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Preston Innovations England World Feeder team has been selected for the FIPSed 5th World Feeder Championships in 2015. The squad will consist of brothers, Steve and Phil Ringer, Mick Vials, Adam Wakelin, Dean Barlow, Rob Wootton, and current Ultimate Barnsley Blacks team captain, Glenn Lawrence (coach), Tom Pickering (manager) and Adam Rooney (assistant). The competition will be held in Holland on the Ghent to the Terneuzen Canal on the 11th – 12th July 2015. Tom Pickering, England Manager said “I…
Cyclists and anglers are to get a major boost as work to upgrade the towpath along the Ashton Canal begins as part of Greater Manchester’s Cycle City programme. The 8km towpath, which runs from Piccadilly Basin in Manchester city centre to Portland Basin in Ashton-under-Lyne, will be resurfaced with an all-weather path and widened as part of the project. Proposals also include improvements to access points to the canal for pedestrians and cyclists. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is working…
The Angling Trust is delighted to launch a new ‘Fishery Improvement Fund’. The funding comes from the Environment Agency from some of the proceeds of rod licence sales. The £65,000 Fund will make awards of up to £5,000 to eligible organisations for buying equipment, to make habitat improvements or for projects that get people fishing and support the aims of the National Angling Strategy ‘Fishing for Life’. Importantly, applications to the Fund from commercial fisheries are welcome and clubs and…
The Canal & River Trust, working with Tring Anglers and the Boxmoor & District Angling Society, have relocated over 5,000 fish to the Grand Union Canal, Aylesbury Arm in an effort to boost the fish population after a pollution incident wiped out a two mile stretch of this popular fishing destination. To help restore fish numbers, specialist fish contractors, MEM Fisheries, transferred fish from the Aylesbury Basin at the end of the canal and also from Westbrook Mere, a popular…
Six new venues, twelve more places in the final, a bigger prize pot and a new 'teams of three' competition are the big changes to this year's RiverFest competition. The Angling Trust has been working closely with competition creator Dave Harrell to grow the popular event still further, starting with more qualifying venues. These include, for the first time, rivers like the Tyne, Medway and middle Nene and also new sections of the Severn, Thames and Trent. With the competition…
The National Crucian Carp Project has this week launched a new information video aimed at encouraging angling and fishery interests to embrace crucian conservation and draw up plans for more crucian waters in their areas. The video is also part of a new episode of the Fishing Britain series produced by the YouTube channel FieldsportsChannel.tv and features the Angling Trust's Martin Salter as a guest presenter.
The Angling Trust has begun discussions with the Environment Agency on the controversial issue of the coarse angling licence for the use of multiple rods, which has been a longstanding complaint of many carp and specimen anglers who feel aggrieved at having to buy two separate rod licences. The strength of feeling on this subject has once again been illustrated in the Angling Trust's current angling survey, which is still open until October 31st, and in regular representations to both…
The National Governing Body for angling, the Angling Trust, has launched a new coach licence to drive standards and protect young people and vulnerable adults taking part in fishing. A licensed coach must meet the highest safeguarding standards established and supported by the NSPCC and the Child Protection in Sport Unit, be subject to all the relevant and appropriate checks on their criminal record and show that they have undertaken the correct training. The new licence will be available for…
The BBC is planning a brand new series called The Big Fish*, which will test the skills of some of Britain’s best amateur anglers, in some of the most dramatic and challenging places on earth. From tropical seas to frozen rivers and lakes, this is not just a gripping mission to find Britain’s best all-round angler, but an expedition around the world. Each programme will see the contestants travelling to a different country with very distinct climates, landscapes and habitats.…
With the Warwickshire Avon at Eckington carrying around a foot of extra water and a good colour, big bream weights were expected at the Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier on Saturday 18th October. The Eckington Angling Club waters didn’t fail to deliver as 56 anglers put a total of 960 lbs on the scales with the top three amassing over 300 lbs from adjacent swims. The match was won by local angler Nick Burton at peg 28, the famous ‘Stump’ peg…
A 1km stretch of canal in the heart of London has been completely drained of water ahead of the Canal & River Trust’s £45 million winter restoration programme which starts next month. Hundreds of fish, including massive 3ft-long carp weighing 25 pounds, were scooped up and moved to safety. Major draining of 200-year-old London canal for critical safety repairs 7.5million gallons, the equivalent to nearly 300,000 baths of water and 14 Olympic swimming pools Over 500 fish were rescued, including…
Fish Legal has sent a letter of claim to Scottish Water seeking compensation on behalf of the Devon Angling Association, an angling club member of Fish Legal in Scotland. In January 2014 Scottish Water pled guilty at Alloa Sheriff Court to causing pollution from Glendevon Water Treatment Works due to an incident in July 2011. Scottish Water released up to 12,000 litres of concentrated sulphuric acid into the river Devon in Clackmannanshire, with devastating effects. Fish Legal will now represent…
A wonderful first TideFest was held on the tidal Thames on Sunday September 28 at Kew Bridge, Isleworth, Chiswick and in the Wandle Valley on Sunday to commemorate World Rivers Day. Visitors enjoyed a host of activities that were organised place along the Thames Tideway including paddle boarding, sailing, kayaking, angling, foreshore exploration, river dipping, wildlife spotting and a heritage walk. The Angling Trust organised held a successful match at Strand on the Green, downstream of Kew Bridge, and congratulations…
The River Trent at Burton on Trent was not in the best of conditions for the Angling Trust RiverFest qualifier held on Sunday 28th September with very low, gin clear and not much flow, but surprisingly it still produced a good contest with 60 competitors competing. The winner on the day was Robbie Quinn fishing from peg 20 below the weir at Bailey's. He fished stickfloat and maggot to land about 9 lbs of roach and dace, plus a beautiful…
The Angling Trust is inviting skilled, passionate and dedicated volunteers to support and inspire the next generation of England’s fly fishermen and women through direct involvement with England Youth Fly Fishing (AT EYF) Angling Trust England Youth Fly Fishing is undertaking a transitional period following the departure of a number of key volunteers from the youth set up who have contributed significantly to the development and success of English Youth Fly Fishing for so many years. As a result a…
The final of the Angling Trust and Canal and River Trust Stillwater Championship took place on Saturday 20th September at the picturesque Blythe Waters Fishery near Solihull. During the week the venue had experienced an Indian summer with catches of over 100 lbs from all of the pools. However, heavy overnight rain dropped the temperature of the water and the 36 competitors experienced a cold, overcast , windless day with the fish proving hard to tempt in the final. A…
