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Wye Boilies?

Bob James has come across a deadly way of putting together big bags of quality chub on the float on the Wye, one of his favourite rivers. I HIT upon the success you can have float-fishing with boilies kind of by accident. One of the customers I was guiding on the River Wye had brought […]

Half Price NFA

The NFA is offering a huge 50% discount for clubs joining for the first time in 2008. This will not only help save angling clubs money, but also help them to run more efficiently and protect the clubs fishing. For full details about the new deal for clubs, call the NFA directly on 0115 981 […]

Helping hand on the River Wandle

Environment Agency fisheries officers released nearly 5,000 juvenile fish into the River Wandle on Thursday 6 December 2007, in an attempt to rejuvenate the river devastated by a pollution incident earlier this year. The release marks the first stage in what will be a long term restoration process. The batches of one to two year-old chub, […]

Big live carp stopped at customs

INSPECTORS from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) were called in to support HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) officers based at Coquelles, near Calais, France, when they stopped a consignment of fish at the Eurotunnel on December 9. As part of the operation, the HMRC officers detained a van containing 45 live […]

£500,000 to restore River Wandle

An historic agreement has been reached that will see more than £500,000 being paid by Thames Water to restore and improve the River Wandle over the next 5 years. This follows the serious pollution incident on 17 September, which saw thousands of fish killed and a significant impact on invertebrate and plant life in the […]