107 anglers competed in the 2008 Maver Classic final, held at the prolific Larford lakes on Sunday 4th and Monday 5th May.  Changeable weather and atmospheric conditions made the fishing difficult (by normal Larford standards) with many fish preparing to spawn. This did not, however, stop some monstrous weights being recorded over the two day […]

Jason Johonnesson fulfilled a dream when he landed this monster 70lb buffalo carp from a lake in Texas. “My friend, Peter Christensen from Denmark, is here to fish in Texas for the very first time and I am ever so anxious to see his expressions as he lands his very first buffalo carp,” recalls Jason. […]

The Environment Agency has teamed up with a Hampshire trout fishery to re-stock a section of the River Stour in Dorset after the local fish population was virtually wiped out by pollution.  An estimated 15,000 fish died on the Stour and two of its tributaries last summer following a pollution spill. Despite a full investigation, […]

The Charitable Trust, Get Hooked on Fishing, is being inundated with requests from schools and youth agencies to set up schemes around the country.The Charity, started 8 years ago by Mick Watson, is considered the largest developer of angling across the UK. It has a unique focus on coaching youngsters to develop wider skills at […]

Four must-see speakers have been signed up for this year’s Pike Anglers Club Convention.Piking 2008 will be held at Stoneleigh, Warks, on Saturday, September 27.Predator fishing in all four corners of the British Isles, along with Holland and Sweden are covered by Derek MacDonald, Graham Slater, Michel Huigevoort and PA Högberg.PAC promotions manager Mike Kelly […]

Anglers are uniting together to support the NFA England teams as the first week of ‘Go Fishing with a Star’ comes to a close having raised over £400 with one day still to go. Anglers are jumping at the chance to meet their angling idols and spend a day’s fishing with some of the greatest […]

Peter Rice from Redditch booked his place in the final of PartyPoker.com Fish ‘O’ Mania as he used all of his local insight to win the recent qualifier at Tunnel Barn Farm in Warwickshire this bank holiday weekend. Anglers enjoyed warmer weather and a gentle southerly breeze on match day which put the shoals of […]

Fox International is pleased to announce that well-known UK carp angler, Neil Smith, starts with the company on May 12. Neil joins as Account Manager, covering Cheshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands and surrounding areas. Neil, formerly the sales, marketing and product development manager with Aqua Products, will also help with future product development projects and assist […]

Ultima have raised the performance bar with mono yet again with the launch of their new flagship product Power Steel. If all early indications are correct this product will take the market by storm over the coming months. Power Steel is the result of two years careful development work building on the huge success of […]

Four must-see speakers have been signed up for this year’s Pike Anglers Club Convention.Piking 2008 will be held at Stoneleigh, Warks, on Saturday, September 27.Predator fishing in all four corners of the British Isles, along with Holland and Sweden are covered by Derek MacDonald, Graham Slater, Michel Huigevoort and PA Högberg.PAC promotions manager Mike Kelly […]

The Match Lake record at Larford Lakes came within 6lb of being beaten by England international Des Shipp during the first Maver Pairs qualifier. Des took a colossal 266-5-0 from peg 8 in a match that produced over 5000lb of fish at a man average of 83lb, after getting the venue’s F1s feeding ravenously up […]

Current Individual World Champion bronze medalist and River Wye record holder Lee Edwards joins the team to start their summer campaign. Drennan Team England manager and Starlets boss Mark Downes commented: “I’ve been fortunate to be able to watch Lee at international level for a number of years and in last year’s World Champs in […]

The first leg of Scotland’s biggest prize fund coarse angling competition was won by Scottish internationalist Dave McAuley from Motherwell. Dave drew peg 45 on The Square at Broom Fisheries and despite the previous night’s frost weighed in with a respectable bag of 12lb to clinch the overall winner’s prize for the day. Dave along […]

 The day was threatening to be miserable with misty drizzle rolling in off the sea. Luckily by 10am the mist cleared and the sun came out! The wind was blowing about 3-4 mph from the SW which veered NW by mid day and back SW from 2pm onwards blowing no more than 5mph all day. […]

A model of a 50lb salmon was caught in 1928 but which escaped being mentioned in the prestigious Domesday Book of Giant Salmon by Fred Buller, will be sold at Bonhams next Henley sale on Saturday 19th July. Mounted by P.D. Mallock of Perth the finely painted model of this great salmon is presented in […]