UK Saltwater Fly Fishing FestivalThursday, September 24th to Sunday, September 27th 2015, St Mawes Cornwall The event will be held from 24th to 27th September. It’s based and hosted around the historic fishing harbour of St Mawes, although the fishing will include almost the whole of the Cornwall coastline, from Port Isaac in the North […]

  Fantastic start to the new season at Rutland Water Sunshine and smiles on Friday 13th as anglers enjoy a rod average of 5.88 John’s giant Ravensthorpe Rainbow weighs in at 11lb 8oz John Archer takes best Rainbow of the week at Ravensthorpe Anglian Water Airflo International Don’t miss out on this great 6 man […]

Peter Bass looks delighted with this superb 12lb 13oz rainbow trout, the biggest of the season so far from Anglian Water’s Ravensthorpe Reservoir.  The fish took a Pitsford Pea pattern and is a personal best.   Also this week, Newcastle angler Gary Munro made the drive to Ravensthorpe worthwhile with a 9lb 4oz rainbow trout, […]

Superb start to the new season with Anglian Water • Richard’s 12lb 10oz Rainbow at RavensthorpeRichard Cooper lands best fish of Opening Weekend. • Great start to the new season at Pitsford – especially if your name is Gavin!Eleven year old Gavin Ferni catches his first ever trout.Gavin Layton lands eight fish for 17lb • […]

Week ending 15 February 201 Countdown to the new season Opening dates for Anglian Water’s ‘big four’   Ravensthorpe               27 February Pitsford Water            28 February Grafham Water                 6 March Rutland Water                13 March Open House at Pitsford Water Saturday 21 February Come and meet Anglian Water’s Fisheries team from 10am […]

The killing of wild salmon could require a licence, subject to a public consultation, environment minister Aileen McLeod said today. The consultation will seek views on conservation measures which would seek to ban the killing of wild salmon except under licence, along with an accompanying carcass tagging scheme to ensure compliance. The kill licence would […]

David Hall Publishing regret to announce that Total FlyFisher editor, Steve Cullen is leaving the title to take up a position with Leeda. Joining the title as an editorial assistant in 2005, Steve became editor in 2007 and moulded the magazine to become the most influential in the UK game fishing sector. Following his own […]

The fish farming industry has received a blow after the principle of time-limited planning permissions for marine salmon farms was affirmed by the Scottish Government. The Scottish Government’s Directorate for Planning and Environmental Appeals refused an appeal by the Scottish Salmon Company to remove a 10 year time restriction on its salmon farm at Sgeir […]

The Angling Trust is delighted to announce that Clark Colman has been appointed the new manager of England Youth Fly Fishing and will take up the role with immediate effect. Originally from Cumbria but now living in Nottinghamshire, Clark has 25 years of angling experience and is a current member of the Solider Palmers loch […]

Pic: Roy Taylor of Oakham is a happy camper after tempting this 9lb 10oz rainbow trout from Rutland Water on a dry fly.   Rutland Water 01780 686441; Grafham Water 01480 810531; Pitsford, Ravensthorpe & Hollowell 01604 781350, Taverham Mills Fishery 01603 861014; Alton Water 01473 589105 Recreation Dept Anglian Water 01572 653021   Rutland Water […]

 Our fishing lodges are open 8am to 2pm in November, seven days a week.     Rutland Water 01780 686441; Grafham Water 01480 810531; Pitsford, Ravensthorpe & Hollowell 01604 781350, Taverham Mills Fishery 01603 861014; Alton Water 01473 589105 Recreation Dept Anglian Water 01572 653021 Rutland Water Fish week 302 (season 40,018) Returns 178 (9,850) […]

Week ending 2 November 2014   It’s that time of year Anglian Water Fur & Feathers are here! Ravensthorpe Fur & Feather a huge success last weekend – won by Richard Slater weighing in at 19lb 12oz Pitsford Water (boat)         9 November Grafham Water (bank)      30 November Rutland Water (bank)         7 December   […]

Pic: Fishermen netting Atlantic salmon in the River Ason (N. Spain) c.. 1930’s  Pre-historic hunters didn’t need to tell the story about the one that got away —the fish they caught really were whoppers, according to a new study carried out by scientists from Swansea and Spain.Swansea University Professor Carlos Garcia de Leaniz joined his […]

Following the decision by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) that it will end all salmon and sea trout stocking into rivers in Wales and will close all but one hatchery at Cynrig, Fish Legal has called on NRW to develop a robust and concerted action plan to tackle the longstanding problems causing wild fish decline. Greater […]

  Roy Bartrum and Adi Naylor win the George Moore Memorial Trophy at Rutland Water This is the final Rudder match in 2014 Series – congratulations to Steve Crowder and Dave Porter who claim the overall crown Popular Fur and Feather Matches Ravensthorpe (boat) 2 November Pitsford Water (boat) 9 November Grafham Water (bank) 30 […]