Birmingham angler Richard Griffith has banked the biggest carp caught anywhere in the UK this year in the shape of a 53lb 8oz mirror carp. The mighty fish sets a new venue record for the Avenue Fishery controlled by RG Fisheries. Richard, who works for Shimano Normark, approached the lake with maggot tactics, spodding out […]
‘Griff’ Lands Year’s Biggest Carp At 53lb 8oz
ROUND 3 Bag’em Matchbaits Silver League for Pairs
Sunday 4th March 201236 PEGS 1st Dave Armstrong (Jet Breakers) & Bob Taylor (Jet Breakers) 11pts (8lb 12½oz)2nd Rich Wills (Daventry AC) & Simon Potter (Daventry AC) 11pts (8lb 1½oz)3rd Roger Atkins (Dog Lane) & Clive Griffin (Dog Lane) 13pts (6lb 1½oz) Sections A1 Martin Paynter Peg 14 15lb 4oz Orfe & RoachA2 Carl Baker […]
Angling Trust Boss Scores PB River Pike
Angling Trust chief executive Mark Lloyd is celebrating landing his personal best freshwater fish, a river pike of 22lb 13oz from the River Wye. Mark spent a cold day pike fishing on the middle reaches of the Wye accompanied by Wye and Usk Foundation Deputy Director Simon Evans and was rewarded with a hard fighting […]
Angling Trust Attend ‘The Big One’
The Angling Trust will be out in force at the UK’s biggest tackle show over the weekend of 10th – 11th March at ‘The Big One’ at Farnborough Airport with a fully staffed stall packed with activities on both days – see list below. Angling Trust staff and volunteers will also be collecting signatures for […]
Hardy & Greys Ltd Appoint Ed Betteridge
Hardy & Greys Ltd is pleased to announce the appointment of Ed Betteridge to the role of Greys and Chub Carp Academy Manager. Andy Charlton, UK Carp Coarse and Predator Marketing Manager commented, “I am delighted that Ed has accepted the position. He’s been in the academy for a number of years now, and has […]
Cormorant Campaign Goes To Parliament
Angling Trust and Salmon & Trout Association campaigners were joined by celebrities Chris Tarrant and Feargal Sharkey when they presented a 16,000 signature petition organised by the Avon Roach project to Richard Benyon MP on Wednesday (22nd Feb). The petition called for action to limit the devastating impact of the UK’s rapidly increasing cormorant population […]
England Seeks Talented U18s And U23s For The 2012 England Youth Coarse Trials
The Angling Trust is looking for talented anglers who would like to take part in the England U18s and U23s coarse youth trials. The U18s and U23s World Championships are due to be staged in Slovenia along a deep slow river where bloodworm and joker, pole and waggler tactics will be the main attack on […]
Brand New Superstore For Poingdestres
Top angling retailer Poingdestres is proud to announce its move into a new superstore on the outskirts of Southampton in Hampshire. The firm, which has been operating successfully for over 40 years, has moved lock, stock and barrel to Southampton Trade Centre in order to improve the shopping experience for its customers and keep its […]
Foster’s Launches Iphone App
Birmingham tackle shop Foster’s has become the first angling retailer in the UK to launch a Smartphone app which was downloaded over 500 times within 48 hours of hitting the app store. Boss Paul Foster said that shop sales in January exceeded the previous two years, but that this was down to working harder with […]
Location Help For BAA
Birmingham Anglers Association has added information to its website to help anglers find venues using their sat navs. All venue spotlights have been updated not with post codes but with Ordinance Survey grid references including Latitude and Longitude values, which is says that most sat navs accept. See the latest BAA newsletter at www.baa.uk.com for […]
Watt A Rainbow To Mark Ringstead Opening…
Opening day at Ringstead Grange Fishery produced this belting 16lb 4oz rainbow trout to Newport Pagnell angler Mick Watts, who fished a tungsten headed black and green Fritz pattern. Despite the very cold weather over the weekend anglers braved the harsh conditions particularly on opening day to record an average catch rate of six fish […]
Angling Rolls Out Its Big Guns To Protect Fisheries From Cormorants
TV host Chris Tarrant and UK Music boss Feargal Sharkey to join petition handover to Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon. Campaigners from the world of angling will be joined by celebrities Chris Tarrant and Feargal Sharkey when they handover a 16,000 signature petition on Wednesday (22nd Feb) calling for action to limit the devastating impact of […]
Browning Dedicate Website To One Pole
A truly unique occurrence: Tackle supplier Browning is dedicating an entire website to one single product with the new website www.xitanz12.com . The new pole Browning Xitan Z12 has already gained a lot of interest since its introduction into the market, UK Press even celebrates it as “probably the best pole ever”. What sets this […]
Invitation To Join Celebrity Fly Fishing Day
A special celebrity Fly Fishing Day, in aid of a children’s charity, will be taking place at Lakedown Trout Fishery, Wealden Valley, East Sussex – owned by pop legend Roger Daltrey of The Who – on Friday 25th May, 2012. The charity day, in aid of The Children’s Trust, will commence at 7.30 am with […]
Great New Angling Show In Coventry
A new, FREE TO ENTER angling show takes place on February 18-19th at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, and Fishing TV will be there. The Carp And Coarse Spectacular, from the same stable as the successful Brentwood Carp Show, sees top manufacturers like Korda, Sonic, Jag, Baitcraft, Browning and Guru showing off their wares, plus […]
