Mallory Park Fisheries will be holding the sixth annual running of the Ivan Marks Memorial Match. It will be, as always, open to all anglers of any standard and offers a great opportunity to ‘rub shoulders’ with star anglers from all over the country, including Full Internationals from several countries. This event will take place […]

Chapmans Angling is gearing up for Fish Fest 2010 – which is likely to be the biggest angling show in the north of England. A host of top angling stars will be in attendance at the March 26th-28th event at their Hull superstore, including 3 former World  Champion match anglers Bob Nudd, Will Raison & […]

Tree early fish, the best start in years! Hot on the heels of Christchurch Angling Club’s Salmon Open Day on the world renowned Somerley Estate Fishery, enthused salmon rods have had the best start to salmon fishing for years.  Following an earlier fish from the Royalty, Christchurch Angling Club member Colin Morgan took this fresh […]

Barston Lakes will host the prestigious Kamasan British Open on August 7th. The Solihull venue run by Nigel Harrhy at West Midlands Golf Club holds a prolific head of skimmers, F1s and carp, fishes at its best in the warmer months, and is likely to produce a crackerjack final for the competitors who top the […]

Angling Times is injecting some much-needed impetus into the match fishing scene with two new initiatives that are drawing some of their inspiration from the past. The all-new County Championships will see matchmen awarded weekly points for opens they fish, which will be printed as a county league table. At the end of the season […]

The River Severn has produced the biggest zander ever caught by design in the UK – a 20lb 2oz beauty. The fish fell to the rod of Martin Jauncey during a day’s boat fishing with Chris Fowles. Martin was floatfishing a roach livebait on a 2/0 hook attached to 30lb Fox Easy Twist wire.Martin, who […]

Hardy & Greys Coarse Academy member Cathal Hughes has been pushing the new Hardy 13ft Extreme Feeder rod to its limits during extensive field testing. Working alongside Product Development Manager Dave Coster, Cathal achieved distances well in excess of 100 metres while casting various types of feeders. Built from high modulus carbon fibre and using […]

The Angling Trust today launched a campaign strategy to highlight the concerns of Britain’s 3 million anglers in the run-up to the General Election. The comprehensive strategy includes calls for the government and its agencies to:• Protect fish stocks from commercial overfishing by reforming the Common Fisheries Policy and enforcing existing legislation;• Implement the Water […]

100s of shark anglers to invade South West Scotland 18-19-20th June Volunteer anglers from all over the UK will be descending upon south west Scotland once again in an attempt to tag as many inshore sharks as possible from boats, kayaks and the shore over the three-day period 18th to 20th June. Sharkatag is just […]

Angling Trust and Matchroom have announced today that the Fish O Mania qualifier scheduled for Wednesday 21st April at Barford Lakes in Norfolk has had to be moved to Makins Fishery in Warwickshire on the same date for fish welfare reasons. Barford suffered an outbreak of KHV last year, and although the fishery is now […]

Conservationists and salmon fishermen are united in their concerns about the dwindling number of Atlantic salmon now residing in rivers across the UK.  Pollution, predation even climate change are thought to be potential causes of a massive 70 per cent decline in recent years.  But in truth no-one really knows why salmon stocks are disappearing. […]

Do monsters lurk beneath the waters of a South Yorkshire beauty spot..? Pike anglers hope the big ones will be feeding when they stage a charity fish-in at Damflask Reservoir, near Sheffield, next month.Similar events on the 115-acre Yorkshire Water-controlled lake have raised more than £4,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.As well as raising money for […]

Just because everywhere has been frozen over in Ireland it does not mean you can’t catch fish. Angling guide Ian Kitson spent 20 minutes breaking the ice at venue just off the Woodford River near his home in Ballinamore, County Leitrim to create a small fishing area and was rewarded with over 190 fish, mostly […]

Tony Ward is planning a couple of open matches at Toft Farm Fishery’s Carp Lake, the first of which will be on Sunday 4th April and the other on Sunday 10th October.He is guaranteeing at least £100 first prize (based on minimum 25 anglers) and judging by the Dunchurch fishery’s popularity he should get that […]