Carp brand Nash Tackle is launching a new brand aimed at the modern pleasure angler at the Tackle & Guns show next week. Going under the Peg One name, the range will include an innovative chair system, luggage, shelters and fish-care products. Peg One brand manager Paul Garner said: “Tackle & Guns is the logical […]

Friday 15th October                   6:30pm Sky Sports 2Repeated:                                 10:00pm Sky Sports 2Sat.      2:30am Sky Sports 44:30am Sky Sports 28:00am Sky Sports 3 This week Keith will be joined by Mark Barrett, secretary of the Pike Anglers Club of Great Britain. With the predator season now getting into full swing they’ll be talking tackle and tactics and sharing […]

Conservation work recognised by Dreamstore The Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network (SSACN – www.ssacn.org) is pleased to announce we have received the Dreamstore Active Conservation Award in recognition of the work we have done towards increasing public awareness of the urgent need for the conservation of inshore fish stocks in Scottish waters and for our […]

Most of the top names in fly tying and angling worldwide will be in Galway this November for the inaugural Irish Fly Fair. Organised by Mara Media and Stevie Munn in partnership with Irish Angler magazine and sponsored by Inland Fisheries Ireland, this prestigious event has succeeded in attracting many of the world’s best tyers […]

David Haynes caught the Warwickshire Avon in the right mood when he bagged over 70lb of chub in the first round of the Barford Winter League.David, who was fishing for the MatchBox team, drew a noted chub peg at Barford where he fished stick float, waggler and maggot to bag 30 chub and two bonus […]

Friday 8th October                      6:30pm Sky Sports 3Repeated:                                 12:00am Sky Sports 2Sat.      6:00am Sky Sports 4 This week Keith’s guest will be carp fishing legend Frank Warwick. Considered to be one of the true pioneers of the sport, he’ll be discussing his passion for carp and some of the innovative methods that have helped him catch […]

Black Country Baits is among the tackle firms getting behind the third Black Country Carpers show, which takes place on November 20th. Guest speakers include Darrell Peck, Gaz Fareham and Ian Bailey from Korda, with money raised going to the Help The Heroes, ECHO and Beacon Centre for the Blind, which hosts the event at […]

Organiser Colin Harvey is promising to extend the 2011 Upton Festival after a sell-out this year The two-day River Severn event was fished over four sections, one on Hanley Road, another spread throughout the town and two sections in the Ham. It’s an interesting stretch of the big river, with big bream tightly shoaled in […]

The Riddings at Atherstone is known to most anglers for its general coarse and match fishing, but the venue also has a Specimen Pool that’s produced carp to nearly 40lb in the past. The latest angler to prove what the pool can produce is Richard Forde, who landed a stunning 30lb 13oz common carp. The best […]

A Midlander is claiming to have caught a barbel that would set a new River Severn record at a massive 18lb 5oz. Upton angler Matt Adams had baited up an un-named stretch of the venue with catfish in mind after hearing rumours of some tackle busting Wels catfish in the area, which is interesting in […]

Barnsley and District AAS cruised to victory in the inaugural Preston Innovations “World Club Classic” fished on Warwickshire’s river Avon on 24th and 25th September.Ten of the country’s top teams lined up for a 2 day event to find out who would represent England in next year’s FIPSed World Club Championships in Serbia.The competing teams […]

Bob James is back on the big screen in a new series for OnlineFishing.tv .Bob’s six-part ‘Total Coarse Fishing’ series kicks off on one of his favourite venues, the River Wye, targeting one of his all-time favourite fish – the barbel.Bob shows how to prime a swim to build up the confidence of the fish […]

Specialist Duncan Charman enjoyed a memorable ‘Session’ on the River Loddon while filming with angling TV channel OnlineFishing.tv . The Aldershot angler roved the river’s Farnham Angling AS stretch with pellet and paste tactics and worked hard to bag fantastic chub going 5lb 1oz and 6lb 1oz – fish that will be much bigger and […]

Birmingham can boast the world carp champions after Brummie rods George Csonka and John Roberts took an impressive 19-fish haul in the World Carp Classic fished at France’s massive Lac de Madine. The pair pocketed the £10,000 winner’s cheque over six days of competition that saw them weigh in nearly 480lb of carp. George (47) […]

There are a few places left for the Packington Somers Sensas Winter League, which starts at the Meriden fishery on October 24th. The plan is to get 40 anglers involved in this individual ten-match series, in which case there will be a first prize of £1000. The matches take place across the complex every other […]