While the country prepared to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee the Angling Trust celebrated a rare event in the fishing world, the opening of a new tackle shop. Angling Trust National Campaigns Coordinator Martin Salter joined Charles Jardine, the legendary fly angler and Pallatrax baits boss Simon Pomeroy for the opening of the Newbury fishing […]
Angling Trust Welcomes New Fishing Superstore Opening in Newbury
2012 England Youth Fly Fishing National Qualifier
Twenty five young anglers took part in the 2012 England Youth National held at Pitsford Water on Monday 4th June. Conditions were good with a light easterly breeze giving the water a slight ripple, perfect for buzzer fishing. Six boats started in the ‘small half’ close to the boat pontoon and it was Fen Oakley […]
Pitsford Water In Sizzling Form
Latest News and Information from week ending 3 June 2012 •Grafham Water hosts Midlands heat of Anglian Water Airflo International11 teams battle for a place in the Midlands Final •Fantastic rod average of 5.0 at Pitsford Water Pitsford WaterFish week 641 (Season 7,196) Returns 128 (1,790) Rod average 5.0(4.02)Pitsford Water continues to fish well with […]
Tony Miles Launches Barbel E-Book
Top Midland big fish specialist and prolific author Tony Miles has launched his first ever e-book. The first of what will be a series is called Top Tactics For Big Barbel and costs just £2.85, featuring a picture of a 17lb 2oz Great Ouse fish on the cover To buy the book visit: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0086686OW/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk
Harrell To Speak At Rivers Conference
Midlands river ace Dave Harrell will be among the speakers at a special conference about the future and management of river coarse fish stocks organised by The Angling Trust and being held at Barston Lakes, Solihill, this Saturday. Dave said: “As a passionate river angler of many years standing myself I would urge anyone who […]
Barston Matches
Barston Lakes is hosting a charity match in September with the proceeds going to cancer research and the Birmingham based Acorn’s Trust, which is a network of care for life limited and life threatened children and young people, and their families, across the heart of England. Run by Gary Kirkham, the 16th September event will […]
Mallory Park Marukyu Festival
Marukyu Festival Sat/Sun 26/27th May 2012 (2nd 2-Day Event) With The Glebe fish population having only recently spawned it was going to be a bit of the unknown regarding how good or bad the fishing would be over the weekend. All of the competitors received a goodie bag from Marukyu and the bait was […]
Black Cat wins the World Catfish Classics
The Black Cat Team debuted this year at the Catfish Classics in Spain and immediately managed to win the team competition. The team was split into three squads of each two anglers and one support person: Team 1 with Ingo Kuprian, Uwe Barthel and Stefan Seuß; Team 2 with Alexander Kunert, Thomas Grabitz and Riccardo […]
National Fishing Month Provides Hope For Troubled Teens
As a full time angling coach, Professional Anglers’ Association Director Martin Porter considers himself to be a very lucky man. He has turned a lifetime hobby into a career by teaching troubled young people to fish. But his work is much more complicated than that. In fact, it’s as complex as the young people themselves […]
Anger Over Approval Of River Thames Turbine Scheme At Abingdon
The Angling Trust has reacted angrily to the news that the Environment Agency has approved a controversial application for a hydropower development on the River Thames at Abingdon without any meaningful protection for fish and fishing. The development will involve three Archimedes screw turbines being installed into a mill stream, which will use most of […]
Angling Trust Challenges Farmers Union Over River Quality Claims
The Angling Trust and the Salmon & Trout Association have written to the Director General of the National Farmers Union (NFU) demanding a retraction of the NFU’s false claims in its “Farming Delivers for Britain” campaign that 73% of rivers are in good condition and that agriculture is responsible for reductions in gross pollution since […]
Stranded River Severn Bream And Carp Rescued
Environment Agency officers had to act quickly to save hundreds of fish that became stranded in fields bordering the River Severn after flooding. The river at Upton-on-Severn burst its banks, flooding a large area known at Ham Meadows. When the water subsided hundreds of spawning bream and some very large carp estimated at up to […]
Big Moorlands Match Eel But Win Proves Slippery
Stourbridge angler Dave Gough had a shock in Sunday’s match at Moorlands Farm, when the ‘carp’ he was playing on the pole turned out to be a huge 6lb 4oz eel! Dave was fishing luncheon meat at four metres in the afternoon match on Meadow Pool peg 37; and the Kidderminster fishery has confirmed that […]
Anglers Flock To Vintage Tackle Fair
John Andrews is planning another Vintage Tackle Fair in November after his May event in Redditch proved a big success. Among the highlights picked out at the fair was a photo album belonging to John Essex containing dozens of black and white originals prints that had been used in Midland Angler in the 1950s.John said: […]
Andy Geldart joins the final Fish O Mania 16
Barnsley Blacks angler Andy Geldart was the 9th angler to qualify for the Fish O Mania final to be held on the 14th July at Cudmore Fisheries in Staffordshire. 130 anglers fished the qualifier at Oaks Fishery, Sessay, North Yorkshire on Saturday 2th May. GFollowing all the recent heavy rains and the flooded fields after […]
