The Angling Trust are pleased to announce the relaunch of the Angling Talent Pathway for young game anglers. The Junior Game Angling Talent Pathway is aimed at junior fly anglers aged 12 to 16 who wish to develop their fly fishing skills to hopefully go on to represent England Youth in the future. The pathway […]
The 2020 Angling Trust Junior Game Angling Talent Pathway
The Angling Trust Great Fishing Prize Draw!
The Great Fishing Prize Draw, supported by Angling Trust Ambassadors, sees the launch of five separate prize draws under the new banner, each with their own amazing fishing experience day as the winning prize. Each prize promises to be a unique opportunity to spend time with some of the UK’s best-known anglers and pick up […]
Massive lure caught German pike thought to be in excess of 55lb
This giant of a German pike caught by Fredrik Harbort is thoughts to be among the biggest ever landed – and it was caught on a lure. At 138cm long, length for weight estimates place it at between 55-60lb! Fredrik was fishing from a rowing boat on what he describes as ‘a small German lake’ […]
Howard Croston wins world fly fishing gold 2019 in Tasmania
Pic: New world champion Howard Croston with a magnificent brown trout from the 2019 world fly fishing championships in Tasmania. AT-TEFF World Team Captain/Manager and newly crowned individual World Champion Howard Croston reports back on the 2019 World Fly Fishing Championships in Tasmania. The team departed for Tasmania on Thursday 21st November for the […]
Big Changes for RiverFest in 2020
After two finals on the River Severn at Shrewsbury, RiverFest is on the move next year to a different river and will be fished earlier in the season. RiverFest 2020 will take place on the River Trent at Burton Joyce over the weekend of 26th and 27th September. The Angling Trust is delighted to announce […]
Ian Ward is 2019 RiverFest Champion
The Angling Trust RiverFest Final 2019 was held on the weekend of Saturday 7th and 8th of December on the River Severn in Shrewsbury. In the run up to the event, the river had been out of sorts with several unfortunate cancellations, but the tricky river made for an incredibly close final, which was watched […]
End of an Era for Sensas Team England U20’s as Steve Sanders Retires
The Angling Trust has announced that after 17 years of unprecedented success, Steve Sanders will stand down from his position as manager of Sensas England U20’s team with immediate effect. Steve first took the reigns as manager in 2003, leading the team into the 17th FIPS-ed Youth World Championships in Portugal, a championship that brought […]
First Feeder National to be held on Gloucester Canal in 2020
Last year saw our most well attended Nationals for nearly a decade and in line with this continued success, the Angling Trust is thrilled to announce the Angling Trust Feeder National, which will take place on the Gloucester Canal on Sunday 23rd August 2020. The format for the competition will follow International rules as closely […]
The British Record 71lb carp that will never be on the record list…
If you read about a 70lb plus carp you would probably expect it to come from Eastern Europe or maybe France. But this one came out of Holme Fen in Cambridgeshire. However, captor Martyn Lowe has decided not to try and take his place in the British record books after landing the mighty 71-pounder. The […]
Anglian Water loses at trial after Fish Legal’s long battle to get compensation for Cambridge anglers
After years of fighting, the Cambridge Fish Preservation and Angling Society (CFPAS) has won compensation to restock part of the River Cam following a pollution in 2013. Last January, it was reported that Anglian Water admitted it killed fish on the River Cam after years of denying that it was responsible following failures at its […]
Farmoor Reservoir praised after staging its first ever predator competition
Angling Trust Policy Chief Martin Salter visited Thames Water’s first Predator Competition at Farmoor Reservoir on Sunday (Oct 21) to see for himself how the popular and long established trout fishery is now encouraging predator angling. The sell out event, decided on the length of the best three fish landed rather than weight, was a […]
Fish O Mania 2020 Dates: Sections winners in final to trouser £2500
Matchroom Multi Sport and the Angling Trust are pleased to announce the dates for the 2020 Fish‘O’Mania Qualifiers, with tickets to go on sale on Tuesday, 5thNovember. The winner of the Fish‘O’Mania Grand Final will net a cool £50,000, with the runner-up taking home £10,000. For the first time, a section prize will be introduced. […]
Lance sets new Cubera Snapper best with 86-pounder off Florida
Lance Jackson boated this beauty of a Cubera Snapper while fishing off Anna-Maria Island in Florida, USA. The anglers aboard had been enjoying good sport with Amberjack on vertical jigging tactics when the super snapper, which weighed a whopping 86lb and sets a new IGFA junior world record, snapped!
High, hardy and Haigh on Yorks Ouse RiverFest qualifier
A very high Yorkshire Ouse greeted the hardy RiverFest anglers this past weekend, with some awful weather and six foot of extra water on the river, it was always going to be a struggle. Stan Haigh took the match from peg 224 in the Hunters section with 7lb 2oz. This was made up of a […]
Trout fishing agenda for new Angling Trust boss
Although he’s not due to take up the reins until after Christmas, newly appointed Angling Trust Chief Executive Jamie Cook has been out and about meeting key figures in the world of angling to get a handle on some of the challenges he will face in his new role. Last month he travelled to Wiltshire […]
