Many river match anglers might be tempted by the welcome return of the popular float only opens on the stunning BAA stretch of the River Severn at Arley.The matches will be run, subject to river conditions, every Tuesday from Tuesday 5th October until and including Tuesday 30th November. Match organiser Dave Foxall said: “It’ll be […]

Dudley’s Steve Broome is the new Angling Trust Individual champion following the match on the Staffs-Worcs Canal between Penkridge and Acton Trussell. Steve, fishing for Dudley Bait and Tackle, drew peg 91 where he fished chopped worm and banked three chub, three bream plus skimmers and roach on pole-fished chopped worm and caster for 11kilos […]

Drayton Reservoir has hit sensational form with an angler weighing in over 1500lb of carp in an incredible 11-hour session. Mark Hutchinson fished zig rigs – a method in which a floating bait is fished under the surface of the water – to land over 100 quality carp up to 18lb.  Rugby based Mark presented […]

The Mystery Pairs Charity Match at Janson Coarse Fishery Nottingham saw twenty-two anglers attended in the anticipation of some good weights of fish and thankfully most weren’t disappointed. The services were represented in the form of anglers from RAF Team Mosella and RAF EMAL, some of whom hadn’t seen the water before. Despite the weather […]

There’s only one place to go for cutting edge tactics, the latest tackle and all the top names in pike fishing.That’s why predator anglers from across the country will be heading for Kettering on September 25, for the annual Pike Anglers Club Convention.Drennan Cup Winner Jules Chidgey will be topping a speakers bill which also […]

Bream, skimmers and hybrids, are producing exciting catch returns on Inniscarra Lake at Coachford, County Cork, and the anglers are only midway through two weeks of match fishing. The Ockwell Cup Festival is a three-day event smack bang in the middle of the competitions and it has been won by Kevin Gray from Godalming with […]

Linear Fisheries at Witney, Oxfordshire is hosting FIPSed 12th World Carp Championships from 7th –10th October 2010, with 20 nations taking part in this very prestigious event. This year there has been a change to the England team with Ian Russel and Brian Jarrett (Pairs) joining the existing line up of Andrew and Tom Maker […]

Highly respected Coarse Angler Gareth Goldson has been recruited into the prestigious Hardy & Greys Coarse Academy. Gareth started fishing at the age of 3, progressing to bigger specimens from the age of 15.A professional head tennis coach, Gareth’s favoured method of fishing is using the float and counts a 12lb 5oz Tench and a […]

3 & 4 September, 2010There were 132 anglers representing 22 teams competing for a first prize of £2,000 in the prestigious 2010 Lexus European Fly Fishing Finals and it was an excellent match with good quality fish caught and every angler catching. Welsh team Tightlines finished the strongest to become European Champions for 2010. The […]

Following almost three years of negotiations, Dynamite Baits is pleased to announce that it has been purchased by one of the world’s largest fishing tackle manufacturers, Rapala VMC Corporation. The Rapala deal will see the two companies work closely together to help the Nottingham, UK-based company enter the tackle market. The Rapala Group of companies […]

Tight Lines this week… Friday 10th September               7:00pm Sky Sports 3Repeated:  Sat.      2.30am Sky Sports 27.00am Sky Sports 4 This week the focus will be on specimen fishing and Keith will be joined by Ian Welch, an angler who’s enjoyed great success in that field. Ian will have stacks of advice to help you catch bigger and […]

Irish Catch of the Week goes to a first time fly fisherman from Glanmire who landed this 22lb salmon from the Argideen river. Laurence Fitzpatrick only took up fly fishing about three months ago. He was supposed to fish with some friends on Lough Currane on Saturday, but plans changed and he instead went to […]

Shares in a company producing a new ‘GM salmon’ shot up following news that the fish could be sold in American within two to three years. The US Food and Drug Administration has completed a report which states that the DNA-altered AquAdvantage salmon is “as safe to eat as food from other Atlantic salmon”. Their […]

Returning after an enforced lay off due to back problems, 2007 Fishomania finalist Amer Jawad is now once again fit and ready to go. Amer told us “I refuse to compromise on quality when it comes to bait. After seeing the set up and quality of the Bag’em range I had absolutely no doubt that this […]

Issued by the Angling Trust, RSPB, Salmon and Trout Association and WWF-UKWith only 5 per cent of rivers in England and Wales described as being in a pristine condition a new survey has been launched by a coalition of conservationists to celebrate and bring attention to some of Britain’s best loved and long forgotten rivers.The […]