The Thames Fisheries Consultative Council Seminar at Hampton Court Palace proved to be a day to remember with all of the speakers leaving delegates with something to think about. Professor Brian Moss, of Liverpool University, opened everyone’s eyes to the problems which climate change will bring to fisheries and the human race. He described how […]

The National Association of Fisheries and Angling Consultatives (NAFAC) 2008 Annual General Meeting, held at the Thames Fisheries Consultative Council Seminar in historic Hampton Court Palace, saw momentous steps forward towards angling unity. The enormity and iminence of the process was brought home when members unanimously accepted the key proposals regarding unification and gave the […]

• High Abrasion• Low Diameter• Fluorocarbon Coated• Super Smooth• Long Lasting• High Knot Strength• Ultra Limp• High Wet Knot Strength• Slow Sinking Fluorocarbon Coated Specialist Carp LineProducing any line is a question of objectives, decisions and compromise. Higher linear strength is usually at the expense of knot strength and softness. Higher abrasion resistance adversely effects softness. Suppleness and long casting usually effects abrasion resistance. […]

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Discovery Real Time Extra becomes Discovery Real Time Extra Gone Fishing from the 31st of March! This means the best fishing programmes around on your screen all day, every day for the next four months.  The best in carp, sea, coarse and fly fishing can be found with the top names in fishing. There will […]

The recreational fishing market in Sweden is more than 10 times greater than the commercial fishing market, a new report has revealed. Fiskeriverket, the Swedish Fisheries Board, values the socio-economic value of sport fishing in the country at around 1 billion kroner (106m euros). But commercial fishing is responsible for just 75m kroner (8m euros). […]

Environment Agency Fisheries Officers have been overseeing the successful movement of a hundred pounds of roach and bream from Wedgwoods Main Lake to restock the Top Lake in Stoke on Trent, in freezing conditions. The fish were moved by members of the Stoke on Trent Angling Society Fisheries Management Team, who have many years of experience […]

Volunteers from the Environment Agency and Grantham Angling Association have been improving stretches of the Upper River Witham in a bid to encourage brown trout to thrive. The team of workers spent a series of weekends installing brushwood bundles and willow and hazel faggots to the sides of the river at Great Ponton and Syston, […]

Perch, pike, bream, bleak, and dace are just some of the fish which are returning to a River Thames backwater this year after it was restored by the Environment Agency. The fish have been detected following monitoring work carried out at the backwater in Water Eaton, near Cricklade in Wiltshire last week. The monitoring is […]

Angling loses a friend Ken Ball 1932 – 2008 It is with deep sadness that the National Federation of Anglers has to announce the passing away of Ken Ball who died Wednesday February 20, 2008 aged 75. Ken was President of the NFA for 12 years from 1992 – 2004 and will be remembered for his […]

Borwickfishing.co.uk is delighted to announce that it has been awarded the highest standard, the Gold Award, by the Fisheries Accreditation Scheme – only the second fishery in the whole of the UK to acheive this. The new Fisheries Accreditation Scheme provides a set of fisheries management standards that set benchmarks for good environmental practice. Aimed […]

Environment Agency staff have rescued hundreds of fish which were in danger of being stranded following emergency works on a bridge that carries the Rea Brook in Sutton, on the southern outskirts of Shrewsbury. Cracks appeared in the bridge at the end of January, indicating that the bridge is starting to fail. Shropshire County Council needed […]

The National Federation of Anglers is delighted to announce it will be amongst the beneficiaries of BingoLotto – a new TV game which will raise money for sport and the voluntary sector. BingoLotto will be a weekly game broadcast on digital TV channels Virgin1 and Challenge. Tickets will be on sale from outlets around the […]

Organisations promoting sea and freshwater angling in Britain are considering a merger to increase their influence on government, expand the two sports and eliminate administrative duplication. The lead body for English sea angling, the National Federation of Sea Anglers (NFSA), will shortly sign a letter of intent  to participate in the early stages of the […]

PACKINGTON SOMERS COARSE FISHERYTelephone: 01676 523833FISHING & MATCH REPORT – WEEK ENDING 17/2/08 MATCH RESULTS  SATURDAY OPEN                                (GEARYS)       1.  Ron Savage (Lanes Bait)                          13 -12            Peg 13     Skimmers on Pole & Pellet         2.  Chris Noyce (Best Baits)                          12 – 2          3.  Lee Myers (Quality Baits)                        11 – 34.  Ken Rollins (Lanes Bait)                            9 – 8 […]