02 Apr 2019
Mark Lloyd to take up new role as CEO of The Rivers Trust
The Angling Trust & Fish Legal are to recruit a new Chief Executive following the appointment of Mark Lloyd as the new CEO of The Rivers Trust. Mark has announced that he will be leaving the Angling Trust & Fish Legal this summer to take up his new role leading the umbrella charity for more
12 Mar 2019
Cannabis Plants Found In River
The river’s high! Bailiffs discover bags of cannabis dumped in the River Nene When volunteer bailiff Roy Bridson was alerted by a Whittlesey Angling Club partner to black bin bags dumped in the River Nene in Cambridgeshire, he suspected something fishy was going on. He and his fellow bailiff managed to haul one of the
19 Dec 2018
2019 Bass Bag Limit Agreed
Recreational anglers fishing for bass are to be allowed to retain up to one bass per day from April 1st-31st October 2019 after EU fisheries ministers thrashed out an agreement in the early hours of Wednesday morning. It’s a disappointing result for anglers who were campaigning for the bag limit to be increased to three
06 Nov 2018
Riverkeepers raise more than £1,500 for Fishing for Schools with charity football match
NEWS FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE Riverkeepers of the Test and Itchen raised more than £1,500 for Fishing for Schools with a fundraising football match on Sunday (4 November). The match, at River park Leisure Centre in Winchester, was the brainchild of Itchen riverkeeper Simeon Hay and saw six keepers and friends square up on behalf
05 Nov 2018
FISH’O’MANIA launches with a bang!
Tickets for the UK’s first and finest commercial competition went live last week to a surge of demand, which has seen many anglers purchase their full, first round quota of two tickets. This has left some of the smaller qualifiers with a healthy following and could leave certain qualifiers near full attendance by round two,
