The UK Champs is back up and running after being taken over at the 11th hour. Nigel Harrhy (pictured above left), who owns and runs Barston Lakes in Solihull, has taken over the reigns of running the UK Champs from former world champion Tommy Pickering. The UK Champs has been successfully run for the past […]

The Angling Trust will be hosting the 2nd Veterans World Championship 2009 at Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes from 11th – 12th July 2009. The event is a 7 team competition with 4 anglers per team.This year Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Portugal and South Africa are competing with an England team comprising Mark Addy(defending Individual Champion), […]

Matt Hall, 2003 Fish O Mania Champion, won the 16th and final qualifier on a scorching day at Lindholme Lakes Fishery on Wednesday 1st July  with a top weight of 133lbs 15ozs. Top class fishing in the middle of a British heatwave is usually pretty difficult to come by but almost all the competitors in […]

Woodland View Fishery in Worcestershire hosted this year’s National Championship for Anglers with Disabilities and this prolific venue lived up to its reputation by producing a string of good weights and an extremely tight finish in both the team and individual categories. With temperatures in the mid-twenties and little wind the competitors were clearly apprehensive […]

The Angling Trust is delighted to announce that Daiwa Sports have confirmed they will be sponsoring the Angling Trust Schools National Championships in 2009. The event is a team competition with five anglers in each team. This year we have 30 teams taking part a total of 150 youngsters fishing for £4,000 of equipment. This […]

Fish Legal has expressed surprise at what it sees to be the Environment Agency’s apparent lack of concern at the severe and potentially toxic algal blooms in Llyn Padarn, home to one of the rarest fish species in Wales, the arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). The Agency recently described the algal bloom as a “natural phenomenon”. […]

There’s a changing of the guard at the Barnsley Blacks, for years one of the most feared and respected match fishing teams in England. Commercial fisheries like Lindholme Lakes have brought new blood into the team, while at the same time stalwarts like Tom Pickering have decided to stop team fishing altogether. But if this […]

The Angling Trust is offering anglers a fantastic opportunity to go fishing with their favourite England International angling star and at the same time support our Veterans and Anglers with Disabilities International teams. Anglers can bid for a day’s fishing with their favourite star in a special eBay auction set up by the Trust. The […]

Barford Lakes has confirmed it has been hit by the KHV virus by issuing the statement below: Sarah: “My apologies for not releasing any information earlier, I know anglers have been concerned with the current rumors. It’s been a busy and stressful time for us and we have been waiting for confirmed test results before […]

Matt Hall is once again through to the 2009 Fish O Mania final after the qualifier at Lindholme Lakes, Doncaster – here are the results below kindly supply by Lindholme Lakes owner Neil Grantham… 1 matt hall peg 63 oasis caught all small carp for 133lb 15oz2 Ben Holmes peg 11 bonsai for 105lb 13oz […]

The Angling Trust today called for long overdue plans to be put in place to deal with urban run-off after two separate pollution events at the weekend killed thousands of fish, including barbel, chub, dace, roach, trout, bream and perch on tributaries of the River Trent. The Trust and its member clubs have been calling […]

108lbs 8ozs gets Rob through the penultimate qualifier The 130 anglers in this penultimate qualifying round faced blistering hot windless conditions for the whole of the match, consequently weights were generally lower than expected. Rob Wootton found these conditions suited him at peg 25 on Island pool where he meat and pellet shallow on the […]

Friday June 19th saw Meon Springs trout fishery in Hampshire welcoming over 70 specially invited fly fishers along with their pro-celebrity captains led by Sir Ian Botham, already a noted celebrity angler with a TV series and book – “Botham on Fishing” under his belt, and Charles Jardine who is probably the pre-eminent fly fisher […]

Anglers would be forced to register fish caught against their national quota Brussels, 29th June 2009 — The European Commission seems to have ignored the European Parliament and reintroduced draconian proposals to force recreational fishermen to count their catch against each country’s EU quota, Struan Stevenson MEP, Conservative fisheries spokesman in the European Parliament, warned. […]

ANGLER’S MAIL this week becomes the first magazine to give away TWO different kinds of exclusive lines, only on the June 30 cover-dated issues. Weed Green and Red Magic varieties of Mega Line are on copies in newsagents around the country. So if you fancy trying both lines, you should be able to get two […]