The Fishing For Everyone Ladies Fishing Club are organising their first pike fishing day to be led by world class pike angler, Nige Williams. Nige boasts over 20 pike over 30lb to his name and a 40lb 12oz personal best. The pike fishing event will be held at Sweethope Lough on Sunday 29th November where […]

Labour’s spokesman for Angling Martin Salter used a speech in Westminster  at an event by the Marine Conservation Society to urge UK anglers to become involved in the designation of the new Marine Conservation Zones. The event was to launch the Marine Conservation Society’s “Your Seas Your Voice” campaign which is urging anglers, environmentalists, and […]

The Willis Worms Angling Bait Club match (ABC) planned for 2010 will pay out a staggering 50k first prize.  The fifty thousand pounds prize money is NOT dependant upon membership numbers and is not dependant upon match angler numbers.  If only three members fish, the £50k will go to the winner.  One ABC member will […]

Over £6,000 was raised at the ‘Fish with the Stars’ Celebrity Charity event organised by Hardy & Greys Ltd and Game Fishing Supplies of Morpeth.A cheque was presented to Karen Larkin from the charity, Grace House North East Children’s Hospice Appeal by Hardy & Greys Ltd and Game Fishing Supplies.The Fly Fishing event, which was […]

The Moorlands Farm Individual Winter Series kicks off on Sunday December 6th and is ongoing until Sunday March 28th, with the best 12 results to count. It’s a £10 entry with a 100% payout, and subject to a minimum entry of 20 Browning tackle to the value of £500 will be given away, plus cash. […]

Mick Dolan’s claim for a new British record zander could run aground because he weighed it while afloat. As reported last week, Walsall angler Mick boated the massive predator while fishing with his wife on Grafham Water, a trout reservoir that allows pike and zander fishing at this time of year. Incredibly it was his […]

With the river running close to 3ft up with and a slight tinge of colour most anglers were anticipating bumper weights for the Fox Match Wye Festival. Conditions looked perfect on the day however as the colour dropped out many anglers struggled to achieve the bumper weights anticipated prior to the draw. 1st day honours […]

Tunnel Barn Farm Fishery has been booked to host the prestigious Van den Eynde Supercup final for the first time. The move by the organisers follows a run of poor results at JCB Lakes, which has hosted the final for the last decade. The event, the biggest in the club match fishing calendar, will take […]

Over 130 anglers from across the country turned out to support a fundraising event in aid of Potteries match legend Jeff Moors, who has sadly been given just months to live in his battle with cancer. The event organised by Dave Smith and held at Border Fisheries was fished over the four lakes of the […]

Meet Jim Shelley At Bristol Angling Centre Event: Get The Chance to Meet JIM SHELLEY!!!@ Bristol Angling Centre Start Time: Saturday, December 12 at 9:00am End Time: Saturday, December 12 at 5:30pm Where: Bristol Angling Centre, 12-16 Doncatser Road Southmead Bristol BS10 5PL To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=211505928031&mid=16b6e1cG53424acfG102d2efG7]http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=211505928031&mid=16b6e1cG53424acfG102d2efG7

Derek Willan is one of the country’s top open match anglers, and in this episode of Match TV, the only TV show exclusively for competitive coarse anglers, we join him to see how he sets about trying to win a five-hour open. Presented by Total-Fishing.com’s Gareth Purnell (geepster), the scene is Molands Lake Packington Somers Fishery […]

Stretches of the River Trent and Tame that were badly affected by recent pollution incidents will get an early Christmas stocking of thousands of baby fish this winter. The Environment Agency’s Calverton Fish Farm, near Nottingham, will be providing tens of thousands of young fish including chub, dace, barbel,  roach and bream. Many of the […]

The Angling Trust and Fish Legal have reacted with dismay to news that the Government has decided that “implementation of the Free Passage of Fish Order should be postponed until at least May 2011”. This Order would have enabled the UK to meet the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC, establishing a framework for […]

Many anglers have achieved instructors’ or coaching qualifications or awards such as STANIC and C25 dating back five or more years and which are no longer adequate to become a licensed coach. A scheme launched by the Angling Development Board (ADB) gives these anglers the chance to upgrade to the modern coaching qualification compatible with […]

It’s 20 years since the Silstar brand was last seen on the shelves of British tackle shops.  But that is about to change, thanks to an exclusive deal, Waterline Angling Products Ltd is introducing the famous Silstar brand back onto the UK market.  Waterline used the recent Tackle & Guns show to launch the new […]