Thread of the Month – Latest winners  Carp Discussion BoardWinner by popular vote is Ghost, with his ‘Watercraft’ thread, which attracted great interest and many replies. Coarse Discussion BoardWinner by means of getting the world champs result up before I did (and I was there!) is TprodL for his ‘Gold, Gold, Gold for Scotthorne’ thread, which also […]

LAST week Anglesey’s castle town of Beaumaris was invaded. This day however, the invasion was made up of 160 law enforcing police officers from forces all over the United Kingdom.They had descended upon Anglesey for their National Police Athletic Associations Boat Angling Championships. Following a series of leagues and qualifiers held within their own force, […]

HUNGARY’S stunning  World Championship win on Slovakia’s River Vah was thanks to some 30 consecutive weekends of practice, total-fishing can reveal. The squad even bought a fisheries scientist along, and had him take fish and examine their stomachs to find out what they were eating the most. The team quickly concluded that on this big, fast […]

A WEEK after the Tories announced that they would scrap the £22.50 rod licence there is scarcely any support for their position amongst the national governing bodies for angling and leading angling politicians, says Labour.Prior to the announcement, senior figures in the sport warned the Tories against simply looking for a populist gimmick without examining […]

THE debate on sea angling in the House of Commons on September 8th showed that more interest in sea angling is emerging in Whitehall, according to Ted Tuckerman, chairman of the National Federation of Sea Anglers.“The debate forced Ben Bradshaw, fisheries minister, to acknowledge the importance of Britain’s 1.2 million sea anglers and admit conservation […]

AN online archive of photographs depicting UK water sites taken by members of the public has been launched to celebrate the UN International Year of Freshwater, and the top prize has gone to a photo of an angler on the River Itchen (above).Called the National Collection of Freshwater sites, this unique visual record has been compiled […]

The Environment Agency has welcomed the weekend’s rainfall following the growing number of reports it had received about fish and other aquatic life that have suffered during the prolonged dry weather. Low rainfall, high temperatures and the heavy demand on water supplies dried out ponds and reduced flow levels in rivers throughout Kent, Sussex, Hampshire […]

HALLCROFT Fishery is being put up for sale, Total-Fishing can reveal.Joint owner Bran Talbot will be moving over from the Retford complex to manage Moorlands Farm in Worcestershire, with his brother John Talbot retiring from the fishery management game. John Talbot“It’s a sad day really because we have built up the fishery from scratch into one […]

TORY leader Iain Duncan Smith has said that if they get power at the next election, his party will scrap the national rod licence. Smith, who is a keen angler, told Angling Times: “Fishing is a costly sport and over the years tackle has become more and more expensive and on most banks you have to […]

THE Environment Agency is asking anglers to dig out any tackle they were thinking of getting rid of or replacing and to pass it on to them. For its part, the Agency is undertaking to supply used equipment anglers no longer need to youngsters, so they can get involved in the sport. Environment Agency fisheries […]

THE second www.total-fishing.com Northern get-together of 2003 was a great success. Despite a few drop outs in the 24 hours leading up to the match, 48 of the north’s finest (and worst!) still turned out at the prolific Woodland lakes fishery, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire. Apologies for the draw being slightly late but a last […]

TACKLE firm Shakespeare has come to the rescue of the August bank holiday River Avon festival on the Warwickshire Avon with a £7000 plus sponsorship package. The event, which was sponsored by brewer John Smith’s until it pulled out last year, will now be called the Shakespeare Evesham Festival.Long time organiser Dick Derrington is finally […]

THE Scottish island of Islay is to host the European Fly Fishing Championships from Septmber 8th-12th, with backing from the islands whiskey distillers Morrison Bowmore.Sixteen countries will be taking part in what’s the biggest fishing event ever held on the idland. The countries expected to field teams of five include Scotland, France, Norway, Wales, Sweden, […]