Martin Salter, MP for Reading West and the Government’s Angling Spokesman, is one of the sponsors of the Blueprint for Water – 10 steps to sustainable water by 2015, that was launched in Parliament this week. The Blueprint for Water was compiled by an unprecedented coalition of environmental and angling organisations representing more than six million […]

Fisheries officers from the Environment Agency will be releasing thousands of fish into the River Don to restore stocks killed by a pollution incident in July. Around 10,000 roach will be brought from the Environment Agency’s Calverton Fish Farm at Nottingham and released at locations in the Kilnhurst and Conisborough area. Restocking of the rivers will further […]

Henry Gilbey, one of television’s most energetic and enthusiastic fishing presenters is back for a brand new second series of Wild Fishing.   Armed with his robust and excitable persona, Henry leaves his comfort zone behind and heads to the remoteness of artic Norway, a thriving location for UK sea anglers.   He also travels to some […]

  Big-hearted pikers up in Scotland are raising cash to send a terminally-ill boy and his family on holiday. The PAC’s North Lanarkshire region has stepped in to help send Jordan Hall, who has cancer at the age of just five, to Disneyland,Florida. They’re holding a fish-in on Kilchurn Bay, Loch Awe, on Sunday, December 17. It’s a tenner […]

Pro Flat Roller Whilst we have enjoyed enormous success with tripod rollers in recent years we recognise that anglers’ personal preferences are sometimes for a flat roller. With this in mind we have designed the Pro Flat roller. Featuring rapid assembly design, this lightweight flat roller comes in its own compact padded bag for ease […]

Pro Tripod Lightweight and very stable the Pro Tripod can take all screw fitting attachments like rod rest heads, pole rollers and pole roosts. Perfect for hard canal and man-made fishery banks. Available in two sizes both come supplied in a carrycase. Standard RRP £24.99Large RRP £34.99  

The PAC has launched a major recruitment drive with the chance to enter the draw to win a brand new boat every time you recruit someone. Any member can enter the competition – even if they’ve only just joined. All they have to do is recruit people to join the club using a special membership form with […]

  The reach of the River Great Ouse which passes alongside the Paxton Pits Nature Reserve is particularly rich in wildlife and fish. Otters are seen here regularly and this is seen as a good indicator of habitat quality. However, a lot of good fish-holding habitat has been lost historically to enable land drainage, navigation, and […]

The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has recently announced its intention to make Koi Herpesvirus a notifiable disease and are currently consulting stakeholders on the measures that need to be put in place.  In the meantime the Environment Agency has issued some simple guidance explaining what fisheries owners and anglers can do […]

Following anecdotal evidence of a rise in the number of anglers illegally taking fish from stillwater venues in England and Wales, The Professional Coarse Fisheries Association is to launch the country’s first major survey of commercial coarse fishery owners to try to establish the extent of the problem. Being carried out in association with angling website […]