Elton Murphy

Pentax introduces the Optio W30 With enhanced waterproof functionality enabling use for photography and videos at depths of 3 metresPentax today launches the Optio W30, the latest addition to its ... Full story

Alien fish invades Kent fishery Environment Agency Fisheries Officers this week uncovered a rogue catfish whilst doing a fisheries survey in Canterbury, Kent.Catfish are non-native to the UK but are ... Full story

River Thet chemical pollution prosecution A chemical company has been fined £8000 and ordered to pay full costs of £6048 for polluting a tributary of the River Thet at Attleborough.Albion ... Full story

Yorkshire Water river pollution prosecution Yorkshire Water has been fined £3,000 by Rotherham magistrates for polluting the River Rother.The company, of Halifax Road, Bradford admitted breaching its permit to discharge ... Full story

Norfolk pollution fish kill prosecution Abattoir waste liquid ended up in Watton Brook near Saham Toney, Norfolk costing Bowes of Norfolk Ltd a £7,500 fine and £5,888 total costs including ... Full story

WELSH PESTICIDE POLLUTION PROSECUTION A Ceredigion farmer must pay over £1,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to polluting a major tributary of the Afon Teifi with the ... Full story

HOT News from the IGFA - February 2007 By Pete Johnson, Johnson Communications – IGFA PR Counsel IGFA expands education for Junior Anglers           The IGFA is expanding its Junior Angler Program with more fun and educational fishing ... Full story

Anglers’ views on improving river water quality needed The Environment Agency has kicked off the first consultation of a programme to identify what needs to be done to protect and improve rivers, lakes ... Full story

How Environment Agency work helps biodiversity: A 5-year report Licence checks that protect internationally important wildlife sites during the past five years – 250,000.Endangered freshwater pearl mussels successfully hatched in captivity – 70,000.Hectares of ... Full story

Good farming, Better Environment Report launched by Environment Agency and NFUA joint report launched by the Environment Agency and the NFU gives a summary of the current state of ... Full story

Angling Travel Mahseer Offer Angling Travel have an early booking discount for their next renowned mahseer fishing trip, January 5-15, 2008. Angler Jason Rodd landed an extraordinary 85 pound ... Full story

Carp specialist joins Hardy and Greys Hardy and Greys has landed one of the biggest names in carp fishing.Nick Helleur has joined the world-renowned fishing company as a carp consultant.A self-confessed ... Full story

Angler lands hefty fine for fishing without a licence An angler was today ordered to pay £445 in fines and costs after he was caught fishing at a Bristol lakes complex without a rod ... Full story

TF Gear (TFG) Force 8 Bite Alarm Set - Save £50 The Total Fishing Gear range of tackle from Matt Hayes has got to be one of the angling success stories of the 21st century! It ... Full story

LEE VALLEY ANGLER LANDS A “PHENOMENAL” WHOPPER A regular and seasoned angler at Lee Valley Regional Park has made one of the biggest Chub catches on record in the UK.Known as ‘Bridge’ ... Full story

REELING IN YOUNG ANGLERS Aspiring young anglers throughout South Cumbria now have a great new opportunity to take up the sport thanks to the launch of an ambitious new ... Full story

SCA CHIEF HOSTS WILDLIFE PROTECTION LAUNCH THE Tayside launch of a major wildlife protection programme will be hosted by Tony Andrews, the chief executive of the Scottish Countryside Alliance, tomorrow (Friday ... Full story

Illegal netsman caught in Environment Agency patrol A Dorset fisherman was today ordered to pay £2,000 in fines and costs after being caught using a net to illegally catch sea trout and ... Full story

Corus Fish Movement A rescue operation has cleared thousands of fish and a small colony of birds from the main reservoir at the Corus Rail site in Workington.The ... Full story

Serial offender banned from the riverbank An illegal angler has been banned from fishing for two and a half years. Mr Khan Marshall, 21, of Temple Dene Avenue, Staines, appeared before ... Full story

NEW PREMIUM HEADLAMP FROM SILVA New top LX model with 5 watts of LED powerSilva has added a new model to its acclaimed L-series of headlamps.  The LX is the ... Full story

Hardy and Greys goes mainstream with new coarse marketing manager Hardy and Greys started 2007 by announcing its intention to move into the mainstream coarse market.As a major part of this, the Northumbrian-based company has ... Full story

Anglers Descend On The Banffshire Coast For The Catch Of The Day Next week (11th February) sees the start of the ever popular salmon fishing season on the River Deveron. Anglers from all over the world will ... Full story

REVOLUTIONARY NEW ROD PROTECTS THE ENVIRONMENT IT LOVES Carrots are about to give fishing enthusiasts across the UK a revolutionary new range of rods that deliver advanced performance levels for strength, stiffness, weight ... Full story

A new 'countryside' map of UK seas News release issued by Natural England on behalf of the UKSeaMap projectSurveying our seas is difficult. This means we know far less about it than ... Full story

Hardy and Greys unveil great new product ranges at two March shows Visitors to this year’s Spring Fly Show in Newark and the Carpin’ on Carp Show in Essex will be first to see the great new ... Full story

To tax or not to tax – a guide to trading online {Editor's Note: Although not related to angling, I felt that the following news release by HMRC may be of interest to many here. The fishing ... Full story

5 Free Competitions Added - Get Clicking! We've been busy today, adding no fewer than FIVE free competitions to the site! Prizes include hooks, floats, binoculars, sunglasses, lures and more!These competitions are ... Full story

Environment Agency helps out the little brown trout The Environment Agency has released 1,000 brown trout young fish into the Horsenden Stream, near Chinnor Buckinghamshire.  The young trout, known as fingerlings, were put ... Full story

Make it a Catch with Aston Hotel Dumfries Rich in rivers, lochs and reservoirs and the beautiful Solway coast just a stone’s throw away means Dumfries & Galloway is the ideal place for ... Full story

£1920 Raised for Macmillan Cancer Support Horton Church Lake, 22 Anglers Each Day - £1920 Raised for Macmillan Cancer Support Thanks to ... Full story

Environment Agency orders a fill it with fish and small fry, to go The Environment Agency is restocking an Oxford lake with more than 2,300 fish today. A further 2,600 fish, including chub, tench and dace, will also be ... Full story

Restocking sets Slough stream on the road to recovery An environmentally sensitive Slough stream hit by a pollution incident last October, killing 10,000 fish, was put firmly back on the road to recovery yesterday ... Full story