Hardy & Greys Ltd are pleased to announce that Lee Taylor is the second new member to join their Coarse Academy this year.Lee, from Warwickshire, started fishing when he was 7 years old on the canals around the Warwickshire area, before progressing to win junior matches and successfully compete outside the junior age group in […]

Brussels, 31st March 2009 — Plans to bring recreational anglers into the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) have been watered down significantly by the European Parliament’s fisheries committee in a vote this afternoon.   Article 47 of the proposed regulation would have required recreational fishermen to register their boats and whatever they catch would be counted against […]

The application forms for the 2009 Sensas Team England Under 18s and Drennan Team England Under 22 teams that will compete at the World Youth Championships in Portugal are now available for download from the Angling Trust website, www.anglingtrust.net/youthtrials2009. Following the unprecedented double gold success for Matt Godfrey and Callum Dicks at the 2008 Championships […]

Dog Lane Silvers Pairs Series Final ResultsSunday 29th March 2009 Top Pair Overall Series Winners:  1. Mark Williams (Advanced Pole Fishing) & Dave Smith (Sensas) 17 pts 90lb 0oz 2. Keith Taylor (Greys/Bag-em) & Lee Taylor (Greys/Bag-em) 29pts 101lb 4oz 3. Jake King (Daventry AC) & Graham Cheney (Daventry AC) 48pts 60lb 1½oz Top Pair On Sundays Match: […]

Junior world angling champion Matt Godfrey from South Yorkshire is hoping to mentor youngsters in his favourite sport after signing up to become a qualified coach. The 18 year-old, who is the only person to win the junior world championship three times, will be joining his dad Kevin on the two-day course and hopes that […]

Chapmans Angling has gone deal crazy with its Open Weekend on April 3rd, 4th and 5th.As well as some amazing offers, the Hull event will see thousands of pounds worth of fishing tackle GIVEN AWAY in free prize drawers, plus you will get a £5 voucher for every £50 you spend in the shop. Anglers […]

Anglers of all disciplines have reacted furiously to comments by actor Robson Green about releasing fish. While publicising his new TV series, he reportedly said that he can’t understand anglers who release fish and incorrectly claimed that up to 9 out of 10 of them die. The Angling Trust strongly disagrees with Robson Green’s views […]

Labour’s Parliamentary spokesman for Angling, Reading West MP Martin Salter, was unanimously re-elected chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Angling Group at their AGM on Tuesday 24th March. Mr Salter, who is retiring from Parliament at the next general election, has pledged to carry on working for angling and the waterside environment. The full list […]

OnlineFishing.tv was there to capture the mood at the biggest match of the year, in any fishing discipline, for the first of its new ‘Sea Watch UK’ series due for broadcast in April. This will be the only TV series aimed exclusively at the UK’s sea angling community. A cracking near-15lb cod secured the 16th […]

Final Result 1st Steve Mayo 36 points dropping 7 328lb 13oz 2nd Giles Cochrane 35 points dropping 8 210lb 10oz 3rd Steve Ringer 35 points dropping 7 375lb 2oz 4th Tony Gilbert 35 points dropping 6 342lb 9oz 5th Dave Campbell 35 points dropping 1 232lb 12oz 6th Steve Sanders 35 points dropping 1 223lb […]

The Prime Minister Gordon Brown seemed all at sea when challenged over the rise in the price of a fishing licence for disabled anglers and pensioners on Monday.Mr Brown was questioned during Prime Minster’s Question Time by Leominster MP Bill Wiggin about the 37% rise brought in under DEFRA minister Jonathon Shaw and looked flustered […]

As millions of anglers renew their rod licence for the 2009 season, the Countryside Alliance has prepared a useful health and safety risk assessment guide to help fisheries protect themselves.  A court ruling in April 2008 saw seven saboteurs acquitted of aggravated trespass because the shoot in question did not have a written health and […]

Sensas Challenge 2009, Barston Lakes and Packington SomersThis year’s event was well supported with 24 teams competing over the two days. The event, run to international rules, saw 15 international anglers in the line-up, including five times world Champion Alan Scotthorne, current World Champion Will Raison, Under-22 and Under-18 world Champions Calum Dicks and Matt […]

Venue, Lake 2, Makins. RESULT1st Andy FINDLAY  KORUM   151 lb2nd Ian MORRIS   Rugby    62 lb 6 oz3rd Eddie KEENE  Coventry   55 lb 6 ozNumber of pegs: 20 Report:In spite of drawing un-fancied peg A4 on Makins Lake 2, Korum’s Andy Findlay caught carp from start to finish of the Makins’ Wednesday Kobra Affordable Open. Andy Findlay fished a method feeder baited with meat cast towards the […]