A warm and funny account of one man's attempt to discover why fishing is so important to him.
When Robin was a boy, fishing with his father was an integral and much-loved part of family holidays, but as an adult he fished infrequently, with terrible technique and rare success. Until one day ...
Two new DVDs are due for release in February and March 2008. The first is Bear Grylls - Patagonia which sees him surviving in the icy tundra of Patagonia whilst the second, Bear Grylls - Panama, sees him parachuting into shark infested waters.
Let Grylls pass on his amazing survival knowledge whilst providing brilliant entertainment in these feature length specials.
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the sport of angling to appoint a Development Officer responsible for achieving the targets agreed with Sport England to increase the number of qualified and licensed angling coaches within England.
The sport is undergoing rapid and radical change driven by the Angling Development Board (ADB) which is made up of the National Governing Bodies for Angling in England
Two new DVDs are due for release in January 2008. The first is Series 2 of The Deadliest Catch, a fascinating documentary about Alaskan Crab Fishermen. This is definitely not fishing as most of us know it !!
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The second is the Born Survivor: Bear Grylls Sahara. Experience his
latest adventure from the comfort of your armchair as he braves the blistering heat and
deadly sand storms of the Sahara Desert
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There are stories circulating of further cuts being proposed in Defra
budgets for fiscal year 2008/9. Any cut in Defra budgets is likely to
affect money available for fisheries work and the Environment Agency
will be under pressure to save even more money than this year. Readers can help change the decision, before it is made, by writing to
the chancellor ......
Fish theft and spread of disease have been the big issues for Britain ’s anglers over the last two years. The Fish Welfare Group, a working committee of Fisheries and Angling Conservation Trust (FACT), recently launched two posters carrying key messages for the health of our fisheries ......
The Solar Centre (www.thesolarcentre.co.uk) the UK’s premier supplier for all things solar allows fishing enthusiasts never to run out of power for their mobile phone, GPS unit as well as carry all their additional fishing gear with the Travis solar powered Fishing Tackle Bag ......
Mark Adams and Dean Amesbury from Tredegar have won the inaugural Wales Carp Masters at Celtic Lakes resort this weekend lifting the magnificent trophy and collecting the wallet busting £10,001 cash first prize ...........
Sparsholt College and Aquatic Consultancy Services are pleased to announce that following the success of the inaugural event in 2006 we are holding another meeting for all those involved in the coarse fish farming and fisheries world on the 6th September 2007 ...........
Local knowledge proved the key to the Division Three National at the weekend with Littleport AC, fishing local waters on the Great Ouse claiming the team gold medal. It was a tough day of competition with all 37 teams competing who fished at the highest standard with a head on battle between Littleport AC and B & T Match Pack from Essex to decide who would take home the gold medals ...........
After three weeks of extensive trialling in which over 80 youngsters were viewed by England coaches Mark Downes, Steve Saunders and Joe Roberts, both the Sensas Team England U-16s and Drennan Team England U-21 teams have now been finalised.
The final trial took place at Furzton Lakes, Milton Keynes, and despite the hot calm conditions fishing was generally good
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The Drennan Team England came tantalisingly close to beating Italy on home soil at this years European Championships held in Novi di Modena last weekend. It was almost the dream start for the Drennan Team England’s season, as the squad which consisted of Alan Scotthorne, Steve Gardner, Will Raison, Stuart Conroy, Steve Hemingray and Darren Cox pushed the hosts to the wire and were so close to coming away with a gold medal ...........
The Welsh record for the greatest weight of carp caught in a 40-hour event has been broken twice during the qualifying rounds of the competition. The new record, which now stands at an amazing 609lbs 15oz, was set at Celtic lakes resort the venue to be used for the final
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Fladen Fishing has joined forces with the NFA and Sportsmatch to support the development of ten angling projects around the country delivering the NFA’s ‘Introduction to Angling & the Environment’ qualification. The sponsorship programme will commence in September 2007 and provide angling equipment and the funding to train one Level One coach for each project ...........
During the early hours of Thursday morning (7 June) Enforcement Officers from Environment Agency Wales caught an individual retrieving an illegal net containing sea trout on the River Teifi at Newcastle Emlyn. As a result of information received Environment Agency Wales Environmental Crime Officers had mounted a covert surveillance operation near the Rugby Club ...........
This years ambitious plans to host a National Festival of Fishing have recieved an enormous boost, as the sports governing bodies have this week announced their support.
Over half a million people are expected to take part in the event this year which begins on the 21st July with National Fishing week and carries on right throughout the summer holidays with the ‘Take a friend fishing Campaign’. ..........
Fish ‘O’ Mania regular Phil Ringer booked his place in this year’s final with a triumphant win at Woodlands Lakes in North Yorkshire last weekend. Once again the conditions proved pleasant for a day’s fishing with bright sunshine and warm temperatures albeit at the expense of the super weights coming out of the ponds ..........
The NFA can now provide Access Audits for all angling clubs and fisheries with member clubs receiving a special discounted rate as a benefit of their membership of their Governing Body.
Access Audits are an essential provision for all fishery owners and angling clubs as both of these are regarded as ‘service providers’ under the Disability Discrimination Act and as such have a duty to comply and make their facilities available to all. ..........
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We’re looking for people to suggest fishing skill based games for an exciting new show for ITV1.
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Wales Carp Masters finals will be held at Celtic Lakes on the 28th/29th and 30th September with the winners taking a £10,001.00 cash prize. There is still time to enter the qualifiers at any of the five venues, Peterstone Lakes, White Springs, Gwerydd lakes, Llanygors and Celtic Lakes Resort
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Despite a pretty grim week weather wise, the carp fishing at Bury Hill remained exceptionally good with a further 3 thirties reported again this week, one from the Old Lake and two from Temple Lake together with plenty of twenties
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Windermere, Ambleside and District Angling Association (WADAA) has become the fifth angling club to receive the coveted Sport England Clubmark. At a recent event Sir John Harman, the Chairman of the Environment Agency, was on hand to present Neil Birkinshaw, WADAA, with their certificate. NFA’s representative Frank Lythgoe was also there to congratulate them on this latest achievement ..........
Past Fish ‘0’ Mania champion Steve Cooke from Nottinghamshire served up a real treat with a convincing win at the Heronbrook qualifier last weekend with a winning margin of almost 41kgs over his nearest rival.
All the talk at the draw was of Island Lake being highly fancied by many of the competitors. However, the weather during the week and on the day conspired to put a damper on these hopes leaving the match wide open
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Despite some pretty grim weather early week, Temple produced yet another 3 thirties this week, a 34lb 8oz common to regular Ray Harding which is his second Temple thirty this year, a 34lb mirror to Temple new boy David Wood who was fishing his first day session on Temple .........
The inaugural Match of the Wales Carp Masters took place a few weeks back on Friday 13th April. Fittingly, the first heat of this exciting new competition, with a stunning prize fund of £20,001.00 got underway on the brand new Celtic Lakes Resort complex near Lampeter, Mid Wales .........
After three highly successful years where Drennan Team England has won silver and two gold medals in the World Championships Joint NFA Team Manager Mark Downes and Mark Addy have decided to stick with the same six man squad for this year’s World Championships on Lake Valence in Hungary .........
The BBC recently covered Cardiff University Prof Steve Ormerod and Isabelle Durance’s research on the effects of climate change on stream insects as published in Global Change Biology .........
The bream and tench fishing is really hotting up now at Bury Hill Fisheries with 200lb bags
being taken off the bank and a reported 300lb boat haul. Whilst the
big bags are being dominated by the bream which have been caught to
over 8lb, quite a few tench are also showing with specimens to 7lb+
being reported. With both the front and long banks producing some
very good weights, the middle to end sections of both banks are the
key areas .........
The NFA has now confirmed dates for 18 Level One Coaching courses from June 2007 onwards. Courses are available all over the country with further details and how to apply available from the NFA website, www.nfadirect.com. This is part of the anglings expansion of the new Level One Coaching courses in a drive to get more people involved in the development of angling and introduce more newcomers to the sport..........
The idyllic countryside of Wales and Carp fishing; how can they be used in the same sentence? Your answer - the 'Wales Carp Masters 2007'.
This is a unique competition for pairs of anglers to achieve the ultimate accolade of Wales Carp Master 2007 .........
Starting March 2007 and running for 12 months, Bury Hill Fisheries is pleased to announce its participation in the Wychwood Premier Carp Cup. With two monthly prizes of £150 of Wychwood Carp Tackle to be won by the captors of the largest carp caught each month on both the Old Lake and Temple Lake, the winners will also win a place in the final to be held April 2007 where the top prize will £1000. ........
The Angling Development Board is currently recruiting for a team of professional development staff to realise the aspirations of the Angling Whole Sport plan. There is still one vacancy available for the Coach Development and Education Officer with a closing date of 27th April 2007 ........
The NFA has extended the deadline for applicants for the England Youth Trials to 30th April. Following the successes of Portugal 2006, where the England U16s won Bronze and the U21s came home with a Silver medal, the standard of angler needs to be high ........
The race for the biggest prize in Angling kicked off this Bank Holiday Weekend with Neil McKinnon taking victory in the inaugural Fish ‘O’ Mania qualifier at Viaduct Fishery in Somerset.
With the Easter weekend providing bags of sunshine for the first of the sixteen qualifiers, conditions were perfect for spectators but not so great for the anglers trying to bag up their catches
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Are you licensed to fish? – That’s the question that’s going to be asked to thousands of North West anglers this year.
In a new campaign, fronted by James Pond – Licensed to Fish, the Environment Agency aims to raise awareness of the need for North West anglers to have a rod licence and the important work that is funded by the fees
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The River Weaver and Wheelock look set to delight south Cheshire anglers this summer thanks to the generosity of Lymm Angling Club who have donated 6000 fish through the Environment Agency ...........
The latest edition of the FREE Anglers’ Lines, NFA newspaper is now available from selected tackle shops around the country. The lead article is looking for your views on the close season and gives you a chance to win a superb Pentax Digital SLR Camera worth £549.99 ...........
Windermere, Ambleside and District AA is one of the first angling clubs in the country to roll out the new Level One Coaching Certificate with 16 applicants starting the course recently in Kendal, Cumbria. The new course which has been developed in partnership between the NFA, Salmon & Trout Association and T he National Federation of Sea Anglers is a major advance in opening the sport up to more young people and developing the infrastructure of angling ...........
Kingshurst Youth and Community Centre, which is run by Solihull Council, is the first in the region to deliver the NFA’s Introduction to Angling and the Environment qualification. The course which is being delivered by the NFA’s Senior Regional Coach, for the West Midlands will enable children aged between 12 and 19 years of age get their first taste of angling! ...........
To date we have over 200 visitors pre-registered since registration opened just three weeks ago! We are continuously inundated with pre-registration forms each day.
Compared to this time last year, the number of pre-registered visitors has increased by 200%. Clearly FREE pre-registration is working exceptionally well! ...........
Anglers are set to become a key part of protecting Britain's rivers
from
decline. Launching tomorrow at the Natural History Museum, the Anglers
Monitoring Initiative will provide a three-minute health check for our
waterways by training anglers to use riverflies as a barometer for water
quality
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Operating an unauthorised fixed net on the River Tywi Estuary at Ferryside on 24 April 2006 cost a Ferryside man £1,150 in fines and costs at Carmarthen Magistrate’s Court on Febuary 20th. David Laughton Sandbrook Cole of Brigstocke Terrace, Ferryside was fined £400 and also ordered to pay costs of £750 in a prosecution brought by Environment Agency Wales ...........
The Environment Agency is joining a coalition of government bodies aiming to protect UK plants and animals from invasive species such as Floating Pennywort and Topmouth Gudgeon ...........
Environment Agency Fisheries Officers this week uncovered a rogue catfish whilst doing a fisheries survey in Canterbury, Kent. Catfish are non-native to the UK but are becoming more and more popular in recreational fisheries. They can pose a threat to the environment by competing with our native fish for food and habitat and spreading disease or parasites..........
2006 turned out to be a very good year for Bury Hill. The fishing on all lakes was generally pretty good, helped I am sure
by the completion of the huge stocking program which took place the previous
winter with the Old Lake in particular, seeing some incredible sport as a result
of over 600 double figure carp from Claremont Lake being stocked ..........
Fisheries and Angling Conservation Trust Ltd, FACT, today announces the launch of its website at www.factuk.co.uk The new website gives details about FACT, its member organisations and their present roles and much more.............
It is with great sadness that UK Fisherman has heard of the untimely death of Dave "Thumper" Fowler who was taken ill suddenly at the age of 64. A member of the Musketeers Angling Club, Dave will be sadly missed by all who knew him .............
The NFA has received great support for the OCN in Angling and the Environment from Head Teachers around the country after promoting the course at the Sports Colleges Conference held on 1st and 2nd February last week in Telford by the Youth Sports Trust .............
The Environment Agency is restocking an Oxford lake with more than 2,300 fish. A further 2,600 fish, including chub, tench and dace, will also be put in rivers across the region, including the Thames, the Thame, the Cherwell, the Ock and the Marsworth Moat in Tring .............
2006 has been a record year for the ACA. Its most important achievement as been to recover £141,238 in damages for its member clubs, fishery and river owners in 18 separate legal cases. We also provided free expert advice on angling law to more than 100 angling clubs. .............
Support continues to grow for the Fish Welfare Fund following the
initial
£20,000 contribution by Danny Fairbrass of Korda as announced at the Sandown
Carp Show in December
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There has been some discussion recently about the right to live-bait in England and Wales , given the potential ban in Scotland that comes before their Assembly for consideration on the 24 th of January 2007. SAA have raised our concerns with the Environment Agency that Scotland ’s potential move could lead to restrictions in the rest of the UK .............
Following entries to Fish ‘O’ Mania we have had a number of queries from applicants who have received bank statements showing funds being taken by their banks prior to the draw. The NFA would like to re-assure all applicants that this is not the case and as such provide the following guidance .............
The Angling Development Board is now seeking the services of senior volunteers and a team of professional development staff to realise the aspirations of the Angling Whole Sport plan. A Chair and Finance Director are also sought to be key members of the Board, and a team of development staff, led by a Senior Development Manager, will be charged with the delivery implementation .............
Officers will be releasing thousands of fish into the River Don to restore stocks killed in a freak pollution incident last July. Around 10,000 fish including roach, bream and dace will be brought from the Environment Agency’s Calverton Fish Farm at Nottingham and released at locations in Kilnhurst, Conisborough, and Thrybergh as well as in Sheffield city centre on Wednesday, January 10 ............
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