The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, was challenged over the huge rise in rod licences for disabled anglers during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons yesterday. The visibly uncomfortable Prime Minister pledged to look into the 37% increase saying: “I will look at the facts…and see what has happened to bring that about”. Leominster MP, […]

Steve Ringer bounced back from a rare tactical blunder to notch up his third White Acres festival victory in the past two years.Shimano-backed Steve, from Northampton, overcame a day two hiccup which saw him finish an uncharacteristic fifth in his nine-peg section by winning it every other day.It gave him a perfect 36 point score […]

Ultima have raised the performance bar with mono yet again with the launch of their new flagship product Power Steel. If all early indications are correct this product will take the market by storm over the coming months. Power Steel is the result of two years careful development work building on the huge success of […]

Speaking about his new sponsorship with Bag-em Baits Neil Machin said, ‘For some time now I have had the desire to make products that will really help my fellow anglers capitalise on the fish in their swim. I started off with my new ‘Method Mould’ marketed by Garbolino and now after discussions with the new […]

 After weeks of speculation, Fox Match is pleased to announce that four-time World Angling Champion Bob Nudd has joined Fox Match. He officially started his role as Match Consultant on May 1st.  Bob joins Fox Match following a hugely successful 24 years working for Browning Zebco – the longest running sponsorship agreement in angling. During […]

A brand new Ladies Fishing Club based in the North East of England has so far attracted over 40 female anglers. Lucy Bowden, 21, founder of www.fishingforeveryone.com <http://www.fishingforeveryone.com/>  and Public Relations Coordinator at Hardy & Greys Ltd set up the FFE Ladies Fishing Club to encourage and promote more ladies into angling and has just held […]

Women are being encouraged to try out flyfishing at Bewl Water in Kent. Mary Hopper, a member of the England Ladies Fly Fishing Association and an international competitor at the sport, says: “We want to encourage women to carry on the tradition of flyfishing. It’s not about strength like some sports, plus some women prefer […]

Reading West MP, Martin Salter, has urged the government once again to reject the campaign by the British Canoe Union (B.C.U) for statutory river access for non-powered craft. On behalf of the B.C.U, John Grogan MP has tabled House of Commons Early Day Motion 1331 – virtually identical to an EDM he tabled in 2005 […]

John Coster from Dagenham won the 4th PartyPoker.com Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier on Wednesday at Monk Lakes to secure his place in the final in July. The 130 lucky anglers faced calm but wet conditions to start with, however, the sun came through towards the end of the qualifier making life a little more comfortable […]

After the success of last year’s inaugural Catfish Challenge Cup at Cheshire’s Lakemore Fisheries, Dynamite Baits have added fresh momentum to the 2008 event. The Lakemore Catfish Challenge’s unique format will see 14 match stars pair up with 14 top specimen hunters with extensive catfish experience on Thursday May 22 for a traditional match between […]

The largest fish to be caught at borwickfishing.co.uk has broken the venue record for the species. Fishing through the night, the first person to take out Syndicate Membership, Andy Peel from nearby Lancaster, was rewarded when he caught the Carp known as “The Big Common”. The fish weighed in at a massive 33lb 8oz and […]

With an estimated four million people fishing each year, it seems that angling has overtaken football as the nation’s favourite sporting pastime.  Worth an estimated £3.5 billion, angling not only brings social and economic benefits; it is, according to the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust also very good for the environment too. However, to maintain the […]

Following the success of last years ground breaking event, we are delighted to announce the launch of the 2008 Wales Carp Masters. The grand final is again being staged at the superb Celtic Lakes Resort (see Total-Fishing.com’s Fisheries pages) and takes place between 29th – 31st August.  There are 15 places available at each of […]

Chris Ellet from Hulme in Manchester secured his place in the final of PartyPoker.com Fish ‘O’ Mania by winning a tough qualifier at Heronbrook Fishery this weekend. Anglers found the normally prolific venue of Heronbrook tough going as the fish refused to take the bait, producing considerably smaller weights than one would expect from such […]