The Angling Trust are looking for lady anglers who have aspirations to represent their country in the FIPSed World Angling Championships from 25th – 26th August 2012 in the Netherlands.An England Ladies coarse International trial and assessment day will be held on Saturday 7th April 2012 at Hayfield Fisheries, near Doncaster. All applicants will be […]
England Ladies Coarse International Trial and Assessment Day
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 […]
The Hunt For Peter
The hunt is on to find four young anglers to appear in a new TV tribute series alongside John Bailey. Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing sold millions of copies and the cartoon character was alive in the pages of the Daily Mirror for 25 years. Now he’s back! The series, called ‘In the Footsteps of Mr […]
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 […]
Grampian’s River Initiative
With the salmon fishing season about to commence on all of Grampian’s rivers over the next few weeks, a new initiative has been launched to raise awareness of the potential impact of wildlife crime on the regions waterways. The initiative will see river crime warning and information boards distributed to 9 of the regions major […]
Minister Calls For Action To Protect Our Rivers
Richard Benyon MP (Defra Minister for the Natural Environment & Fisheries) was a guest speaker at a Parliamentary meeting [1] on water policy on Tuesday, 31st January, which was organised by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust. The meeting was attended by a significant number of all-party MPs, who heard the latest from the Government […]
Carp Company On Lookout For Anglers And Outlets
A new Birmingham company is looking for select retailers to stock its range for terminal tackle for carp anglers. Swim Tackle distributes a range of swivels, beads, clips plus clothing and is also looking for carp anglers to help promote their range. Visit www. http://swimtackle.co.uk.
Mark Downes Plans To Expand Sensas Champs
Birmingham based England match team manager Mark Downes is bidding to revitalise team fishing in the UK by expanding his Sensas Challenge series. Mark is looking to create a series of qualifiers fished to World Championships rules and leading to a final which also involvs some of the best teams from France, Italy and Belgium. […]
New Fish Stocks For Packington Somers
Packington Somers Fishery has stocked its lakes with over 2,000 fish across the Meriden complex. With winter the safest time to boost stocks, bosses have split 1,700 F1s to 3lb between Molands, Little Gearys and Willow, and added 300 small barbel to Anniversaries Lake.
