With the river running close to 3ft up with and a slight tinge of colour most anglers were anticipating bumper weights for the Fox Match Wye Festival. Conditions looked perfect on the day however as the colour dropped out many anglers struggled to achieve the bumper weights anticipated prior to the draw. 1st day honours […]
Dave Brittain Wins Wye Festival
Tunnel Barn Booked For Supercup Final
Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery has been booked to host the prestigious Van den Eynde Supercup final for the first time. The move by the organisers follows a run of poor results at JCB Lakes, which has hosted the final for the last decade. The event, the biggest in the club match fishing calendar, will take […]
Match Anglers Turn Out For ‘Moorsy’
Over 130 anglers from across the country turned out to support a fundraising event in aid of Potteries match legend Jeff Moors, who has sadly been given just months to live in his battle with cancer. The event organised by Dave Smith and held at Border Fisheries was fished over the four lakes of the […]
Meet Jim Shelley At Bristol Angling Centre
Meet Jim Shelley At Bristol Angling Centre Event: Get The Chance to Meet JIM SHELLEY!!!@ Bristol Angling Centre Start Time: Saturday, December 12 at 9:00am End Time: Saturday, December 12 at 5:30pm Where: Bristol Angling Centre, 12-16 Doncatser Road Southmead Bristol BS10 5PL To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=211505928031&mid=16b6e1cG53424acfG102d2efG7]http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=211505928031&mid=16b6e1cG53424acfG102d2efG7
Match TV: Derek Willan Out In The Open
Derek Willan is one of the country’s top open match anglers, and in this episode of Match TV, the only TV show exclusively for competitive coarse anglers, we join him to see how he sets about trying to win a five-hour open. Presented by Total-Fishing.com’s Gareth Purnell (geepster), the scene is Molands Lake Packington Somers Fishery […]
Clipping Up When Carping
Accuracy is the most important thing at any time of the year, in the past I have seen many anglers find a spot with their marker, pop it up to the surface then just cast to it which is very inaccurate as distance is very difficult to judge over water. I can remember a time […]
Polluted Trent To Be Restocked For Christmas
Stretches of the River Trent and Tame that were badly affected by recent pollution incidents will get an early Christmas stocking of thousands of baby fish this winter. The Environment Agency’s Calverton Fish Farm, near Nottingham, will be providing tens of thousands of young fish including chub, dace, barbel, roach and bream. Many of the […]
Government Fails to Ease Passage of Fish
The Angling Trust and Fish Legal have reacted with dismay to news that the Government has decided that “implementation of the Free Passage of Fish Order should be postponed until at least May 2011”. This Order would have enabled the UK to meet the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC, establishing a framework for […]
Chance for Angling Coaches to Upgrade
Many anglers have achieved instructors’ or coaching qualifications or awards such as STANIC and C25 dating back five or more years and which are no longer adequate to become a licensed coach. A scheme launched by the Angling Development Board (ADB) gives these anglers the chance to upgrade to the modern coaching qualification compatible with […]
Silstar Is Back In The UK!
It’s 20 years since the Silstar brand was last seen on the shelves of British tackle shops. But that is about to change, thanks to an exclusive deal, Waterline Angling Products Ltd is introducing the famous Silstar brand back onto the UK market. Waterline used the recent Tackle & Guns show to launch the new […]
Pure Fishing And Dyneema
DSM Dyneema and Pure Fishing have signed new global strategic agreement that will strengthen and increase their joint commitment to the research and development, marketing and sales of high performance fishing lines made with Dyneema®. The partnership will lead to developing premium fishing lines that meet and exceed the most demanding performance expectations in strength and abrasion […]
£2,000 raised for Disabled International Coarse Angling Team
Fishing for Charity, the brainchild of angler Tony Shaw of Lafarge Aggregates Limited, has presented a cheque for £2,000 to International Manager Joe Roberts to support the England Disabled Coarse Angling team.Tony was amazed at the lack of support that angling at international level received from our government and in 2008 raised £650 for the […]
Fish O Mania 2010 Dates And Venues
Angling Trust and Matchroom Sport announced today that entries to Fish O Mania 2010 will be open from 9.00am on 18th January 2010 for a three week period. The closing date for entries will be 8th February 2010 at 4.00pm. Tickets will be on sale at £23.00, an increase of 50p on 2009 to reflect […]
English Lakes fly Fishing With Patrick Arnold
This Report now covers Game Angling only. The Fly Fishing ‘ Hints and Tips ’ are based on the Author’s own Experiences.The Author’s Award Winning Reports aim to help anglers, especially visitors to the area, to find out : Where is fishing well and What are likely to be the most successful tactics. WEATHEROctober started with […]
Fly Casting Tuition At Caer Beris
GAIA ‘RAISES THE BAR’ AT CAER BERIS AGM ! The Game Angling instructors Association (GAIA) held its bi annual training weekend at Caer Beris is Wales. Individuals had opportunity to take assessments at this event and the following were successful taking the new revised syllabi. Frank Williams : APGAI Single HandedMal Hunter: GAIC Single Handed, […]
