The River Weaver and Wheelock look set to delight south Cheshire anglers this summer thanks to the generosity of Lymm Angling Club who have donated 6000 fish through the Environment Agency.Earlier this week (27 March) the Environment Agency released 5000 roach, bream and perch into the River Weaver above Beam Bridge, Nantwich, an area whose […]

A trawler skipper caught fishing illegally less than six miles off Hastings has been ordered by Brighton magistrates to pay a total of £10,300 in fines and costs. The prosecution on March 29 was brought by the Sussex Sea Fisheries Committee and the Marine Fisheries Agency (MFA) office at Shoreham, against Karl George, 43, of Brixham, […]

 ADVANCED CARP FISHING – APRIL ISSUEON SALE MARCH 12TH ON THE COVERLEWIS CLAYTON gives us all a timely reminder that you don’t have to be a time bandit to catch cracking carp like the one resplendent on our cover. Want to know how STEVE MOGFORD became top rod on CEMEX big-fish venue Frimley Pit Three? The […]

The latest edition of the FREE Anglers’ Lines, NFA newspaper is now available from selected tackle shops around the country. The lead article is looking for your views on the close season and gives you a chance to win a superb Pentax Digital SLR Camera worth £549.99.To be entered into the prize draw, all readers […]

The Environment Agency has published the first ever policy for managing water in rivers and streams in West Dorset.The newly published Catchment Abstraction Management Strategy (CAMS) for the West Dorset area is now available and sets out the policy for managing water resources on the Rivers Char, Brit, Asker, Bride and Wey over the next […]

The Environment Agency’s fisheries team is stocking nearly 70,000 elvers at two locations in Yorkshire and Derbyshire to give a helping hand to this increasingly threatened species.On Monday 26 March officers will stock the River Aire at Rodley with 63,000 elvers, and a further 6,000 in a lake at The Avenue Washlands Nature Reserve in […]

The ATA have just announced their plans to stage  ‘A National Fishing Festival’ from 21st July – 31st August. ‘Such a move will only prove to be a tremendous boost to all sectors of the industry’ according to Sean O’Driscoll, the new Chairman of the ATA, ‘the ATA have never been short of ideas and […]

Ultima has completed major overhauls of both their websites to coincide with the launch of their 2007 catalogue and product range.The main site, ultimauk.com, gives full details of all of the product range as before, but now also has an active news section for company, match, carp and sea news.The most popular section of the […]

Since the launch in July sales of the new Power Plus have just passed the one million spool mark, Ultima has reported.  “This is quite and astonishing achievement” Marketing Manager Lynn Evemy commented. “Particularly considering that it was launched after the main start of the season last year”.  It is a testament both to the […]

Van Den Eynde Festival Day FiveWow what an exciting festival it has been and couldn’t have been tighter as we headed into the final day.By now you all know who is our 2007 champion but here is the breakdown of the final day.Unfortunately as everyone’s leaves on a Saturday morning I am unable to get […]