Midlands match tackle giant Preston Innovations has won a two-year legal battle with Ultimate Angling Limited over copying some of its range. A judge found that Ultimate Angling had copied critical features of the Off Box range of seat box accessories. The verdict has led to an outright ban on sales of Ultimate’s existing Twist […]
Court Victory For Preston Innovations In Ultimate Angling Patent Battle
Great Skimmer Catch At Stoke Works
The Browning-sponsored West Midlands Pairs match on the Birmingham-Worcester Canal at Stoke Works produced an eye-catching bag of fish with winner Paul Bick bagging 15 skimmers on pole and maggot from down the track, opposite the Boat And Railway Pub. Paul and his Shakespeare Superteam partner Rob Quinn were top pairing.
Phil’s Silver Lining At Makins
The saying ‘horses for courses’ certainly applies to Phil Hull, who comes into his own when the temperature plummets. Phil has won the last two opens at Makins Fishery, breaking the ice both times to record easy wins with 15-12-0 (Lake Four) and 23-14-0 (Lake Five), the latter catch including some big perch and hybrids […]
Weather Swings A Threat To Salmon
New data show that salmon are again in decline because of the dual effects of a prolonged drought in 2011 followed by extreme flooding last year. Scientists from the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (1) who have been monitoring Atlantic salmon populations on the River Frome for the past 40 years, have revealed that following […]
Angling Trust FIPSed Veterans, Disabled and Ladies’ Team Trials
The Angling Trust is looking for talented anglers to compete in trials and assessments to help select squads for the 2013 FIPSed World Angling Championships for the Veterans, Disabled and Ladies’ teams. The England selectors will be looking for anglers who can demonstrate their ability to fish at international level.Hayfield Lakes in South Yorkshire will […]
Records Set To tumble At Europe’s Biggest Beach Angling Event
The record breaking European Open Beach Championship, Europe’s largest beach angling festival, is well on course to smash yet more milestones with the confirmation of the historic £35,000 prize fund which has seen a huge surge in entries for this year’s 20th anniversary competition. And Fishing TV will be there to film it. Bookings are […]
Catch ‘The Big One’ at Hooked Live at Citywest this February 2nd & 3rd
Hooked Live! returns to Citywest, Dublin for its fourth successful year on 2nd and 3rd of February with an impressive line up of TV celebrities, angling talent, demonstrations, tackle stands and exhibitors. Never before has there been such a wealth of International and home grown angling talent at an angling show in Ireland. Experts at the […]
Severn Barrage could be “devastating”
A Proposal to build a barrage across the Severn Estuary could be ‘absolutely devastating’, MPs have heard.The Angling Trust, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) and RSPB told the House of Commons Energy & Climate Committee they all supported tidal energy development in the Severn, but that the current proposal lacks detail and claims that it […]
Kevin Nash Book Wows Total Carp Editor
The long awaited memoirs of carp fishing legend Kevin Nash have recently hit the shelves –and are already proving popular among punters in the UK and beyond. Total Carp magazine Editor, Marc Coulson was one of the first people to get his hands on it, and explained: “Kevin is quite simply a living legend within […]
Nash names ‘Mossy’ carp
Still on the subject of Nashy, Kevin has named one of the new fish stocked into his Church Lake ‘Mossy’, as a tribute to keen carp angler, David Moss, who was just 16 when found dead at Moreton Fisheries in Lancashire after suffering what is thought to be a massive heart attack. His tragic death […]
Hardy & Greys Ltd announce Ed Betteridge as new Carp Marketing Manager
Well known angler and current Greys & Chub Carp Academy Manager, Ed Betteridge, has been announced as Carp Marketing Manager in light of Andy Charlton stepping down from the position. Ed has been a consultant for Greys & Chub for three years and has taken on an increasing work load in that time. He is […]
Spooky Jerk on course for success
For years, the Quantum Specialist range has included first-class Yuwaku wobblers but a genuine jerkbait has been missing. So the developers were happy to finally satisfy the demands of the test anglers. Principal test anglers for specimen pike, Frederik Harbort and Lars Vormelker, had always been particularly vociferous in demanding such a lure. The Spooky […]
Rhino Baitholders stir up the trolling lure market
In the Rhino Baitholders, there is now a natural bait trolling system on the market that proved an instant hit. The range comprises natural bait heads in two sizes and ten colours. The fit is based upon real fish! It is the combination of accuracy and alluring bait action that makes this system so exceptionally […]
Big perch procession
At the start of December, Quantum Specialist team angler Fredrik Harbort and his fishing partner Sascha Cervenjak enjoyed a perch session that could not have been much more successful. In just three short afternoon sessions at a marina in northern Germany, the pair landed more big perch than they ever would have thought possible in […]
‘Chalkstream Charter’ to follow Hampshire Summit
Over 100 of the top figures in English fly-fishing packed into a special summit called to discuss the plight of our chalkstreams at the Grosvenor Hotel in Stockbridge this week.Of these unique rivers, 85% are situated in England and most of these are in the South with the most famous being the Test, Itchen and […]
