Category: Pre Mid-2011

‘Shakey’ hold their nerve

Just a single point separated three of the country’s top teams in the last round of the Warwickshire winter league on a frozen Coventry Canal. It was the powerful Shakespeare Superteam side who took the eventual honours and booked themselves a ticket to the southern semi final on the Kennet & Avon Canal near Pewsey. […]

European Shore Championships Report

The evening of Wednesday 21st November saw 72 competitors from 7 countries across Europe arrive in Caernarfon at the Celtic Royal Hotel for registration for the European Federation of Sea Anglers European Shore Championships, organised by the Welsh Section, to be fished on the beaches around Pwllheli over the following 3 days. Gwynedd County Council […]

The Big One Gets Bigger

Now at Farnborough, the organisers are promising the biggest and best Big One yet. After more than 20 years at Thorpe Park ‘The Big One South’, billed as the largest one-day tackle show/sale in the country, has outgrown the venue and is moving to the site of the massive Farnborough Air Show.The new venue for […]

Anglers’ Lines Now in Store

The latest edition of the FREE NFA newspaper, Anglers’ Lines, is now available in selected tackle shops for anglers to pick up and find out the latest developments in their Governing Body. The Anglers’ Lines, is created by the NFA to help inform anglers on the latest news within their sport and also show we […]

Half Price NFA

The NFA is offering a huge 50% discount for clubs joining for the first time in 2008. This will not only help save angling clubs money, but also help them to run more efficiently and protect the clubs fishing. For full details about the new deal for clubs, call the NFA directly on 0115 981 […]

Helping hand on the River Wandle

Environment Agency fisheries officers released nearly 5,000 juvenile fish into the River Wandle on Thursday 6 December 2007, in an attempt to rejuvenate the river devastated by a pollution incident earlier this year. The release marks the first stage in what will be a long term restoration process. The batches of one to two year-old chub, […]

Big live carp stopped at customs

INSPECTORS from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) were called in to support HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers based at Coquelles, near Calais, France, when they stopped a consignment of fish at the Eurotunnel on December 9. As part of the operation, the HMRC officers detained a van containing 45 live […]