David Hall, founder and chairman of David Hall Publishing, has passed away. David died peacefully in his sleep after a short spell in hospital. He was diagnosed with cancer almost two years ago and had spent the past 12 months at home being cared for by his wife, Cherry. Throughout that period, David continued to take […]

The Angling Trust is delighted to announce that former Head of the police’s National Wildlife Crime Unit, Nevin Hunter, has become an Angling Trust Key Volunteer in its Enforcement Team. In this role Nevin will continue to support the Angling Trust’s multi-agency approach to fisheries enforcement and its encouragement of partnership working and intelligence-sharing, in […]

Italian angler Dino Ferrari was testing for tackle brand Sportex when he latched into this huge wels catfish on the River Po. The mighty fish measured 2.71 metres and weighed in at 127kg (279.9lb). The official world catfish record according the IGFA is a fish of 134.9kg (297lb 9oz) caught from the River Po in […]

Bill Chillingworth passed away last Monday after a long illness. Bill was one of the predator fishing greats, catching over 400 pike of 20lb plus from his beloved Fens. Keith Armishaw met with Bill a little over a year ago and as a tribute, Angling Heritage have released a recording of the interview on the website […]

Mike Heylin OBE was at Buckingham Palace recently to collect his award from HRH The Prince of Wales. He was made OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List last year. Accompanied by his wife, Eileen, son Alex and daughter Jenny, they enjoyed a day out in the cold and wet of a wintery London. Michael’s […]

According to new research released today the top excuse people get caught out on when having an affair is ‘I’m going fishing’, followed quickly by ‘going to the library’ and ‘going to play darts’. 2,000 Illicit Encounters members were asked what the worst excuse was their spouse gave them when sneaking off with their lovers […]

Fish Legal has sent Natural Resources Wales (NRW) a ‘letter before action’ for failing to protect the rare Arctic char in Llyn Padarn, North Wales. The letter sets out significant problems with the regulator’s decision that Dŵr Cymru / Welsh Water, and the nearby Dinorwig Power Station operated by First Hydro, should not be held […]

You may not know much about Angling Heritage, and you can be forgiven for that. But it’s a worthy operation exists to preserve written, oral and photographic history of anglers, and anyone can join. Angling Heritage is a not-for-profit trust, founded in 2009 in memory of Fred J. Taylor, MBE.  The foundation of the Trust […]

Natural England’s decision yesterday to allow illegally-released beavers to remain in the wild for another 5 years could cause flooding and block the migration of struggling fish populations up and down rivers, experts claim.   It reverses a clear commitment by the Secretary of State for the Environment last year to capture the animals which […]

The Angling Trust has given a warm welcome to this week’s climbdown by the Government which means that fracking will no longer be permitted in National Parks or in water sensitive areas covered by SSSI’s or other special protections.The fracking companies will also be forced to carry out environmental impact studies before any permission can […]

The Angling Trust is delighted to launch a new ‘Fishery Improvement Fund’. The funding comes from the Environment Agency from some of the proceeds of rod licence sales. The £65,000 Fund will make awards of up to £5,000 to eligible organisations for buying equipment, to make habitat improvements or for projects that get people fishing […]

The National Crucian Carp Project has this week launched a new information video aimed at encouraging angling and fishery interests to embrace crucian conservation and draw up plans for more crucian waters in their areas. The video is also part of a new episode of the Fishing Britain series produced by the YouTube channel FieldsportsChannel.tv […]

ANGLER’S MAIL magazine has been catching up with angling’s super veterans for the latest issue, packed full of top stuff for this new year. Find out which fishing clubs the Mail’s Where to Fish respected regional experts reckon you should join in 2015. And learn exactly what the Environment Agency is going to be doing […]

Ken Aske has retired from the position of Vice President of the Birmingham Anglers Association and from all further involvement with the Association. The Aske family has a long tradition of involvement with the BAA and Ken himself has participated in one form or another for over 30 years. Ken’s father served on the BAA […]

The BBC is breaking with apparent tradition by preparing to launch a brand new fishing show, thought to be called The Big Fish*. Programme planners at the British Broadcasting Corporation are thought to have been very much against angling for many years. However, in the planned series UK anglers will be challenged to test their skills in […]