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 […]
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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 […]
Vintage Tackle Fair 2012
The next Vintage Tackle Fair has been booked for Kingsley Sports Centre at Redditch on Sunday May 20th. Run by John Andrews, it sees professional collectors and amateurs alike converge to buy, sell, swap and repair vintage fishing tackle and swap stories. If you want to take tackle along to be valued, Neil Freeman of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Minister to Launch New Report Highlighting Angling’s Social Benefits
A landmark research report to be launched on Tuesday by the Minister for the Natural Environment and Fisheries, Richard Benyon MP, has lifted the lid on the role that angling plays in our communities. The three year research programme by Substance has surveyed and interviewed thousands of anglers and demonstrates the valuable contribution angling makes […]
Anglers Win Battle In 3 Year War For Water Industry Transparency
The Angling Trust’s legal arm Fish Legal has won an important victory in its campaign to make England and Wales’ biggest polluters come clean about what they put into our rivers, lakes and seas, as well as what they pump out. Following a 3 year battle and concerted attempts by water companies to prevent an […]
Wels winter wonderland
The turn of the year took our Rhino Black Cat test anglers Stefan Seuss and his friends to the Ebro in Spain. The group wanted to experience Christmas on the water and to celebrate New Year with fishing rod in hand. Their objective was to outwit catfish in winter and the Ebro is a perfect […]
Big Perch On The Fly
Fishing guide Tom Hammond is all smiles after tempting this belting 4lb perch using fly fishing tactics. The Gloucester based angler heads up the predator fishing trips for guiding service Midlands Fly Fishing and took the big stripey plus several more quality fish at a 100-acre venue they use regularly after spotting a shoal of […]
New Angling Show Comes To The Internet Air Waves
A local community radio station is taking on a new live angling talk show headed up by Old Bury Hill fishery manager and Total-Fishing.com stalwart Russ Evans. Ridge Radio in Surrey is calling the show The Obsessed Angler named after Russ’ angling DVD series which can be viewed on www.Onlinefishing.tv and www.FishingCinemaTV. The Wednesday night […]
Irish Angling Road Show At UK Venues – Win A Holiday
It’s more than a decade since the Irish angling holiday trade staged an angling promotion ….. but we are back for a final bash starting on Monday February 6.Anglers are welcome to “Enjoy a Taste of Ireland” and an angler’s night out with Ireland’s Angling Tourism Experts. We can’t guarantee the weather, but good fishing […]
Garbolino Launch new Academy Dates
Garbolino are once again rewarding anglers who buy one of their MAXIM poles by offering them a free days coaching absolutely free at one of their hugely successful Angling Academy days. Now into its third year Garbolino are delighted with the response, UK boss and England International Darren Cox commented; – “These Academy days are […]
Angling Trades Association Warns Against Illegal Lead Fishing Weights
Anglers are being urged to avoid purchasing lead weights in sizes that are illegal for angling use. The call – made by the Angling Trades Association (ATA) – comes after it conducted research into the sale of lead shot on the internet and in ‘pound shops’. This revealed that some illegal weights are being offered […]
