AT a recent meeting in London Chaired by NFA President Mr Ken Ball President, and attended by Ted Tuckerman of the NFSA; Marsh Prately & Phil Smith of SAA, Malcolm Hanson of the S&TA,  and scientific advisers Nigel Hewlett of the Environment Agency and Oliver Crimmen of the Natural History Museum, the following decision was […]

MAIL ORDER giant Glasgow Angling Centre has made an asset-stripping raid on recently sunk company Chapman’s Tackle.The Glasgow company has bought the one-time Lincolnshire-based discount merchant, which went into receivership more two months ago.Stock has been a separate issue and has been dealt by the liquidator although it is understoodthere are still some retention of […]

STEVE Dorn admits to being left ‘stunned’ by the near 60lb bag of perch he caught there on chopped worm at Medley on the Thames (pictured above).The area is noted for quality perch, but no-one can recall anyone catching anything like the 59-10-0 the Drennan Oxford angler put together in the AT Winter League practice […]

THE Environment Agency is undertaking a programme of trapping salmon on the River Severn and removing their eggs for propagation. The resulting offspring will then be used to restock the UK’s most important salmon river. This is being carried out at the Agency’s newly refurbished hatchery at Clywedog. The building was refurbished in 2002 and the hatchery […]

TWO  British records top the catches of Guernsey Bailiwick anglers during October and early November.  Both of the potential records came from the St. Peter Port Breakwater.  The Bailiwick already had the shore-caught record for Couch’s sea bream, the 2-2-1 fish caught by Eddie Glaba in Sark in November 2002.Mark Hopper beat that record with […]

THE Moran Committee is throwing its backing behind The English Carp Heritage Organisation (ECHO) in its bid to promote sweeping changes in fishery legislation.ECHO is a 1,300 strong protection group fighting against the illegal importation of carp and other coarse species into the UK, and it is lobbying for tougher legislation on this important matter.  […]

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ANGLESEY on the North West coast of Wales saw an influx of 106 anglers to take part in the second Anglesey Boat Angling Festival. With 14 charter boats booked the event was proving to be yet another great success.The Anglesey festival is a very simple event and run to accommodate competitors of all angling abilities, […]

FARLOWS, the famous fly-fishing shop is to host a reception and auction at their new flagship store in Pall Mall on 27th November to raise funds for the CA Campaign for Angling’s youth fishing initiative and to launch an International Fishing Fellowship for young people.Campaign for Angling Director Charles Jardine explained: “We are teaming up with […]

DERBY and District Juniors have joined The Pride of Derby club in a bid to step up a gear in their match fishing and provide greater coaching opportunities.“The coming together is of mutual interest,” said a Pride of Derby spokesman. “Derby and District Juniors are a formidable junior angling group in the Derby area and […]

A COLLECTION of cased fish that was collecting dust at the Birmingham Anglers Association has fetched £12,000.The club had 24 cased fish in the garage at its new premises, collected over some 100 years.Many of them were so damaged and tatty that officials thought they were virtually worthless. However, when an expert valued them together […]

A CHARITY match to mark the re-opening of a prime stretch of the River Severn has raised over £250.The event was organised by the Environment Agency, with over 40 of its staff competing in pairs on the free-to-fish length of river at Ripple, Worcestershire.Seasoned and novice anglers were raising money for the Suzanne Howarth Memorial […]

ANGLING magazine Midland Angler is throwing its weight behind the August bank holiday Evesham angling festival in a bid to bring back the glory days.In a three-year deal, the Daventry based publication which is editited by Total-Fishing boss Gareth Purnell (Geepster), is putting up £7,500 per year plus a five figure promotional budget behind the prestigious team […]

 ANGLERS nationwide can now have their say on the major issues affecting the sport with the launch of a brand new website which has the backing of Government. Anglers Say (www.anglerssay.com) is the brainchild of former National Federation of Anglers membership services secretary Bob Clark, who has been working closely with major players in the sport […]

THOUSANDS of fish will be stocked in the River Calder this week as part of the Environment Agency’s efforts to further improve the recovering fish stocks.Fisheries officers will be introducing a total of 3,000 roach, chub and dace into the river on Friday.The work is part of the Agency’s efforts to aid the recovery of […]