Fishing for Charity, the brainchild of angler Tony Shaw of Lafarge Aggregates Limited, has presented a cheque for £2,000 to International Manager Joe Roberts to support the England Disabled Coarse Angling team.Tony was amazed at the lack of support that angling at international level received from our government and in 2008 raised £650 for the […]

Angling Trust and Matchroom Sport announced today that entries to Fish O Mania 2010 will be open from 9.00am on 18th January 2010 for a three week period. The closing date for entries will be 8th February 2010 at 4.00pm. Tickets will be on sale at £23.00, an increase of 50p on 2009 to reflect […]

This Report now covers Game Angling only. The Fly Fishing ‘ Hints and Tips ’ are based on the Author’s own Experiences.The Author’s Award Winning Reports aim to help anglers, especially visitors to the area, to find out  :  Where is fishing well and What are likely to be the most successful tactics.  WEATHEROctober started with […]

GAIA ‘RAISES THE BAR’ AT CAER BERIS AGM ! The Game Angling instructors Association (GAIA) held its bi annual training weekend at Caer Beris is Wales. Individuals had opportunity to take assessments at this event and the following were successful taking the new revised syllabi. Frank Williams : APGAI  Single HandedMal Hunter: GAIC Single Handed, […]

Warlingham & DAS are sad to announce that Life Member, former chairman and secretary Richard Dodds passed away on October 15 following a short illness at just 58-years-old. Born in the North East of England, he grew up fishing rivers such as the River Tees and never gave up his love for moving water. Although […]

This month sees the annual National Vintage Tackle Fair heading once again to Redditch. There are over 50 stalls booked with all manner of coarse, game and carp tackle on display, with Neil Freeman and Chris Sandford on hand to do free valuations, and the chance to get your own vintage tackle repaired. This year […]

Knowle angler Harold Lewis took the best rainbow trout of the week at Packington Somers in the shape of a 13lb 12oz beauty. Harold was boat fishing a bloodworm pattern at Cocks Close and he caught and released another six fish to 4lb on the same method. The water has been fishing well with a […]

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Weekly silver fish matches are starting on Barford Lake’s Pleasure Lake. Each match costs £15 to enter and quality bags of silver fish are expected.  Bob Nudd said “The silver fish sport on the Pleasure Lake is awesome and I’m looking forward to attending the Tuesday matches once I return from Ireland.” This year’s Silver […]

Warwickshire angler Noel Jones was so taken back by catching the biggest perch of the season so far, he had to sit down and roll a cigarette! The Bidford-on-Avon angler was floatfishing on the Great Ouse when the massive 5lb 6oz perch – the biggest taken from any English river other than the Thames – […]

The 2009 Barston Xmas match is scheduled for Sunday the 20th December. The 100-peg match is usually ran early December, but with a busy winter league in the area, the match has been moved back to the Sunday before Xmas. The entry fee is £25, the draw at 9am, and all participating anglers will pick […]

The England pair, Billy Flowers and Jamie Londers, were denied 1st place at the World Carp Championships only because the match was extended to 73 hours due to the clocks being put back. Having led from the start, they were only beaten to a silver medal position in the last 20 minutes by the South […]

The England Boat Squad received a huge boost to their 2010 World and Home Nations campaign in the shape of sponsorship funding for their recent squad weekend held on the 17th and 18th of October 2009, from the leaders in quality frozen baits, the ‘Ammodytes’ Company (www.ammodytes.co.uk). The two day annual event out of Weymouth […]

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH NUMBER: 12 TROPHY:       Tapper’s ShieldDATE:    25 October 2009VENUE: Match Lake, Riddings Fishery 1st   Paul RICHARDSON                   65 lb 8 oz            2nd   Joe COOPER               43 lb 8 oz3rd   Mick LAGER                       41 lb 8 oz4th   Jake HEMMINGS                39 lb5th   Steve WILCOCK                 37 lb6th   Carl HENRICK                    36 lb 8 oz REPORTLong Eaton Victoria Angling Society’s 12th match […]

Angling MP praises anglers for voting for conservation measures Despite opposition from some MPs representing commercial fishing interests, the groundbreaking Marine and Coastal Access Bill completed all its stages in the House of Commons and is now expected to become law in advance of the Queen’s Speech on 18th November 2009. This Bill establishes a […]