” Some 48 hours prior to the first round match of the VDE/Angling Times Supercup, George (Aberdeen Angus) tried to inspire his total-fishing.com team, in their match against Daventry and Pike & Eel, with a rendition of Henry V’s speech at Agincourt. “Once […]

Bigland Hall Estate has been sold and the new owners have exciting plans for future developments for the Fisheries and sporting facilities. This is good news for anglers who enjoy fishing these Waters. The Estate is situated within the Lake District National Park and is sensational in its beauty, peacefulness and magnificent vistas. The Trout […]

DURING January of this year the Environment Agency successfully prosecuted 387 people for rod licence related offences. The month’s fines amounted to a total of £24,294 with costs of £23,150 awarded to the Agency. On average these unlicenced fishing trips cost each cheat £121 in fines and costs. The month’s heaviest penalties were for one […]

THE latest venue to be added to our large fisheries and sea marks database is Milton Pools at Great Milton near Oxford.The water (pictured) has match and specimen lakes and is just a stone’s throw from the M40 ‘Although thousands of people pass Milton Pools Fishery every day, this is still a relatively unknown mid-sized fishery […]

Commenting on the announcement by the National Federation of Anglers, National Federation of Sea Anglers and the Salmon and Trout Association that they are proposing to merge into one body, to be known as the Angling and Fisheries Alliance (AFA), Countryside Alliance Campaign for Angling Director Charles Jardine said:“We offer a cautious welcome to this […]

TOTAL-Fishing.com’s undisputed Champion Tackle Tart, Steve ‘The Mac’ McCrory, could not wait to show our roving southern reporter Steve ‘Glebe Champ 2003 And Proud Of It’ Martin the contents of his Matchbox when they met up at Gold Valley this week.“We were there to talk about all things angling in the south of England and […]

CLUBS only have days left to register to take part in the Preston Innovations Club Champion of Champions final. The event, now in its third year, sees club champions right across the heart of England go head to head for title and a bundle of prizes from the sponsors. For your club champion to be […]

PRESS RELEASEIT is amazing when you look at all the conservation pressure groups in the UK that there appear to be none specifically aimed at conserving fish for their own sakes. There are some that wish to conserve the angling potential and some organisations such as the Environment Agency and English Nature have responsibility for […]

PRESS RELEASEAnglers with tall tales of “the one that got away” at a Shropshire hotel complex are being asked to share their memories.Patshull Park Hotel, Golf and Country Club, in Pattingham, is celebrating its 25th anniversary.And to help celebrate, General Manager Stephen Kimbell has launched a search for people with stories to tell about their […]

PRESS RELEASEMEET Paul and Greg – characters with attitude, passion and irreverence and one thing on their minds – trout. Finding them, catching them, eating them.Fly fishing, the sport of Kings and Romans, the love of Vikings and painters. The passion of poets, politicians, actors, musicians, butchers, bakers and candlestick makers…and the most popular participant sport in […]

NFA NEWS BRIEFS FOR NFA INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. Clubs urged to apply for licenceTHE NFA Cormorant committee met this week. Fishery owner and top angler, Roy Marlow, who is a member of the committee, urged all NFA member clubs with a cormorant problem, to apply for a licence to shoot the birds. “I applied, a nice man […]

A DATE for the 2004 Total Fishing Skanderborg meet has now been made official. The date is Saturday 31st July which will be an excellent time of year to fish this bream paradise here in Denmark.If you are interested in participating please forward your interest to me via email lb_wood@hotmail.com or by posting in the current […]

Building on the success of the Third Angling Summit, organised in December 2003 by Parliamentary Angling Liaison Officer, Martin Salter MP, members of the Moran Committee, National Angling Alliance and Joint Angling Governing Bodies, met to review the future of angling and fisheries representation.  All members present agreed to the concept of one, unified body […]

ONLINE tackle shop Harrison‘s is now offering free postage on all orders placed by clicking through from the Total-Fishing Shop section. Typically that will give you a saving of £5 to £10 on your average order.There are some great offers on the Harrison‘s Shop at present.Carp anglers may be interested in the Tracker Armadillo one […]

THE UK’s best selling carp magazine, Total Carp, has banked a new editor, in the shape of Marc Coulson, after internal reorganisation at owner DHP Ltd.The move comes as a result of current editor Jim Foster being appointed as DHP’s new editor-in-chief, taking control of the firm’s portfolio of magazines and ensuring their high standards […]