Elton Murphy

The Return of 'Ratty' Heralds New Dawn for Water Voles Water voles, one of our most endearing and charismatic river inhabitants, have suffered a massive decline since the start of the 20th Century.  However, a ... Full story

Get A Licence Or Get Nabbed Don't forget to renew your rod licence before you go fishing - or instead of catching a whopper, you could end up with a whopping ... Full story

Anglers Propose Peace Talks With Fishermen A way for commercial fishermen and recreational anglers to clear away differences and together help the growth of the Cornish economy was proposed at the ... Full story

CARP CREW 2 Series return to Discovery Real Time - with new presenter Kev Green - and a host of guest experts… Carp fishing is Britain’s most popular ... Full story

Another first from SEYMO - The Expanda Skid Bung Hopkins & Holloway News Release Another first from SEYMO - The Expanda Skid Bung A Skid Bung that will fit any type or make of pole. The ... Full story

Destination Game Hopkins & Holloway News Release A brand new idea from H&H. The Stonefly Destination Bag is the perfect flight bag for the flying game angler. This ... Full story

Level Two National Powerboat Course Sitting in a pub in a marina I'd never visited before, tucking into a tasty roll and sipping a Coke, I'm not sure how the ... Full story

Rapala Legendary Lures It seems to me that books about Rapala lures must be like Rapala lures themselves; once I’d clapped eyes on this book, I just couldn’t ... Full story

Stonefly Nets News Release From Hopkins & Holloway A brand new range of top quality nets designed for H&H by Mick Willis. Beautifully made using the highest quality ... Full story

TT-PULTS - The All New Catapults Hopkins & Holloway News Release The new TT-Pults have taken over two years to develop. Extensive research was done on the new "teat" pouches. We actually ... Full story

New Venue - New Bait When fishing a new venue with a new bait, don't be disheartened if it doesn't catch straight away. Try putting some of the new ... Full story

Protecting Your Rod If you use a quiver to transport rods, instead of the high priced rod protectors, try plumber's foam lagging to protect the rod tops it ... Full story

Alluring Lobworms When fishing with big lob-worms just nip one end of the worm off thus adding flavour and smell to your swim. Carper  ... Full story

Extra Rubber When stick float fishing, always use 3 float rubbers so if one snaps you don't have to tackle up all over again. Carper ... Full story

Showing Consideration When using bite alarms make sure the rod is in place, line tensioned and the swinger/bobbin are set and settled before switching the bite alarm ... Full story

Rake It In I must admit I've only just become confident of this 'age old' advice for tench fishing. But now I rarely go tenching without a rake ... Full story

Hold Back The surface flow fo a river is always faster than the flow near the bottom. So when trotting it's imperative to hold your float ... Full story

Pinkie in the Middle If the fish are up in the water and taking maggots 'on the drop', then don't hook your maggots at the end but nick 'em ... Full story

Don't be Square How many square things do fish see 'naturally'? Very few, I should imagine - so why present them with cubes of meat? For many ... Full story

Twitching For Tench I find Tench, in particular, really respond to a twitching bait. Free-line for them in the margins and move the bait an inch or 2 ... Full story

Casting At Night Use a luminous bead. Charged with a torch and it stays visible for 20 secs - long enough to judge your cast. (Beads are available ... Full story

Buy In Bulk Club up with your mates if need be, but getting your pellet or hemp in 25kg bags is a lot cheaper. Prices can come down ... Full story

Spaghetti Always keep some dry spaghetti in your tackle box - you can use it as a hair stop or as a 'meat' stop. Chris ... Full story

Keeping In Touch - 2 Touch ledgering demands concentration and can be a bit wearying. Use a chair with arms, so you can rest the arm holding the rod. Get ... Full story

Keeping In Touch - 1 Touch ledgering is a proven technique on running water, but I find it equally effective on still waters, especially when bites are finicky. Chris ... Full story

Bubble Wrap A sheet of bubble wrap can improvise as an unhooking mat. Particularly practical for roving sessions. Chris ... Full story

Sit On It! When fishing the bread punch, rather than "steaming and rolling" the slice, place the slice of bread in plastic sandwich bag and sit on it ... Full story

New Boss Cat From Cygnus Marine New Model: BOSS CAT The exciting and versatile new BOSS-CAT designed is now available from CYGNUS MARINE, bringing for the first time a planing catamaran hull ... Full story

What do you do when you go fishing? Anglers are being asked to help in a survey about patterns of angling activity and spending across England and Wales in 2005. The research team ... Full story

Polefloats.com Brand new website launched 14th March 2006 Based in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, right in the heart of the Fermanagh lakeland, the Polefloats.com website was born in ... Full story

MANOR FARM LEISURE Manor Farm Leisure was established in 1991 as a farm diversification project.  It has become a popular holiday venue, providing static caravans on the farm, ... Full story

Re-hydrate In the summer, I've been guilty of not drinking enough fluids when it's hot. It can impair your concentration, so take plenty of (non-alcoholic - ... Full story

Travel Light Roving sessions on the river demand a mobile approach - try and get by with a rod, net and a bait smock stuffed with bait ... Full story

Cheap Flavours Check out your local Supermarket for food flavours (& colouring). It'll save you a few pennies. (I've had success with almond, vanilla, custard powder, parmesan...). ... Full story

Get A Head Torch Head torches are invaluable for preserving your night vision and keeps your hands free. The LED ones are excellent and the batteries seem to last ... Full story

Get Organised! If you're fishing at night - keep it simple. Get in the habit of putting everything you need in the same place whereever you go. ... Full story

Ditch The Bait Dropper It's important to get your hemp in the right place and loose feeding on a fast river is a bit hit and miss. Bait droppers ... Full story

Swivel It! Prevent line twist when trotting by putting a swivel between your hook length and main line. Particularly important if you're fishing double maggot/caster, which spin ... Full story

No Messing With Groundbait This tip will not catch you more fish but will keep your bag clean. Fed up with ground bait bag splitting in your bag? ... Full story

DIY Float Tube Instead of buying expensive float boxes, use an old Pringles tub. You can easily paint them to disguise the fact, but remember to dispose ... Full story

Get Fresh! It is always worth getting bait as fresh as you can when cod fishing. If possible, get it directly from the diggers (or do it ... Full story

Fishing Kayaks from The Family Adventure Store Fisherman Pro 14 This sit-on-top kayak is specially outfitted for serious fishing. Noticeably faster than most fishing kayaks, it also combines below deck dry ... Full story

New Fishing Kayaks for 2006 Heritage Kayaks designed it's new Red Fish model for… you guessed it, redfishing. Of course, the trout, snook and stripers won’t know the difference. ... Full story

Recent Cancellation - Fish Canada! Available on a first come first served basis are 4 rods to fish the Lower Humber River, Newfoundland Canada August 4th to 11th 2006. Complete ... Full story

New Home For Cape Cod Charter Fishing Fleet Allen Harbor Marine Service is the new home of the premiere charter fishing fleet on Cape Cod. Allen Harbor Marine is a boat dealer for Pursuit, ... Full story

Angling & Shooting Safe With Labour Anonymous critics accused of ‘mischief making’ Labour’s Parliamentary Spokesman for Angling and Shooting, Martin Salter MP has moved to reassure Britain’s 4 million anglers and ... Full story

CHALKSTREAM OPEN DAY Fishing Breaks, the leading letting agents in southern England, with over 35 miles of river, are hosting an Open Day on Sunday, April 23rd. Usually the ... Full story

Wellsfield Trout Fishery Weekly Report for Week Ending: 12/3/06 The fishery is now open till 6pm 7 days a week. The numbers of trout stocked is still increasing for the start of the new ... Full story

Save the fish to save your trade National Federation Of Sea Anglers News Release Angling businesses told:  Save the fish to save your trade Seaside tackle shops and hundreds of businesses serving sea angling ... Full story

Ebro Valley Angling Join the experts on the Ebro River for a holiday of a lifetime News Release:Thinking of a fishing holiday this year Then look no further. The ... Full story

EU WILL NOT INTRODUCE LEAD BAN The EU has confirmed they will not introduce a lead ban following findings in a study on the advantages and drawbacks of lead used in ... Full story

British Pike Squad Team Selection Final Pike Fish For Britain • British Pike Squad Team Selection Final A limited number of places are available for this years British Pike Squad Team selection ... Full story

Introducing…The Little Guy! News Release A unique lightweight camper trailer designed for the small car, van, classic, sports or 4x4. Finally!  There is a lightweight, compact size trailer for simple ... Full story

LOST YOUR LUST FOR LIFE? TAKE A CHALLENGE, TRY TREKKING THE INCA TRAIL  Ever wanted to travel further than the local shops? Ever had the desire to push yourself to ... Full story

Roy Randolph is Honored as Ray Scott the Icon Joins FishingPixels.Com News From The USA Ray Scott Founder of B.A.S.S. knows talent when he sees it as well as the advantage of pixel advertisement, Ray Scott signs ... Full story

Scottish Anglers Snubbed Sea Anglers’ Conservation Network (Scotland) Despite recent assurances from the Scottish Executive that Scotland’s Recreational Sea Anglers are regarded as important stakeholders in the management of ... Full story

FUN IS WHERE THE FISH ARE! Connoisseur backs Environment Agency campaign with boating breaks Top fishing destinations the Norfolk Broads, Scotland and Ireland look set for a boost as the Environment Agency ... Full story

ANOTHER FISHING YEAR - JOHN WILSON JOHN WILSONANOTHER FISHING YEAR PUBLISHED BY GREEN UMBRELLAPublication date: Wednesday 1st March 2006.RRP: £16.99, Hardback, ISBN: 1-905009-37-2 Like the great white shark and the fresh water ... Full story

WD-40 NO-MESS PEN - THE FISHERMAN’S FRIEND Keen fishermen and anglers know how annoying the damaging effects of sunlight, water and silt can be on their tackle. Rust, unwanted grime, sticks and ... Full story

Free Competition - Win These Lures We all like to get stuff for free....well now's your chance to win these TackleBargains lures! The competition is simple and easy (any puns about the ... Full story

Supermarkets begin to tackle the issue of sourcing sustainable fish The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has compiled a “Sustainable Seafood Supermarket League Table”, based on the performance of the ten main UK supermarkets against various ... Full story