More than 600 of the country’s finest anglers will line the River Huntspill, South Drain and Kings Sedgemoor Drain this weekend to compete in the most prestigious event in the angling calendar – the Division One National Championships.  This year’s competition, which takes place on Saturday (6 September), includes no fewer than three world champion […]

Tancho Tackle has launched a revolutionary new pole cup that will deliver a generous quantity of bait to the feed area, accurately and without losing any on route. Designed by life-long angler Tony Ives, the Cup Craft comprises a hollow plastic vessel containing a cup which rotates through 360 degrees. To operate, the user simply […]

A Keighley man who verbally abused an Environment Agency fisheries enforcement officer was ordered to pay more than £400 after pleading guilty to fishing without a valid rod licence in Bradford Magistrates Court today.  Mark Holmes of 9 Steadings Way, Keighley, was stopped on the 11 April 2008 at Coppice Ponds in Bingley, while getting […]

Round 4 winner was Wayne Mellings (Maver Midlands) from Walsall.  Preston Innovations UK Individual Championship Round Four, Woodland View 80 Pegs The venue was in a fickle mood and the top four individuals all came off High Pool. Wayne Mellings (Maver Midlands) won the match off fancied Peg 27 on High Pool. His 26 carp […]

Acclaimed Author Hosts the Orvis Fly Fishing Guide  The Orvis Company, a recognised world leader in fly fishing equipment, kit and country clothing, has taken the art of teaching fly fishing to another level – via the internet.  In a way that founder Charles Orvis could never have imagined, after almost five decades, fly fishing […]

During August 2008, around 60 people have taken advantage of the offer of an angling taster session from Environment Agency’s Fisheries, Recreation and Biodiversity Team, in partnership with Get Hooked on Fishing (GHOF) and the Llanidloes Angling Association. The sessions were funded by money raised from the sale of rod licences.  Two sessions were held, […]

The final of the 2008 Wales Carp Masters is just around the corner.12 pairs of carp anglers have qualified for the final of this prestigious competition and are set to do battle at the stunningCeltic Lakes Resort this coming weekend. The weather during the 6 qualifying heats has played a major part in proceedings and […]

Angling TV Channel OnlineFishing.tv is sending a crew to the World Championships to delve behind the scenes of what makes the best teams in global match fishing tick. The event takes place at Cremona, Italy on the first weekend of September. “The plan is to give viewers a real flavour of the World Championships as […]

The 2008 World Nations Championships take place next weekend on 6th and 7th September in Italy where a strong Drennan Team England will be looking to bring back the team gold medal. The venue itself will be a 2.2kn stretch of the Spinadesco Canal with anglers fishing from Ponte Caselli to Ponte Cavatigozzi in Cremona, […]

The Pentax NFA Division One National takes place on Saturday 6th September on the River Huntspill and Kings Sedgemoor Drain in Somerset, where 630 anglers will take to the bank to compete for the title of National Champion and the opportunity to fish in the World Club Championship, 2009. At this year’s National there will be […]

Fisheries and fish suppliers are benefiting from changes the Environment Agency is making to the way it controls harmful fish parasites. Paul Lidgett, Fisheries Policy Advisor at the Environment Agency, said: “Over the past year our scientists have established a new process to assess the risks parasites pose to fisheries. “This allows us to assess […]

Female angling star, Emma Pickering from Doncaster has added to the England medal collection this summer with an Olympic display at the World Ladies Angling Championships in Hungary last weekend (16th/ 17th August) as she fished for Subfish NFA Team England Ladies. As England continue to climb the medal tables in Beijing with one of […]

The biggest angling festival in the country takes place this weekend on the Warwickshire Avon at Evesham and, judging by recent results, it looks set to be a weekend that will be dominated by big fish catches. Bream to 6lb have been featuring in match weights up to 30lb, along with tench to 5lb and […]

British Waterways has confirmed that they do have KHV at Earlswood Lakes, which has been experiencing carp deaths and which came in for a lot of stick after fish were left rotting on the bank. It is the first time that a BW water has been confirmed as having the disease. A spokesperson said CEFAS […]

Dams & Lock Match Group took the title of the 2008 NFA Division Three Champions fishing on Saturday 16th August by using all of their relative local knowledge to secure victory on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. The match was fished under calm conditions, with only a slight wind and overcast in parts during the […]