The Angling Trust has warmly welcomed coverage in The Guardian newspaper today about a scheme in Newcastle-upon-Tyne which involved GPs prescribing fishing as a tonic for patients suffering from stress and depression.Angling is one of several activities which can be recommended by Doctors as a “social prescription”. Innovation charity Nesta has found that a majority […]
Angling is Just What the Doctor Ordered
IGFA Conservation Award Winners 2013
Since 1993, the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) has been recognizing stand-out achievements in fishing conservation with the annual IGFA Conservation Awards, bestowed upon honorees at the yearly IGFA International Auction & Banquet.The winners for 2013 will be given their Conservation Awards in three categories at the event on January 31, 2014 at their headquarters […]
Vendace Re-Appear In Bassenthwaite Lake
The vendace – Britain’s rarest freshwater fish and one that was thought to be extinct in the UK apart from in two waters – has re-emerged in a study of Bassenthwaite Lake. A ‘fish community study’ run through the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology found a single specimen. The small size of the fish, only […]
Cautious Celebrations as Weymouth Angling Centre Spared from Demolition
Anglers were celebrating today after the Weymouth Harbour Management Board rejected Council proposals to demolish the Weymouth Angling Club’s harbour-side club house and instead voted for an amendment that should see the Club given a new 10 year lease and a secure future. However, this revised proposal will now go forward to another meeting […]
Field Sales Agent: Zebco Browning UK
Zebco Browning UK is on the lookout for a field sales agent to cover the Essex, Kent, Greater London and East Anglia areas. The company offers some of the strongest tackle brands in Europe including Browning, Quantum, Black Cat and Fin-Nor and sell a wide range of quality products across the whole angling spectrum. This […]
Can’t afford £25 to join the Angling Trust? Join for £2.50 instead!
The Angling Trust has responded to feedback from anglers by introducing a new £2.50 monthly subscription option for new and renewing members to support its campaigns to protect fish and fishing and get more people fishing. This new option will help members spread the small cost of supporting angling’s unified representative body and allow even […]
Sleeping Angler Fined – The Facts
Recent angling press reports about an angler “being prosecuted for being asleep” while fishing for carp have generated a huge amount of interest in the wider media and on Facebook. We think it is right to publish the full facts, obtained from the Environment Agency today by our Fisheries Enforcement Manager Dilip Sarkar in order […]
£4,000 sponsorship boost for Angling Trust’s RiverFest 2013 final
The Angling Trust is delighted to announce a new £4,000 sponsorship deal with Thames Water and Severn Trent Water that will see both companies backing Angling Trust RiverFest 2013. The sponsorship will ensure that there is a prize pool of at least £24,000 available to anglers competing at the grand final, to be held on […]
England A Win Bronze at Long Casting World Championships
The England A Casting Team have come home with a bronze team medal from the Long Casting World Championships in Belgium, with Andy Copping narrowly missing out on an individual bronze medal finishing in 4th place for the England A team in the individual category.There was some drama when England A team member Jay Lee […]
Losing 135 Minute Battle With A 400lb Arapaima Caught On Film
Pic: Dean Macey with the biggest of the arapaima he caught while filming at Gilham’s ‘Fishing TV’ has just returned from an unforgettable filming shoot at Gilham’s Fishing Resort in Thailand with Dean Macey, where they captured epic footage of some of the venue’s many exotic species. Among many huge fish, the trip produced Mekong […]
Arthur retires from Fisherman’s Blues
Keith Arthur has announced his retirement from the only English national radio show for anglers – Fisherman’s Blues. TalkSPORT management decided in August to move the two-hour show to an earlier start and after initially opting to broadcast a one-hour show, Arthur has decided to call it a day so he can do more fishing […]
Discounts For Loyal Shop4Tackle Customers
Two online tackle stores are marking their merger with the introduction of a loyalty scheme that could see customers save up to 7% on all purchases. Kent based Shop4Tackle.com will carry on as normal after merging with Tight Lines UK and is bringing in the Loyalty Membership Scheme based on a points system that is […]
Angler Fined For Repeatedly Fishing in the Closed Season
A Bristol man has been ordered to pay £1,335 in fines and costs for flouting fishing bylaws.Adam Power was caught on three separate occasions fishing for coarse fish on the River Avon at Keynsham.He was first questioned by fisheries bailiffs on April 20, 2013 after the Environment Agency received reports from members of the public […]
NFM 2013 – DANCING ON THE CEILING
Pic: Billingham Angling Club This year’s National Fishing Month (NFM) has shattered its 15,000 target, setting new records for the number of people who were introduced to the sport via more than 300 special events throughout the country. When the final figures are tallied, it is likely that participant numbers will be closer to 16,000, […]
Environment Agency Pays Up After Flood Works Damage Fishery
Fish Legal has secured more than £8,500 in compensation for its member Ripon Angling Club (RAC). This was due to damage caused by poorly-managed flood protection works by the Environment Agency (EA) on the River Skell near Ripon in North Yorkshire.The EA is supposed to notify in advance anyone who may be affected by this […]
