Coarse anglers in the north east have been providing lots of invaluable information on how well Northumberland’s fisheries are doing via their fishing logbooks. As the close season for coarse anglers approaches the Environment Agency is asking them to send in last season’s logbooks. The books provide important information about coarse fish stocks and where anglers […]
Anglers are asked to log it for the future
Fish find new home in Teesside
Environment Agency fisheries officers moved fish to a new home in Teesside last week to give them a new lease of life. Officers moved two thousand roach, bream and perch to a new home at Hemlington Lake, which is used by the Environment Agency to encourage people to take up fishing. The fish were donated by ‘Carp […]
Ladies Match Announced by Tommy Pickering
England ladies team manager Tommy Pickering is set to host another one day ladies match on Saturday 1st March at Hallcroft Fisheries near Retford.The match will take place on Bridge Pool at the fishery and the draw will be at 9.00am with fishing from 10.50am to 3.30pm. Fishing will be to international rules; however ladies […]
How To Hook Livebaits And Deadbaits
Hooking A DeadbaitPredators swallow baits headfirst. With this in mind the correct way to hook one when fishing a deadbait static on the bottom is so that the trebles do not interfere with the fish taking the bait in its mouth and that when you strike the hook points connect directly. This means having the […]
Breast cancer patients invited to apply for fly fishing retreats
Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland, the unique outdoor-based programme specifically designed for women who have, or have had, breast cancer, has revealed its 2008 programme of retreats and is inviting patients to apply for a place. Casting For Recovery provides fly fishing programmes at idyllic retreats around the UK and Ireland. The first retreat […]
Genomic Hooks
Hooks With A Proven Point30Plus is proud to announce the additions of three patterns of Genomic hooks to its reputable 30Plus carp range. The Genomic hook range caters for all styles of rig construction from surface fishing to pop-up presentations. Both the 30Plus Genomic Mirco-barbed patterns have a very slight out-turn at the point, to […]
The Perfect Pellet Rig
Ian Welch looks at a rig that adds a subtle new dimension to that most deadly of barbel fishing techniques – the legered pellet. Legered pellet is one of the deadliest of all barbel tactics and is equally effective on rivers such as the small and intimate Loddon, Ouse and Dorset Stour as on the […]
Welsh Ladies Shore Team fundraiser.
Twenty six anglers braved the elements on Sunday the 6th February ay Ferryside in the hope of bagging up on Flounder’s in the latest of the Welsh Ladies Shore Team fundraiser organised by Helen Pearce the ladies team member and Manager. The match was to be fished on a measure and release system, this type […]
British Waterways Stillwater Championship Contest 2008
British Waterways is pleased to announce dates for its Stillwater Championship 2008 and the chance to win £5,000. Qualifying matches will be held at the following venues:- Boddington Reservoir 19th April 60 Pegs Drayton Reservoir 17th May 60 Pegs Earlswood Lakes (Engine) 7th June 60 Pegs Clattercote Reservoir 28th June 60 Pegs Blythe Waters 19th July 50 Pegs Stockton 9th August 40 Pegs Makins (Phase 1) 30th August 70 Pegs Final at Makins (Phase 1) 20th September […]
Late boost for Thames Fisheries Consultative Council Fisheries Seminar
Highlight of the TFCC seminar was to have been a talk by outspoken Brummie and angling columnist, Des Taylor, on the abolition of the Close Season on rivers – subject on which he has argued passionately many times in the past. Unfortunately, shortly after Keith Arthur, an even more forthright and familiar Angling Broadcaster and […]
British Waterways Stocks Fisheries in Readiness for 2008 Season
British Waterways has been extremely busy preparing for 2008’s fishing season by enhancing its fisheries this winter. 3300lb of excess roach and perch have been removed from lake one at the Makin fisheries complex and transferred to canals within the West Midlands. The navigations benefiting from the additional stocks are the Coventry canal near Polesworth, […]
Anything But Carp: Grayling
Clear waters are a considered a ‘must’ when targeting grayling. However, Ian Welch faces a challenging upper Kennet after heavy rainfall has made conditions far from ideal. Coated in sparkling silver ‘chain mail’, shot through with purples, reds, indigos and black, and with a massive sail-like dorsal fin tipped and flecked with red and black, […]
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Boost for Kennet abstraction activists
The Environment Agency has reduced the amount of water Thames Water can abstract from its Axford pumping station in the Kennet Valley by nearly one million cubic metres per year. The decision was made following an application from the company to extend its existing licence variation for the pumping station, which abstracts water from the River […]
National Fishing Week Dates Announced
‘All encompassing’ is the theme behind this year’s National Fishing Week. That’s the clear message from the organisers as the dates for the festival of fishing were confirmed as 19th – 27th July 2008. “We want to embrace all disciplines of the sport, and to this end it was crucial that we secured the help […]
Emails tell boaters of crime hotspots
The Environment Agency and Cambridgeshire Police are encouraging boaters to keep reporting crimes, by setting up a new email address for the Boat Watch scheme. Boaters on the Rivers Nene and Great Ouse are being urged to sign up to the Boat Watch scheme by emailing boatwatch@cambs.pnn.police.uk, and boaters already signed up are being asked to […]
