Labour’s Angling Spokesman Martin Salter MP has backed Fisheries Minister Jonathan Shaw in his decision not to proceed with a sea angling rod licence at the present time. Mr Salter arranged a number of meetings between sea angling organisations and Mr Shaw and has drawn attention in his Commons speeches to the promise in Labour’s […]

Horse & Country TV will be out in force filming at this year’s brand new angling show, the TCF Showcase. The event at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire from April 25 to 27 is a showcase for the innovative new tackle and other equipment heading for the shops throughout 2008. Nick Ludlow of Horse & Country TV […]

Although the river fishing closed season starts on March 15, there are still plenty of canals, stillwaters and fisheries where anglers can try their luck. But one place not to try your luck is the local magistrates court, just because you forgot to buy a new rod licence.  The reminder comes as more than 600 […]

Recent routine import checks have identified Spring Viraemia of Carp (SVC) virus in goldfish imported from a supplier in Hong Kong  (Tung Hoi Aquarium Co, Hong Kong) SVC has no implications for human health. It is nonetheless, a serious viral disease affecting common and ornamental carp, as well as a variety of other species including […]

An Environment Agency partnership project is proving hugely successful in increasing barn owl numbers on Yorkshire rivers. Working in partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Partnership the project has so far involved putting 44 nest boxes on poles and cutting the amount of mowing on river banks to improve the habitat for the small mammals that owls […]

After the resounding success of the Bourne Winter League, match organiser John Spalton is now running a similar King Of The Fens Summer League. The teams-of-six league is over five rounds, all on Sundays. Entry is £180 per team and, based on 10 teams, the winning squad will walk away with £800. Pools each match are […]

After ten years of stubbornly refusing recreational sea anglers any say in managing fisheries, the European Council has given up and agreed that the €8-€10 billion (£6-8 billion) they generate each year now qualifies them as a genuine part of the community’s fishing industry. Sea angling has been denied a role in the Common Fisheries […]

The National Association of Fisheries and Angling Consultatives (NAFAC) has welcomed the setting up of the new Angling Unity website. The new Angling Unity website went live last week and now offers an information resource that will grow as Unity is delivered. It currently ranks No:1 on a Google search  for ‘angling unity’ and has […]

It’s the dream of every dedicated fishing enthusiast to find the perfect home – next to a river, perhaps with its own mooring or even its own fishing rights.  Well the hunt just got easier with the launch today of some special new features by property search engine Globrix (www.globrix.com).  From today, the fisherman in […]

EFTTA DEMANDS ACTION OVER SNAKEHEAD FISH AFTER KILLER SPECIES IS CAUGHT IN UKEFTTA will be represented at a significant meeting next week in Brussels to discuss invasive non-native species – which comes days after a deadly ‘Snakehead’ fish was caught in a British river. The giant snakehead comes from south east Asia. But the capture […]

The Welsh Federation of Sea anglers has for many years successfully run a Personal Members Section enabling those Anglers who are not affiliated through Club membership to take advantage of all the privileges that the Federation has to offer. To affiliate as a Personal member, it will cost you just £10.00p per year, this running […]

Jack Steade passed away in a Sheffield hospital at 2pm on Monday, March 10th. He was 82.As boss of H Steade and Son, Jack saw the merit in sponsoring the England match fishing team and it was under the Steadefast Team England banner that the side took their first steps towards becoming the World’s number […]

Famous angler Paul Young is urging keen fisher men and women to raise money for a cancer charity ? while enjoying their favourite pastime. The angler, who presents Hooked on Fishing for Discovery Real Time, is backing Macmillan Cancer Support’s Big Fish. The event is taking place in 12 fisheries around Scotland and Northern Ireland, […]

Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland, the unique outdoor-based programme specifically designed for women who have, or have had, breast cancer, has announced that its first retreat for Northern Ireland will be held at Brookhall Trout Fishery in Co Antrim from 19th – 21st September 2008, and is inviting patients to apply for a place. […]

Catch Them Young participants are considering a protest March on Walsall Borough Council after it pulled funding from the project. The decision has left Roy Russell and two other full time staff devastated. They gave up their jobs to help problem youngsters through the scheme two years ago and are now unemployed. But Roy’s not […]