Tag: Latest Fishing News

Take A Friend Fishing

The TAKE A FRIEND FISHING promotion is back to encourage thousands of parents, grandparents and friends to take the time over the Easter break to give family members and friends  the chance to have a go at fishing. Particularly if there’s nothing they want to watch on the TV and they have an extra few […]

Angling Trust To Fight Spread Of Beavers Into England

Angling bosses are courting controversy by bidding to stop the spread of beavers from Scotland into England. The Angling Trust has today written to Fisheries and Natural Environment Minister Richard Benyon urging him to authorise the trapping and lethal control of beavers following the alleged failure of the Scottish government to contain populations within a […]

Angling Trust Tells MPs to Get Tough on Poachers

Once again the Angling Trust took anglers’ concerns to the heart of parliament when the Environmental Audit Select Committee invited Mark Lloyd and Martin Salter, along with the RSPCA, RSPB and the National Gamekeepers’ Association, to give evidence in the House of Commons on Wednesday (March 7) to its inquiry into Wildlife Crime. The Angling […]

Brit Wins Top Bill Fish Award

U.K. angler among TBF’s world’s top billfish tag & release anglers and captainsThe Billfish Foundation awards 46 in 22nd year of scientific research program MIAMI, Fla., USA — Every time they fish on three oceans, anglers and captains – including a Scottish angler — are helping scientific research. They are among 46 winners from around […]

Antrim angler named Rural Hero at UK & Ireland Awards

Michael Patrick Martin of Mallusk, Co Antrim, who runs the Six Mile Water Trust, has been named “Rural Hero” at the prestigious Countryside Alliance Awards finals in London. Michael attended the Awards’ finals at Parliament on Wednesday 7th March and was delighted to receive a plaque and certificate from Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon MP and […]

Angling Trust Boss Scores PB River Pike

Angling Trust chief executive Mark Lloyd is celebrating landing his personal best freshwater fish, a river pike of 22lb 13oz from the River Wye. Mark spent a cold day pike fishing on the middle reaches of the Wye accompanied by Wye and Usk Foundation Deputy Director Simon Evans and was rewarded with a hard fighting […]

Angling Trust Attend ‘The Big One’

The Angling Trust will be out in force at the UK’s biggest tackle show over the weekend of 10th – 11th March at ‘The Big One’ at Farnborough Airport with a fully staffed stall packed with activities on both days – see list below. Angling Trust staff and volunteers will also be collecting signatures for […]

Cormorant Campaign Goes To Parliament

Angling Trust and Salmon & Trout Association campaigners were joined by celebrities Chris Tarrant and Feargal Sharkey when they presented a 16,000 signature petition organised by the Avon Roach project to Richard Benyon MP on Wednesday (22nd Feb). The petition called for action to limit the devastating impact of the UK’s rapidly increasing cormorant population […]

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 […]