Warlingham & DAS are sad to announce that Life Member, former chairman and secretary Richard Dodds passed away on October 15 following a short illness at just 58-years-old. Born in the North East of England, he grew up fishing rivers such as the River Tees and never gave up his love for moving water. Although […]

This month sees the annual National Vintage Tackle Fair heading once again to Redditch. There are over 50 stalls booked with all manner of coarse, game and carp tackle on display, with Neil Freeman and Chris Sandford on hand to do free valuations, and the chance to get your own vintage tackle repaired. This year […]

Knowle angler Harold Lewis took the best rainbow trout of the week at Packington Somers in the shape of a 13lb 12oz beauty. Harold was boat fishing a bloodworm pattern at Cocks Close and he caught and released another six fish to 4lb on the same method. The water has been fishing well with a […]

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Weekly silver fish matches are starting on Barford Lake’s Pleasure Lake. Each match costs £15 to enter and quality bags of silver fish are expected.  Bob Nudd said “The silver fish sport on the Pleasure Lake is awesome and I’m looking forward to attending the Tuesday matches once I return from Ireland.” This year’s Silver […]

Warwickshire angler Noel Jones was so taken back by catching the biggest perch of the season so far, he had to sit down and roll a cigarette! The Bidford-on-Avon angler was floatfishing on the Great Ouse when the massive 5lb 6oz perch – the biggest taken from any English river other than the Thames – […]

The 2009 Barston Xmas match is scheduled for Sunday the 20th December. The 100-peg match is usually ran early December, but with a busy winter league in the area, the match has been moved back to the Sunday before Xmas. The entry fee is £25, the draw at 9am, and all participating anglers will pick […]

The England pair, Billy Flowers and Jamie Londers, were denied 1st place at the World Carp Championships only because the match was extended to 73 hours due to the clocks being put back. Having led from the start, they were only beaten to a silver medal position in the last 20 minutes by the South […]

The England Boat Squad received a huge boost to their 2010 World and Home Nations campaign in the shape of sponsorship funding for their recent squad weekend held on the 17th and 18th of October 2009, from the leaders in quality frozen baits, the ‘Ammodytes’ Company (www.ammodytes.co.uk). The two day annual event out of Weymouth […]

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH NUMBER: 12 TROPHY:       Tapper’s ShieldDATE:    25 October 2009VENUE: Match Lake, Riddings Fishery 1st   Paul RICHARDSON                   65 lb 8 oz            2nd   Joe COOPER               43 lb 8 oz3rd   Mick LAGER                       41 lb 8 oz4th   Jake HEMMINGS                39 lb5th   Steve WILCOCK                 37 lb6th   Carl HENRICK                    36 lb 8 oz REPORTLong Eaton Victoria Angling Society’s 12th match […]

Angling MP praises anglers for voting for conservation measures Despite opposition from some MPs representing commercial fishing interests, the groundbreaking Marine and Coastal Access Bill completed all its stages in the House of Commons and is now expected to become law in advance of the Queen’s Speech on 18th November 2009. This Bill establishes a […]

Fish to Win 2009 came to a climatic close on Sunday 25th October 2009 at Lake John in Waltham Abbey where the 20 finalists battled it out for the top prize of £3000….lots of debate was going on before the draw about which peg would win, the general feeling was peg 32 in the corner […]

Dave Roberts, an automotive engineer from Hereford, has become this years midland angler of the year. After winning the event with 3 points. The first 3 hour match was on the pole, and Dave won his section from peg 16, and  caught 30.8lb of skimmers and F1s beating Phil Ringer on the next peg by […]

The Angling Trust has reacted with dismay to the European Commission’s latest draft of the Common Fisheries Policy Control Regulations, and in particular the retention of Article 47 which could bring in regulation and unworkable bureaucracy for recreational sea anglers targeting cod. The Trust has lobbied the UK Government and the Fisheries Commissioner himself to […]

Fish Legal has successfully settled a civil action against a poacher on behalf of its member club the King’s Lynn Angling Association. Fish Legal issued proceedings against Mr Chirokov, who was one of three men arrested by police on 25th May 2008 at a makeshift camp set up on the banks of the Wissey from […]