The match organiser’s ‘curse’ strikes again….What a day! This must go down as one of the most successful TF North-East get-togethers ever. But come the day of the match you wouldn’t have thought so. Rumours of mass fish kills at Woodlands were flying round like wildfire, and this, coupled with the fact we had the […]

FOR the second year running the England boat angling squad have taken the Gold medal at the Home International Boat Angling Championships.This year’s hosts were Wales with the fishing from Milford Haven. There were five members fishing from each of the four countries, with two boats carrying eight anglers and one boat carrying four.Because of the […]

ENGLAND’S ladies had to overcome a midweek bout of serious food poisoning in their efforts to secure a medal in the World Ladies Championships on Portugal’s Tamega River, but they still managed to secure a valiant bronze medal.Indeed several of the team were in hospital on drips for a period, and although there was a […]

WE’VE been asked to plug the Twyford Farm MS Trust open, which takes place at Twyford Farm Lake in Evesham, Worcs on the 18th September.Some of the proceeds from this match go to the MS Trust charity, with the draw taking place draw at 9.30am and fishing from 10.30am to 3.30pm.It’s £20 to fish and […]

THERE are still a few places for the new winter league aimed at the club anglers in the Midlands, which takes place at Woodland View Fishery, Droitwich between November and mid March.This is a new innovation in which anyone who the fishery owners view as an open match angler is banned, and indeed I understand […]

SOME of Scotland’s sea trout stocks are in danger of being wiped out, unless the government acts quickly to improve both understanding and management of this elusive form of trout, according to leading scientists.The 1st International Sea Trout Symposium took place in Wales last month – and its conclusions make grim reading.Pointing out that sea […]

AnglingForums have pulled a ‘masterstroke’ (according to the author, who happens to run Angling Forums) and clinched the northern round of the Intersite Challenge at the out of form Poppleton lakes.AnglingForums won 3 out of the 4 leg series  The Intersite Series 2004  1st Angling Forums with 118 points2nd Total Fishing with 108 points3rd Maggotdrowning […]

WHAT started out as a few South West members suggesting an excuse for chance to meet up eventually resulted in a fully fledged three team ‘open’ event located at possibly the best fishery in the whole of the UK.It all started when I happened to gate crash a thread suggesting a meeting up of around […]

SOME of the country’s leading experts in fishery management will be gathering in Cardiff for three days in September to debate the fundamental issue of sustainability in our nation’s fisheries. What is sustainable? Who decides and interprets this and how do we take practical steps towards realising sustainability in our fisheries?  Debates around these questions […]

A NEW British Record Eagle Ray of 102 pounds was caught by Bembridge Angling Club member Ray Lewis off the Isle of Wight on Monday.He was fishing on Ross Staplehurst’s boat ‘Albatross’.The original British record was held by an angler fishing on a boat skippered by Staplehurst fishing south east of the Nab Tower. This was then […]

SEA anglers are going abroad because there are not enough fish for them at home worth catching.  Last year 217,000, or 15 per cent of them, were drawn by the promise of better fishing, mainly in the Channel Islands, Ireland, the USA and Africa.  The figures are in new research* just released into the economic […]

STAFFORD birthplace of Izaac Walton, author of the fishing ‘bible’ the Compleat Angler, has been chosen as the venue for the prestigious public launch of National Fishing Week. Stafford Mayor, Councillor Frank Finlay, will be using the occasion of the anniversary of what would have been the great man’s 411th birthday to launch over 100 National […]

THE day after newspapers reported untreated sewage killing tens of thousands of fish on the Thames, Ofwat proudly announced it was intending to raise water prices by just 13% over the next five years.   Watervoice, the Ofwat funded consumer group, called the increase “far better than we had expected… or feared.”“These congratulatory notes show how out […]

SEA anglers should be aware of a Government proposal to impose a £22 annual licence on them for pursuing their sport. The proposal is rightly based on concern for conservation, but the Countryside Alliance seeks reassurance on a number of issues.The projected £3m annual revenue that would be generated by this licence fee would probably not […]

DEFRA has invited the Salmon & Trout Association to join the RIA (Regulatory Impact Assessment) Stakeholders’ Group in its wide-ranging review of water prices and resources allocation. The S&TA, as a leading member of the Moran Committee, is the only body representing angling and fishery interests within this influential and opinion-forming Group.“Fish are the obvious […]