During August 2008, around 60 people have taken advantage of the offer of an angling taster session from Environment Agency’s Fisheries, Recreation and Biodiversity Team, in partnership with Get Hooked on Fishing (GHOF) and the Llanidloes Angling Association. The sessions were funded by money raised from the sale of rod licences.  Two sessions were held, […]

The final of the 2008 Wales Carp Masters is just around the corner.12 pairs of carp anglers have qualified for the final of this prestigious competition and are set to do battle at the stunningCeltic Lakes Resort this coming weekend. The weather during the 6 qualifying heats has played a major part in proceedings and […]

Angling TV Channel OnlineFishing.tv is sending a crew to the World Championships to delve behind the scenes of what makes the best teams in global match fishing tick. The event takes place at Cremona, Italy on the first weekend of September. “The plan is to give viewers a real flavour of the World Championships as […]

The 2008 World Nations Championships take place next weekend on 6th and 7th September in Italy where a strong Drennan Team England will be looking to bring back the team gold medal. The venue itself will be a 2.2kn stretch of the Spinadesco Canal with anglers fishing from Ponte Caselli to Ponte Cavatigozzi in Cremona, […]

The Pentax NFA Division One National takes place on Saturday 6th September on the River Huntspill and Kings Sedgemoor Drain in Somerset, where 630 anglers will take to the bank to compete for the title of National Champion and the opportunity to fish in the World Club Championship, 2009. At this year’s National there will be […]

Fisheries and fish suppliers are benefiting from changes the Environment Agency is making to the way it controls harmful fish parasites. Paul Lidgett, Fisheries Policy Advisor at the Environment Agency, said: “Over the past year our scientists have established a new process to assess the risks parasites pose to fisheries. “This allows us to assess […]

Female angling star, Emma Pickering from Doncaster has added to the England medal collection this summer with an Olympic display at the World Ladies Angling Championships in Hungary last weekend (16th/ 17th August) as she fished for Subfish NFA Team England Ladies. As England continue to climb the medal tables in Beijing with one of […]

The biggest angling festival in the country takes place this weekend on the Warwickshire Avon at Evesham and, judging by recent results, it looks set to be a weekend that will be dominated by big fish catches. Bream to 6lb have been featuring in match weights up to 30lb, along with tench to 5lb and […]

British Waterways has confirmed that they do have KHV at Earlswood Lakes, which has been experiencing carp deaths and which came in for a lot of stick after fish were left rotting on the bank. It is the first time that a BW water has been confirmed as having the disease. A spokesperson said CEFAS […]

Dams & Lock Match Group took the title of the 2008 NFA Division Three Champions fishing on Saturday 16th August by using all of their relative local knowledge to secure victory on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. The match was fished under calm conditions, with only a slight wind and overcast in parts during the […]

Samantha Sim is the Evesham Festival Ladies Champion following the weekend event fished in the town and at Hampton Ferry. Samantha drew peg 30 and fish feeder for two bream and some silver fish on pellet for 10-13-0. That was too good for Gemma Matthews, who caught bream and perch on pole and maggot for […]

Frenzee was pleased to announce this week that the company is now an official sponsor of Gary Huth. Champion bagger Huth is the current UK match record holder. Gary swears by the Frenzee range. “I am pleased to endorse the Frenzee feeding range,” he said. “These are practical, well-designed and engineered products that really work. […]

Coors Angling Club Burton Three Day Fishing Festival on The River Trent 2nd, 3rd and 4th September 2008 Sponsored by Coors and Trabucco Sections available: Municipal, Baileys, Broadholme, Andressey and Sherratts 60 anglers maximum Overall results based on points system Daily section prizes £50 deposit then £75 on first day – total £125 £4 peg […]

The England team for Anglers with Disabilities has finished seventh in the 2008 F.I.P.S.ed organised World Championships for Anglers with Disabilities held on the Alte Fahrt of the River Havel at Potsdam in Germany last weekend of 9th and 10th August 2008. The England team which was made up Alan Chadbone (Aldershot), John Dickens (Sheffield), […]

As the Scottish Government continues its consultation on the country’s first Marine Bill, the Sea Trout Group is calling on the world’s biggest fish farming company to clean up its act in regard to litter dumped in a coastal Special Area of Conservation (SAC). Marine Harvest ceased operating its salmon farm on Loch Sunart several […]