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I want to have a go at keeping trout in my koi pond in the past i have had rainbow and golden trout but this time i want to try our native brown trout are these easy to keep my local trout farm sells them for £1

looking on the ea website under river quality this river is Compliant river drone

My local stream river drone in derbyshire contains no fishes so i plan to release some of these fishes into it is this breaking any laws?

why is fly line so expensive i have seen it on sale for around £30 on average is it to keep less well off people out of the sport

I have never been fly-fishing but i want to learn and use the rod on barlow lakes in derbyshire barlow lakes and am thinking of buying either a SHAKESPEARE FLY FISHING STARTER KIT that includes 8' / 2.40m 3 PIECE COMPOSITE FLY ROD 3.5" WIDE LIGHTWEIGHT FLY REEL MATCHING FLY LINE MADE IN REDDITCH SPOOL OF BACKING LINE TAPERED LEADER or FLY FISHING KIT - ADVANCED that includes 2 pce carbon 9ft fly rod. 3.5" wide fly reel. WF7F Glider fly line. Spool of backing line. Fly leader. Assorted flies. which one would you recommend?

can anybody recommend some good fly fishing catalogues

are there any of these fish in the uk?

hi everybody i am looking for these trout flies but my local tackle store don't sell flies butcher hedgehog straw grouse caterpillar sinfoils fry cardinal particulary these ones dads demoiselle flyline mayfly wiggle frog mouse any of you know were i might get them from?

my favorite angler's are mick brown and matt hayes

native coarse fish appear to be a common sight at the bigger watergarden centres i have seen chub/barbel for sale at some places but mostly in the summer months may i suggest you visit your maidenhead aquatics http://www.fishkeeper.co.uk/

sounds like a good idea i might have a go are they easy to look after ?how much are they to buy my local fishery barlow lakes breeds them

i am setting up a new tank (juwel 96) and need some plants but am not sure were to get them from ?

get yourself a lotus maximus pump lotus maximus

it was in the local paper

ah do you mean my garden pond that i keep natives in hopfully i can break the roach record with one of my fish as they are getting quite big with all the koi growth food i feed them ? dunno about new one council are building at the moment they have only started digging it out monday but i suspect so as it will be council owned

I am thinking of getting a juwel aquarium but am not sure of which one to pick i have a space of 80cm max and a budget of £60-80

well, i am over the moon today as my local council has started to build a new fishing pond at the end of my road before this the nearest place to me was barlow lakes which involved a bus ride now i only have to walk a few hundred yards

hi everybody i have found an online fishshop that sells barbel and am thinking of adding 2/3 fish to my pond has anybody else tried them in a backyard fish pond ? barbel

I had a group of 6 roach in a small tank(2ft) in my garage but moved them last year to my koi pond were they have continued to grow and have doubled in size and are now around the 15-20cm size well worth keeping if you have the room.

i just watched rex hunt carp fishing and he caught some cracking carp but instead of releaseing them back he killed them

i have just had a reply from the ea about the burbot It is true that the burbot was once a native species and is the only fish known to have become extinct in Great Britain in recent centuries. There has been no authenticated record of burbot in the UK for over 50 years. Note, however, that this fish species always did have a limited distribution because it was right on the on the edge of its natural range. It was restricted to rivers in eastern England from County Durham to the Great Ouse. Despite debate over the last two decades, there is no consensus on the reasons for the extinction of the burbot in England. Certainly, all the rivers from which the species was previously recorded still contain fish. In Europe it is known from 19 countries. The burbot is one of the species listed under the Government's UK Biodiversity Action Plan. One of the objectives of this action plan is to seek a consensus view on the most likely causes for its loss, using evidence from England and continental Europe, and if reintroduction is considered appropriate and biologically feasible, draw up and agree upon a reintroduction plan by 2010. Part of this process is for the Environment Agency to consider the conservation justification of re-establishing the burbot as a viable component of UK biodiversity, taking account of the historic range, reasons for extirpation, the ecological impact of reintroduction, and changes to the countryside since burbot existed in the UK. Decisions will have to be made as to whether re-establishment of naturally self-sustaining populations of the burbot to parts of the former range is desirable and feasible. Rivers within the historic range in England would need to be examined to ascertain if the ecological requirements of the species can still be met in any of them. Note that because the burbot is no longer a native species, any attempts at reinstroduction would need to meet the special consent requirements of the Wildlife & Countryside Act and the Import of Live Fish Act in addition to the normal consent needed for stocking resident fish. Yours sincerely Phil Hickley National Fisheries Technical Manager

does anyone no if the ea have any plans to re introduce it back into uk rivers ?

do any of you no if the burbot is still present in any uk rivers