World Youth Championships, River Arno, Italy A FANTASTIC second day performance by Drennan (Youth) Team England earned them a bronze medal in one of the hottest three-hour world championships ever staged. England coach, Mark Downes, said: “I have never seen a competition like it. In the scorching sun the River Arno fished its head off with […]

GERMAN-BASED tackle manufacturer and distributor Cormoran has announced a new sales organisation for the UK, headed up by recently-retired Daiwa Sports sales and marketing director John Middleton.John will be responsible for the complete sales and marketing operation of the Cormoran brand in the UK domestic market.Cormoran president Dieter Willenbruch said: “We are delighted to have […]

A drive to save the European sturgeon has been launched after research revealed only one remaining breeding population.The initiative comes from the French conservation organisation EPIDOR, a body with close links with our own Anglers Conservation Association. EPIDOR has written to the prime ministers of the ten countries where it’s believes a sturgeon population could […]

BOFFINS are calling for an illegal cull on cormorants to save one of the UK’s rarest fish. The Cumbrian-based Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) says the marauding black birds are putting Hawswater’s rare schelly under serious threat of extinction, and say shooting them is the only option. Ian Winfield from the CEH at Merlewood […]

A MAJOR new study has revealed that fishing and boating are the most popular leisure activities for Americans wanting to spend time with their families.Eighty-seven per cent of Americans believe these two sports have a positive effect on family relationships, according to the survey by the recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation, and they are seen […]

TECHNOLOGY is making gadgets smaller and smaller and the latest handheld fish finders prove the point admirably.The AFL-1000 from Australian firm Aurizon Technologies is designed to sit neatly in the palm of your hand and runs off four AA batteries. It tells you if there are fish in the swim and the depth at which […]

A SCHOOL fishing competition in The Netherlands, which was organised by Beet-Sportvissersmagazine, had to be cancelled because animal rights activists threatened to disturb the event.The competition was supposed to be fished at 40 different locations throughout the Netherlands and close to 2000 children had signed up for the event.On a website, animal rights activists threatened […]

SENSAS Bourne AS proved that practice does make perfect as they raced to a magnificent victory in the team event at the Embassy Division Four National Angling Championship on the Grand Union Canal on Saturday (July 20).And there was joy for John Chapman, a 58-year-old engineer from Bramley, nr Leeds, who captured the Individual title […]

If you like to find out how the aces consistently catch big carp, Total Carp is the magazine for you.  Read how Dave Lane bagged a 25lb mirror within hours of seeing a 60 acre pit for the first time.  Read how Colin Davidson landed two twenties on maggots in a day only session at […]

THE Environment Agency is introducing emergency measures in a bid to make sure the crucian carp doesn’t disappear from our fisheries.The fish cross breeds readily with other carp species, a situation which as led to many anglers falsely believing they have landed huge crucians.Now the EA is worried that there are few real crucian waters left, […]

Mighty Worksop DAA, who dominated the Junior Nationals last year, left the event empty handed with Peterborough DAA snatching a surprise victory in the big event, the Intermediate National.Peterborough beat Worksop by just one point on the River Soar, but Worksop were even pipped for second, with Derby Juniors beating them on a weight countback. […]

A gang of Asians carrying knives, cricket bats and an axe, viciously attacked two anglers at a Birmingham Park Lake.The incident, at Ward End Park Lake, left the two unnamed men needing hospital treatment.The assault happened on Friday afternoon, and one of the anglers, a 34-year-old from Bromford, was struck on the head with the axe.The […]

This year’s Maver Club Angler of the Year final, held at Leicestershire’s prolific Glebe complex, was everything the qualifiers could have hoped for.The competition attracts thousands of the country’s club anglers.Anglers score points for being placed in their club matches over the year, and the top 20 go through to the prestigious fish-off.With three days […]

Schoolboy Christopher Harris may miss out on his chance to claim a new British record because he refused to kill a magnificent 11lb thick lipped mullet. The fish – some 15oz over the long standing British record – was taken while dinghy fishing with his dad Dave against the pontoons at Essex marina, Wallasey Island, […]

DICK Clegg Mark One Sensas completed a staggering rise to the to when they captured the Embassy Division Two National Championship on the Boston Drains on Saturday (July 6).And fireman Steve Bontoft blazed his way to a £2,827 payday when he won the coveted Individual title with 14.510 kg from the Sibsey Trader at Stone […]