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EFTTA RELEASES EIGHT NEW LINE TEST RESULTS Eight new monofilament lines have been tested for the accuracy of their diameters and breaking strengths by EFTTA, the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association.Twice a ... Full story

Water Company Pays Lancashire Angling Club £30,000 ACA News ReleaseUnited Utilities has agreed to pay the Rochdale & District Angling Society (RDAS) £30,000 in compensation after causing a series of flooding incidents ... Full story

Matt Hayes TFG The Gear Boilies When you're fishing for big carp, you need faith in your bait. Often, you want a bait that has been tried and tested and that ... Full story

IGFA partners with Florida Keys Outfitters to produce Inshore World Championship ISLAMORADA, Fla. USA  -- Hailed for nearly a decade as the “Super Bowl” of fly and light-tackle inshore fishing, the International Game Fish Association’s Inshore ... Full story

EFTTA WELCOMES DECISION OVER CONTROVERSIAL UK SEA LICENCE SCHEME The European Fishing Tackle Trade Association (EFTTA) has welcomed the decision by UK Fisheries Minister, Jonathan Shaw, to scrap proposals for a national sea angling ... Full story

Fined For Turning River Orange Environment Agency News Release- Pollution Was Avoidable -A mineral extraction company and its director have been fined for allowing a high level of sediment to ... Full story

Water Abstraction Reporting Changes Will ‘Streamline System’ New rules for recording and reporting how much water is taken from rivers or underground sources by water companies and other abstractors will help better ... Full story

Anglers To Land £1000 Prize In Celeb-Backed Charity Contest Anglers can reel in £1000 by taking part in a cancer charity fishing contest. Macmillan Cancer Support hope to raise over £30,000 from their Big ... Full story

Namsen Anglers Renew Their Hardy Bonds Twenty Norwegian fishery owners and managers visited Hardy & Greys Ltd headquarters at Alnwick, Northumberland this month as part of a fact finding study into ... Full story

SALMON & TROUT ASSOCIATION GAINS CHARITABLE STATUS First angling lobbying organisation to become a charity The Charity Commissioners have now confirmed S&TA’s application to become a charity and, by so doing, acknowledge that ... Full story

Angler's Mail - 25th March, 2008 IT’S FINALLY revealed... the true story of respected fishery boss Ken Crow’s 4 lb 13 oz ROACH! Read the full story only in Angler’s Mail ... Full story

Kayak Fishing Match Announced Some members of the Whitby fishing forum have decided to organise a kayak fishing match within next summers Scarborough Angling Festival. The festival has traditionally ... Full story

PAC LAUNCHES SAVE THE BROADS CAMPAIGN Anglers have launched a campaign to save some of Britain's most historic pike fisheries, after it was revealed they are under threat from plans to ... Full story

Shaun's Hooked On Fishing New fisherman Shaun Nelson celebrated his catch at Fox Hills Pond in Birmingham. Shaun caught the 17 lb Carp in February.Fourteen year old Shaun is ... Full story

Wensum Barbel Spawning Sites Environment Agency Add New Gravel SpotsAnother step has been taken to secure a sustainable breeding population of barbel in Norfolk’s River Wensum with the creation ... Full story

Ayrshire Fishing Club Claims £16,000 From Polluting Farmer ACA News ReleaseAn Ayrshire fishing club has sent a formal letter of claim to a farmer near Darvel in Ayrshire following the release of slurry ... Full story

Byelaw Review On Close Season Fishing In The Broads Authority Area Environment Agency News ReleaseThe Broads is a very special area and has National Park status with some areas also designated as Sites of Special Scientific ... Full story

Rogue Elver Fisherman Banned For Three Years Environment Agency News ReleaseA Bridgwater man was today (March 19, 2008) banned from fishing for elvers for three years for blatantly disregarding local byelaws in ... Full story

Three Men Pay Almost £6,000 For Illegal Netting Environment Agency News ReleaseThree Pembrokeshire men are to pay a total of almost £6,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty yesterday (12 March, 2008) ... Full story

Chub Promote Academy Manager Jason Green has been promoted from academy member to manager of the Chub Carp Academy.An avid all round carp angler, Jason first started Carp fishing ... Full story

Wales Carp Masters 2008 Following the success of last years ground breaking event, we are delighted to announce the launch of the 2008 Wales Carp Masters. The grand final ... Full story

A New Angle In Teaching Kids To Fish Angling For Youth Development are looking for anglers and assistants to join their instructional teams. Following a successful pilot project in East Perthshire plans are ... Full story

SALTER SUPPORTS SHAW OVER SEA ANGLING LICENCE Labour’s Angling Spokesman Martin Salter MP has backed Fisheries Minister Jonathan Shaw in his decision not to proceed with a sea angling rod licence at ... Full story

Norwegians Learn From The Best Of British Salmon Rivers Environment Agency News ReleaseVisitors from one of Norway’s top salmon rivers have been exploring the north east England and the Scottish borders to learn why ... Full story

Government abandons sea angling licences NFSA News ReleaseThe government today abandoned its current plans to impose fishing licences on a million sea anglers in Britain. The move follows several years ... Full story

No Sea Angling Licence SACN News ReleaseSACN welcomes yesterday’s statement by Jonathan Shaw MP, the Fisheries Minister, that he will not be introducing a Sea Angling Licence.At the recent ... Full story

BASS Welcomes ‘No Licence’ Decision BASS News ReleaseCommenting upon yesterday’s statement by Jonathan Shaw MP, the Fisheries Minister, that proposals to introduce a sea angling licence are to be dropped, ... Full story

Angler's Mail - 18th March, 2008 THIS week’s ANGLER’S MAIL magazine features an unmissable biggest-ever Where to Fish section to help you this Easter. It also includes a 2-FOR-1 DAY TICKET ... Full story

Anglers Battering The Fish Heads Of Europe After ten years of stubbornly refusing recreational sea anglers any say in managing fisheries, the European Council has given up and agreed that the €10 ... Full story

Amazing Glasses Offer – One Week Only If you've ever searched the internet for prescription fishing glasses, the the chances are that you'll have stumbled across Spex-4-Less at some point. They've been ... Full story

Don’t Be An Angling April Fool – Remember Your Rod Licence Although the coarse fishing on rivers closed season started on March 15, there are still plenty of canals, stillwaters and fisheries where anglers can try ... Full story

Recreational Sea Angling Strategy - Your Input Needed Members of the Sea Anglers Conservation Network (SACN) recently received the email below regarding the Recreational Sea Angling Strategy Consultation being undertaken by DEFRA. As ... Full story

Environment Agency Calls In Chips4Fish Chips4Fish recently found themselves at Peterstone Coarse Fishery near Newport, South Wales at the invitation of the local Environment Agency Wales Environmental Crime Officer Ian ... Full story

Midland Anglers Asked, "Have You Got Your Rod Licence?" Over the next fortnight, one thousand anglers will have their licences checked in the Central Midlands area, including Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Burton, Stafford and Stoke.As ... Full story

February 2008 Rod Licence Prosecutions Although the river fishing closed season starts on March 15, there are still plenty of canals, stillwaters and fisheries where anglers can try their luck. ... Full story

Trout In The Classroom Schoolchildren at Kettlewell Primary School in North Yorkshire are getting a first hand experience of wildlife, as part of the Environment Agency’s Trout in the ... Full story

Firm Fined For Leek Brook Pollution ENVIRONMENT AGENCY NEWS RELEASEOn 7 March 2008, Esterchem Limited of Basford Lane Industrial Estate in Leek pleaded guilty at Newcastle under Lyme Magistrates Court ... Full story

Fish Rescue After Bude Lock Gates Damaged In Storms The Environment Agency carried out a fish rescue after the severe storms that hit Devon and Cornwall left the wooden tidal lockgates at Bude damaged ... Full story

Prologic VTS Bite Alarm - HALF PRICE OFFER! VTS 'BATMAN' BITE ALARMNOW HALF PRICE!!!Holy Bite Alarms, Batman! Trev's are doing the awesome Prologic vts 'Batman' bite alarm for around half of what you'd ... Full story

Hemlington Lakes Wins National Waterways Renaissance Award An inspirational Environment Agency-led regeneration project that has made a real difference to people’s lives and wildlife landed a top honour at the 2008 Waterways ... Full story

ISOLATION OF SPRING VIRAEMIA OF CARP VIRUS Recent routine import checks have identified Spring Viraemia of Carp (SVC) virus in goldfish imported from a supplier in Hong Kong (Tung Hoi Aquarium ... Full story

It’ll Be Owlright On The Night An Environment Agency partnership project is proving hugely successful in increasing barn owl numbers on Yorkshire rivers.Working in partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Partnership the ... Full story

Salmon Close Season – A Reminder Salmon are gradually returning to Yorkshire’s rivers, especially the Ouse, following the improvements in water quality over the past years, and where the salmon go ... Full story

Hardy & Greys Ltd Recruit Sea Consultant Hardy & Greys Ltd are pleased to announce the appointment of Neil Mackellow as their new Hardy & Greys Ltd Sea Consultant.Developing and promoting Hardy ... Full story

Ron Thompson Godfather Rods If you are looking for some cracking deals on new rods, no matter what type of fishing you do, then check out the awesome new ... Full story

Go Wild in Eden in 2008 Start of the trout fishing season - Go Wild in Eden in 2008 - trout and grayling fishing in really wild surroundings.The trout fishing season ... Full story

Quest Baits Shelf-Life Boilies I must confess that I don't use shelf-life boilies a great deal, simply because I don't need to. I'm fortunate to have two bait freezers, ... Full story

ANGLER’S MAIL SEEKS ONE-OFF 'TALES' Are YOU a budding angling writer? Fancy writing a must-read 800-850 word TRUE fishing-related story for Angler’s Mail’s popular Tales From The Riverbank? Tales For ... Full story

Angler's Mail - 11th March, 2008 ARE YOUR PELLETS SAFE? They might not be... you must read this week’s ANGLER’S MAIL MAGAZINE for an exclusive bait news exclusive. There’s also your ... Full story

National Boat Caravan & Outdoor Show Welcomes Over 100,000 Visitors The 47th National Boat, Caravan & Outdoor Show kicked off 2008 in style with a record breaking 110,331 people (95,638 visitors and 14,693 exhibitors*) looking ... Full story

Pole Fishing - A Complete Guide We've just received details of a great looking new book, which was released in February, 2008: Pole Fishing - A Complete GuideAuthors - Mark ... Full story

Dave Coster Appointed As Hardy & Greys Ltd Coarse Academies Manager Renowned coarse angler Dave Coster has been appointed as the manager of the Hardy & Greys Ltd Coarse Academies, bringing with him a unique combination ... Full story

£14,000 Penalty For River Pollution ENVIRONMENT AGENCY NEWS RELEASEA West Yorkshire company was fined £13,000 at Batley and Dewsbury Magistrates Court today, 10 March 2008, for offences involving the pollution ... Full story

Breast cancer patients invited to apply for fly fishing retreat Casting for Recovery UK & Ireland, the unique outdoor-based programme specifically designed for women who have, or have had, breast cancer, has announced that its ... Full story

Rocket Fishing Rod What do you buy the angler who has everything? Well, it seems that the Gadget Shop may have the answer.....a Rocket Fishing Rod!We haven't seen ... Full story

River Axe Salmon Boost ENVIRONMENT AGENCY NEWS RELEASEThe River Axe will receive a welcome boost, this week, when the Environment Agency releases thousands of young salmon into its clear ... Full story

Swindon Borough Council Fined For Pollution ENVIRONMENT AGENCY NEWS RELEASESwindon Borough Council has been ordered to pay more than £10,000 today for polluting a tributary of the River Ray with leachate.The ... Full story

EFTTA SECRETARIAT STAFF CHANGES Kate Scrafton (Exhibition Manager) and Heather Kerr (PR and Marketing Officer) have resigned their positions from the EFTTA Secretariat to move onto pastures new.  Heather ... Full story

EFTTA DEMANDS ACTION OVER SNAKEHEAD FISH AFTER KILLER SPECIES IS CAUGHT IN UK EFTTA will be represented at a significant meeting next week in Brussels to discuss invasive non-native species - which comes days after a deadly 'Snakehead' ... Full story

Cheap Fly Lines If you're looking to buy a cheap fly line in the UK, then there's one place you definitely need to go – http://www.tacklebargain.com/For years, this ... Full story

HOT News from the IGFA - March 2008 By Pete Johnson, Johnson Communications – IGFA PR Counsel   World-class anglers, guides and manufacturers to be honored at IGFA’s Fifth Annual World Record Achievement Awards                   Anglers, guides and manufacturers ... Full story

Wooden Lure Making As the traditional closed season approaches, many river anglers are out there as I type, cramming in as much fishing as they can in the ... Full story

DUKE GOES DIGITAL WITH COOLROOM March 07, 2008 – Isle of ManDuke Video is pleased to announce today that it has entered into a deal with digital entertainment store Coolroom.The ... Full story

FISHING FOR THE PERFECT HOME New website helps fishermen find the perfect homeIt’s the dream of every dedicated fishing enthusiast to find the perfect home – next to a river, ... Full story

Browning Pellet Pump Offer BROWNING PELLET PUMP PLUS TWO BAGS OF PELLETS - ONLY £10Yet another incredible £10 deal from Trevs that we just HAD to tell you about.Match ... Full story

Eel Fisherman Fined After Dead Otter Found In Illegal Net An experienced eel fisherman has been prosecuted for setting an oversized net in the River Witham, Lincolnshire last summer.Terrence Roy Smith was fined £100 and ... Full story

Topmouth Gudgeon Eradicated From Hampshire Lake The Environment Agency has successfully culled more than 100,000 topmouth gudgeon from a lake and nearby ditch at Eversley in Hampshire. The fish, which are ... Full story

ANGLING UNITY - A MAJOR STEP FORWARD News Release from the Fisheries and Angling Conservation TrustChairmen of the major angling bodies in England have taken a major step towards a single unified ... Full story

Hardy DVD Release “The Lost World of Mr. Hardy” is the new DVD documentary based on the life of Jim Hardy, the last remaining member of the Hardy ... Full story

More Scouts Than Ever Keen To Go Fishing More than 2,000 Scouts every year earn their Angling Badge, and this year is set to be even better with the news that 46,000 copies ... Full story

Carp Fishing News If you've ever paid a visit to www.carpfishingsecrets.com and downloaded the free sample copy of the book there, you may be aware that, from time ... Full story

Angler's Mail - 4th March, 2008 BRITAIN’S biggest barbel has been landed – see it and read about it exclusively in this week’s ANGLER’S MAIL MAGAZINE. There’s also a record chub ... Full story

1001 Top Angling Tips by John Wilson John Wilson has probably forgotten more about angling than most of us will ever know in the first place. It's a good job, in that ... Full story

RON THOMPSON PULSE-TRONIC VT BITE ALARM SET Trev's really are banging out some amazing carp fishing tackle deals at the moment, which you'll find plastered all over their site at http://www.trevs-tackle.comThis fantastic ... Full story

Pike Logs Anglers on Windermere are being asked for their help to gather information on pike stocks and condition to try and find out why their numbers ... Full story

Close Season Starts On March 15 ENVIRONMENT AGENCY NEWS RELEASEThe Environment Agency is reminding all coarse fish anglers the 2008 close season starts on March 15 and that by the time ... Full story

Environment Agency announces new rod licence prices as fisheries investment hits new high ENVIRONMENT AGENCY NEWS RELEASEAlthough no-one likes to pay more for something, most anglers should be happy with the news that although the price of some ... Full story

Ex-Display Fishing Tackle Every year, tackle companies travel the world in order to promote their products to the tackle trade. Many also have reps who receive samples to ... Full story

Angling Vagabond - A Glorious Boyhood Those of you who’ve ventured into the Anglers’ Net forums from time to time will probably have noticed posts by somebody going under the name ... Full story

PROLOGIC CARP READY-TIED RIGS We’d taken our eye off the Trev’s Tackle website for a while and a few of these mega deals had slipped past us. Incredible, really, ... Full story

LIVER B8 – THE MEAT, LIVER & BLOOD BOILIE FROM QUEST BAITS Quest’s new baby, the Liver B8 is a total meat based boilie.  A variety of meat meals, blood meals and a potent powdered liver make ... Full story