Anglers' Net

Do you want to help develop angling? Do you want the chance to win £100 or £200 in Amazon vouchers? If so please take part in this important Young People's Angling Survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ATYP Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

The first real autumn weather meant the fishing was patchy, with cold still conditions prevailing on Bridge & Willow pools at Blythe Waters for the Angling Trust and Canal and River Trust Stillwater Championship final on Saturday 17th October 2015. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

What a brilliant and fair sectioned RiverFest qualifier match it was on the River Severn at Shrewsbury on 18th October 2015 with near perfect conditions. All that was required was some extra water as the river was very low. Every angler caught fish on this 60 peg event. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

The Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier on the Warwickshire Avon at Eckington was held on Saturday 17th October. Although the river was desperately low and clear, there were 20 weights over 5lb which made it a very fair match. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

Mark Lloyd, Chief Executive of the Angling Trust & Fish Legal, has been appointed to join the BBC’s Rural Affairs Advisory Committee, an influential body that provides advice and feedback on BBC output across all broadcast platforms, and in particular programmes dealing with rural, agricultural and environmental issues. He has replaced a representative of the commercial sea fishing industry who has recently left the Committee. This is the first time that angling has ever been represented at this level. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

Rob Hughes and his England Lions have taken the world by storm in their victorious gold medal win in the 17th FIPSed World Carp Fishing Championships on the River Ebro, Caspe, Spain from 7th – 10th October 2015 with 24 nations taking part. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

The Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier held on the River Severn at Worcester to Upton Upon Severn took place on Saturday 10th October 2015. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

The finest of margins decided this RiverFest qualifier on the River Medway at Barming on Sunday 11th October 2015 with only an ounce between each of the top three! Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

The Angling Trust and Matchroom Sport have announced the dates for Fish O Mania XXIII qualifiers and final. The 2016 competition will feature 28 qualifiers, an increase of 12 on previous years with 19 venues to be used throughout the competition. 4,380 tickets will be available to anglers as they try to add their name to the illustrious list of previous winners by taking the prestigious title of Fish ‘O’ Mania winner and scooping a cool £50,000 in the process. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

The Angling Trust, as the national representative body for all recreational fishing, has once again joined forces with the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) to fly the flag at this year’s party political conferences at a series of Rural Receptions. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

The Riverfest qualifier was fished by 57 anglers on the Thames on the Medway and Channel sections. With the river very low and clear with sunny weather and little wind then a hard match was predicted, but the fish however fed well with good weights all through. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

The RiverFest qualifier on the River Trent at Burton on Trent was held on Sunday 27th September 2015 with a roach bonanza recorded on Sherratts Farm section. The top ten weights were all roach on waggler and maggot. There were odd double figures on the other sections, and very patchy. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

TheAngling Trust and Canal & River Trust "Canal Pairs" qualifier onthe Leeds and Liverpool Canal took place on Sunday 27th September 2015 with 43pairs competing. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

Supported by:- Watersedge Marine, Southampton, Salcombe Harbour Authority:Island Street Bar & Grill, Salcombe, Plymouth Angling; SW Sea Baits& Osborne & Cragg, Plymouth; Tidal Tackle & D. Kiddy, Torquay;Seaton Tackle & Kayak Centre; Devon Angling Centre, ChillingtonDevon & Cornwall Caravan Hire. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

Team England Fly Fishing locked horns once again with Scotland, Ireland and Wales in the International Fly Fishing Association Loch Style Autumn International on 18th September 2015 at Lake of Menteith in Scotland. In a repeat of the Spring International it was Scotland who emerged victorious, this time on home water closely followed by England, Ireland then Wales. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

Team England World Boat Squad enjoyed yet more team and individual success in the 51st FIPS-M World Boat Angling Championships in Ireland winning team Silver, a Gold and Bronze in the individual categories. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

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The Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier on the River Severn at Bridgnorth was held on Saturday 19th September with 60 fishing. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

The Angling Trust has led a group of non-governmental organisations in writing an article highlighting the impact of agricultural pollution on the water environment, which is published in the Agriculture edition of The Parliamentary Review 2014/15. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

DrennanTeam England have returned to home soil with two bronze medals after claiming acreditable third place in the World Championship team event, while five timesWorld Champion Alan Scotthorne secured individual bronze. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

Twelve angling clubs, a charity and a council-run fishery have successfully bid for a share of £50,000 funding available to projects in England aimed at getting more juniors to take up fishing and protecting fish stocks from predation. The winning projects will receive cash from the second round of the Angling Improvement Fund, administered by the Angling Trust and funded with rod licence income from the Environment Agency. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

Fishinginfo.co.uk is giving away signed clothing and props used by comic actor Paul Whitehouse in his "Brilliant Kid" FishingInfo film. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

The Angling Trust has launched a major national survey on angling participation - and hopes to use its findings to help address the decline in angling numbers and get more people fishing more often. We are asking people who go fishing to "Play Your Part in Rebuilding Angling's Future" by completing the survey, and giving them the opportunity to be entered into a prize draw to win £900 of tackle. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

This year’s Angling Trust Division 2 National Championship saw 27 teams (270 anglers) compete on the River Trent Non-Tidal sections from Clifton Bridge to Newark Dyke on Saturday 12th September. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.

This much anticipated RiverFest qualifier on the River Wye at Breinton, Bartonsham & Eign took place on Sunday 13th September 2015 with a full turnout of 60 anglers hoping to grab a place in this year’s final. Click here to view the full article. Please reply below to add your comments, if any.