Employees of house building firm Barratt Homes have helped raise over £7,000 for Acorns Children’s Hospice in a charity fishing match at the Woodland View Fishery. The event at the Droitwich complex saw the 42 of the firms suppliers and contractors select the charity as the beneficiary, before fishing off head to head.Only one of […]
Firm Fishes For Charity In Droitwich
Taking Action To Tackle Poaching
The Angling Trust, angling’s representative body, has launched a Seven Point Plan to tackle poaching and fish theft in English waters. There have been widespread reports of poaching and large numbers of fish being taken illegally by individuals and criminal gangs throughout the country.1. Building BridgesThe Trust has appointed two members of staff to work […]
Coarse & Match Fishing Monthly Now On iphones And ipads
Coarse & Match Fishing Monthly – the free-to-view video magazine for dedicated coarse and match anglers – has now made its releases available on i-phones and i-pads. The latest issue contains about three hours of video including tips, tackle, advice and great action from some of the sport’s top names, and is now viewable FREE […]
Bag’em Matchbaits Launch New ‘Easy Xpanda’ Pellets
Bag’em have made their 4 & 6mm expander pellets easier and better to use. Their new texture and shape makes them more durable and easier to hook, enabling the pellet to stay on the hook longer. RRP £3.59 http://www.bagem.co.uk/
Rob Wootton Joins Shimano UK
Shimano UK is delighted to announce that one of the country’s top match anglers Rob Wootton will be joining the company as a sponsored angler with immediate effect.Leicestershire-based Rob, who is also sponsored by bait giant Dynamite Baits, will play an integral role in the promotion of the company’s products on the banks and throughout […]
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Mark Pollard Joins Shimano UK
One of the UK’s finest match anglers Mark Pollard has joined Shimano UK as a full-time tackle consultant in a deal that will see him relinquish his role as brand manager of Fox Match.‘Polly’, as he’s known on the banks, will play a major role in promoting the Shimano brand in the UK and across […]
Anglers Demand Return of Carp to London Lakes
The Angling Trust has offered its support to the Victoria Park Anglers Alliance (VPAA) which is fighting a decision by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to remove fish from two lakes in Victoria Park which are a vital resource for coaching young anglers. The fish were removed as part of a redevelopment of the […]
Danny’s Massive Match Carp
Biggest story in match fishing this week has to be the huge carp that one the winter league match on the River Wye. Danny Baker was fishing chopped worm for perch on the feeder when he latched into something he hadn’t bargained for. However, his gear gave him a chance – he was fishing a […]
Huge Brace For Eel Fanatic Nick
A Birmingham Angler has hit the angling headlines with what’s thought to be the biggest brace of eels ever caught by design. Nick Rose was fishing a secret venue that had not previously produced a single eel for him in three years of trying, when a monster 9lb 2oz eel took his popped up lobworm […]
Harrisons To Sponsor New League On The Fossdyke
Details have emerged of a new Winter League set to take place on Lincolnshire’s popular Fossdyke Canal. Having played host to several high profile leagues in the past, the Fossdyke has a reputation for offering top quality sport even in the coldest of weathers. League organiser Alan Henry said “Living just a few miles from […]
National Fishing Month-Better Than Ever
National Fishing Month (NFM) 2011 has been hailed as a resounding success with more than 300 events taking place across the country attracting over 15,000 participants of all ages, ethnic backgrounds and social profiles. This year’s events which took place between 16th July to 14th August 2011, got off to a great start with the […]
Mark Holmes Bags a 50lb Beauty!
Hardy & Greys Academy member Mark Holmes has just banked a 50lb 6oz beauty. It is Mark’s sixth UK 50 plus and comes after a succession of good catches over the summer. When asked about the details of the capture Mark said, “This carp is the 2nd 50lb plus I have had from Lakeview and […]
Sunline Joins Fight Against Line Cheats
One of Japan’s top fishing line manufacturers has joined EFTTA’s campaign against line cheats. Sunline, which was founded in 1977 and is a major supplier to its domestic market, has signed up to EFTTA’s Line Charter – a campaign designed to end the practice of wrongly labeled line packaging. The company’s Hiroshi Togi said: “Sunline […]
Catch A Catfish: WATCH FOR FREE
Simon Clarke is your guide to setting up correctly when catfish are your target quarry, in this programme from the Fishing TV stable. It’s free to view here on this website in September’s issue of ‘Coarse And Match Fishing Monthly’. WATCH ‘CATCH A CATFISH’ NOW Catfish Pro boss Simon runs through how to set up […]
Geoff Vallence Secures Bury Hill Silvers Festival
37 Anglers took part in this midweek annual event on the Old Lake at Bury Hill Fishery and for plenty of the competitors the bream and skimmers were obliging. Day 1 saw Ed Green draw peg 74 and he took full advantage putting together an excellent feeder performance with 84-0-0 of bream up to 5lbs […]
