MAVER (UK) Ltd are delighted to have secured the services of Ben Leach on a Sponsorship and Consultancy agreement. Ben already has a host of high profile angling achievements under his belt including World Youth Champion, Parkdean Masters Champion, Maver Pairs Champion, Drennan Super League Champion and made his full International debut for England this […]

The first ever Dreamstore Day at Stoke City’s Britannia Stadium Saturday 11th October has been hailed as a huge success.  Around forty participants attended, from all over the country, attending a series of seminars and demonstrations.   The Day included presentation of the Dreamstore Active Awards 2008 and a demonstration of the highly innovative Dreamstore Education […]

On 4 October 2008 Vitalise Churchtown ran a fun and fishing day at Rashleigh Lakes in Luxulyan.  The family event, supported by Roche Angling Club, gave visitors the chance to participate in taster sessions with fishing coaches provided by the Club.   For non-anglers, there were games, a raffle and a treasure hunt on the day.  […]

More than 300 carp had to be temporarily re-homed in a local leisure park swimming pool following an incident at a lake at Little Ranch Leisure Caravan Park at Begdale, near Wisbech. Environment Agency fisheries officers were called out following a report of about 200 dead fish on Friday evening. They took a water sample […]

The 2008 F.I.P.S.ed organised World Carp Championships takes place next week from Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th October in South Africa where a strong NFA Carp Team England sponsored by HS Works will be looking to improve upon last years bronze medal and bring back team gold. The venue itself will be on a 25 […]

Testing tackle to the limit is vitally important to Fox International. When we launch a new product – whether it’s a box of Arma Point hooks or a £200 reel – our consultants spend a huge amount of time testing the products to their limit. But, following Ian Chillcott’s extreme testing of the Fox Stratos […]

On 4 October 2008 Vitalise Churchtown ran a fun and fishing day at Rashleigh Lakes in Luxulyan.  The family event, supported by Roche Angling Club, gave visitors the chance to participate in taster sessions with fishing coaches provided by the Club.   For non-anglers, there were games, a raffle and a treasure hunt on the day.  […]

Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland, a unique outdoor-based programme specifically designed for women who have, or have had, breast cancer, has celebrated its first full year of retreats by holding the final one of 2008 at Duncton Mill near Petworth in West Sussex from 28-30 September. Casting for Recovery provides fly fishing programmes at […]

Prompt call saves fish Oxygen levels dropped Officers from the Environment Agency managed to save hundreds of fish in distress at Moreton’s Leam Watercourse in Whittlesey. They were able to respond quickly to the situation following phone calls from an Environment Agency lock keeper doing his routine flood work, and from a member of the […]

‘Don’t Lose this Chance’ says BASS BASS are urging the Fisheries Minister, Jonathan Shaw, to adopt a strong position ahead of the review of the Common Fisheries Policy by 2012.  BASS are demanding that UK national and regional legislation created for the protection of our close-inshore fisheries apply to all vessels fishing within the UK’s […]

BASS Tells Minister to Beef Up for 2012 ‘Don’t Lose this Chance’ says BASS BASS are urging the Fisheries Minister, Jonathan Shaw, to adopt a strong position ahead of the review of the Common Fisheries Policy by 2012.  BASS are demanding that UK national and regional legislation created for the protection of our close-inshore fisheries […]

Top Midlands fishery for sale One of Britain’s top commercial coarse fisheries and fishing match venues is for sale through agents Fenn Wright at a guide price of £1.75m Voted top fishery in 2005 by the prestigious Angler’s Mail magazine, Woodland View Fishery at Hagley, near Droitwich, caters for up to 120 match anglers at any one […]

Coors Angling Club, Burton On Trent recently held a charity fishing match in aid of Macmillan Nurses.    On Saturday 27th September Coors Angling Club held their annual charity match on five sections of the River Trent at Burton.  The event was well attended and raised a total of £525.00 for the charity.  The sections used […]

Following a long and detailed investigation, White Acres Holiday Park today were informed by the centre for environment, fisheries & Aquaculture science (cefas) that a sample of carp taken from Pollawyn & Trelawney have tested positive for Koi herpes virus (KHV) the low level, ongoing fish mortality at White Acres has resulted in the loss […]

Globally, an estimated 7.3 million tonnes of fish are dumped, dead, into the sea every year. At a time when there are 850 million people in the world starving, this is an obscenity, according to a Scottish Euro MP. Opening a major conference on marine conservation in Barcelona, Struan Stevenson MEP will say: “According to […]